Sermons from Seven Mile Waltham

14 The Forgiveness of Sins

Apr 22 • 43 min

In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the forgiveness of sins. As a forgiven people, the church believes in the forgiveness of sins. To believe in the forgiveness of sins is to first acknowledge that we have sin that needs forgiving. God’s forgiveness is…

13 I Believe in the Church

Apr 15 • 45 min

We Believe || I Believe in the Church In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the Church. We believe in the Holy Catholic Church, the Communion of Saints. When we recite that line of the creed, we confess our belief in the universal and united church of…

12 I Believe in the Holy Spirit

Apr 8 • 44 min

We Believe || I Believe in the Holy Spirit In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the Holy Spirit. Our line from the creed this week is, “We believe in the Holy Spirit.” Out of the three persons of our triune God, the Holy Spirit often carries the most…

11 He Will Come Again to Judge

Apr 1 • 32 min

We Believe || He Will Come Again to Judge In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy explores the return of Jesus. We believe that Jesus will come again to judge the living and the dead. In our current culture, is there a more controversial idea than judgment? We seek…

10 Ascended into Heaven & Seated with the Father

Mar 25 • 43 min

We Believe || Ascended into Heaven & Seated with the Father In this sermon, Kevin explores the ascension of Jesus. We believe that Jesus ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. The story of Jesus’ triumph doesn’t end at the…

09 On the Third Day He Rose Again

Mar 18 • 47 min

We Believe || On the Third Day He Rose Again In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the resurrection of Jesus. We believe that Jesus not only died, but that he also rose again. If not for Jesus’ resurrection, his death would be meaningless. Jesus’…

08 Died, Buried, Descended to the Dead

Mar 11 • 43 min

We Believe || Died, Buried, Descended to the Dead In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the death of Jesus. We believe that Jesus died, was buried, and descended to the dead. Jesus died a real death. The Scriptures point to death as the inevitable result…

07 He Suffered and Was Crucified

Mar 4 • 31 min

We Believe || He Suffered and Was Crucified In this Sermon, Pastor Jeremy explores the suffering and crucifixion of Jesus. We believe that Jesus suffered under Pontius Pilate and was crucified. The crucifixion of Jesus is a historical event that changed…

06 The Holy Spirit & The Virgin Mary

Feb 25 • 44 min

We Believe || The Holy Spirit & The Virgin Mary (Incarnation) In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the incarnation of Jesus. We believe that Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. This line made it into the creed…

05 His Only Son, Our Lord

Feb 17 • 48 min

We Believe || His Only Son, Our Lord In this sermon, Pastor Clint explored the divinity of Jesus in Hebrews 1:1-14. Here we see the relationship, the reign, and the role of the Son. Christ the is supreme expression of the Father’s love to us. He’s the…

04 I Believe in Jesus Christ

Feb 11 • 45 min

We Believe || I Believe in Jesus Christ In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the humanity of Christ. To believe in Jesus Christ, we need to know who he is. Who is Jesus? We’ll look at John 1:1-18 as we peel back the layers to the answer. The Apostle John…

03 Creator Of Heaven And Earth

Feb 4 • 38 min

We Believe || Creator of Heaven and Earth In this sermon, Kevin looks at the first chapter of Genesis where God is on display as Creator. The act of creation in Genesis isn’t merely a series of events that took place; the very act itself reveals truth…

02 God, The Father Almighty

Jan 28 • 44 min

We Believe || God, The Father Almighty In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 24 and Romans 8:14-17, along with various other passages that help us see who God, The Father Almighty is. God is both Almighty and Father. He’s incomprehensible, yet he’s…

01 I Believe…

Jan 14 • 46 min

We Believe || I Believe The Apostles’ Creed begins with the words, “I believe.” In this sermon, Pastor Clint talks about what it means to believe—how to respond to the gospel. Belief extends beyond mere knowledge. Our beliefs tie deeply to our emotions…

02 Vision - Looking Forward To 2019

Jan 7 • 46 min

Prayer & Vision 2019 || Vision In this sermon, Pastor Clint explores the vision God has for his church, particularly Seven Mile Waltham. Vision is a picture of what could be with the conviction that it should be. In Luke 14:15-24, Jesus casts the vision…

01 Prayer - Looking Back On 2018 (Nehemiah’s Prayer)

Dec 31, 2018 • 18 min

Prayer & Vision 2019 || Prayer In this short sermon, Pastor Jeremy preaches on Nehemiah 1:1-11, exploring Nehemiah’s foundational prayer. The book of Nehemiah outlines the faithfulness of God and how it’s experienced to its fullest by those who rely on…

