Redeemer Weekend Sermons

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Final Words
"I thirst." & "It is finished." • March 10, 2024
Teacher: Leanne Benton

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/> John 19:28-30:

Later, knowing that everything had now been finished, and so that  Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” A jar of  wine vinegar was there, so they soaked a sponge in it, put the  sponge on a stalk of the hyssop plant, and lifted it to Jesus’  lips. When he had received the drink, Jesus said, “It is finished.”

/> ‘My mouth is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth; You lay me in the dust of death.” Psalm 22:15

/> Hebrews 2:17:

“For this reason he had to be made fully human in every way, in order that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, and that he might make atonement for the sins of the people.”

/>  A Testimony of His…Suffering, Submission, Sureness

/> “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14

/> “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?” Psalm 42:1-2

/> “After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said “I thirst!” John 19:28

/> Completeness   Triumph   Satisfaction  Confidence

/> “I have brought you glory by finishing the work you gave me to do.”

John 17:4

/>“No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.” John 10:18

/>“Death has lost the battle! Where is its victory? Where is its sting? Sin is what gives death its sting, and the Law is the power behind sin. But thank God for letting our Lord Jesus Christ give us the victory!” 1 Corinthians 15:55-57

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Final Words
"Eli, Eli lama sabachthani?" • March 3, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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/> 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the Jews. 27 They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. 29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it in three days, 30 come down from the cross and save yourself!” 31 In the same way the chief priests and the teachers of the law mocked him among themselves. “He saved others,” they said, “but he can’t save himself! 32 Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults on him.  – Mark 15:25-32

/> 33 At noon, darkness came over the whole land until three in the afternoon. - Mark 15:33

/> 34 And at three in the afternoon Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which means “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”). - Mark 15:34

/> 1.    To be forsaken did not change God’s identity.

/> 2.    To be forsaken did not change the Father’s love.

/> 3.    To be forsaken was not a sin of despair.

/> Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely your goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.

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Final Words
Father, forgive them. • February 25, 2024
Teacher: Dave Brown

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/> Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.

/> Today you will be with me in paradise.

/> Here is your son.  Here is your mother.

/> My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?

/> I thirst.

/> It is finished

/> Into your hands I commit my spirit.

/> The first three phrases display Jesus’ character.

/> 1.  Love your enemies

/> 1.  Father forgive them

/> 2.  My yoke is easy and my burden is light

/> 2.  Today, you will be with me in paradise.

/> 3.  Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.

/> 3.  Here is your son.  Here is your mother.

/> Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection has a two-fold meaning for us.

/> It offers us mercy and grace

/> It is the example of what it means to be truly human.

/> Our lives are lived well only when they are lived on the terms of their creation, with God loving and us being loved, with God making and us being made, with God revealing and us understanding, with God commanding and us responding.

—Eugene Peterson

/> Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face…

—Mike Tyson

/> Who are we when following Jesus gets hard?

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Final Words
Father, forgive them. • February 18, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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/> 1. A time of repentance.

/> 2. A time of renewal.

/> 3. A time of self-denial.

/> Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed. When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots. - Luke 23:32-34

/> “The crucifixion is not a spectator sport. I cannot simply watch it on the sidelines. Something bursts within me—revulsion, hatred, disappointment—but I am not left untouched. The cross, acknowledged or not, leaves its own kind of wound in us. It sets us voyaging within ourselves.” — Alan Jones

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Living the Way
Blessed at the peacemakers... • February 11, 2024
Teacher: Otis Garrison

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/> BLESSED ARE THE PERSECUTED

/> Matthew 5:10, “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” NKJV

I. KINGDOM OF HEAVEN

/> What does Jesus mean - For theirs is the kingdom of heaven?

/> Many of Jesus’ parables focus on the kingdom of heaven

/> The kingdom of heaven is established in and through us as we are poor in spirit and live righteous before the Father.

II. PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE

/> The first 7 Beatitudes happen because we make a choice to do what Jesus is saying.

/> With this last Beatitude - “persecuted for righteousness sake” it is a choice someone else or some outside force makes for us.

/> In the case of this beatitude - persecution happens because of loyalty to righteousness,

/> Matt 5:11, “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.” NKJV

/> Revile - means to use scornful or abusive language. To treat or regard with contempt or disdain; to reject or to mock…

/> Question - what does it mean if we are never persecuted?

/> Acts 4:29, “And now, O Lord, hear their threats, and give us, your servants, great boldness in preaching your word.” NLT

/> Jesus, Himself, was reviled and mocked - Leaving us an example to follow…

/> 1 Peter 2:21-23, “For God called you to do good, even if it means suffering, just as Christ suffered for you. He is your example, and you must follow in his steps. He never sinned, nor ever deceived anyone. He did not retaliate when he was insulted, nor threaten revenge when he suffered. He left his case in the hands of God, who always judges fairly.” NLT

Matt 5:11, “Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.” NKJV

Matt 5:12, “Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.” NKJV

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Living the Way
Blessed at the peacemakers... • February 5, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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/> Matthew 5:9 – Blessed are the peacemakers, for the will be called children of God.

