Pastor Joshua embarks on a new sermon series to discuss coming to the Lord with a simple, pure, humble, and childlike faith.
Matthew 19:14 New Living Translation
14 But Jesus said, “Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.”
John 3:3 New Living Translation
3 …“I tell you the truth, unless you are born again, you cannot see the Kingdom of God.”
Principle: Unless you have faith like a child, you cannot enter.
Principle: You have to come to Him like a child.
Philippians 3:8 New Living Translation
8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
1 Corinthians 1:27 New Living Translation
27 Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.
Matthew 11:25 New Living Translation
25 …“O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, thank you for hiding these things from those who think themselves wise and clever, and for revealing them to the childlike.
Matthew 18:2-3 New Living Translation
2 Jesus called a little child to him and put the child among them. 3 Then he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like little children, you will never get into the Kingdom
of Heaven.
Principle: Sin is disobedience to God.
Principle: Sin separates us from God.
Principle: Strip away all the things that are unlike God, until we make it simple again.
Matthew 18:4 New Living Translation
4 So anyone who becomes as humble as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Principle: The Faith journey is about being humble.
James 4:6 New Living Translation
6 …“God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
Principle: The Humble person receives grace.
Principle: Jesus urges us to return to a simple, humble, childlike faith.
Principle: Focus on the basics.
Matthew 6:9 New Living Translation
9 Pray like this: Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.
John 5:19 New Living Translation
19 …“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
Hebrews 12:1 New Living Translation
1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us.
Principle: Strip away everything that can weigh you down.
Principle: Our objective is to please the Father and to run a race that pleases the Father.
Principle: It’s the hard work of Faith to keep things Simple.
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