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Below, I quote a portion of a sermon by Tim Maton (Everyday Church Wimbledon). His/their approach is extremely helpful for those who represent Jesus Christ in the world. The teaching in the gospel of Mark In today’s passage, Mark 9:33-50, Jesus teaches his twelve disciples about the costs and benefits of discipleship. Read Mark 9:33: And they came to Capernaum. And when he was in the house he asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?” But they kept silent, for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest. And he sat down and called the twelve. And he said to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.” John said to him, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we t...

Az alábbiakbam Tim Maton (Everyday Church Wimbledon) prédikációja egy részét idézem. Hozzáállása rendkívül hasznos azok számára akik Jézus Krisztust képviselik a Világban. A tanítás Márk evangéliumában A mai szakaszban, Márk 9:33–50-ben Jézus a tizenkét tanítványának tanít a tanítványság árairól és előnyeiről. Olvassuk most Márk 9:33-41.-t! Ezután Kapernaumba mentek. Amikor már a házban voltak, Jézus megkérdezte a tanítványait: „Miről beszélgettetek útközben?” Egyikük sem mert válaszolni, mert az úton arról vitatkoztak, hogy melyikük a nagyobb. Akkor Jézus leült, odahívta magához a tizenkettőt, és ezt mondta: „Ha valaki első akar lenni, akkor legyen ő az utolsó, és legyen mindenki más szolgája.” Azután kézen fogott egy kisgyermeket, és eléjük állította. Majd a karjaival átölelte, és ezt mondta a tanítványoknak: „Aki befogad egy ilyen kisgyermeket az én nevemben az engem fogad be. Ha pedig engem befogad, akkor azt is befogadja, aki engem elküldött.” János egysze...

Simon Elliot — Everyday Church Wimbledon Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up. Ephesians Paul here refers to specific people who represent a specific ministry with a specific purpose. Paul is not talking about titles or professional positions; he is speaking about people with purpose, and that purpose is to equip and enable the believing community in intentional discipleship. Why can I say this? Because, as we shall see, the fruit of intentional discipleship is mature and fruitful believers. These ministries equip the saints, all the believers, for works of service – for activity which will bring maturity through intentionality. John Stott puts it like this: Paul sets out two purposes – one immediate and the other ultimate – for which Christ gave gifts to his church. His immediate purpose was to equip his people for w...

Online Church Service – Devoted to Prayer - Part 2 by Adam Bream We’re now on our 9th and FINAL instalment of our ‘Devoted’ series. It’s been quite a journey! A series exploring the impact that the Holy Spirit HAS on followers of Jesus and how He affects our devotion towards several very specific aspects of life. At the end of Acts 2, we have a handful of verses that give us quite a short but powerful example of what God wants His Church to look like and to be prioritising. Devoted to, in fact. Not just for the 1st generation Church, but for EVERY generation following = including ours today. Where it’s easy to get distracted by our own personal likes and dislikes , it’s MORE important that we see what God wants / WHAT HE has planned for HIS Church to enjoy. When builders are building a home, they refer to the drawings that the architect has created. The blueprints. Acts 2:42-47 are like the blueprints for the Church. As these ordinary men and women began encount...

Now Boaz had gone up to the gate and sat down there. And behold, the redeemer, of whom Boaz had spoken, came by. So Boaz said, “Turn aside, friend; sit down here.” And he turned aside and sat down. And he took ten men of the elders of the city and said, “Sit down here.” So they sat down. Then he said to the redeemer, “Naomi, who has come back from the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land that belonged to our relative Elimelech. So I thought I would tell you of it and say, ‘Buy it in the presence of those sitting here and in the presence of the elders of my people.’ If you will redeem it, redeem it. But if you will not, tell me, that I may know, for there is no one besides you to redeem it, and I come after you.” And he said, “I will redeem it.” Then Boaz said, “The day you buy the field from the hand of Naomi, you also acquire Ruth the Moabite, the widow of the dead, in order to perpetuate the name of the dead in his inheritance.” (Deut 25,5-10) Then the redeemer said, “...

Bóáz odament a városkapuhoz, és leült. És amikor arra ment az a közeli rokon, akiről Bóáz beszélt, ezt mondta: Kerülj erre, ülj ide, testvérem! Az odament, és leült. Azután maga mellé vett Bóáz tíz embert a város vénei közül, és ezt mondta: Üljetek ide! És azok leültek. Ekkor azt mondta Bóáz a legközelebbi rokonnak*: Naomi, visszatérve Móáb mezejéről, el akarja adni azt a szántóföldet, ami a rokonunk, Elímelek birtokrésze volt. (3Móz 25,25) Azt gondoltam, hogy tudomásodra hozom, és megmondom: vedd meg az itt ülők előtt, népem vénei előtt! Ha vállalod a rokoni kötelezettséget, vállald; de ha nem vállalod, mondd meg nekem, hadd tudjam! Mert rajtad kívül nincs más közeli rokon, utánad már én következem. Ő így szólt: Vállalom. De Bóáz ezt mondta: Amikor a szántóföldet megveszed Naomitól, a móábi Ruthot, az elhunyt feleségét is el kell venned, hogy az elhunyt nevét fenntartsd az örökségében. (5Móz 25,5-10) Erre a legközelebbi rokon azt felelte: Azt nem tudom magamra vállalni, mert akko...

by Sean Hammond {parts of the sermon} Sean's talk on the Youtube Introduction You know, here at Everyday Church, we are generally not in the habit of violating the Ten Commandments. Hopefully, you’ll be encouraged by that! But I was thinking recently that as a church, it has been a little while since we violated a Commandment. So I thought, seeing as we haven’t done it for a while, why don’t we violate the 5th commandment together today! I mean, it's good enough for Jesus, so why not us as well, right? Verses While you’re getting your head around that, let’s read today’s verses together: Then Jesus entered a house, and again a crowd gathered, so that he and his disciples were not even able to eat. When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, “He is out of his mind.” And the teachers of the Law who came down from Jerusalem said, “He is possessed by Beelzebul! By the prince of demons ...

Everyday Church, Wimbledon - Online Church Service Mark 2:1-12 – Healing and Forgiveness by Adam Bream In our Mark series, we are looking at the ways and words and wonders of Jesus as described by a man named John Mark. Mark was a first century / first generation follower of Jesus and a friend of Jesus’ very close friend, Peter. If you’ve missed it so far, over the last 8 weeks, we’ve discovered so much about Jesus: · That he was God’s Son, who came to call and repurpose the most unlikely people for God’s Kingdom; · that he regarded and gave value to all He met and had the authority to heal various illnesses and levels of suffering. · And He did so repeatedly! We could sit in chapter 1 for weeks…but we’re not, so let's step into chapter 2. Let's read… Mark 2:1-12 A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door, a...