Not A Fair Fight
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
And he said to him, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets." (Matthew 22:34-40)
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An Invitation Spurned
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
The invitation will be extended to Gentiles, but for Jews and Gentiles alike, acceptance into the Kingdom is conditioned upon one requirement (22:8-14).
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The Resurrection
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
Easter Sunday: The Resurrection
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Two Parables
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
The consequences will be two-fold: the religious leaders will suffer divine judgment (v.41, 44) and the mediation of God’s Kingdom will be taken away from these religious leaders and given to a people who will produce the fruit of righteous living before God (v. 41, 43).
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Lessons Of The Fig Tree
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
By His authority, Jesus executed instant judgment upon the fig tree. Jesus assured the disciples that, when they were absolutely confident it was God’s will, they, too, will be able to execute instant judgment.
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The Confusing Entrance of the King
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
Jesus’ anger was about the location rather than the activity itself.
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Glory Through Suffering and Service
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
Honor and recognition will come to believers who follow Jesus’ example of sacrificial service.
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Don't Spoil It!
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
Jesus has made it clear He is going to reward His followers who faithfully serve Him in this life because it is His right and it pleases Him to do so. Jesus is generous. Amazingly, He will be generous in the rewards with which He will reward His faithful in the Messianic Kingdom (i.e. hundredfold).
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Being Rich and Entering Kingdom Life Now
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
The disciples assume wealth is a sign of God’s blessing - divine affirmation a person is living in the kingdom now. Jesus warns it is impossible for a rich person to enter kingdom life. The disciples ask, “Who then can be saved?”
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Jesus Challenged on Marriage
Grace Community Church of Ramona Podcast
Jesus responds that God’s will is that the man and woman whom He joins in the "one flesh" union of marriage be not separated by man. Jesus’ answer makes clear that God’s original design for marriage did not include divorce.
info_outlineJesus will train those who follow him, despite their limited understanding and their doubts.