First Baptist Family of Asheboro, NC

Jesus is speaking to the Pharisees and Sadducees and he gives seven warnings.   The way they are living is destructive.   Jesus has a clear purpose: Jesus wants them to find life.   His purpose is redemption.   Jesus is calling out their inconsistencies.   We live in a world full of inconsistences. For example, Nancy and I once watched baby sea turtles crawl out across the beach and into the ocean.   It was wonderful!   These turtles have federal protection.   Yet, we live in a nation where human life isn’t protected. Jesus brings us to a place where He points out what really matters.   This is what the church should be about, but there are places where the church is inconsistent too.   Point people to Jesus. 13 …For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people’s faces. For you neither enter yourselves nor allow those who would enter to go in. Jesus says you’re not going in and you’re not following God and you’re even...

If someone asked you what's the main purpose of the Bible what would you say? The Sadducces read the Bible for knowledge but they had a missing link. The purpose of Scripture is to make us more like Jesus. The purpose of Scripture isn't just to know things, but to be transformed, to be more like Jesus.                         34 But when the Pharisees heard that he had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together.  35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question to test him.  36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?”  The Pharisees saw Jesus shut down the Sadducces in our scripture passage last week.   Pharisees had 631 commandments they followed and they were all ranked in order of importance! We don't rank Scripture but we do talk a lot about who's the greatest athlete, sports team, etc... But,...