SIX REASONS WHY FOLLOWERS OF CHRIST ARE THE MOST HOPEFUL PEOPLE:

We have been completely forgiven.

We are no longer afraid to die.

We have the power of the resurrection and the Holy Spirit. The same power that raised Jesus from the dead is available to you!

We are HOPEFUL because GOD will never stop loving us.

We are hopeful because we know the PURPOSE OF LIFE!

We are HOPEFUL because we have an eternal home waiting for us.

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 Morning Star Fellowship - Quakertown Campus April 17, 2022 Pastor John Decker

JESUS CAME TO BE A KING LIKE NO OTHER

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Morning Star Fellowship - Pennsburg Campus  April 10, 2022 Pastor Ryan DeFrain

The Big Idea: JESUS: The King is in Control and The King is Coming!!!  

Are you accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior today? Let us know so we can pray with you. https://bit.ly/acceptingJesus  Learn more about Morning Star Fellowship  https://www.mstarqtown.org/aboutmsf  Let's connect! Tell us a little about yourself https://bit.ly/36g5ClD  Stay in Touch https://www.facebook.com/mstarquakertown https://www.instagram.com/mstarqtown@mstarqtown  Morning Star Fellowship - Quakertown Campus April 10, 2022 Pastor John Decker

WHAT JESUS CAME TO DO: 1: PREACH GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR Matthew 5:3-6 (NLT) 3 “God blesses those who are poor and realize their need for him, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. 4 God blesses those who mourn, for they will be comforted. 5 God blesses those who are humble, for they will inherit the whole earth. 6 God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.  Luke 5:29-32 (NLT) 29 Later, Levi held a banquet in his home with Jesus as the guest of honor. Many of Levi’s fellow tax collectors and other guests also ate with them. 30 But the Pharisees and their teachers of religious law complained bitterly to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with such scum?” 31 Jesus answered them, “Healthy people don’t need a doctor—sick people do. 32 I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners and need to repent.”  2: PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVE John 8:34 (NLT) 34 Jesus replied, “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin.”  Romans 6:5-8, 16-18 (NLT) 5 Since we have been united with him in his death, we will also be raised to life as he was. 6 We know that our old sinful selves were crucified with Christ so that sin might lose its power in our lives. We are no longer slaves to sin. 7 For when we died with Christ we were set free from the power of sin. 8 And since we died with Christ, we know we will also live with him….16 Don’t you realize that you become the slave of whatever you choose to obey? You can be a slave to sin, which leads to death, or you can choose to obey God, which leads to righteous living. 17 Thank God! Once you were slaves of sin, but now you wholeheartedly obey this teaching we have given you. 18 Now you are free from your slavery to sin, and you have become slaves to righteous living.  3: OPEN THE EYES OF THE BLIND 2 Corinthians 4:4 (NLT) 4 Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.  Isaiah 9:2 (NLT) 2 The people who walk in darkness will see a great light. For those who live in a land of deep darkness, a light will shine.  John 8:12 (NLT) 12 Jesus spoke to the people once more and said, “I am the light of the world. If you follow me, you won’t have to walk in darkness, because you will have the light that leads to life.”  4: SET FREE THE OPPRESSED Matthew 11:28-30 (NLT) 28 Then Jesus said, “Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you. Let me teach you, because I am humble and gentle at heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy to bear, and the burden I give you is light.”  1 Peter 1:18-19 (NLT) 18 For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value. 19 It was the precious blood of Christ, the sinless, spotless Lamb of God.  WHAT DO YOU NEED JESUS TO DO FOR YOU?  Learn more about Morning Star Fellowship  https://www.mstarqtown.org/aboutmsf  Let's connect! Tell us a little about yourself https://bit.ly/36g5ClD  Stay in Touch https://www.facebook.com/mstarquakertown https://www.instagram.com/mstarqtown@mstarqtown

THE BIG IDEA: JESUS IS THE ANSWER YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IN LIFE.

 WHO Jesus came for and WHY Jesus came: Jesus came to give HOPE to the hopeless. The poor physically. The poor spiritually. God has a dream for your life! 

1 Timothy 2:4 (AMP) Who (GOD) desires all people to be saved and come to the knowledge and recognition of the truth."  

Psalm 42:5 (NLT) “Why am I so discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise Him~my Savior and my God!”  

