Treasures and Pearls
Matthew 13:44-52
Pastor Bob Hiller
7/27/2014
YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/dZd3x_xY4cU
Deuteronomy 7:6 For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
1. To live under the reign of heaven is to have Jesus ____________ at work for ____________.
2. The world where we live functions in a way that ____________ ____________.
3. Jesus is the one who graciously ____________ us.
Scripture Readings
Deuteronomy 7:6-9
Romans 8:28-39
Matthew 13:44-52
Take It With You!
Here we will offer thoughts and meditations on the message to help us as we contemplate and discuss and wrestle with what we are hearing.
The Second Article of the Apostle's Creed
Of Redemption.
And [I believe] in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord; who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary; suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried; He descended into hell; the third day He rose again from the dead; He ascended into heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.
What does this mean?--Answer.
I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten of the Father from eternity, and also true man, born of the Virgin Mary, is my Lord, who has redeemed me, a lost and condemned creature, purchased and won [delivered] me from all sins, from death, and from the power of the devil, not with gold or silver, but with His holy, precious blood and with His innocent suffering and death, in order that I may be [wholly] His own, and live under Him in His kingdom, and serve Him in everlasting righteousness, innocence, and blessedness, even as He is risen from the dead, lives and reigns to all eternity. This is most certainly true.
The Second Article of the Creed and Explanation from Luther's Small Catechism