/> You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! For if, while we were God’s enemies, we were reconciled to him through the death of his Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through his life! Not only is this so, but we also boast in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation. Romans 5:6-11

/> Reconciliation is not only of God, but from God, and to God.

/> All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God. - 2 Corinthians 5:18-21

/> “The word of the beatitudes penetrates us with the power of the Holy Spirit in order to break up our interior soil.” - Jonathan Pennington

/>“The word of the beatitudes penetrates you with the power of the Holy Spirit in order to break up your interior soil.” 

/> “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. - Matthew 5:43-45

/> 1. Pray for your enemies.

/> 2. Pray for peace.

/> 3. Do all you can.

/> Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.

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Living the Way
Blessed at the pure in heart... • January 28, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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Living the Way
Blessed at the pure in heart... • January 28, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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/> Μακάριος: happy, supremely blessed, fortunate; to be envied.

/> The Beatitudes are not only instructions on how to live, but directions to where God can be found.

/> Living the way of the kingdom is admitting that God’s way is better than our own.

/> Matthew 5:8 – Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

/> I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. – Galatians 2:20

/> 2 Corinthians 5:17 - Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here.

/> Proverbs 4:23 – Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.

/> Our hearts are vulnerable when we get distracted.

/> 1 John 2:15-16 - Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.

Living the Way
Blessed are the merciful... • January 21, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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Living the Way
Blessed at the merciful... • January 21, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

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/> Matthew 5:7

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy."

Mercy – the compassionate disposition to forgive someone or to offer aid, assistance, or help to someone in need.

The conduct God demands of us includes a continuous nature of showing mercy to others.

/> Matthew 18:21-22

"Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times? Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times."

/> Matthew 18:23-26

“Therefore, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants. As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand bags of gold was brought to him. Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.“ At this the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Be patient with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.'

/> Matthew 18:27

"The servant’s master took pity on him, canceled the debt and let him go."

/> Matthew 18:28-30

“But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred silver coins. He grabbed him and began to choke him. ‘Pay back what you owe me!’ he demanded. “His fellow servant fell to his knees and begged him, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it back.’ “But he refused. Instead, he went off and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay the debt."

/> Matthew 18:31-35

"When the other servants saw what had happened, they were outraged and went and told their master everything that had happened. “Then the master called the servant in. ‘You wicked servant,’ he said, ‘I canceled all that debt of yours because you begged me to. Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant just as I had on you?’ In anger his master handed him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should pay back all he owed.“ This is how my heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother or sister from your heart.”

When I am unmerciful, it shows I lack gratitude and true acknowledgement of God’s mercy for me.

Living the Way
Blessed are those that hunger for righteousness... • January 14, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

/> Μακάριος (blessed) – happy, supremely blessed, fortunate

/> Μακάριος (blessed) – happy, supremely blessed, fortunate; to be envied.

/> “We can compare the work of the beatitudes to that of a plow in the fields. Drawn along with determination, it drives the sharp edge of the plowshare into the earth and carves out a deep wound; a broad channel. In the same way, the word of the beatitudes penetrates us with the power of the Holy Spirit in order to break up our interior soil. It cuts through us with the sharp edge of trials and with the struggles it provokes. It overturns our ideas, reverses the obvious, thwarts our desires, and bewilders us, leaving us poor and naked before God. All this, in order to prepare a place within us for the seed of new life.” — Jonathan Pennington

/> Read the Beatitudes not only as instructions on how to live, but directions to where God can be found.

\_Matthew 5:6_\

/> "Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled."

/> Do I hunger and thirst for the wrong things?

\_Jeremiah 2:12-13_\

/> “My people have committed two sins: They have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and have dug their own cisterns, broken cisterns that cannot hold water.”

\_Isaiah 55:1-2_\

/> "Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good, and you will delight in the richest of fare. Give ear and come to me; listen, that you may live."

\_Matthew 5:20_\

"For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven."

"If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world." – C.S. Lewis

Living the Way
Blessed are the poor in spirit... • January 7, 2024
Teacher: Adam Barnett

\_Matthew 7:28-29_\

> "When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law."

> “The realm where God’s way is done is the ‘kingdom of God.’ It is from everlasting to everlasting. What changed with the birth of Jesus was God’s gift of a way in. To those who receive Christ as king, he gives the power to become powerless—to give up supreme rulership of our own little kingdoms and become like children. Children of the King, happy to follow in the Father’s footsteps and ready to trust him with our lives.” - Grace Pouch

> To serve, or not to serve?

> “The Sermon on the Mount is the most complete description anywhere in the N.T. of the Christian counterculture. Here is a Christian value-system, ethical standard, religious devotion, attitude to money, ambition, lifestyle, and network of relationships — all of which totally oppose those in the non-Christian world. And this Christian counterculture is the life of the kingdom of God, a fully human life indeed, but lived out under the divine rule.” - John Stott

\_Matthew 5:1-3_\

> "Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them. He said: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.”

> Living the way of the kingdom is admitting that God's way is better than our own.

> Living the way of the kingdom of God involves a present responsibility and a future privilege.