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by Bro. Byron Fair In this sermon from the ninth chapter of Luke, Bro. Byron Fair, who recently joined Zion Primitive Baptist Church, teaches us about the importance of pressing forward in our service to Christ. Serving Christ is not a life of ease, but rather can be difficult, but when we “take up our...
Matlock & WirksworthPodcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/354059/episodes/19481103-matlcok-12-07-26-zaccheus-lost-found-neal-garratt.mp3Zacchaeus meets Jesus I want to spend just a few moments to put this story into context – One of the main themes of Luke's gospel is that Jesus welcomes sinners /lost people– he doesn't reject them, even though the scribes and pharisees could not understand this – they thought their works would be enough for Jesus but Jesus always looks at the heart and seeks to restore peoples heart to him – no matter their sin or shame! This is good news for those Jesus meets in his earthly ministry and good news for us as well!Luke 15 vs 2 – “Tax collectors and other notorious sinners often came to listen to Jesus teach. This made the Pharisees and teachers of the religious law complain that he was associating with such sinful people- even eating with them”This is the background and before we meet Zacchaeus in chapter 19 Jesus has told the stories of the lost sheep, the lost coin, the prodigal son and in chapter 18 the parable of the pharisee and the tax collector and the rich young ruler – Jesus seeking lost and sinful people - and then we meet ZacchaeusLuke 19 vs 1-10 Zacchaeus was despised by the Jews as he was a tax collector for the Romans as was Matthew and he was in fact the chief tax collector – The jews viewed tax collectors as traitors to the Jewish community and in fact were viewed as “robbers”. Luke also says that Zacchaeus was wealthy and how did he become wealthy? By taking advantage of those people whose taxes he collected and making himself money on the side – he was corrupt there is no doubt about that! He was the last person that Jesus should have been associating with and yet Jesus invites himself for tea!Vs 7 But the people were displeased – “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner they grumbled”You see the problem was they had completely misunderstood Jesus ministry on earth which he reveals in vs 10“ For the son of man came to seek and save those who are lost” This is so important – we are ALL lost spiritually until Jesus Christ finds us –Dictionary definition of lost “ spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed “lost souls”This is us and what's the opposite of lost? FOUND – we have been found by Christ Luke 15 vs 6 “ When he arrives, he will call together his friends and neighbours saying “ Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep”Luke 15 vs 9 “And when she find its (the lost coin) she will call together her friends and neighbours and say “ Rejoice with me because I have found my lost coin”Luke 15 vs 24 “ for this son of mine was dead and has now returned to life. He was LOST but now he is FOUND” So the party began”This is so important – was Zacchaeus lost – YES – But Jesus found him – salvation came to his house that very afternoon!Ephesians chapter 2 explains our position before we meet JesusVs 1 – You are spiritually dead in your sins – Vs 4 – BUT GOD – is so rich in mercy, and he loves us so much that even though we were dead – he gave us LIFE when he raised Jesus from the deadVs 8-9 “ God saved you by his grace when you believed and you can't take credit for this it is a gift from God- Salvation is not a reward for the good things we have done , so none of us can boast about it”The world is quick to condemn - but Jesus is quick to forgive! So Jesus visits Zacchaeus house and Zacchaeus is convicted of his sin and saysVs 8-9 “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes I will give them back four times as much and Jesus responds Salvation has come to this home today”The conviction of our sin or our position before Christ is a ministry of the Holy SpiritJohn 16 vs 7-8Jesus says this “But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God's righteousness”There has to be conviction of our sin before a Holy God – that we are lost and need to be found – before salvation comes.Watch Video – Start at 2.03mins inhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GeGqm4ocg8&t=168sAmazing story of bring lost and then found – this is what happens when The Holy Spirit convicts us of our sin and we realise we need a saviour!Tell the story of Mr Lee – Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners!Zacchaeus was visited by Jesus in his home and yet we have that same invitation every day to walk with JesusRoger – Prophetic word – take my hand and walk with me every day – so goodLamentations 3 vs 22-26“The faithful love of the Lord never ends – His mercies never cease – Great is his faithfulness – his mercies begin afresh each morning. I say to myself The Lord is my inheritance therefore I will hope in him – The Lord is good to those who depend on him, to those who search for him. So it is good to wait quietly for