PETER

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First Corinthians 2:2

“For I resolved to know

nothing while

I was with you except Jesus

Christ and

him crucified.”

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Intr. :

Matthew 26:31,33,34

(31) Then Jesus told them, “This very night you will all fall away on account of me,…

(33) Peter replied,” Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will.”

(34) Jesus answered,” this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.”

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A. Peter sitting out in the courtyard

Read the Matthew 26:69-70

B. Peter went out to the gateway

Read the Matthew 26:71-72

C. Those standing there went up to Peter and said, “Surely you are one of them, for your accent gives you away.”

Read the Matthew 26:73-74

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End:

Matthew 26:74-75

Immediately a rooster crowed. Then Peter remembered the words Jesus had spoken: ” Before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times.” And he went out and wept bitterly.

“For I resolved to know

nothing while I was

with you

except Jesus Christ and

him crucified.”

First Corinthians 2:2

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“REMEMBER YOUR CREATOR

Ecclesiastes  12:1-8

Intr.:

in the days of your youth,

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1. before the days of trouble come and

2. the years approach when you will say, ‘I find no pleasure in them’ –

3. before the sun and the light and the moon and the stars grow dark and

4. the clouds return after the rain;

5. when the keepers of the house tremble, and

6. the strong men stoop,

7. when the grinders cease because they are few, and

8. those looking throug the windows grow dim;

9. when the doors to the street are closed and

10. the sound of grinding fades;

11. when men rise up at the sound of birds,

12. but all their songs grow faint;

13. when men are afraid of heights and

14. of dangers in  the streets;

15. when the almond tree blossoms

16. and the grasshopper drags himself along and

17. desire is no longer stirred.

18. Then man goes to his eternal home and

19. mourners go about the street.

End:

Remember him-

1. before the silver cord is severed,

2.

‘Meaningless!…….meaningless.’ “

“For I resolved to know

nothing while I was with you

except Jesus Christ

and him

crucified.”

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THE GREATEST COMMANDMENT

Matthew 22:34-40

Intr.:

” ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the law?’

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Jesus replied:

A. ‘ Love the Lord your God with

1. all your heart and with

2. all your soul and with

3. all your mind.’

This is the first and greatest commandment.

And the second is like it:

B. ‘Love your neighbour as yourself.’

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End:

All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”

“For I resolved

to know nothing

while I was with you

except Jesus Christ and

him crucified”

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THE LORD JESUS CHRIST IS:

Colossians 1:15-18

Intr.:

1. “the image of the invisible God,

2. the firstborn over all creation.

3. For by him all things were created:

a. things in heaven and

b. on earth,

c. visible and

d . invisible,

e. whether thrones or

f. powers or

g. rulers or

h. authorities;

4. all things were created for him.

5. He is before all things, and

6. in him all things hold together.

7. And he is the head of the body, the church;

8. he is the beginning and

9. the firstborn from the dead,

End: so that in everything he might have the supremacy.”

“For I resolved to know

nothing while I was with you

except

Jesus Christ and

him crucified.”

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“THIS IS WHAT THE LORD SAYS:

Jeremiah 17:5-8

Intr.:

A. ‘ CURSED IS THE ONE

1. who trusts in man,

2. who depends on flesh for his strength and

3. whose heart turns away from the Lord.

4. He will be like a bush in the wastelands;

5. he will not see prosperity when it comes.

6. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert,

7. in a salt land where no one lives.

B. BUT BLESSED IS THE MAN

1. who trusts in the Lord,

2. whose confidence is in him.

3. He will be like a tree planted by the water

4. that sends out its roots by the stream.

5. It does not fear when heat comes;

6. its leaves are always green.

7. It has no worries in a year of drought

8. and never fails to bear fruit.’ “

End:

The marketplace in Kaitaia is in front of the Warehouse on Saturday.

Today I watched there a demonstration of the exercise equipment called HAMMER STRENGTH.

I read that the producer of that machine is LIFE FITNESS. What else did I read there? “Your body is a Temple.” And underneath it said: “Train accordingly.”

“Your body is a temple.” That is right! The BIBLE, the Word of the Living God teaches that our body is a temple.

We are God’s temple and God’s Spirit lives in us. First Corinthians 3:16

If we destroy God’s temple, God will destroy us. God’s temple is sacred. We are God’s temple. First Corinthians 3:17

Our body is a temple of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is in us. We have received the Holy Spirit from God. We are not our own. We were bought at a price. We must honor God with our body. First Corinthians 6:19

Summary:

1. We are God’s temple.

2. God’s temple is sacred.

3. God’s Spirit lives in us.

4. We have received the Spirit from God.

5. We are not our own.

6. We were bought at a price.

7. We must honor God with our body.

8. If we destroy God’s temple, God will destroy us.