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Sunday Jun 28, 2020
June 27, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
The Storyteller - A Study of Jesus' Parables
The Rich Man & Lazarus
Luke 16:19-31 (ESV)
1. Will you love God or money?
2. Will you end up in eternal torment or paradise?
3. Will you listen to God’s Word or need further proof?
Luke 16:19-31 ESV
“There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even the dogs came and licked his sores. The poor man died and was carried by the angels to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried, and in Hades, being in torment, he lifted up his eyes and saw Abraham far off and Lazarus at his side. And he called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the end of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that you in your lifetime received your good things, and Lazarus in like manner bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, in order that those who would pass from here to you may not be able, and none may cross from there to us.’ And he said, ‘Then I beg you, father, to send him to my father’s house— for I have five brothers—so that he may warn them, lest they also come into this place of torment.’ But Abraham said, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them hear them.’ And he said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if someone goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’ He said to him, ‘If they do not hear Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be convinced if someone should rise from the dead.’”
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
June 21, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
The Storyteller - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Luke 16:1-13 (ESV)
Jesus’ crazy gift frees us to be a crazy gift to the world
1. Jesus’ crazy gift to us
Colossians 2:14-15 (ESV)
2. We are freed to be a crazy gift to the world
Luke 16:1-13 ESV
He also said to the disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his possessions. And he called him and said to him, ‘What is this that I hear about you? Turn in the account of your management, for you can no longer be manager.’ And the manager said to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. I have decided what to do, so that when I am removed from management, people may receive me into their houses.’ So, summoning his master’s debtors one by one, he said to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.’ Then he said to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He said, ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said to him, ‘Take your bill, and write eighty.’ The master commended the dishonest manager for his shrewdness. For the sons of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own generation than the sons of light. And I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of unrighteous wealth, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal dwellings. “One who is faithful in a very little is also faithful in much, and one who is dishonest in a very little is also dishonest in much. If then you have not been faithful in the unrighteous wealth, who will entrust to you the true riches? And if you have not been faithful in that which is another’s, who will give you that which is your own? No servant can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.”
Colossians 2:14-15 ESV
by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross. He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
June 14, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
The Storyteller - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 (ESV)
The Parable of the Lost Sheep
There are 2 ways to be lost:
unrighteous rule-breaking &
self-righteous rule-keeping.
There is 1 way to be found:
the Father’s Love.
1)You can be lost in unrighteous rule-breaking & found by the Father’s love
2) You can be lost in self-righteous rule-keeping & found by the Father’s love
Luke 15:11-32 ESV
And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. And he was longing to be fed with the pods that the pigs ate, and no one gave him anything. “But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have more than enough bread, but I perish here with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.”’ And he arose and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring quickly the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring the fattened calf and kill it, and let us eat and celebrate. For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found.’ And they began to celebrate. “Now his older son was in the field, and as he came and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the servants and asked what these things meant. And he said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and sound.’ But he was angry and refused to go in. His father came out and entreated him, but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed your command, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. But when this son of yours came, who has devoured your property with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!’ And he said to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours. It was fitting to celebrate and be glad, for this your brother was dead, and is alive; he was lost, and is found.’”
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
June 7, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Sunday Jun 14, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
The Storyteller - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
Stop asking WHO. Start asking HOW.
Luke 10:25-37 ESV
And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” But he, desiring to justify himself, said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” Jesus replied, “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who stripped him and beat him and departed, leaving him half dead. Now by chance a priest was going down that road, and when he saw him he passed by on the other side. So likewise a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he journeyed, came to where he was, and when he saw him, he had compassion. He went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he set him on his own animal and brought him to an inn and took care of him. And the next day he took out two denarii and gave them to the innkeeper, saying, ‘Take care of him, and whatever more you spend, I will repay you when I come back.’ Which of these three, do you think, proved to be a neighbor to the man who fell among the robbers?” He said, “The one who showed him mercy.” And Jesus said to him, “You go, and do likewise.”
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
May 24, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - Proverbs
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
Proverbs --- Fool-Proofing Your Family
1. Teach your children the WHY as well as the WHAT
Proverbs 3:1-10 (ESV)
Proverbs 11:24
Proverbs 25:21-22
Proverbs 27:2
2. Teach your children the WHO
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
May 31, 2020 - Dr. Jon Akin - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Thursday Jun 04, 2020
Weekend Sermon Notes
The Storyteller - A Study of Jesus' Parables
Parables don’t make a point; they have an impact
1. Parables reveal the open and the closed
Matthew 13:10-17
2. Parables reveal the surprising nature of the kingdom
Matthew 13:18-23
3. Parables reveal that it’s all about Jesus
So what?
1. Press-in to Jesus and His Word with fresh eyes
2. Be part of the advance of the kingdom
3. Believe in Jesus