"The Pharisees, who had dedicated themselves to the pursuit of righteousness, had degenerated into a group of hypocrites. They were involved in a parade and in a charade. Their joy was to parade their righteousness and their holiness, not before God, but before the eyes of men. They lusted for the applause of human beings. They paraded their righteousness before the eyes of the people. Their parade was a charade. It was an exercise in hypocrisy. It was a pretense, as their righteousness was not genuine."

TEXT: LUKE 14:1-14
SONGS:
HERE I AM TO WORSHIP, TIM HUGHES COVER
MORE LIKE JESUS, KRISTIAN STANFILL
HYMN OF HEAVEN, BETHEL WORSHIP

Being the Great Teacher He was, the Head of the new dispensation of religion, and beholding the people misled by their religious guides, He invites them to come, those oppressed by the burden of ceremonies and traditions, those oppressed by ignorance, sin and trouble, those destitute of true ease of conscience, He invites them to Himself, as the One who could give adequate consolation under all their sorrows. CH Spurgeon

TEXT: LUKE 13:31-35
SONGS:
COME YE SINNERS, ACAPELLA
COME AS YOU ARE, COVER
THE LOVE OF GOD, WORSHIP INITIATIVE
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN, JOURNEY WORSHIP
COME YE SINNERS, LINGER CONFERENCE

"In making guilty, polluted rebels and heirs of endless perdition holy--not merely servants but children, heirs of God, and partakers of endless life and glory-
the grace of God surpasses all finite conception."

Our Saviour came to guide men's consciences, not to gratify their curiosity. 
Ask not, How many shall be saved? But, Shall I be one of them?   Matthew Henry

TEXT: LUKE 13:22-30
SONGS:
THIS IS MY SONG, NORTH POINT CHURCH
BLESSED ASSURANCE, NEW HOPE
HOW DEEP THE FATHER'S LOVE FOR US, CELTIC WORSHIP
I KNOW WHOM I HAVE BELIEVED, DANIEL WHITTLE

The congregation rejoiced over the glorious things Jesus did and His adversaries were put to shame. Today the same craziness goes on. The church becomes entrenched in practices that restrict the movement of the Holy Spirit, God gets placed in a box and told how to operate and traditions become dogma. Then, some poor soul steps out of line and straight away, Christ's adversaries get all bent out of shape.

TEXT: LUKE 13:10-22
SONGS;
I STAND AMAZED, AUSTIN STONE WORSHIP
THERE IS A FOUNTAIN, GREEN ROOM, JOURNEY WORSHIP
MERCY, ELEVATION CHURCH
HOSANNA, HILLSONG

May we be such parents, such brothers, such sisters, such children, that it shall be the first anxiety of our spirits that our children, our parents, our husband, our wife, our friends, our brothers and sisters, should be brought to partake with us in the things of God!  C.H Spurgeon

TEXT: LUKE 12:49-59
SONGS:
BLESSED ASSURANCE, JEREMY RIDDLE
THANK YOU JESUS FOR THE BLOOD, WORSHIP INITIATIVE
I SPEAK JESUS, PORCH WORSHIP

“Where your chief treasure is laid up, there will your heart be also fixed, and the whole tenor of your thoughts and affections will naturally flow in that direction."
"Blessed is that servant whom his master, when he comes, will find him intent on the business entrusted to him."

TEXT: LUKE 12:35-48
SONGS: 
SEEK YE FIRST THE KINGDOM OF GOD
HAVE IT ALL
I SURRENDER ALL
LIVING FOR JESUS

“Rest assured that the lord, who provides for the millions of fish in the sea and the myriads of birds in the air will not suffer His own children to perish for the lack of things of this life.” C.H. SPURGEON

TEXT: LUKE 12:22-34
SONGS:
NO ONE EVER CARED FOR ME LIKE JESUS
HOW GREAT THOU ART, CALVARY CHURCH
GRATITUDE, BRANDON LAKE
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS
TRUST IN GOD, ELEVATION CHURCH

“Each of us will eventually give away all our earthly possessions. How we choose to do so, however, is a reflection of our commitment to the kingdom of God.”
Charles Stanley
"The Christian must keep his feet upon the earth, but his head in the heavens."
Ripley Commentary

TEXT: LUKE 12:13-21
SONGS:
GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, NEW VISION WORSHIP
HAVE IT ALL, BETHEL WORSHIP
TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE, KARI JOBE
'TREASURED POSSESSIONS', PASTOR JEREMY JOHNSON, FEARLESS CHURCH
I'D RATHER HAVE JESUS, FELLOWSHIP CREATIVE

"Of all the spiritual dangers to which Christ alerted His disciples, few of them outweigh His warnings concerning hypocrisy. If we would not become Pharisees, let us cultivate a heart religion. Let us realize daily that God looks far below the outward surface of our profession, and that He measures us by the state of our hearts. Let us be real and true in our Christianity. Lets  abhor all part-acting, and fake appearance of  devotion, put on for public occasions. It may deceive man and gain us the reputation of being very religious, but it cannot deceive God. "

TEXT: LUKE 12:1-12
SONGS:
THANKS AND PRAISE, PHILIPPA HANNA
REFINERS FIRE, JEREMY RIDDLE
LIVING FOR JESUS, HYMN
THE CAUSE OF CHRIST, WEST
COAST BAPTIST COLLEGE

"It is a triumphant view which bursts upon the soul as it contemplates the fact that the work of the second Adam has repaired the ruins of the first, and that man is redeemed; HALLELUJAH, his body will be raised; not another human being should die, and the work of death should be ended.. Death is not only at an end; it shall not only cease, but its evils shall be repaired; and the glory and honour shall encompass the body of man, such as would have been unknown had there been no death.  DEATH SHALL, BE AT AN END." 

1Peter 1:3 ¶ Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead!

SONGS:
CHRIST THE LORD IS RISEN TODAY
CROWN HIM WITH MANY CROWNS
WORTHY OF IT ALL, EMMIE ROSE, BETHEL
LIVING HOPE, PHIL WICKHAM
AMAZING GRACE, NEW VISION WORSHIP