Sermons by Rebecca Messman (Page 3)

About this sermon series  Luke 24:1-12 But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they went to the tomb, taking the spices thatthey had prepared.  They found the stone rolled away from the tomb,  but when they went in they did not find the body. While they were perplexed about this, suddenly two men in dazzling clothes stood beside them.  The women were terrified and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said to them, “Why do you…

About this sermon series  John 13:1-7 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart fromthis world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.  The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had…

About this sermon series  John 12:12-16 The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, shouting, “Hosanna!Blessed is the one who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!” Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, as it is written: “Do not be afraid, daughter of Zion.Look, your king is coming,sitting on a…

About this sermon series Matthew 16:21-23 From that time on, Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and undergo great suffering at the hands of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying, “God forbid it, Lord! This must never happen to you.” But he turned and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You…

About this sermon series Matthew 16:13-20 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who dopeople say that the Son of Man is?”  And they said, “Some say John the Baptist but othersElijah and still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”  He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”  Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”   And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon…

About this sermon series Luke 5: 1-11 Once while Jesus was standing beside the lake of Gennesaret and the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he saw two boats there at the shore of the lake; the fishermen had gotten out of them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little way from the shore. Then he…

“Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them, for then youhave no reward from your Father in heaven. “So whenever you give alms, do not sound atrumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so thatthey may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. Butwhen you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so…