Genesis 22 - Abraham sacrifices Isaac.

Abraham's Greatest Test

When you're on a faith road trip with God. . . 

1. You should expect __________
2. You should focus on _____________
3. You should depend on ______________

Jonathan Discusses the commonly known parable, The prodigal son." 

Hook: What do we do when someone challenges our faith?

Text: Luke 15:11-32, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20

The Prodigal Son moves from Lord to Servant
The Older Son moves from Servant to Lord

1. The Choice of the Prodigal Son
2. The Warning to the Older Son
3. The Invitation of the Father

Main idea: The faithfulness of the Father allows me to be faithful to others

Challenge: Be the faithful Father. Carelessly love others to reconciliation. 

In this sermon, Jonathan shares with us the drama from Jesus' family and how that is impacting his ministry pointing out the hard choices He will have to make. 

In his presentation, Jonathan used a whiteboard and wrote the following:

1. Jesus chooses his family
     2. His family comes to collect him
          3. The Jewish Leaders deny Him as King and block others
     4. His family comes to collect him
5. Jesus chooses his family

This is called a "Markan Sandwich" or more accurately, a chiasmus structure. 

The point of this is to draw the reader to the middle where the meat of the story is and that is where you see the main idea. 

Here, it is a warning to not be like the Jewish leaders, who Jesus' family is in danger of doing with albeit naive motives. 

Ultimately, we must choose Jesus in every aspect of our lives