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Jesus says heaven is like a banquet—the party to end all parties—with a generous menu and generous guest list. God’s people will wear white, eat rich food, and Jesus will sing over them. There’s an open invitation to the party; all who want to attend can through Jesus. But his kingdom party will have a lot of no-shows. Not everyone, even some who think they are Christians, will be there. Will you?

Jesus says pride is evil, but the world says it is one of the greatest virtues (called “self-esteem”). If we don’t live out of humility, we will experience humiliation. Humility means to know your place and gladly accept where you ought to be. Proud people push themselves to where they want to be. The answer to pride is Jesus. Humility is a byproduct of getting to know Jesus.

Jesus heals on the Sabbath again, and religious people criticize his compassion. We see over and over again that religion wants a fight, but Jesus wants a friend. Religion misses Jesus in its search for righteousness. Not only does he take all our sin, but he gives us all of his righteousness. It’s ultimately not about religion; it’s about his redemption. There is hope in Jesus for the religious.

Salvation is one narrow door: Jesus. It is exclusive: there’s one door. It is inclusive: all are welcome. The narrow door divides heaven and hell and it is closing—there is no second chance for salvation after death. When you die, the door slams shut; you will stand before Jesus and he will judge you. Now he is weeping, inviting you to run by faith through the open door. The decision is yours.

Jesus heals a demonized, suffering woman and she glorifies God. But, rather than rejoicing, the pastor criticizes Jesus for healing on the Sabbath. Jesus is tender with the woman and tough with the man. He rebukes the pastor publicly for treating livestock better than this woman. How do you avoid religiosity? Remember the King and his kingdom, which starts small and grows big.

Jesus is the perfect storyteller. A parable is a small story that teaches a big idea in order to get our heart and expose our sin. The parable of the barren fig tree teaches that God cares about fruitfulness. Even when we’ve been fruitless, God’s heart is not to cut us down and throw us in the fire. God’s heart is to give us more time for him to work on us. By the grace of God, we can be fruitful.

Regular practice of the spiritual disciplines (community, Scripture, prayer, worship, giving, serving, obedience, evangelism) kindles Spirit-fired passion. Be more concerned about your eternity than about the weather. Jesus tells us to repent or perish. We all will stand before God to give an account for our life. Get ready and do not delay. True repentance is confession, contrition, and change.

This sermon is taken from the Nehemiah series. This sermon is presented as a part of the “best of” series on the topic Urban and Missional from the book of Nehemiah. For more audio and video content, visit marshillchurch.org

This Is Mars Hill is a 10 part series of intro videos highlighting each campus and campus pastor. This segment features Pastor Tim Smith of the soon to be launched Mars HIll Portland talking about the challenges that exist and the mission of Mars Hill Church in Portland, Oregon.

This sermon is taken from the Luke series. This sermon is presented as a part of the “best of” series and covers Jesus and the Holy Spirit from the book of Luke. For more audio and video content, visit marshillchurch.org

This sermon is taken from the Trial series. This sermon is presented as a part of the “best of” series and was chosen as the best sermon for the question, “What sermon totally changed your view of biblical marriage?” For more audio and video content, visit marshillchurch.org

Pastor Mark is taking the month of December out of the pulpit to work on an upcoming book. For the podcast/vodcast for these five weeks, we put it to facebook to see what you consider the “Best Of” sermons preached by Pastor Mark. This week, #2, the question was “Which sermon totally changed your view of God and made you start taking theology seriously?” and you chose “Joy In Suffering”

Pastor Mark is taking the next several weeks off from preaching, so fans over at Facebook have voted on their favorite sermons over the years and we’re releasing them each week through the end of the year as part of a “Best Of” series. To find out more, visit http://www.facebook.com/pastormark

This session was recorded at the 2010 Acts 29 Boot Camp in Seattle, WA. In this session, Pastor Mark Driscoll talks about Marriage, Ministry, and Mistakes

This Is Mars Hill is a 10 part series of intro videos highlighting each campus and campus pastor. This segment features Pastor Bill Clem talking about the genesis of Mars HIll West Seattle, starting with it’s roots as an Acts 29 church plant called Doxa.