Bellefonte Presbyterian Church – Sermons

13  And as he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what wonderful stones and what wonderful buildings!”  2  And Jesus said to him, “Do you see these great buildings? There will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 3  And as he sat on the Mount of Olives opposite the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privatel...

Mark 12:35-44 (English Standard Version) 35  And as Jesus taught in the temple, he said, “How can the scribes say that the Christ is the son of David?  36  David himself, in the Holy Spirit, declared, “‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,     until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 37  David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?” And the great throng heard him gladly. 38 ...

That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat beside the sea.  2  And great crowds gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat down. And the whole crowd stood on the beach.  3  And he told them many things in parables, saying: “A sower went out to sow.  4  And as he sowed, some seeds fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured them.  5  Other seeds fell on rocky ground, whe...

Luke 2:22-35 22  And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord  23  (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”)  24  and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, “a pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons.” ...

Luke 1:67-80 (English Standard Version) 67  And his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying, 68  “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,     for he has visited and redeemed his people 69  and has raised up a horn of salvation for us     in the house of his servant David, 70  as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old, 71  that we should be saved from our...

46  And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47      and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48  for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant.     For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed; 49  for he who is mighty has done great things for me,     and holy is his name. 50  And his mercy is for those who fear him     from generation to generation. 51  He has shown s...

Isaiah 9 (ESV) 9   But there will be no gloom for her who was in anguish. In the former time he brought into contempt the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the latter time he has made glorious the way of the sea, the land beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the nations. 2  The people who walked in darkness     have seen a great light; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,     on the...

Psalm 113 (English Standard Version) 1  Praise the Lord! Praise, O servants of the Lord,     praise the name of the Lord! 2  Blessed be the name of the Lord     from this time forth and forevermore! 3  From the rising of the sun to its setting,     the name of the Lord is to be praised! 4  The Lord is high above all nations,     and his glory above the heavens! 5  Who is like the Lord our God,    ...

28  And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?”  29  Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  30  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your...

13  And they sent to him some of the Pharisees and some of the Herodians, to trap him in his talk.  14  And they came and said to him, “Teacher, we know that you are true and do not care about anyone's opinion. For you are not swayed by appearances, but truly teach the way of God. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not? Should we pay them, or should we not?”  15  But, knowing their hypocrisy,...

Mark 12:1-12 (English Standard Version) 12  And he began to speak to them in parables. “A man planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a pit for the winepress and built a tower, and leased it to tenants and went into another country.  2  When the season came, he sent a servant to the tenants to get from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.  3  And they took him and beat him and sent...

Mark 11:12-33 (English Standard Version) 12  On the following day, when they came from Bethany, he was hungry.  13  And seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find anything on it. When he came to it, he found nothing but leaves, for it was not the season for figs.  14  And he said to it, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard it. 15  And...

Mark 11 (ESV) 1  Now when they drew near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples  2  and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.  3  If anyone says to you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord has need of it and will...

46  And they came to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a great crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, the son of Timaeus, was sitting by the roadside.  47  And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”  48  And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he cried out all the more, “Son of David, ha...

Mark 10:32-45 (English Standard Version) 32  And they were on the road, going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus was walking ahead of them. And they were amazed, and those who followed were afraid. And taking the twelve again, he began to tell them what was to happen to him,  33  saying, “See, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and...

13  And they were bringing children to him that he might touch them, and the disciples rebuked them.  14  But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, “Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.  15  Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.”  16  And he took them in his arms and bles...

Mark 10:1-12 - 1  And he left there and went to the region of Judea and beyond the Jordan, and crowds gathered to him again. And again, as was his custom, he taught them. 2  And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?”  3  He answered them, “What did Moses command you?”  4  They said, “Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and...

MARK 9 (ESV) 30  They went on from there and passed through Galilee. And he did not want anyone to know,  31  for he was teaching his disciples, saying to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.”  32  But they did not understand the saying, and were afraid to ask him. 33  And they came to Ca...

Mark 9:14-29 (English Standard Version) 14  And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them.  15  And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him.  16  And he asked them, “What are you arguing about with them?”  17  And someone from the crowd answered him, “Teacher, I brought my son to yo...

4  From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom. And the people became impatient on the way.  5  And the people spoke against God and against Moses, “Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.”  6  Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the...

Mark 9:  2 And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James and John, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them,  3  and his clothes became radiant, intensely white, as no one on earth could bleach them.  4  And there appeared to them Elijah with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.  5  And Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here....

Numbers 6:22-27 (English Standard Version) 22  The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,  23  “Speak to Aaron and his sons, saying, Thus you shall bless the people of Israel: you shall say to them, 24  The Lord bless you and keep you; 25  the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; 26  the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. 27  “So shall they put my name upon the...

Colossians 3:12-17 English Standard Version 12  Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,  13  bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.  14  And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in per...

Psalm (esv) 96  Oh sing to the Lord a new song;     sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;     tell of his salvation from day to day. 3  Declare his glory among the nations,     his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;     he is to be feared above all gods. 5  For all the gods of the peoples are worthless idols,...

3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,  4  to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,  5  who by God's power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last tim...