04 Mary - Advent

Dec 24, 2018 • 38 min

The Mothers of Jesus || Mary In this sermon, Kevin finishes our 2018 Advent Series on the Mothers of Jesus. Mary lived in the city of Galilee when an angel of God visited her, telling her that she would give birth to the Savior of the world. As a young,…

03 Ruth - Advent

Dec 16, 2018 • 49 min

The Mothers of Jesus || Ruth In this sermon we look at Ruth’s story (Ruth 1-4). Ruth was a widowed foreigner living in Bethlehem with her widowed mother-in-law. They were destitute and starving. She happened upon the field of a generous landowner who…

02 Rahab - Advent

Dec 9, 2018 • 44 min

The Mothers of Jesus || Rahab In this sermon we look at Rahab’s story (Joshua 2 / 6). Rahab was a prostitute in the city of Jericho, a land that God had promised the people of Israel. In a faithless land, she was treated as if she was worthless. Yet she…

01 Tamar - Advent

Dec 2, 2018 • 47 min

The Mothers of Jesus || Tamar In this sermon we look at Tamar’s story (Genesis 38). Tamar was widowed twice, full of shame and hopelessness. In a broken system where those charged to provide for widows shirked their responsibility, she seduced her…

10 Prayer / Power

Nov 29, 2018 • 49 min

Faith Works || Prayer / Power - James 5:13-20 In this sermon Pastor Kevin looks at James 5:13-20 and the juxtaposition of Prayer and Power. James closes his letter with a call to powerful prayer. Whether for suffering, sickness or any other need, how can…

09 Suffering / Comfort

Nov 19, 2018 • 45 min

Faith Works || Suffering / Comfort - James 5:7-12 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at James 5:7-12 and the juxtaposition of Suffering and Comfort. Suffering and Comfort appear to be diametrically opposed. In a world filled with disease, division, and…

08 Insecurity / Security

Nov 12, 2018 • 41 min

Faith Works || Insecurity / Security - James 4:11-5:6 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at James 4:11-5:6 and the juxtaposition of Insecurity and Security. What does it take for you to feel secure? The right people in power? Fool-proof plans for the…

07 Pride / Humility

Nov 5, 2018 • 46 min

Faith Works || Pride / Humility - James 4:1-10 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at James 4:1-10 and the juxtaposition of Pride and Humility. In this passage James is going to identify covetousness as the root of quarrels and fighting. Even deeper than…

06 Wisdom / Righteousness

Oct 29, 2018 • 31 min

Faith Works || Wisdom / Righteousness - James 3:13-18 In this Sermon, Pastor Jeremy looks at James 3:13-18 and the juxtaposition of Wisdom and Righteousness. When we think of wisdom, we often think of making strategic choices that lead to our benefit.…

05 Influence / Responsibility

Oct 22, 2018 • 34 min

Faith Works || Influence / Responsibility - James 3:1-12 In this sermon, Kevin looks at James 3:1-12 and the juxtaposition of Influence and Responsibility. Each of us has a sphere of influence—from small to large. No matter the size, within those spheres…

04 Faith / Works

Oct 15, 2018 • 43 min

Faith Works || Faith / Works - James 2:14-26 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at James 2:14-26 and the juxtaposition of Faith and Works. We talk a lot about how we’re saved by grace, through faith in Jesus Christ. We go to great lengths to make it clear…

03 Prejudice / Mercy

Oct 8, 2018 • 46 min

Faith Works || Prejudice / Mercy - James 2:1-13 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at James 2:1-13 and the juxtaposition of Prejudice and Mercy. Have you ever walked into a room full of people and felt judged by a standard you could never meet—whether it…

02 Hearer / Doer

Oct 1, 2018 • 33 min

Faith Works || Hearer / Doer - James 1:19-27 In this sermon, Pastor Jeremy looks at James 1:19-27 and what it means to be a hearer and a doer of God’s word. When we hear something of consequence, our natural response should be to take action. We evacuate…

01 Trial / Joy

Sep 24, 2018 • 42 min

Faith Works || Trial / Joy - James 1:1-18 In this sermon, Pastor Clint asks the question: How do trials produce joy? Nobody enjoys trials. Much of wisdom is the practice of avoiding life’s unnecessary difficulties. But what happens when we encounter the…

15 Journey

Sep 17, 2018 • 30 min

Summer in the Psalms // Journey - Psalm 134 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks the last of our Psalms of Ascent, Psalm 134, and the theme of Journey. No one enjoys a long trip to a disappointing destination. The worth of any journey is weighed by the…

