Sitting at the Feet of Jesus

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Sitting at the Feet of Jesus

• Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy
  laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke
  upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and
  lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your
  souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is
  light.
• Matthew 1128-30

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Those Who Suffer

• Then great multitudes came to Him, having with
  them the lame, blind, mute, maimed, and many
  others and they laid them down at Jesus' feet,
  and He healed them. 31 So the multitude marveled
  when they saw the mute speaking, the maimed made
  whole, the lame walking, and the blind seeing
  and they glorified the God of Israel.
• (Matthew 1530-31)
• These miracles showed the power of God, but also
  changed the lives of these people
• James 112

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James 112

• Blessed is the man who
  endures temptation for when he
  has been approved, he will receive the
  crown of life which the Lord has promised to
  those who love Him.
• We should not look upon our suffering as a heavy
  burden
• If you suffer, sit at Jesus feet, and increase
  your faith!

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Those Who Sorrow

• Now when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to
  the other side, a great multitude gathered to
  Him and He was by the sea. 22 And behold, one of
  the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name.
  And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet 23 and
  begged Him earnestly, saying, My little daughter
  lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your
  hands on her, that she may be healed, and she
  will live.
• (Mark 521-23)
• Jesus is able to comfort those in sorrow
• Psalm 11-2

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Psalm 11-2

• Blessed is the man Who walks
  not in the counsel of the ungodly,
  Nor stands in the path of sinners, Nor sits in
  the seat of the scornful 2 But his delight is in
  the law of the LORD, And in His law he meditates
  day and night.
• When one learns to trust God in obedience,
  happiness follows. We can overcome sorrows
  through Christ

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Those Who Sin

• And behold, a woman in the city who was a sinner,
  when she knew that Jesus sat at the table in the
  Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster flask of
  fragrant oil, 38 and stood at His feet behind Him
  weeping and she began to wash His feet with her
  tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head
  and she kissed His feet and anointed them with
  the fragrant oil.
• (Luke 737-38)
• Sit at Jesus feet, and ask for a release of sin
• 2 Corinthians 79-11

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2 Corinthians 79-11

• Now I rejoice, not that you were
  made sorry, but that your sorrow led to
  repentance. For you were made sorry in a
  godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us
  in nothing. 10 For godly sorrow produces
  repentance leading to salvation, not to be
  regretted but the sorrow of the world produces
  death. 11 For observe this very thing, that you
  sorrowed in a godly manner What diligence it
  produced in you, what clearing of yourselves,
  what indignation, what fear, what vehement
  desire, what zeal, what vindication! In all
  things you proved yourselves to be clear in this
  matter.

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Those Who Seek

• Now it happened as they went that He entered a
  certain village and a certain woman named Martha
  welcomed Him into her house. 39 And she had a
  sister called Mary, who also sat at Jesus' feet
  and heard His word.
• (Luke 1038-39)
• Those who want to be right with God must seek
  after Jesus
• Acts 1711 Ephesians 318-19

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Acts 1711

• These were more fair-minded than
  those in Thessalonica, in that
  they received the word with all readiness, and
  searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether
  these things were so.
• It is noble to seek, and we are promised if we
  do, we will find (cf. Matthew 77)

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Ephesians 318-19

• May be able to comprehend
  with all the saints what is the
  width and length and depth and
  height-- 19 to know the love of Christ
  which passes knowledge that you may be
  filled with all the fullness of God.
• To find (to know, or comprehend), is to be filled
  with all the fullness of God.

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Conclusion

• The Common Bond
• All these groups had faith (trusting in Christ),
  and all got what they needed!
• Hebrews 116

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Hebrews 116

• But without faith it is impossible
  to please Him, for he who comes to
  God must believe that He is, and that
  He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek
  Him.
• Faith is an absolute MUST if we want to gain
  approval from God.
• Trust in God, and sit at the Feet of Christ