Sermon Categories: Matthew
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Matthew’s Gospel 4.1-11
This week we see Jesus taking some time out to prepare for the mission that is His purpose for being on this Earth. Unsurprisingly, Jesus hits some bumps in the road in the form of temptations and attacks from the enemies of God. Jesus never promises following him will be easy so we can expect…
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Matthew’s Gospel 3
The first thing we see Jesus do as an adult in Matthew’s Gospel is to come before his Father and be baptised. There seems to be something foundational about making a public statement of our faith and devotion to God. It’s a time when we are open to being filled with His Spirit. As we…
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Matthew’s Gospel 1.18-25
Integrity runs through our reading from Matthew this week. Joseph is determined to deal with what at first sight seems to be a catastrophic situation with the heart of God as his lead. When we come to a situation with as much neutrality as possible we allow God’s spirit to speak clearly. It is not…
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Matthew’s Gospel 1.18-25
Integrity runs through our reading from Matthew this week. Joseph is determined to deal with what at first sight seems to be a catastrophic situation with the heart of God as his lead. When we come to a situation with as much neutrality as possible we allow God’s spirit to speak clearly. It is not…
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Matthew’s Gospel 1.1-17
I was updating up my family tree over the Christmas break and in doing so I was reminded of my origins. Where we come from has always been important to humans and these days we are even using DNA tests to discover more of our history. This week we open the Gospel of Matthew, which…
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VIP – The Journey
What do you pack for a journey? For me, the first thing I grab is that black bag you may see me carrying around. Inside is everything I would want to have to hand. My Bible, notebook, pens, glasses chargers, cables, and the list goes on. This week we continue our Journey of walking towards…
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Harvest 2018
Matthew 6:25-33 Whatever you do, don’t think of a pink elephant! Oops too late. This is the same issue we have when someone tells us not to worry. “I was not worried, but now I am worried about what I should be worried about.” What did Jesus mean when He told us not to worry?…
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Community – To Be Attractive
Matthew 28:16-20 Attractive: – adjective. Pleasing or appealing to the senses. “An attractive village”. Having qualities or features which arouse interest. We are in our final week in our series looking at what is it to be a community who walk towards Jesus together. We have seen that as a community not only do we…
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Community – To Be Forgiven
Matthew 18: 21-35 Uncle Ben tells Peter Parker, “with great power comes great responsibility.” So often with blessings and gifts comes the need to respond. Two thousand years before the Spider Man film that quote came from was released, Jesus said something more profound about the gift of forgiveness. How often should we forgive? Once,…
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Community – To Be Included
Romans 14:1-12 Matthew 7:1-5 On our Journey through what it means to be a church community, we reach the idea of what it means “to be included” in that community. How open are we to those who look different to us? To those who think differently to us? Do people come regularly to our gatherings…