Was Jesus Christ a "superstar?" If you're a compelling speaker and you provide lunch, you're going to draw a crowd. Start healing people - and antagonize the religious elite - and you'll be headline news. But Jesus didn't do any of that to grab the spotlight. He did all of it to demonstrate the heart of God. We start the week with a new sermon in the Gospel of Matthew, called Master's Scrapbook. Here's Pastor Jim.

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We have a piece of information that John the Baptist lacked. Of course the Lord didn't meet the expectations of His enemies. But even His friends were perplexed. The prophets had portrayed Messiah as a triumphant king. At some point Jesus would have to lay down the teaching and healing business, and take up the scepter of power. They didn't understand that that point was still in the distant future. But Jesus did understand. Today we'll hear the first half of the sermon, Are You the One? Pastor Jim opens with prayer.

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