Balancing Ministry N' Work

When we last looked at the life and ministry of Jesus, we focused on the conversation Jesus had with the rich young ruler. He did not ask the rich young ruler to give up his riches because he was wealthy, Jesus was trying to get the young man to truly put his faith in Jesus. The young man needed to be 110% fully bought in on following Jesus, not a list of rules or things. Following rules will get us nowhere, we need to turn to Jesus, repent of our sins, and fully trust Him and follow wherever He leads. The Gospels tell of a woman who anointed Jesus. Each of the telling’s are slightly different and there is even some debate on if they are all telling us about the same event. Regardless, they all emphasize an important message. We will be taking a look at Luke’s version of the woman who anointed Jesus. Luke 7:36-38 “ 36  Then one of the Pharisees invited him to eat with him. He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table.  37  And a woman in the town who ...

Last week as part of our walk-through Jesus’ life, ministry, and teachings we looked at the parable of the lost son. We focused on the Robe that wrapped the son in the father’s love. This is the same as each one of us being wrapped in the saving Grace of our Savior Jesus Christ. Then we looked at the ring that symbolizes the son being restored to the rightful place and through our faith in Jesus we have been restored to our rightful place as a child of God. Then the sandals showed us that as new creations we are no longer of this world. As followers of Christ we need to leave our sinful ways behind. We can no longer walk in the mire; we need to walk along the new path that God has laid before us. This morning we are continuing our series and looking at a conversation that Jesus had with a rich young ruler. Matthew 19:16 “ 16  Just then someone came up and asked him, “Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?”” The young ruler approached Jesus and asked what he had ...

Today we will be looking at another of Jesus’ parables. As we have discussed before He uses them to teach those who have eyes to see and ears to hear. Luke 15:11-24 “ 11  He also said: “A man had two sons. 12  The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets to them. 13  Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his estate in foolish living. 14  After he had spent everything, a severe famine struck that country, and he had nothing. 15  Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs. 16  He longed to eat his fill from the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one would give him anything. 17  When he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired workers have more than enough food, and here I am dying of hunger! 18...