Jesus Clarifies
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The law of God is not the measure of our holiness. As Jesus has made clear before in His confrontations with the Pharisees, the law is necessary to guide us because we are blind to the goodness of God. If we put God’s goodness into the dos and do nots of the law it does […]
GRACE | Gracious Renovation
Pastor Jim Fikkert
EPHESIANS 1.11-12 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, so I […]
GRACE | Gracious Regeneration
Pastor Jim Fikkert
EPHESIANS 1.7-10 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so […]
GRACE | Gracious Resolution
Pastor Jim Fikkert
EPHESIANS 1.1-4 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And […]
Jesus Supports
Pastor Jim Fikkert
[22] Immediately he made the disciples get into the boat and go before him to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds. [23] And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, [24] but the boat by this time […]
Jesus Satisfies
Pastor Jim Fikkert
[13] Now when Jesus heard this, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. [14] When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. [15] Now […]
The Reaction to Jesus
Pastor Jim Fikkert
And they took offense at him. But Jesus said to them, ‘A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household. And he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. (V.57-58) For most of his life, Jesus worked and lived in Nazareth. Throughout His ministry, Jesus made his home […]
The Parables of the Kingdom of Power
Pastor Jim Fikkert
… the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. (V.45-46) Through short parables, Jesus compares the Kingdom of God to a mustard seed tree, leaven, a treasure hidden in a field, and […]
The Parables of the Kingdom Come
Pastor Jim Fikkert
Jesus explains the world is a field where two types of plants from different seed grow side by side. Good seed sown by Jesus and his gospel produce children of the kingdom who grow to life giving wheat fit for harvest. The others are weeds sown in by the devil. They will have to be […]
The Demand of a Sign
Pastor Jim Fikkert
The Scribes and Pharisees ask for a sign. In essence, they are asking for proof that Jesus is who He says He is—challenging His authority. Even though Jesus has healed and even raised the dead at this point, skepticism remains. Skepticisms is what Jesus says marks his generation. Though Jesus refuses to give a sign, […]
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