High Pointe Church Sermons

IntroductionColossians answers questions related to...Science and Technology Unity in the ChurchAuthority Purpose of LifeRelationships in our lives End TimesGnosticism: (gnosis)Emphasizes a secret knowledge of God and salvation. Emphasize an inferior god of creation to the superior god of redemption (material created is evil, only spiritual world is good).1. GreetingsColossians 1:1-22. ThanksgivingSource of gratitudeColossians 1:3Colossians 1:7-8Content of gratitudeColossians 1:4-6Hebrews 11:6Colossians 1:4-6John 15:121 John 3:14Colossians 1:6Application: Express Gratitude for God's People Live in such a way that people hear about your faith.

IntroductionMatthew 18:21-35Bitterness. This comes from a word that means “sharp” and has the idea of bearing a grudge and being resentful and angry against someone.Bitterness is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.- Author unknown-Acts 8:23Kingdom of Heaven Forgiveness is...1. OftenMatthew 18:21-221 Corinthians 13:52. A Picture of God's ForgivenessMatthew 18:23-271 Talent= 15 years of Work; 10,000 Talents=(10,000 x 15yrs) 150,000 years to pay offMatthew 18:23-27Psalm 103:12Psalm 130:3-43. A Picture of our Spiritual ConditionLuke 23:24Matthew 18:28-35Hebrews 10:30ApplicationWho do you need to forgive?

Discovering and Delighting in Jesus[ Matthew 13:34; 45-46 ]IntroductionMatthew 13:441. Discovering JesusMatthew 13:44Isaiah 65:1Visible Love for One Another.Others - Direct NeighborsOthers - Those inside the local churchJohn 13:35Matthew 13:45-46Acts 8:30-31Matthew 7:7-82. Delighting in JesusMatthew 13:34Philippians 3:7-8Isaiah 55:13ApplicationHave you discovered the treasure?!

IntroductionMatthew 13:1-9Matthew 13:18-23The Sower1. The job of the sowerMatthew 13:3Matthew 28:19-20Matthew 5:11-12The Seed1. The Word of GodMatthew 13:18-19Mark 4:14Luke 8:11Isaiah 55:11Romans 10:15-172 Peter 1:32 Timothy 3:16-17Matthew 13:23The Soil1. Hard soilMatthew 13:4Matthew 13:191 Corinthians 1:182. Rocky soilMatthew 13:5-6Matthew 13:20-21Matthew 16:241 John 3:93. Thorny soilMatthew 13:7Matthew 13:224. Fertile soilMatthew 13:8Matthew 13:23John 15:1-8Application of the soilsWhat has been your testimony hearing the Words of Jesus?Are you becoming like Him? Behaving like Him? Burdened like Him?Romans 6:22Galatians 5:22-23Romans 1:13

Worship with Great Joy!Matthew 2:1-12The Child Demands a ResponseHerod responded with all the wrong emotions.Matthew 2:1-4Matthew 2:5-8The Scribes and Priests responded with apathy.Matthew 2:4-6Micah 5:2___"It gets to be mere mechanical habit to attend public worship; you become accustomed to sit through such a part of the service, to stand and sing, and to listen to the preacher with an apparent attention during the discourse; but to be really interested, to long to know what it is all about, to know especially whether you have a part in it, whether Jesus came from heaven to save you, whether he was born of a virgin, to make such personal inquiries with deep anxiety, is far from being a general practice." - Charles SpurgeonThe Magi responded with exceeding joy and worship.Matthew 2:1-2Daniel 2:48Numbers 24:17Matthew 2:9-12Isaiah 60:1-4Isaiah 60:5-6__Worship (proskyneo) - stoop and kiss, prostrate oneself, bow to a higher authority in complete reverence and submissionMatthew 4:8-10ApplicationDo you respond to Jesus with all the wrong emotions?Is your response to Jesus indifferent or apathetic?Is your response to Jesus filled with exceeding joy and worship?We must respond to Jesus with worship and exceeding joy!