Luke's Gospel
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- 1 Prophecy + Fulfilment x Eyewitnesses = Certainty
- 2 The Sound of Silence
- 3 When Worlds Collide
- 4 A Sermon to Make You Sing!
- 5 The Time For Silence Is Over!
- 6 The Ox Knows, The Donkey Knows...Do You Know?
- 7 Temple Run
- 8 Make Way for The King!
- 9 Jesus, The Uniquely Qualified Saviour
- 10 "If you are the Son of God..."
- 11 Homecoming: Jospeh's Son or the Messiah?
- 12 Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need! The authority of Jesus!
- 13 A Beginner's Guide To Fishing
- 14 Touching the Untouchable
- 15 999! Quick, better call and ambulance!
- 16 "That's the way we've always done it..."
- 17 Son of Man, Lord of Sabbath!
- 18 The Upside Down Kingdom
- 19 What Do You Deserve? The Centurion And His Servant.
- 20 The Shadow of Death in the Lovely City
- 21 Barabas or Jesus
- 22 Breaking Bread and Burning Hearts
- 23 Mid Faith Crisis
- 24 Horrible Host, Hysterical Guest and Jesus
- 25 Use It Or Loose It
- 26 He Descended Into Hell...
- 27 A Grief Observed
- 28 "Who, Then, Is This I Hear Such Things About?"
- 29 The Transfiguration
- 30 Resolutely Pressing On
- 31 Luke 10:1-24
- 32 How to Live Forever
- 33 Are You Listening?
- 34 Jesus And Xenophobia
- 35 Ask, Seek, Knock, Repeat
- 36 Jesus On Trial
- 37 Luke 11:29-36
- 38 Drop The Act
- 39 Hypocrisy, The Fear Of Man And The Mission Of Christ
- 40 The War On Worry
- 41 How to Watch and Wait for the Master.
- 42 Religion Causes War
- 43 Terrorism and Tragedy - Why, Jesus?
- 44 The Kingdom of Real Change.
- 45 Work Hard for Your Salvation
- 46 "Under His Wing"
- 47 Banquet for the Blind
- 48 Have You Read the Terms and Conditions?
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What Makes God Happy?
- 50 The Lost Sons
- 51 Shrewd Solutions
- 52 Rich Man and Lazarus
- 53 Faith to do Impossible Duties
- 54 Are You Grateful?
- 55 The Coming of the Kingdom of God
- 56 Pray and don't give up
- 57 The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
- 58 Who Can Be Saved
- 59 God is Love: A Three Word Sentence that Changes Everything
- 60 Jesus and the Blind Man
- 61 Seeking and Saving the Lost
- 62 How to Wait Faithfully for the King
- 63 A Coronation
- 64 "Who's the Boss?"
- 65 "Give to God what is God's"
- 66 Life in the Age to Come
- 67 Messiah Misunderstood
- 68 People Watching with the Lord
- 69 What will happen? Days of future past.
- 70 It's Your Move
- 71 The Last Supper
- 72 The Board is Set
- 73 Rock Bottom
- 74 The Triumph of the Truth - Reflections on the Trial of Christ and on the Situation in Belarus
- 75 Time to Vote: Barabas or Jesus
- 76 Dead Man Walking
- 77 The Cross of Christ: Will You Walk Away or Draw Near?
- 78 "What Does it Mean?"
- 79 On the Journey to Faith
- 80 Is Your Life a Tragedy or a Comedy?
- 81 The Birth of Jesus pt.2: An Expectant Woman
- 82 The Birth of Jesus pt.1: An Inconsolable Man
What Makes God Happy?
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What Makes God Happy?
Tom Sweatman, Luke 15:1 - 15:10, 18 November 2019
Tom speaks on God’s pursuit and joy in rescuing sinners in Luke 15: 1-10.
Luke 15:1 - 15:10
15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. 2 And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, “This man receives sinners and eats with them.”
3 So he told them this parable: 4 “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it? 5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep that was lost.’ 7 Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.
8 “Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp and sweep the house and seek diligently until she finds it? 9 And when she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the coin that I had lost.’ 10 Just so, I tell you, there is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”
(ESV)
Preached by Tom Sweatman
Tom is an Assistant Pastor at Cornerstone and lives in Kingston with his wife Laura and their two children.
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