<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Times New Roman, Times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><font size="3">Sermon for <span style="background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254); color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: italic;">8/27/2023</span></font><div><h3 class="ydpa4cab00cmessage-name" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: Geneva, Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); line-height: 1.4; background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><a title="Click to View this Item" href="https://sjnj.com/index.php?i=760#sermon760" class="ydpa4cab00ch3-link" style="background-color: transparent; line-height: inherit; color: rgb(45, 90, 133); cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font size="3">“The rise and fall of Peter?”</font></a></h3><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3">The forgiveness of sins is ultimately in God’s hands. Christians put their hope in Jesus Christ as their savior at their last day. We cannot earn our place in heaven. Only as we follow Christ’s commandments of love of neighbor and God can we hope to come before the great judgment seat of Christ with any expectation of ultimate salvation, by the grace of Christ. It is as simple as that.</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><a href="http://www.sjnj.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.sjnj.com</a><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><p class="ydpa4cab00cparagraph ydpa4cab00cmessage-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Series: </strong>Proper 16 (A)</font></p><p class="ydpa4cab00cparagraph ydpa4cab00cmessage-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Speaker: </strong>The Rev. Joseph Parrish</font></p><p class="ydpa4cab00cparagraph ydpa4cab00cmessage-info" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Topic: </strong>Proper 16, Year A</font></p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><strong style="line-height: inherit;">Passage: </strong>Matthew 16:13-20, [21-23]</font></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.2; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(10, 10, 10); background-color: rgb(254, 254, 254);"><font size="3">=</font></div></div></div></body></html>