How many times should we forgive? Perhaps that’s the wrong question…when we have been forgiven such a vast debt, how can we not forgive those small debts owed us by others?
To follow Jesus we have to follow him to the cross, which translated to our lives today may mean that the church should sacrifice it’s own desire for self-preservation for the interests of the lost and hurting souls around us.
Peter affirms Jesus as the Messiah and Son of God, and Jesus names Peter as the rock on which the church will be built. Sermon on Sunday, August 24, 2014.