The anointing of Jesus by Mary of Bethany- "A Beautiful Deed" - join us in worship like.

The Parable of the Talents - - (25:14-30) --- Don't bury your talents!"Anything whereby we may glorify God is a 'talent'. Our gifts, our influence, our money, our knowledge, our health, our strength, our time, our senses, our reason, our intellect, our memory, our affections, our privileges as members of Christ's church, our advantages as possessors of the Bible- all are talents." (JC Ryle)

Matthew 24:15-31 "Living in the End Times (Part 2) . . . God's guarding, guiding and gathering of His elect.

Matthew 24:1-14, Living in the End Times - - -“The power of God is such that he can and will sustain his faithful servants through whatever trials they may be called upon to endure.” (Leon Morris)

Matthew 23:27-36, "From Woe to Blessing" - - two more woes, two more questions: 1. Do you have the life of God in you? (v.27-28) 2. Do you love the righteousness of God? (v.29-36) . . .It is possible to be transformed from blindness and hypocrisy to the life and righteousness of Christ via the miracle of the new birth and the process of sanctification by the Word and the Spirit of God.

This message is the continuation of Kingdom Influence Pt. 2 from last week. Matthew 23:25-26- Kingdom Influence part 2-- "first clean the inside of the cup and the dish so that the outside of it may become clean also" (v26)