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Satellite View vs. Street View The Worldview of a Believer vs. The Worldview of an Unbeliever. In everything - money, material possessions, relationships - important/not important, valuable/not valuable - goals, dreams, ambitions, etc. The Gospel is radical, the Gospel brings radical change, the Gospel…

Christians are not EXILES passing through—we are COLONISTS spreading a new kingdom. Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.” James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,…

The Mount of Assembly The sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up, to prepare the way for the kings from the east. And I saw, coming out of the mouth of the dragon and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean…

‌The functional word “angel” ἄγγελος (angelos) is by far the principal New Testament term for celestial beings in service to God. The label—effectively a job description (“messenger”)—communicates assistance from heaven. Of the 175 occurrence in the Greek, it is translated 7 times as “messenger”, 6 time…

Lower Than the Elohim Last week we ended with a life-changing thought: we are the children of God, destined to displace the defeated, disloyal sons of God who now rule the nations. Believing followers of Jesus Christ are the fulfillment of God’s plan to have humanity join the divine family-council and…

Challenged By Our Social Nature which means that we like to know who is in charge, or we like to be in charge. We like to know our rights and want to exercise our rights. The result is that, in all gatherings, social relationships don’t always go smoothly. There is one reality about the church that we…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

What forms our conduct? 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. I am God’s temple. We, the church, are God’s temple. Unity as God’s temple. 1 This is…

INTRODUCTION Honesty Defined truthfulness, sincerity freedom from deceit or fraud We can all agree, christian and non-christian, that a Bible-based Christian must be truthful, sincere, not deceitful, and definitely not perpetrating a fraud. Christians Must Be Honest Note title of lesson Play on “do as…

Does this sound familiar: “"If you're in a dispute with another party and you can't seem to work things out, don't take the law into your own hands; you take 'em to court," This was the tagline stated by the host of the courtroom reality show in the 80-90’s called the People’s Court. Some of you will…

An evangelist preaching a revival one night asked all who wanted to go to heaven to raise their hands. Everyone in the audience did so, except one elderly man sitting near the front of the sanctuary. The preacher pointed his curly finger at him and said, "Sir, do you mean to tell us that you don't want…

The Power of the Church The power of the church is its God-given authority to carry on spiritual warfare, proclaim the gospel, and exercise church discipline Spiritual Warfare 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh. 4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but…

1 When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2 Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3 Do you not know that we are to judge…

We are in a relationship series. God never designed us to go through life alone… with any relationship. We are talking about... From this Day Forward... Those are popular words that are used in many weddings. Let’s look at the theme verse for this series. 19 The thought of my suffering and homelessness…

Summary This episode, the third installment of our discussion of the Old Testament in Revelation 4 , has a singular point of focus: the twenty-four elders of Revelation 4 . Who or what are the twenty-four elders? What do they symbolize? What is their intended meaning? This episode explores the interpretive…

Today we are going to begin a series of messages about handling disputes. Last week, we were in 1 Corinthians 6 , where Paul was chastising the believers in Corinth for not handling disputes properly. As I reflected on that passage last week, I was challenged, and I challenged us all to think on how…

Disputes. We all have them. Think back to a dispute you had this past week. How did it go? The passage today is 1 Corinthians 1:6-11 . In this letter to the Corinthians, Paul is dealing with numerous issues among the church members. He has already been addressing their pride, and desire to look good…

1 Corinthians 6:1–11 (NIV) 1 If any of you has a dispute with another, do you dare to take it before the ungodly for judgment instead of before the Lord’s people? 2 Or do you not know that the Lord’s people will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial…

Introduction 9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone…

Seeking Harmony I’m not a singer. But I like to sing. I like to sing in a choir, in a group, and with the congregation. I sometimes get confident somewhat and I try to harmonize. I will seek to sing tenor or the bass line but it is often out of tune, or I just cannot find the notes at all. My problem…

Introduction VIDEO - 1:30 What kind of reputation would we have if we put that into practice? All around us there are needs. Do we see them? Do we care? Are we so focused on ourselves and what we want that we are missing the needs of those around us? “If Jesus is the hope of the world, then we are His…

1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much…

Your mission… should you choose to accept it.... 15 And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. That’s our mission, Amen? That is the mission of each and every Christian, in this world,… Would you agree? If that is the mission… and at least 50% of the…

1 “Do not judge, so that you won’t be judged. 2 For you will be judged by the same standard with which you judge others, and you will be measured by the same measure you use. 3 Why do you look at the splinter in your brother’s eye but don’t notice the beam of wood in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say…

What is the content of divine wisdom? How can wisdom be known? What problem did the Corinthians have regarding division?