Introduction: ‘From little things, big things grow’ – Paul Kelly and Kev Carmody
- Realising what God is doing
- Speaking rather than spectating
- God’s two gifts to us
- Receiving Jesus
- The Pharisees Question
- Jesus’ Answer
- More than a feeling
- Not less than a feeling
- How / why does it actually work?
- Jesus’ Question
- A second test (22:23)
- A clever question (22:24-28)
- A compelling answer (22:29-34)
- We can believe the dead are raised because:
- God speaks of it in the Scripture (22:29)
- God can surely do it (22:29)
- God is the God of the patriarchs in the present (22:31-32)
- God raised Jesus (Acts 2:24 and 32; 3:15 etc.)
- Living in an age of distraction
- Learning from Martha’s ‘distractions’
- Learning from Mary’s ‘better way’
- Sitting with Jesus today
Introduction – Are we ready for Jesus’ return?
1. Paul’s concern for the Corinthians’ good (12:14-19)
2. The Corinthians’ love of the ways of the world (12:20-21)
3. Paul’s plan for dealing with unrepentance (13:1-4)
4. The Corinthians’ opportunity for self-correction (13:5-12)