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Thoughts are like horses running wild. If you are riding one, it can take you to dangerous places. We therefore need strong fences to contain them. Consider whether you would cultivate unloving thoughts toward a person who gave you the whole world- Or would you rather stop at the fence- reminding yourself of how kind that person has been to you. What about God- What has God given you- Who is it He has given such goodness to- He has given us way more than the whole world. He has given us His Son and all of the eternal riches the Son has purchased for us by His blood- Imagine a man whose wife slaps him and humiliates him in front of their children and friends. Imagine that husband consistently responds kindly. What an impact that would have on her and on others. This is the kind of love we see in God- yet to a more extreme degree. Jesus was a soft-hearted person in a hard-hearted world. He would have been just to have destroyed us all, but He overwhelmed us by His kindness, through His death at Calvary.

What drives you through the pain- What do you have to cling to when everything you love is gone- A family suffering in the rubble of the Korean war understood what it was to hang onto a seven-word-promise. A promise that was fulfilled at massive cost- that gave them hope and a family and a future. The promise of God is the vast central theme of history. There is no promise more astounding, costly, or dependable in all the world. This promise is the umbrella under which God is gathering His saints from the ruins of this hostile world, and into a kingdom that can never be shaken. Because of that, you, like the Korean survivors, can have hope. Hope that carries you through the pain.

Solomon was phenomenally blessed by God. King of Israel with a close relationship to God Himself. Yet tragedy strikes. It wasn't, however, tragedy from the outside, but tragedy inside his own heart. Sadly, the heart increasingly wanders over a period of time before it becomes outwardly obvious. But at any stage, it impacts both us and God. Solomon, when he was old, turned away from God. You don't want to drift from being a devoted disciple, to becoming a devoted fool. Solomon was trying to love God and also his hundreds of women at the same time. It is time to turn to God in repentance, rather than slowly and tragically drifting into eternal ruin.

It has been said, -Touch their gods and they will kill you-. That is the way it is with all of us. If people touch the things we love, the ugly comes out. The word of God will mess with your idols because idols are an insult to God and damaging to those who worship them. Idols change your attitude toward anyone who stands in the way of your enjoyment of them. Anger, rather than repentance, passionlessness rather than passion. Then, in this context, Jesus speaks about the glorious dawning of the kingdom age, and the way in which people are now forcing their way into it. The Spirit is waking people up to their to their disastrous idolatry and granting them eyes to see the kingdom- Idols make you sleepy and legalistic, avoiding passion and vulnerability. Because Jesus touched on the pharisees' idols, they were angry. But in order to protect their idol, they had to get angry with Him for a different reason. But suddenly there is a verse on divorce. Because the pharisees who were very tight on the law, were very loose on divorce- Breaking the law they are claiming to keep. To escape this, you need a new heart-

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Title: Rejecting God Forever

Subtitle: Jesus Through Luke's Eyes

Speaker: Dr. Joshua Mack

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 10/8/2017

Bible: Luke 14:15-24

Length: 62 min.

Overview: It doesn't help to possess an invitation if you don't respond to it. The Gospel is so often and invitation that people simply do nothing about. Yet, astoundingly, there is nothing else in the world as important as this- Everything you worry about now will become nothing when Jesus makes everything right. Becoming merely religious won't throw God off your trail. A casual, non committed response is so typical of our day--trying to keep religious peace. But Jesus destroys the peace. His parable describes a man preparing a huge, expensive banquet. Every single person who was invited made a last minute excuse and refused come. What the man thought about these excuses is more important than what anyone else thought about them. The same is true of the Gospel invitation. The master was angry about the weak excuses and antithetically pours out grace on others. Beggars come into a richly provided environment, blessed way beyond their status. That's why the invitation seemed too good to be true, and they had to be compelled to come in. What, after all, they may have thought, would make a rich person want to have them at a banquet-Regardless, you need to respond to the Gospel in the same way that the poor people were supposed to respond. If someone offered to give you EVERYTHING, what excuse would you use to avoid having him give it to you- In Jesus' parable, refusing the invitation is refusing God- Forever- What could be a bigger privilege than such an invitation from God, where He is offering you everything-

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Title: How to be Religious

Subtitle: Jesus Through Luke's Eyes

Speaker: Dr. Joshua Mack

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 10/1/2017

Bible: Luke 14:7-14

Length: 72 min.

