How do we know we're sinners? The human race has twisted itself so far around that we think we're straight-and-plumb, and it's God who is crooked. But the evidence of our wickedness is all around us. Paul "brings the receipts" in Romans 1. He lays out how it all went wrong, how humans try to cover it up, and how we know we are guilty before our holy Maker. The Apostle grounds us in the bad news before he gets to the good news, about Jesus: The Debt Payer.

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How can I be out of money if I still have checks left? That joke feels a little dated in these days when many people don't even have a checking account. But it's easier than ever to pile up debt, sometimes without even knowing it. Are we in debt to God, maybe without knowing it? That's one reason Paul wrote his letter to the Romans: to show that all of us are hopeless debtors to God; and that He has given us a solution. Here's Jim with Part 1 of his sermon, Jesus: The Debt Payer.

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Yahweh, the LORD is my shepherd.... When Jesus called Himself the "Good Shepherd," He was appropriating one of the more beautiful poetic pictures of God. On Friday we began to look at His claims to deity in the Gospel of John. Christ contended that He was equal to the Father in 7 areas: in works, in knowledge, in resurrection power, in authority to judge, in honor... and we'll pick up there in John, chapter 5. Here's the remainder of Jim's sermon, Jesus: The Shepherd.

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Is Jesus God? That's one of the most important questions that each of us must answer. It separates the sheep from the goats, the church from the cults. Christ was killed because of that question: some religious elites came up with the wrong answer. What exactly were the claims that Jesus made about His deity? And what is the evidence for those claims? That's what we'll be investigating as we open the Gospel of John. Here's Jim with Part 1 of, Jesus: The Shepherd.

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If we listen very carefully in our times of prayer, we may hear the heartbeat of God! Jesus, our model, found time to be alone with the Father often. His practices of prayer and Scripture reading gave Him discernment - to the point that He understood not only what He was to do, but when He was to do it. As we zoom through the Gospel of Luke, we're getting a sense of what the Lord did in His capacity as a human being. We're taking time to appreciate Jesus: The Perfect Man.

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"Here, let me show you." When we're instructing a child (or anyone) on how to do a certain task, at some point we may realize that it would just be easier to demonstrate, than explain. And among all the benefits Jesus brought us, starting with salvation, we shouldn't forget His example. He taught us how to please God mostly by living out the lesson. Jim calls Him Jesus: The Perfect Man.

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A sick woman. A Roman centurion. A group of boisterous children. What do these have in common? We could add to that list a foreigner, a poor widow, and a politician! Each of those people brought joy or refreshment to Christ.Those closest to Him often caused Him pain - and that's why we're studying Jesus: The Sufferer, in the sermon we'll finish up today. By looking at our Lord we can learn not only how to suffer, but how to bring delight to Him.

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Jesus' suffering didn't begin at the Cross. We can get the idea that, because Christ is divine, He was insulated from all the psychological trauma that we go through. Insults, rejections, betrayals - these are nothing to the transcendent Son of God... right? If we read the Gospels carefully we'll see the portrait of a man who could be hurt. A "man of sorrows."

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You've been served! Yesterday we began looking at the different ways that Jesus met the needs of people, as preserved for us in Mark's Gospel. But some proud souls refuse to admit that they have a need. The Lord would serve those folks as well. He gave them instructions that would either save them, or condemn them. Either way, He could have said, "You've been served." Here's Jim with Part 2 of, Jesus: The Servant.

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This king serves! The whole point of being the top dog - judging by our earthly examples - is to get what you want, do what you want, and have others wait on you hand and foot. But we learned from the Gospel of Matthew that this is a different kind of kingdom. Now, as we turn to Mark's Gospel, we'll find that this is a different kind of king. Jim will show us several ways that Jesus served people during His sojourn here on Earth. Here's Part 1 of a lesson called, Jesus: The Servant.

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