1. A reminder to consider others Please:
Turn off your cell phone or set to vibrate only
Use the nursery or cry room if your child is fussy
Get up during the preaching only if absolutely necessary (please sit in back if you must leave early)

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3. The love of God is greater far Than tongue or pen can ever tell.
Frederick M. Lehman © 1997 Integrity’s Hosanna! Music and Word Music
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4. It goes beyond the highest star And reaches to the lowest hell.

5. The guilty pair,
Bowed down with care,

6. His erring child He reconciled And pardoned from his sin.
God gave His Son to win;
His erring child He reconciled
And pardoned from his sin.

7. O love of God,
How rich and pure!

8. How measureless and strong! It shall forever more endure--
The saints and angels song.

9. When years of time shall pass away
And earthly thrones
and kingdoms fall,

10. When men, who here, refuse to pray
On rocks and hills
and mountains call,

11. God’s love so sure shall still endure, And measureless and strong:
Redeeming grace to Adam’s race--
The saints and angels’ song.

12. O love of God,
How rich and pure!

13. How measureless and strong! It shall forever more endure--
The saints and angels song.

14. Could we with ink the ocean fill
And were the skies
of parchment made,

15. Were every stalk on earth a quill And every man a scribe by trade,

16. To write the love of God above Would drain the ocean dry,

17. Though stretched from sky to sky.
Nor could the scroll
contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky.

18. O love of God,
How rich and pure!

19. How measureless and strong! It shall forever more endure--
The saints and angels song.

20. How measureless and strong! It shall forever more endure--
O love of God,
How rich and pure!
How measureless and strong!
It shall forever more endure--
The saints and angels song.

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22. A reminder to consider others Please:
Turn off your cell phone or set to vibrate only
Use the nursery or cry room if your child is fussy
Get up during the preaching only if absolutely necessary (please sit in back if you must leave early)

23. Conflict with Traditions Matt
Conflict with Traditions Matt. 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22; Lk 5:33-39; John 5:1-18
A tradition is a long-established custom or belief passed on from one generation to another
Some traditions are good Cor. 11:2; 2 Thess. 2:15; 3:6

24. Conflict with Traditions Matt
Conflict with Traditions Matt. 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22; Lk 5:33-39; John 5:1-18
The reasons for a tradition can be forgotten and so it loses it meaning
A tradition that replaces the word of God is bad - Isaiah 29:13; Mark 7:3-13

25. Confusion of John's Disciples Mt 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22; Lk 5:33-39
Context: The Pharisees grumbled that Jesus was dining with Matthew’s friends who were sinners
Jesus came for sinners, not the righteous - the self-righteous Pharisees rejected Jesus
Jesus is asked additional questions regarding fasting

26. Confusion of John's Disciples Mt 9:14-17; Mk 2:18-22; Lk 5:33-39
Luke 5:33: The disciples of John the Baptist and possibly the disciples of the Pharisees ask the question
John’s disciples should have been following Jesus, but they are following traditions similar to the Pharisees

27. Jesus' Response Luke 5:34-39
Luke 5:34-35,
It would be inappropriate for them to fast while Jesus was with them, they will fast later

28. Jesus' Response Luke 5:34-39
Clothing: Luke 5:36 –
You cannot fix old cloth with a new patch, it only makes the tear worse
Pharisaical Judaism cannot be patched up by moral reforms

29. Jesus' Response Luke 5:34-39
Wineskins: Luke 5:37-38 –
New wine in old wineskins will cause them to burst

30. Jesus' Response Luke 5:34-39
Refusal: Luke 5:39 –
If you already like what you have, you are not interested in something new
The scribes and Pharisees would stick with their traditions, they were not interested in anything new

31. Jesus' Response Luke 5:34-39
Works based systems of righteousness cannot be reformed, they must be replaced

32. Three Evidences of a New Heart Matthew 9:9-17
There is a forsaking of sin
There is an abounding joy in the forgiven sinner
New desire: Though we will struggle against sin in this life, the forgiven sinner has a regenerated heart

33. The Pool at Bethesda John 5:1-5
John 5:1 - Jesus left Galilee for Passover in Jerusalem in April, A.D. 28

34. The Pool at Bethesda John 5:2-3
The sick, blind, lame & withered are under the porticoes around the pool of Bethesda   

35. The Pool at Bethesda John 5:3b-4
John 5:3b-4 - a marginal note inserted into the text to explain verse 7

36. The Pool at Bethesda John 5:3b-4
They believed that when an angel stirred the water, whoever got in first would be healed

37. The Pool at Bethesda John 5:5
A man who has had an incapacitating illness for 38 years is lying there

38. Jesus’ Compassion John 5:6-9a
Jesus understood the man’s condition and questioned him to bring out his desires
John 5:7
The man laments that he does not have help to make it into the pool in time

39. Jesus’ Compassion John 5:6-9a
Man is self-centered by nature, and the Mosaic Law could not change the heart of men
All legislation is a moral statement about what is right and wrong - and hence teaches a moral standard

40. Jesus’ Compassion John 5:6-9a
Jesus heals him by a simple and direct command
John 5:9
The man does not know Jesus, but he obeys and is immediately and completely healed

41. The Response of the Jews John 5:9b-16
It was the Sabbath, and the man was challenged for breaking man-made Sabbath laws
John 5:11
The man emphasizes that he had been healed, and simply followed the man’s instructions

42. The Response of the Jews John 5:9b-16
They are so blinded by their traditions that they ignore the fact the man had just been healed
John 5:13
He did not know the man that healed him and Jesus had slipped away

43. The Response of the Jews John 5:9b-16
Jesus also had compassion on the man’s soul and warned him to not sin anymore
John 5:15
The man proclaimed that Jesus had healed him, but the Jews continued to ignore the healing

44. The Response of the Jews John 5:9b-16
The Jews persecuted Jesus because He had violated their Sabbath traditions

45. Jesus’ Declaration John 5:17
Jesus claims deity - God is His Father and He is doing the Father’s work

46. The Hatred of the Jews John 5:18
They understood Jesus claim, but their traditions where more important to them than truth

47. Conclusions
Learn the meaning and purpose of your traditions
Keep those that are true the word of God
Reject those that are not

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49. King of the ages by angels adored;
Name of All Majesty
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Name of all majesty
Fathomless mystery
King of the ages by angels adored;
Timothy Dudly-Smith / Michael Baughen, Noel Tredinnick © 1984 /1982
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50. Pow’r and authority,
Splendor and dignity,
Bow to His mastery -
Jesus is Lord!

51. Love of the Father on sinners outpoured;
Child of our destiny,
God from eternity,
Love of the Father on sinners outpoured;

52. See now what God has done Christ the beloved One -
Sending His only Son,
Christ the beloved One -
Jesus is Lord!

53. Darkdess defeated and Eden restored;
Savior of Calvary,
Costliest victory,
Darkdess defeated and Eden restored;

54. Nailed to a cross on high, Cold in the grave to lie -
Born as a man to die,
Nailed to a cross on high,
Cold in the grave to lie -
Jesus is Lord!

55. Source of all sov’reignty Life everlasting and heaven assured
Light, immortality,
Life everlasting and heaven assured

56. So with the ransomed, we
Praise Him eternally,
Christ in His majesty -
Jesus is Lord!

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