salvation from the Lord”Jesus wants to find and rescue you this morning – He doesn't care what you have done – how bad you have been – what you are carrying – Lost people have a lot of baggage- but he is here to find you, rescue you and pour out his amazing love and grace into your life – you know we all have a moment when we can say “Salvation came to this house today” – why not today for you?Luke 19 vs 1-10Jesus entered Jericho and made his way through the town.There was a man there named Zacchaeus. He was the chief tax collector in the region, and he had become very rich.He tried to get a look at Jesus, but he was too short to see over the crowd.So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree beside the road, for Jesus was going to pass that way.When Jesus came by, he looked up at Zacchaeus and called him by name. “Zacchaeus!” he said. “Quick, come down! I must be a guest in your home today.”Zacchaeus quickly climbed down and took Jesus to his house in great excitement and joy.But the people were displeased. “He has gone to be the guest of a notorious sinner,” they grumbled.Meanwhile, Zacchaeus stood before the Lord and said, “I will give half my wealth to the poor, Lord, and if I have cheated people on their taxes, I will give them back four times as much!”Jesus responded, “Salvation has come to this home today, for this man has shown himself to be a true son of Abraham.For the Son of Man came to seek and save those who are lost.”
Is your service an overflow of trying to please those in church and community...or is it an overflow of a life saved and spent learning to love God? It can look very similar but there is a huge difference! Share! Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 10:38-42, 20; Matthew 25:40)!
For The Life of The World: The FPC Greenville, Alabama Podcast
This is the sermon for the Lord's Day, May 31, 2024.
For The Life of The World: The FPC Greenville, Alabama Podcast
This is the sermon for the Lord's Day, May 24, 2026.
Salvation is not just eternity with God...it is submissive, humble discipleship, here and now, with Christ as Lord and making more disciples for His Kingdom and Glory! Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 9:23)!
For The Life of The World: The FPC Greenville, Alabama Podcast
This is the sermon for the Lord's Day, May 17, 2026.
For The Life of The World: The FPC Greenville, Alabama Podcast
This is the sermon for the Lord's Day, May 10, 2026.
Christ United Methodist Church NewSong Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - NewSong April 26 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:36-43 ~ Rev. Rob Couch Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
Christ United Methodist Church NewSong Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - Sanctuary Apr 26 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:36-43 ~ Rev. Brian Hasty Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
Christ United Methodist Church Sanctuary Sunday Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - Sanctuary Apr 26 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:36-43 ~ Rev. Brian Hasty Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
Christ United Methodist Church Sanctuary Sunday Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - NewSong April 26 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:36-43 ~ Rev. Rob Couch Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
Live Like Jesus - Part 4A Life of Discipleship | Luke 6:43-49What produces a truly fruitful and spiritually stable life?1. Root your heart in Christ (Luke 6:43-45)2. Build your life on His Word (Luke 6:46-49)
Are you claiming to be a disciple of Christ, often according to your church's defining, but not in line with Christ's Word? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 14:25-35)!
Do you have any idols in your life? I'm not just talking about blatant sins and strongholds that keep you from Christ? What about church? Service? Marriage? Family? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 10:17-20)!
Is Christ truly Lord of your life according to His Word of Truth? Or do you call Him Lord, Lord, and continue to live for yourself? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 6:45-49)!å
Christ United Methodist Church NewSong Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - Sanctuary Apr 19 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:13-27 ~ Rev. Rob Couch Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
Christ United Methodist Church Sanctuary Sunday Worship Service Podcast
Christ United Sermon Series - Sanctuary Apr 19 - Seven Next Words of Christ Luke 24:13-27 ~ Rev. Rob Couch Christ United Church Mobile, Alabama
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Why is looking back and living in the past such a dangerous habit? Why must we keep pressing on and looking ahead? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 9:62)!
What takes priority in your life? If you call yourself a Christian it absolutely must be Christ...and your life must reflect it in every way! Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 14:33; Matthew 19:21/Mark 10:21; Matthew 6:24)!
