A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Believe King Jesus?.” Many people go about their lives claiming to be a Christian yet having no relationship with Jesus. Make no mistake, there is a great danger in ignoring, neglecting and refusing Him. There is no neutral ground when it comes to Jesus. Either you fill your heart with Jesus or Satan will be glad to fill it for you.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Believe King Jesus?.” Jesus is real. He walked this earth over 2,000 years ago, came alive after death, then rose up to heaven…alive. Do you believe this? If you do, then He is still a real person and someone you can have a real relationship with. In today’s sermon you’ll hear the characteristics of who this real person is. And you will then need to decide if you want to have a personal relationship with Him. Because it is only through that personal relationship in Him that you can be saved.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Believe King Jesus?.” A relationship with Jesus is the key to true rest, true worship and true service. And it is only through a relationship with Jesus that we can know God. We can’t do it on our own. When you come to the end of yourself, that is where a relationship with God begins.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Believe King Jesus?.” We all have expectations. In fact, we often merge the American Dream with the Gospel and expect to have the perfect life with some Jesus on the side. Yet that’s not what Jesus is offering. What Jesus offers is to be like him, taking up our cross daily. Today’s sermon talks about the doubt, disappointment, and defiance that can happen when we try to force God into our expectations instead of willingly submitting to His desires for us.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.” There is no gray area when following Jesus. Once you believe in Him and decide to follow Him, there is no going back to how things used to be. Today, we hear about the cost of following Jesus. But with that cost comes huge reward.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.”

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.” Through this 30,000 foot view of chapters 8 & 9 in Matthew, we see three sets of three examples that show that Jesus desires to teach, preach and heal. And through these examples we are challenged to ask ourselves if we are living our lives as though Jesus is really…real.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.” On this Graduation Sunday we read about the culmination of the sermon on the mount where Jesus summarizes everything by inviting everyone to enter into Kingdom living through Him, the narrow gate. It is not enough to know of Him and participate in the things that look like Him, rather Jesus calls us to actually do what what He is teaching and be known by the fruit that comes from it.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.” It is important to remember that the Sermon on the Mount was one big sermon and not several small ones. Thus the themes that started with the Beatitudes are still in play. In this section of Scripture, Jesus is showing us that our right-standing before God cannot just be external. We must each be right in our hearts and motives.

A messages from the series “The Gospel of Matthew: Will You Follow King Jesus?.” The term “disciple” means “the student of a teacher.” But in the Hebrew culture, you didn’t just spend an hour or two with your teacher. You molded your entire life to look like your teacher. The apostle and disciple Matthew recorded in his Gospel a teaching from Jesus that lays out a step-by-step plan for what it means to follow and be a disciple of Jesus Christ.