14 Community

Sep 10, 2018 • 42 min

Summer in the Psalms // Community - Psalm 133 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 133 and the theme of Community. We’re living in a lonely age. In a world where social connection is just a click away, true connection has been forfeited and we’re…

13 Plans

Sep 2, 2018 • 35 min

Summer in the Psalms // Plans - Psalm 132 In this sermon, Kevin looks at Psalm 132 and the theme of Plans. We do our best to plan our lives, but our plans are never perfect. Conflicting desires and faulty information can lead us to make some pretty bad…

12 Humility

Aug 27, 2018 • 38 min

Summer in the Psalms // Humility - Psalm 131 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 131 and the theme of Humility. Pride creeps in when we incessantly think of ourselves, whether positively or negatively. Many of us live day-to-day with anxious and…

11 Grace

Aug 20, 2018 • 41 min

Summer in the Psalms // Grace - Psalm 130 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 130 and the theme of Grace. We talk a lot about grace at Seven Mile Road. We often say that our worship is a response to God’s initiating grace. What’s so amazing about…

10 Freedom

Aug 13, 2018 • 43 min

Summer in the Psalms // Freedom - Psalm 129 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 129 and the theme of Freedom. Freedom is most often talked about in contrast to oppression or enslavement. Some experience such evil physically and externally, but all…

09 Flourishing

Jul 30, 2018 • 38 min

Summer in the Psalms // Flourishing - Psalm 128 In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 128 and the theme of Flourishing. What’s the path to a flourishing life? We’ve all tried to manufacture blessing in our life—whether chasing unhealthy habits,…

08 Life

Jul 22, 2018 • 38 min

Summer in the Psalms // Life - Psalm 127 in this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 127 and the theme of Life. How do we live a truly prosperous and successful life? From parenting to business, our efforts to build the perfect life are often…

07 Joy

Jul 15, 2018 • 38 min

Summer in the Psalms // Joy - Psalm 126 in this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 126 and the theme of Joy. Everybody wants to be happy. In our pursuit of happiness, we often discover just how fragile it is. Happiness can be disrupted by something as…

06 Security

Jul 9, 2018 • 25 min

Summer in the Psalms // Security - Psalm 125 In this sermon, Jeremy preaches on Psalm 125 and the theme of Security. Insecurity can range from personal doubts to societal panic. Throughout history, humanity has experienced insecurity, whether in the…

05 Danger

Jul 1, 2018 • 32 min

Summer in the Psalms // Danger - Psalm 124 This week Kevin looks at Psalm 124 and the theme of Danger. Danger is inevitable in a fallen world. It comes in many forms, ranging from spiritual to physical. We’re never far removed from the perils of…

04 Injustice

Jun 25, 2018 • 25 min

In this Sermon, Pastor Jeremy preaches from Psalm 123 on the theme of Injustice. Our world is filled with injustice—from a believed false accusation to the systematic oppression of people groups. In contrast to prevalent unjust and merciless systems, God…

03 Church

Jun 17, 2018 • 41 min

Summer in the Psalms // Church - Psalm 122 In this sermon, Kevin looks at Psalm 122 and the theme of Church, the gathered people of God. What should our attitude be as we gather to worship God? It’s easy for Sunday morning to be characterized by a rough…

02 Help

Jun 10, 2018 • 42 min

Summer in the Psalms // Help - Psalm 121 in this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 121 and the theme of Help. When the bottom drops out, where do you turn for help? Some of us run from our problems, others try to force and fight their way through them.…

01 Peace

Jun 3, 2018 • 38 min

Summer in the Psalms // Peace In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Psalm 120. How do we find peace in a world of chaos and conflict? This Psalm gives us a paradigm to follow: Prayer, Patience, and Perspective. Listen and be encouraged.

04 Called To Life

May 28, 2018 • 34 min

Membership Matters // Called To Follow After three weeks of Membership Matters, we’ve learned about how the church has been called together, called to belong, and called to follow. This week, Jeremy talks about how the church is called to…

03 Called To Follow

May 20, 2018 • 44 min

Membership Matters // Called To Follow In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at the leadership roles within the local church. Last week we talked about how we’re called to belong. Part of belonging means that God places us under the care and spiritual…

02 Called To Belong

May 13, 2018 • 43 min

Membership Matters // Called To Belong In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at what it means to belong to a local church, asking the question, “What is membership?” Often we desire a feeling of belonging without the responsibility of commitment. The desire…

