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Life Church Midlothian

The Year of the Altar: Week 3

Sermon Text: Matthew 5:23-24 Senior Pastor Jason Exley

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620 U.S. 67 Frontage Rd, Midlothian, TX 76065, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

Sunday 10:00 AM

Sunday 11:30 AM

Sunday 2:00 PM

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Sermon Notes

Acts 2:1-4
“When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

Psalm 133:1
“How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

Romans 12:4-5
“For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."

Philippians 2:2
“then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”

Philippians 3:13-14
“But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

Matthew 5:23-24
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.”

Matthew 6:14-15
“In prayer there is a connection between what God does and what you do. You can’t get forgiveness from God, for instance, without also forgiving others. If you refuse to do your part, you cut yourself off from God’s part.”

Matthew 18:21-22,
Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother or sister who sins against me? Up to seven times?' Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.

If we are to take up our cross daily, then we must lay down our crutch of offense because it is not possible to carry both.

1. CIRCUMSTANCES DON'T DETERMINE DESTINY

Genesis 45:7-9
But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made me father to Pharaoh, lord of his entire household and ruler of all Egypt. Now hurry back to my father and say to him, ‘This is what your son Joseph says: God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me; don’t delay."

2. ARE YOU HINDERING YOUR ALTAR EXPERIENCE?

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” - C.S. Lewis

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