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on March 29, 2026) In the Garden of Gethsemane, we see Jesus in an “agony” of spirit. His emotional and physical turmoil reflected an angst within Him. What was affecting Jesus so greatly? Was it His impending physical death? Was it the mockery and abandonment by men that He...
God is calling us away from our old selfish life, literally to die to self, when Christ calls us to take up our cross and follow Him! What does that look like for you? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 9:23)!
Did Jesus really tell us to "hate" of families in contradiction to loving everyone, even our enemies? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 14:26)!
This message warns and exhorts believers to remain faithful amid growing cultural and spiritual opposition, drawing parallels between modern society and biblical patterns of judgment and deliverance, emphasizing that God has always revealed His plans to His people (Isaiah 46:10), as seen in His warning to Abraham before judging Sodom (Genesis 18:17–33) and His rescue of the righteous like Lot (Genesis 19), reminding the church that tribulation is not avoided but endured by God's people (2 Timothy 3:12), that Sodom's sins included pride, abundance, idleness, and neglect of the poor (Ezekiel 16:49), and that God knows how to rescue the godly while reserving the unjust for judgment (2 Peter 2:6–10), cautioning that greater revelation brings greater accountability (Matthew 11:23–24), affirming that believers are not appointed to wrath but will face suffering, unity-testing trials that refine faith, warning against isolation from the body of Christ (Luke 16:8, 1 Corinthians 15:33), encouraging discernment in a deceptive world, and pointing to the consistent biblical pattern of refuge through judgment—from Noah's ark (Genesis 6–9, 2 Peter 2:5), to Israel in Egypt (Exodus 7–14), to the fiery furnace (Daniel 3), culminating in Christ's revealed prophecy meant to prepare, not hide truth from the church (Revelation 1:1–3, Revelation 21:8), urging believers not to fear but to persevere in faith, love, and obedience, trusting that God redeems through tribulation and preserves His people to the end. You can connect with Moriel in more locations than just YouTube! Check out all our official links on the About page: https://www.youtube.com/c/MorielTVministries/about.
This message launches from Jesus's parable of the Great Supper in Luke 14 and draws from those who made excuses to Jesus in Luke 9:57-62 to expose the excuses that we make not to follow Christ completely. This message is challenging and encouraging us to repent fully, because being a disciple of Christ is worth everything.
When does Jesus healing of others become a "problem?" And why did He often seem to be upsetting the status quo? Share. Make it a great day in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 13:10-17)!
How does the new covenant relate to the old covenant? What role does the Sabbath play in the life of 21st Century believers living under the new covenant? In this week's sermon, Pastor Alex unpacks these questions and more as he delivers a sermon centered on Luke 5:33-6:11, in which he shows that Christ is Lord over the Sabbath and our lives.
“GOD, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right and of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.” Hebrews 1:1-4 “Hebrews is basically a book that encourages [exhorts] discouraged Christians to continue on strong with Jesus in light of the complete superiority of who He is and what He did for us.”- David Guzik. The messenger vs. the message “Are they (angels) not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?” Hebrews 1:14. “GOD, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets…” the message > the messengerChrist is not another messenger. He is the message“GOD, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son” Hebrews 1:1-2. “The Bible is the record of the different places and different ways by which God has spoken to man. In the book of Genesis, we find God speaking to man by angels; they were the messengers…then God began to speak through anointed men such as Moses and Joshua…. Then God spoke to them through priests…then as time progressed God raised up prophets…But God's final revelation was given to man through Jesus Christ. Jesus came to bring man the final, the ultimate message of God. The ultimate understanding of God. So, all that man is to know about God can be discovered in and through Jesus Christ. This revelation is superior than all of the other revelations. His revelation through the Son is superior than the revelation through the angels.”- Chuck Smith.