Who Is Jesus? // Week 3 // What Breaks The Heart Of God Pacific Church Pastors JF & Ashley Wilkerson
Who Is Jesus? // Week 3 // What Breaks The Heart Of God
Pastors JF and Ashley Wilkerson
Hebrews 1:1-3a NIV 1 In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets at many times and in various ways, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom also he made the universe. 3 The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word.
John 1:14 NIV 14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Matthew 21:10-13 NIV 10 When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?” 11 The crowds answered, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.” 12 Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
What Angers and Breaks the Heart of God:
1. Exploitation
Exploitation - the act of treating someone unfairly for your own benefit.
Jeremiah 7:9-11 NIV 9 “‘Will you steal and murder, commit adultery and perjury, burn incense to Baal and follow other gods you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, which bears my Name, and say, “We are safe”—safe to do all these detestable things? 11 Has this house, which bears my Name, become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord.
Proverbs 31:8-9 NIV 8 Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute. 9 Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
Psalm 82:3 NIV 3 Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.
Proverbs 29:7 NIV 7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.
Galatians 6:2 NIV 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
James 4:17 NIV 17 If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
Matthew 21:18-19 NIV 18 Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry. 19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, he went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. Then he said to it, “May you never bear fruit again!” Immediately the tree withered.
What Angers and Breaks the Heart of God:
1. Exploitation
2. Exhibition
Matthew 23:1-7 NIV
Matthew 23:13 NIV 13 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the door of the Kingdom of Heaven in people’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let those enter who are trying to.
Matthew 23:15 NIV 15 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when you have succeeded, you make them twice as much a child of hell as you are.
Matthew 23:23-36 NIV
Matthew 24:1-13 NIV
What Angers and Breaks the Heart of God:
1. Exploitation
2. Exhibition
3. Indifference
Indifference - showing little or no concern.
Matthew 23:23 NIV 23 “Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You give a tenth of your spices—mint, dill and cumin. But you have neglected the more important matters of the law—justice, mercy and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.
Matthew 21:20-22 NIV 20…“How did the fig tree wither so quickly?” they asked. 21 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, not only can you do what was done to the fig tree, but also you can say to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and it will be done. 22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”