01 Called Together

May 6, 2018 • 39 min

Membership Matters // Called Together In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Ephesians 2 to ask —- Who is the church? Are we merely a Sunday morning club for Christians or something more? Our individualistic ideals can often come in conflict with our call…

04 God Is Gracious

Apr 29, 2018 • 29 min

The Four G’s // Eternal Truths for Everyday Life In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Colossian 2:6-14 — In this sermon series, we are looking at eternal truths about God and then considering the implications that impact everyday life. In this sermon, we look…

02 God Is Glorious

Apr 15, 2018 • 43 min

The Four G’s // Eternal Truths for Everyday Life In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Colossian 1:24-2:5 — In this sermon series, we are looking at eternal truths about God and then considering the implications that impact everyday life. In this sermon…

01 God Is Great

Apr 8, 2018 • 41 min

The Four G’s // Eternal Truths for Everyday Life In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Colossian 1:15-23 — In this sermon series, we are looking at eternal truths about God and then considering the implications that impact everyday life. In this sermon we…

22 The King’s Victory

Apr 2, 2018 • 42 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 15:42-16:8 — The King’s Victory. Christ was crucified and buried. When it seemed that all hope was lost, Jesus rose from the dead, defeating death. The resurrection challenges…

21 The King’s Cross

Mar 25, 2018 • 29 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Mark 15:1-42 and the crucifixion of Jesus. This is the climax of Mark’s Gospel. Central to the whole Gospel is the question - Who is Jesus? In this passage, one person/group after another…

20 The King’s Trial

Mar 18, 2018 • 39 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Kevin looks at Mark 14:26-72. Following the intimate meal where Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper, the scene moves to the Garden of Gethsemane, where he is betrayed by one of his own and abandoned by…

19 The King’s Table

Mar 11, 2018 • 40 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 14:1-25. On the night in which Jesus was betrayed, he took the bread, gave thanks, broke it and said something none of the disciples expected. Jesus transformed the Passover…

18 The King’s Warning

Mar 4, 2018 • 42 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 13:1-37 where Jesus predicts the end of the Temple and the end of the world. In this difficult passage, Jesus offers a warning to help followers of Christ endure through the…

17 The King’s Command

Feb 25, 2018 • 34 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Mark 12:13-34 where Jesus faces one confrontation after another where the religious elite are trying to trick and trap him. Their questions reveal their inability to full understand and…

16 The King’s Confrontation

Feb 11, 2018 • 43 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 11:1-25. This text marks the beginning of the most important week of the most important person that’s ever lived. Jesus begins by confronting the echo chamber of Israel’s…

15 The King’s Treasure

Feb 4, 2018 • 40 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 10:17-31. In this story, a man gets a few minutes with Jesus and gets to ask him a question that’s been burning in his soul: What must I do to inherit eternal life? Maybe…

14 The King’s Hierarchy

Jan 28, 2018 • 29 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Mark 9:30-50. Jesus’ disciples are arguing about who among them is the greatest. In our world, we applaud performance, popularity, and power. The greatest among us find themselves in…

13 The King’s Glory

Jan 21, 2018 • 37 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 9:2-29. In this passage, Jesus and his disciples have a mountain top experience that gives a glimpse into the trajectory of Jesus. We see that Jesus is headed for glory and…

12 The King’s Identity

Jan 14, 2018 • 38 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 8:27—38. In this passage, Jesus asks his disciples, Who do you say that I am? Here we see Peter rightly exclaim, You are the Christ! But what does it mean that Jesus is the…

02 Vision - Looking Forward to 2018 (Paul’s Vision for the Ephesians)

Jan 7, 2018 • 41 min

Looking Back & Looking Forward // Vision In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Ephesians 3:14-21 and Paul’s visionary prayer. Vision is a picture of what could be with the conviction that it should be. Paul’s prayer of vision looks upward, moves inward,…

01 Prayer - Looking Back on 2017 (The Lord’s Prayer)

Dec 31, 2017 • 17 min

Looking Back & Looking Forward // Prayer In this sermonette, Jeremy looks at Matthew 6:9-13 and the Lord’s prayer. As we close the year, we want to spend some time looking back through prayer.

