Placerville Nazarene Church

Join us in our twelfth installment of the Life of Peter - From Shifting sands to Solid Rock. Luke 18:18-30 18 Once a religious leader asked Jesus this question: Good Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?... 19 Why do you call me good? Jesus asked him. Only God is truly good. 20 But to answer your question, you know the commandments: ‘You must not commit adultery. You must not murder. You must not steal. You must not testify falsely. Honor your father and mother.’[a] 21 The man replied, I’ve obeyed all these commandments since I was young. 22 When Jesus heard his answer, he said, There is still one thing you haven’t done. Sell all your possessions and give the money to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me. 23 But when the man heard this he became very sad, for he was very rich. 24 When Jesus saw this,[b] he said, How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God! 25 In fact, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God! 26 Those who heard this said, Then who in the world can be saved? 27 He replied, What is impossible for people is possible with God. 28 Peter said, We’ve left our homes to follow you. 29 Yes, Jesus replied, and I assure you that everyone who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children, for the sake of the Kingdom of God, 30 will be repaid many times over in this life, and will have eternal life in the world to come. Luke 14:25-27 25 A large crowd was following Jesus. He turned around and said to them, 26 If you want to be my disciple, you must, by comparison, hate everyone elseyour father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sistersyes, even your own life. Otherwise, you cannot be my disciple. 27 And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple. Matthew 6:31-33 31 So don’t worry about these things, saying, ‘What will we eat? What will we drink? What will we wear?’ 32 These things dominate the thoughts of unbelievers, but your heavenly Father already knows all your needs. 33 Seek the Kingdom of God[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Join us in our eleventh installment of the Life of Peter - From Shifting sands to Solid Rock. Matthew 18:21-35 21 Then Peter came to him and asked, Lord, how often should I forgive someone[a] who sins against me? Seven times?... 22 No, not seven times, Jesus replied, but seventy times seven![b] 23 Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had borrowed money from him. 24 In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him millions of dollars.[c] 25 He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be soldalong with his wife, his children, and everything he ownedto pay the debt. 26 But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please, be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’ 27 Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and forgave his debt. 28 But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who owed him a few thousand dollars.[d] He grabbed him by the throat and demanded instant payment. 29 His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded. 30 But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in prison until the debt could be paid in full. 31 When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset. They went to the king and told him everything that had happened. 32 Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with me. 33 Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had mercy on you?’ 34 Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he had paid his entire debt. 35 That’s what my heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to forgive your brothers and sisters[e] from your heart. Ephesians 4:30-32 30 And do not bring sorrow to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remember, he has identified you as his own,[a] guaranteeing that you will be saved on the day of redemption. 31 Get rid of all bitterness, rage, anger, harsh words, and slander, as well as all types of evil behavior. 32 Instead, be kind to each other, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.

Join us in our Eighth installment of the Life of Peter - From Shifting sands to Solid Rock. Matthew 16:21-25 21 From then on Jesus[a] began to tell his disciples plainly that it was necessary for him to go to Jerusalem, and that he would suffer many terrible things at the hands of the elders, the leading priests, and the teachers of religious law. He would be killed, but on the third day he would be raised from the dead.... 22 But Peter took him aside and began to reprimand him[b] for saying such things. Heaven forbid, Lord, he said. This will never happen to you! 23 Jesus turned to Peter and said, Get away from me, Satan! You are a dangerous trap to me. You are seeing things merely from a human point of view, not from God’s. 24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, If any of you wants to be my follower, you must give up your own way, take up your cross, and follow me. 25 If you try to hang on to your life, you will lose it. But if you give up your life for my sake, you will save it.

Attention Sr. High Youth: We hope to see you at 6:00 p.m. tonight at the church for Bible Study!Attention Sr. High Youth: We hope to see you at 6:00 p.m. tonight at the church for Bible Study!

Join us in our Sixth installment of the Life of Peter - From Shifting sands to Solid Rock. This week's message is "Stay or Go" from John 6:22-69 22 The next day the crowd that had stayed on the far shore saw that the disciples had taken the only boat, and they realized Jesus had not gone with them. 23 Several boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the Lord had blessed the bread and the people had eaten. 24 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples we...Continue reading