Matthew 11:28 “Jesus says: Come to Me, all of you who are weary and loaded with burdens, and I will give you rest.”  

Our HOPE has a Name attached to it: JESUS!

 Jesus came to HEAL the brokenhearted. 

Broken in this world. Numerous things have broken us in this world: Loss of a spouse Loss of a child Loss of a dream Loss of a job Failures in life Disappointments Rejection You do not have to be an outsider: “In Christ” you are members of God's family. Ephesians 2:19 (NLT) “So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family.”  

Our God is HEALER: Psalm 147:3 (NLT) “He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.”  Jesus came to RELEASE captives. 

Self imposed prisons of: Addictions Mental strongholds Destructive thoughts Lies 

John 8:34 & 36 (NLT) “I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave of sin...So if the SON sets you free, you are truly free.”  

Jesus came to REVEAL God to the world. Luke 4:18 “Jesus said:… I've come to recover the sight of the blind…”  Spiritual Blindness 

Social Media Question: Who is Jesus? 

A good man A story book character A peace loving hippy socialist The best con man Life Santa A great teacher 

2 Corinthians 4:4 (NLT) “Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don't believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don't understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.”  

Some are misguided in their blindness Some are intellectually blind Some are blinded by anger 

Jesus came to PURCHASE your freedom. 

Luke 4:18 “And that the oppressed be set free, and that the time of the Lord's favor has come.”  

The YEAR OF JUBILEE - the bottom line Jesus was saying: “I'm here to pay or cancel your debts.” 

Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death (the cost, the payment, the debt of sin is death. Spiritual death = separation from God.) but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our LORD.” 

 1 Peter 1:18-19 (NKJV) “Knowing that you were not redeemed with corruptible things, like silver and gold, from you aimless conduct received by your fathers; but with the precious blood of Christ , as a lamb without blemish and without spot.” 

 Jesus paid our debt that we could never ever pay! Acts 10:34-35a (NLT) “The Peter replied, I see very clearly that God shows no favoritism. In every nation He accepts those who fear Him…”  Romans 10:13 (NKJV) “Everyone who calls on the Name of The Lord shall be saved.”  

Action Step: Receive the healing that Jesus has for you! And let's represent the real Jesus to the world! 

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Choose the right path and the right gate because not all paths lead to the Kingdom.

You need to be certain that you are following the right directions in life.

Do Not Judge...

Matthew 7: 1-6 NKJV Judge not, that you may not be judged. For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you. And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, Let me remove the speck from your eye; and look, a plank is in your own eye? Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Do not give what is holy to dogs; nor cast pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.  The Big Idea: God has a better life for you than you have for yourself. TO JUDGE OR NOT TO JUDGE? Judge not, that you be not judged. V1  Do not “judge” hypocritically, with an attitude that tears others down in order to build yourself up. This is not a statement against all critical thinking; it’s a call to discernment. GET THE PLANK OUT. Judge yourself before you judge others Jesus is forbidding faultfinding while assuming the role of supreme judge in regard to the sins of others. “Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.” V6  Dogs & Pigs? 1 Cor. 11:31 “For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged.”  WHAT IS CORRECT JUDGEMENT? 2 Timothy 4:2 “Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned aside to fables. But you be watchful in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.”  We are to speak the truth in love. Eph. 4:15God’s truth will set you free: Ps. 119:160 The entirety of Your word is truth…  John 14:6 I am the Way, the Truth and the Life …  John 8:32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.  This is not political. It’s Spiritual & Biblical. “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes…” Romans 1:16 Romans 1: 18 - 32 1 Corinthians 6: 1-10  It’s All Sin: “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.” Romans 3:23“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Romans 6:23Two Timely Topics Homosexuality is sin. The Biblical view of marriage is between a man and a woman. Gen. 2:24 & 27 KJV “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.”  "He made them male and female … " Matthew 19:4-6  Action Step: We judge with compassion, from the perspective that we’ve all been there and done that! “But such were some of you but you were washed, you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Cor. 6:11 NKJV  ************************************************************************************************

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The Big Idea: Where your treasure is, there your heart (your wishes and desires-everything you center your life on) will be also.