Good morning, and welcome to The Oaks Community Church Sunday morning worship service. We are so glad you could join us. This morning we are resuming our study of Luke, “Following Jesus The Perfect Man: Lessons for Disciples of Jesus From the Gospel of Luke.” This morning Pastor Gary Barber’s sermon is titled “Compassion Outweighs Protocol,” from Luke 5:12-26. When Jesus was on earth He was fully God and fully Man. He was the perfect model, and the perfect example for us in how we are to conduct our lives and relationships. We are going to learn much today from seeing how Jesus forgave and healed the paralyzed man.

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