Honor the Heir (Mark 12:1-12 The Vineyard Stewardship NASB) Purpose: to be fruitful stewards who honor Jesus in His Vineyard 1. Jesus Tells the Vineyard Parable (Mark 12:1-9; 1 Peter 2:4-10) 2. Jesus, the Chief Corner Stone (Mark 12:10-11; Psalm 118:19-26) 3. The Plan Set In Motion (Mark 12:12) 4. Are We Faithful Stewards in Jesus’ Vineyard Today? The Kingdom, the vineyard, always has been, is now, and forever will be God’s How people respond to God’s messengers determines their acceptance or denial in the Kingdom God has set His Chief Corner Stone Jesus Christ, there is no other Jesus went to the cross and overcame by His resurrection We are all just stewards, servants in the vineyard and we owe all things back to the Owner God will use faithful fruitful stewards who are obedient to His messengers and the Son God will be vindicated against any and all who have rejected His messengers and the Son God desires the stewards to produce fruit from the vineyard and give it all back In a word, we must glorify God
Are You Lost or Found? Luke 15:1-32 1. The Question of the Hour (Luke 15:1-2) 2. The Parable of the Lost Sheep (Luke 15:3-7) 3. The Parable of the Lost Coin (Luke 15:8-10) 4. The Parable of the Two Sons (Luke 15:11-32) The Father Has Compassion Sinners repent, they come back to the Father through Jesus Christ Overflowing Rejoicing, Joy, and Celebration One Son Repents, One Son Doesn’t Get It Let Heaven Break Out in Rejoicing!
Who is the Greatest? Matthew 18:1-14 1. Who is the Greatest? (Matthew 18:1-4, NASB) The Question of the Hour: Who is the Greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven? The Parable of the Child The Greatest Disciples are Like Humble Children 2. Let the Greatest be the Greatest! (Matthew 18:5-7, NASB) Receiving Jesus’ Disciples is the Same as Receiving Jesus Himself Rejecting Jesus’ Disciples is the Same as Rejecting Jesus Himself Do you support missionaries? 3. On the Road to Personal Greatness (Matthew 18:8-9, NASB) “How-to” be Great! Disciplined for Greatness or Whole in Hell? Your choice. 4. Since the Father Protects the Greatest Ones, So Should We (Matthew 18:10-14, NASB) The Parable of the Sheep: Jesus Himself is the Shepherd The Father will is that not one perishes (v. 14) Therefore, you and I must not despise humble disciples of Christ (v. 10)
God, The Forgiving and Righteous King (Matthew 18) Purpose: To forgive as we have been forgiven The Problem is Sin! (Matthew 18:15-20) The Solution is Limitless Forgiveness (Matthew 18:21-22) Peter asks a question! Imitate Your King Who Forgave You (Matthew 18:23-35) Eternal sin forgiven requires us to forgive Now Let’s Get Real (Matthew 18:35) Peter gets his answer It’s all about God! Which Character are you in the Kingdom? Your forgiveness of others is directly tied to God’s forgiveness of you God is God and I am Not Revisiting the Disciple’s Prayer (Matthew 6:9-15) Your forgiveness of others is directly tied to God’s forgiveness of you Have you been forgiven in Christ? Do you forgive others?
Love God! Love Your Neighbor! Luke 10:25-37 Purpose: To love God’s way The Question of the Hour (Luke 10:25) What shall I do to inherit eternal life? Who’s My First Love? (Luke 10:26-28) First Great Commandment – Deuteronomy 6:5 Second Great Commandment – Leviticus 19:18 Who’s My Neighbor? (Luke 10:29-37) Go and do the same!
“What Shall I Do To Inherit Eternal Life?” Mark 10:17-31 The Question of the Hour! (Mark 10:17) A Secondary Answer First (Mark 10:18-19) Look Again at the Commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) 1) You shall have no other gods before Me. 2) You shall not make for yourself an idol, or any likeness of what is in heaven above or on the earth beneath or in the water under the earth. You shall not worship them or serve them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me, but showing lovingkindness to thousands, to those who love Me and keep My commandments. 3) You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain. 4) Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female servant or your cattle or your sojourner who stays with you. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day; therefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day and made it holy. 5) Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the LORD your God gives you. 6) You shall not murder. 7) You shall not commit adultery. 8) You shall not steal. 9) You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 10) You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female servant or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor. A Bold Claim (Mark 10:20) The Primary Answer: The Rich Man’s Lacking! (Mark 10:21-22) It’s Hard to Enter the Kingdom, i.e., Only God Makes the Poor Rich (Mark 10:23-27) The Poor Rich Man & The Rich Poor Disciples (Mark 10:28-31) Conclusion: 1. How do I inherit eternal life? Salvation by God’s grace, not man’s works. Do not look to anything you can do, or to anything else you may possess. Look to Jesus Christ! 2. To have Eternal Life (Mark 10:17, 30) is to Enter the Kingdom (Mark 10:23-24) 3. You must have Christ. You must exchange all that you are for all that He is! (Eph. 1:18-23) 4. It really is an equation of gain versus loss (Mark 8:34-38) 5. You cannot serve both God and Money (Matthew 6:24) 6. Life is not in your possessions (Luke 12:15) 7. If you come to Christ, you must come to Christ all the way! 8. The Final Reality is this: Who will you serve? God or money?