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May 5, 2024Matthew 6Ian CrooksFree Grace Prebyterian ChurchVernon, BC

Matthew 5:43-48April 21, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Vernon

Sunday, April 14th, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon, BCMatthew 5:38-4338 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you, Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. 41 And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. 42 Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.‘You have heard that it was said’ - ‘But I say to you’ The Law of Retaliation ……The Royal Law 1. The Law of Retaliation ‘You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ v382. The Royal Law‘But I say to you, ‘Do not resist the one who is evil.’ v39a Dignity - Security - Liberty - Property Dignity‘But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.’ v39bA gesture of contempt ……an insult to the one who’s slapped Are we ready to endure a loss of dignity …..rather than retaliate? We leave vengeance to the Lord ……we trust in His perfect vindication even as we follow the way of His Son, Jesus Christ‘Father forgive them for they know not what they do' Luke 23:34Security‘And if anyone would sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well.’ v40 We don’t have to always demand our own rights when we’ve been wronged ……or always press for our own interests1 Corinthians 6:7 ‘Why not rather suffer wrong? Why not rather be defrauded?’ Liberty ‘And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.’ v41When we're called to, ‘Go the extra mile’ Property ‘Give to the one who begs from you, and do not refuse the one who would borrow from you.’ v42Jesus calls us to be wise in our giving …..to those who are unable to help themselves James 2:15-16, ‘If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, be warmed and filled’ without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?’ Don Carson, ‘Personal self-sacrifice displaces personal retribution; for this is the way the saviour himself went, the way of the Cross’ Possible only as we place our trust in the One who, ‘Did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross’ - Philippians 2:7-8

Sunday, March 24, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon, BC

Matthew 5: 27-32Ian CrooksSunday, March 17, 2024Free Grace Presbyterian Church, Vernon, BC

John 20:1-10March 31, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian ChurchVernon, BV

Sunday, March 10, 2024Matthew 5:21-26Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian ChurchVernon, BC

Matthew 5:17-20Sunday, March 3, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church

Matthew 5:13-16February 25, 2024Ian CrooksFree Grace Prebyterian Church

Sunday, February 18, 2024Series: MatthewPassage: Matthew 5:1-12Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church

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Matthew 2Speaker: Ian CrooksSunday, January 14, 2024Free Grace Vernon

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Series: RuthPassage: Ruth 3Speaker: Pastor Ian Crooks

Series: RuthChapter 2Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Vernon

Series:RuthScripture: Ruth 1:6-22Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Vernon

Series: RuthScripture: Ruth 1:1-5Pastor Ian Crooks

Series: ColossiansColossians 4:10-18Speaker: Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Vernon

Ephesians 5:15-21Speaker: Dave Bootsma

Series: ColossiansSpeaker: Ian CrooksScripture: Colossians 3:18-4:1

Colossians 3:12-17Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian, Vernon, BC

Matthew 5:1-12

Series: ColossiansSermon: ThanksgivingScripture: Colossians 1:3-8Pastor Ian CrooksFree Grace Presbyterian Church

In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; 17 and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God, 18 praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication.Ephesians 6: 10-18

Ephesians 6:10-18

Shoes of the readiness of the gospel of peaceEphesians 6:10-18

Is there any good news for those with gender dysphoria? Absolutely!

Ephesians 6:10-18Satan attacks our hearts, we defend ourselves by putting on the breastplate of righteousness.

Series: This Means War! How to stand when Satan attacks.Ephesians 6:10-18"The Christian life, in the first place, is a warfare" - DM Lloyd-Jones You are in a war. You are a soldier. But you are not unarmed or without armor.Stand therefore, having fastened on the belt of truth (Ephesians 6:14)What does it mean to fasten on truth?

Being Human: Reclaiming our God-given identity. Embracing our God-given design. Fulfilling our God-given purpose.1 Corinthians 6:9-119 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, 10 nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

To such belongs the kingdomMark 10:13-16 13 And they were bringing children to [Jesus] that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them. 14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. 15 Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” 16 And he took them in his arms and blessed them, laying his hands on them.

John 20:1-18John and Mary both see an empty tomb, but both arrive at different conclusions.How do we know that Jesus rose from the dead?What difference does it make?

Being HumanReclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.What is the purpose of sex? Marriage?Genesis 2:18:25

Series Being Human:Reclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 4: EmbodiedDoes the body matter?What is the significance that human beings have a body?Are we souls with bodies or embodied souls? What difference does it make?Scriptures: Genesis 2:7; Psalm 139; Romans 8:20-24

Being Human: Reclaiming our God-given identity. Embracing our God-given design. Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 3: Male and Female He Created ThemGenesis 1:26-31Is “gender” a social construct? Should male or female be a matter of personal choice? Are there more than two “genders”?

Series: Being HumanReclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part 2: Image is EverythingGenesis 1:26-31What is the significance of the reality that human beings are made in the image of God?What does that even mean?

Being Human:Reclaiming our God-given identity.Embracing our God-given design.Fulfilling our God-given purpose.Part one: The Essence of our identity (More than a feeling)Genesis 1:26-27What does it mean to be human? There are all sorts of different answers, depending on who you ask. *“Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty waves of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, yet pass over the mystery of themselves without a thought.” – AugustineWe are living in a culture and age where there are conflicting and even harmful answers to the question of what it means to be human, which leads to confusion, conflict and destruction.What does Jesus say?

13Now listen, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money." 14Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. 15Instead, you ought to say, "If it is the Lord's will, we will live and do this or that." 16As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. 17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. (James 4:13-17)

1 Samuel 14"Attempt great things for God, expect great things from God" - William CareyJonathan is an example of someone who did just that. Why was that? What did he believe about God that enabled him to do that?

Jeremiah 38Pastor Ian Crooks

Luke 2:8-12 We overcome fear as we behold Christmas

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