Overview: Humility needs to be your best friend if you want to do religion right. If you think the things you do should be seen by other people, your religion is for show. It is this that kept the pharisees from receiving Jesus. The stakes are high. We are driven by a passion to have people notice what we do. It is clear why we are called the selfie generation. This is tied to a deep down attitude that opposes the gospel. God gets to decided who receives eternal life and in what capacity they will serve. There will not be a single person in heaven who thinks he deserves it. So if you think you deserve it, you are flattering yourself into a false assurance. Your pride is damning you. But the scary thing is that if feels so normal- God is doing so many things for you to make you humble. Being humble might feel like losing, but being humble is being what God loves- That is more valuable than anything in this world. Faith in God's promises is another facet of true religion. True faith looks into eternity, while faithless religion only sees now. If your decisions are based upon this life, you are well on your way to becoming a pharisee. Living for something you can't see now, for what only God can give you in the world to come, is faith. How many of the small decisions you make every day can only be explained by the fact that you believe in coming glory- The place where you deliberately store your treasures is where your heart will be. Praying when no-one sees. Fasting without anyone knowing. There is no privilege in this life greater that true religion. but it is also dangerous. You can destroy yourself by pride and temporal faith.

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Title: Jesus, I Need to be Broken

Subtitle: Jesus Through Luke's Eyes

Speaker: Dr. Joshua Mack

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/24/2017

Bible: Luke 14:1-6

Length: 68 min.

Overview: Even people who don't know much about the Bible, have a problem with the idea that God has the right to judge them. Moreover, they are astounded when confronted with the possibility that God will actually judge and destroy them personally for their sin. Religious people are even more surprised that God will judge them. God, remember, can see what you think, just as well as He can see what you do. Pharisees watched Jesus to see what He would do. How dreadful- Looking good on the outside, but full of pride on the inside. They want to judge THE JUDGE- So busy doing things for God that we don't listen to God. What actual things in your life show that you love Him- Will you submit to God's word- If you won't listen to God, what would make you think God will listen to you- More religion, more pride. There will be many very religious people in hell. These religious people lacked compassion. We will put self at the center of everything. It is so hard to get people to see they need Jesus. I need to be broken. Jesus, I need to be broken.

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Title: Being Sure you are Saved

Subtitle: Assurance of Salvation

Speaker: Nickson Pasipanodya

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/17/2017

Bible: 1 John 2:1-6

Length: 69 min.

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Title: The Attitude of Christ

Subtitle: Humility and Reward of Christ

Speaker: Newton Chilingulo

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/10/2017

Bible: Philippians 2:1-11

Length: 56 min.

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Title: Sad Unbelief

Subtitle: Jesus Through Luke's Eyes

Speaker: Dr. Joshua Mack

Broadcaster: GraceUnlimited

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/3/2017

Bible: Luke 13:31-35

Length: 79 min.

Overview: In spite of the glaring authentication of His identity and mission, those who absolutely should have believed, didn't. Today, the same evidence exists, and the same unbelief persists. If the Jews truly believed who Jesus was, would they have suggested to God Incarnate that it was getting too dangerous for Him in those parts and that He should leave, for His own safety- Unbelief is sin. It goes way beyond an innocent lack of information. It is sad because it throws away, as worthless, the sum of all good. Jesus, knowing everything, was moved by people's unbelief. Does it impact me at an emotional level- Unbelief is an insult to the character and intentions of God. Yet, even unbelief is not great enough to slow God down in His intentions. He is not desperate against man's hard heart. He has no problem cutting through your rebellion. Yet the opposite is also true. As sad as unbelief is, God has no problem cutting down the rebel. This sermon is an appeal to you to come to God in repentance before that dreadfully sad day.