"What comes out of a man makes him unclean"

there's so much that's wrong

1.0 The real problem (7:20-23)

2.0 The problemwith being "unclean" (7:1-5)

3.0 What really makes someone "unclean" (7:14-23)

4.0 The modern attempt at change

5.0 What can make us truly clean

"Quiet! Be Still!"

1.0 A storm

2.0 Who is Jesus

3.0 How will you respond?

"I have come to call sinners"

you can tell a lot about a person by the company they keep

1.0 A large crowd (2:13)

2.0 Some unexpected actions (2:14-15)

3.0 An expected question (2:16)

4.0 An unexpected answer (2:17)

5.0 Your response.

Great Expectations

"... they will call him Immauel - which means, "God with us"."

Matthew 1:23

"... you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

Matthew 1:21

Getting Ready

Getting Ready

1.0 Abraham

"Leave your country, your people and your father's household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you" Genesis 12:1-3

2.0 David

"When your days are over and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring to succeed you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom. He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever." 2 Sam 7:11-13

3.0 Jesus

'Sinners' will be in the kindgom

worth celebrating...

1.0 A parable about a lost sheep

2.0 A parable about a lost coin

3.0 A parable about a father and his two different sons

responding to these parables...

Whoever gives up everything will be in the kindgom

some decisions shouldn't be taken lightly...

1. You cannot be Jesus' disciple if...

v26

v27

v33

2. So count the cost before deciding to follow Jesus

like a man building a tower

like a king going to war

some lessons for us...

The proud wont be in the kindgom

pride comes before a fall

1. A parable about choosing seats at a banquet

2. A suggestion about who to invite to a banquet

3. A story about a great banquet

will you accept the invitation to the banquet?

Not everyone will be in the kindgom

have you changed your mind?

1. A healing

2. Two parables about the kingdom

3. A parable about a narrow door

4. Another healing

if you have changed your mind...

The repentant will be in the kindgom

why do bad things happen?

John 9:1-3

2 Corinthians 12:7

1. Two tragedies

1.1 Galileans killed by Pilate

1.2 eighteen people killed by collapsed tower

2. A parable about a fig tree

2 Peter 2:9

repent or perish?