“39 You search the Scriptures, for in them you think you have eternal life; and these are they which testify of Me.” John 5:39“It isn't so much that Jesus brought a message from the Father; He is a message from the Father. He has revealed something no other prophet could”- David Guzik. “(Jesus)who being the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” Hebrews 1:3-4“He is the image of the invisible God, the first-born over-all creation.16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. 18 And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.” Colossians 1:15-18. Preeminent: surpassing all others; having the highest rank, importance or excellence. Gnosticism: salvation comes through special, hidden knowledge.Agnostic: without knowledge. Who Jesus is:#1 Heir (“Heir of all things” Heb 1:2) #2 Creator (“he made the worlds” Heb 1:2) #3 Revealer (“the brightness of his glory and express image of His person” Heb 1:3) #4 Sustainer (“upholding all things” Heb 1:3) #5 Ruler (“of His power” Heb 1:3) #6 Redeemer (“He had by Himself purged our sins” Heb 1:3)#7 Supreme (“sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 having become so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they” Heb 1:3-4)“But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.” Hebrews 2:9 “9 Therefore God also has highly exalted Him and given Him the name which is above every name” Philippians 2:9.Jesus' names: Second Adam (1 Cor 15:45)Advocate (1 John 2:1)Almighty (Rev 1:8)Alpha and Omega (Rev 1:8)Author and Finisher of our faith (Heb 12:2)Bread of life (John 6:32)Christ (Luke 9:20)Cornerstone (Ps 188:22)Creator (John 1:3)First and Last (Rev 1:12)Good Shepard (John 10:11)Great High Priest (Heb 4:24)Holy One (Acts 3:14)I am (John 8:58)Immanuel (Is 7:14)Jehovah (Is 26:4)King of Kings (1 Tim 6:15)Lamb (Rev 13:8)Light of the world (John 8:12)Lion of Judah (Rev 5:5)Lord of Lords (1 Tim 6:15)Man of Sorrows (Is 53:3)Mediator (1 Tim 2:5)Messiah (Dan 9:25)Mighty God (Is 9:6)Prince of Peace (Is 9:6)Redeemer (Job 19:25)Resurrection and the Life (John 11:25)Rock (1 Cor 10:4)Root of David (Rev 22:16)Savior (Luke 2:11)Son of the Highest (Luke 1:32)True Vine (John 15:1)Truth (John 1:14)Word (John 1:1)“Jesus' supreme status is demonstrated by a supreme name, which is not merely a title, but a description of His nature and character”- David Guzik. “What do you think about the Christ?” Matthew 22:42. Hebrews invites us to see the fullness of the message found in Jesus
“…God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. …while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son…”—Romans 5:8, 10 Luke 7:36-8:3
The Supremacy of Christ | Luke Austin
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Ep. 424 The Way of Worship ✝️ The Supremacy of Christ
Co-host, David Walls, and guest, Jesse Green join me to discuss most memorable moments in 2026 and regale you with CHRISTmas traditions and memories! Share. Make it a very Merry and Blessed CHRISTmas with family and loved ones in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 2:7)!
Celebrating CHRIST and CHRISTmas on this edition of W4W with co-host, Addia Wuchner! Share! Have a very Blessed Advent and Merry CHRISTmas season with family and loved ones in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 2:7)!
Co-host, David Walls and I highlight the outcomes and ills of the destructive DEI ideology as well as the corrupting partnership of government and gambling! Share. Make it a wonderful Advent/CHRISTmas season in the Love & Lordship of Christ (Luke 2:7)!a
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Who doesn’t like simple things? But the sinful nature of man likes to complicate things. Paul warns us in 2 Corinthians about our minds being corrupted from the simplicity of Christ. Satan works tirelessly to complicate the gospel message to make it confusing to the minds of men. In this sermon Brother Luke looks at …
Pastor Mac provides an expositional style teaching on Luke CH 14:25-30 that will examine some pointed words given by the Savior in regards to the cost associated with being His disciples. This teaching will expound on these verses and attempt to remove potential misconceptions for Church age believers, while detailing several challenges that we must consider with following the Lord, in the hopes to energize our desire to fully commit to Christ. Social MediaMobile & TV Apps: https://subsplash.com/calvarychapelkaneohe/appProphecy Website: http://jdfarag.orgChurch Website: http://www.calvarychapelkaneohe.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/JDFaragFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/JDFaragInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/JDFarag
Reading Luke 20:41-47 where Jesus counters the questions of the Pharisees and Sadducees by asking one of his own: whose Son is the Messiah, if David calls Him Lord? Visit wwutt.com for all our videos!