04 Waiting For Jesus - Power

Dec 24, 2017 • 22 min

Waiting For Jesus // Waiting in Power In this Advent Sermon, Jeremy looks at Isaiah 40:27-31. No one likes waiting. We despise it and we do everything we can to avoid it. Yet, what we find in the Scriptures is that waiting uniquely forms and shapes us as…

03 Waiting For Jesus - Plan

Dec 17, 2017 • 35 min

Waiting For Jesus // Waiting with Patience In this Advent Series, Pastor Clint looks at Jeremiah 29:1-14. No one likes waiting. We despise it and we do everything we can to avoid it. Yet, what we find in the Scriptures is that waiting uniquely forms and…

02 Waiting For Jesus - Patience

Dec 10, 2017 • 34 min

Waiting For Jesus // Waiting with Patience In this new Advent Series, Pastor Clint looks at Habakkuk 2:1-4. No one likes waiting. We despise it and we do everything we can to avoid it. Yet, what we find in the Scriptures is that waiting uniquely forms and…

01 Waiting For Jesus - Perspective

Dec 3, 2017 • 38 min

Waiting For Jesus // Waiting with Perspective In this new Advent Series, Pastor Clint looks at Isaiah 40:1-11. No one likes waiting. We despise it and we do everything we can to avoid it. Yet, what we find in the Scriptures is that waiting uniquely forms…

11 The King’s Supremacy

Nov 27, 2017 • 29 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Mark 7:1-37. What makes a person clean before God? Jesus addresses this question as he calls out the religious insiders for ignoring God’s command to love in favor of their man-made…

10 The King’s Feast

Nov 19, 2017 • 44 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 6:30-45 and 8:1-20. With Jesus, it is feast or famine. For those who receive him, he feeds the bread of life and those who reject him get little more than a sigh. Listen to the…

09 The King’s Opposition

Nov 12, 2017 • 37 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 6:1-29 and the King’s Opposition. In this episode, Jesus faces opposition at every turn. We learn about the inevitability, the accountability, and the tragedy of opposition and…

08 The King’s Power

Nov 5, 2017 • 40 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 4:35-5:43 and the King’s Power. In this episode, Jesus comes face to face with Disaster, Demons, Disease and Death. Listen and see how Jesus reverses the effects of the curse -…

07 The King’s Kingdom

Oct 29, 2017 • 28 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Jeremy looks at Mark 4:1-34 and the King’s Kingdom. At this point in Mark’s Gospel, Mark slows down some of the action to give us an extended teaching from Jesus on the kingdom. Through parables, Jesus…

06 The King’s Family

Oct 23, 2017 • 40 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 3:20-35 and the King’s Family. In this episode, King Jesus declares and defines who is his family. We see there are many around Jesus as fans and others against Jesus as foes,…

05 The King’s Paradigm

Oct 15, 2017 • 38 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 2:18-22 and 3:1-6 and the King’s Paradigm. In this episode, King Jesus is confronted by the religious elite because He and his crew don’t fast and sabbath like they do. Jesus…

04 The King’s Company

Oct 8, 2017 • 38 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 1:16-20 & 2:13-17 and the King’s Company. In this episode, King Jesus forms his company with a radical and costly call. To follow Jesus means obedience without conditions,…

03 The King’s Healing

Oct 1, 2017 • 38 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 2:1-12 and the King’s Healing. In this episode, a paralytic is brought to Jesus in dramatic fashion and we find that the healing Jesus provides is deeper than we think and more…

02 The King’s Compassion

Sep 24, 2017 • 35 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Mark 1:40-45 and the King’s Compassion. In this episode, a leper risks it all and comes to Jesus for cleansing. Jesus is moved with pity and touches him. What happens? Does the…

01 The King’s Gospel

Sep 18, 2017 • 38 min

Crown & Cross // The Gospel of Mark In this sermon, Pastor Clint walks through Mark 1:1-15. The gospel is essentially news, not advice about something that has been done for you. We are faced with the decision on how to respond. Listen to this…

The Method Of Jesus

Aug 28, 2017 • 46 min

In this sermon, Pastor Clint continues in the series, Exploring the Mission, Motive, and Method of Jesus. This Sunday, we looked at the Method of Jesus in Luke 7:18-35. In this passage, John the Baptist struggles to reconcile the methodology of Jesus and…

The Motive Of Jesus

Aug 4, 2017 • 43 min

In this sermon, Pastor Clint continues in the series, Exploring the Mission, Motive, and Method of Jesus. This Sunday, we looked at the Motive of Jesus in Mark 10:32-45. In this passage, is on the road to Jerusalem for the last time. We see that the road…

The Mission of Jesus

Jun 27, 2017 • 43 min

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Luke 18:35-19:10. In this passage, Jesus meets an oppressed blind man as well as a blind oppressor. How will Jesus interact with these polar opposite men? Here Jesus is crystal clear about his Mission — to seek and…