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“To the angel of the church of Ephesus write, ‘These things says He who holds the seven stars in His right hand, who walks in the midst of the seven golden lampstands: “I know your works, your labor, your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are…

Do you walk in light? 5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light,…

What do you fear? The other week Daniel and I stayed up late and watched the next movie in the Harry Potter Series: The Prisoner of Askaban. In one scene the students are given the task to face their fears. They can only face their fears when they acknowledge them. Some fear sickness and death. As I…

4 Against You, You only, have I sinned, And done this evil in Your sight— That You may be found just when You speak, And blameless when You judge. 3 Therefore whatever you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have spoken in the ear in inner rooms will be proclaimed on the…

For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake. One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, The Cretians are alway liars, evil…

Keeping Your Word Now all the kings west of the Jordan River heard about what had happened. These were the kings of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, who lived in the hill country, in the western foothills, and along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea as far north…

A False Teacher is one who does not teach the true gospel of grace through the work of Jesus Christ. Someone who teaches the true gospel may teach other false things, but is not a false teacher. Paul is warning Timothy of the false teachers in Ephesus. These were teaching myths, and genealogies, turning…

Morning 6th Nov 2022

Morning 20 August 23

Introduction 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was…

Remember, last week we saw the Apostle Paul declaring the Gospel to the Corinthians that he received and they had received. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again…

Starting our series going through the letters of John. We will be placing our Christian life up against scripture to examine ourselves and ensure that we are in the faith and truly illuminated to walk in the light saved by the Word of Life.

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... This is he who came by water and blood—Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. For there are three that testify: the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these…

Evening 14th Aug 2022

How do You Know That You Know 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. 2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.…

Do not forget this chapter of John when dealing with religious people. New Birth to Nicodemus Nicodemus, as a teacher of the Law, thought he had totally gotten everything that God required of him . . . but he didn’t. 1. The stage is set, vs. 3-13. V. 9 literally is “How can this take place?” This is…

Introduction An apostate is one who has abandoned the faith that they once professed. We live in a world of many apostates. We see countless examples of those who seemed like legitimate believers but turned out to be fakes. Joshua Harris is one such man who is a glaring example of this. He wrote the…

5 This is the message which we have heard from Him and declare to you, that God is light and in Him is no darkness at all. 6 If we say that we have fellowship with Him, and walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship…

Everyone Needs What Christ Can Do There is one truth about life that stands out: We are sinners in need of a Savior. We have given in to the lies of the world We have given in to the lies of our flesh We have given in to the pride of our own lives. But some don’t really want to agree. Some want to hide…

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness, in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began. In his own time he has revealed his word in the preaching with which I was entrusted…

Happy Easter Sunday If you haven't been with us for the past several weeks, we started this Easter Series looking at 1st Century Jewish Expectations... • And in doing so - we got a better understanding of what Messianic Expectations were as Christ came on the scene in the 1st Century... slide: • As a…

God’s perfect love Love is perfected ( 1Jn4:17 ) and God’s perfect love is in us ( 1Jn4:12 ). Tonight we are going to be looking at love, that perfected love given, evidenced by the nature of love and proven by the application of the believers. Let’s start with a question, when you think of the apostle…

1 John 5:1-5 We have been going through this sermon series Heart and Head: Loving God with our Mind and Emotions. We’ve talked about Loving God Exclusively in our lives and this shows forth in our giving, prayer, forgiveness, etc. Last week we talked about Loving God Preeminently, or as our first priority.…

A few years ago, I was at a prayer retreat with the New England District pastors. A pastor I’ll call S.T. asked us to pray for him. He had been a pastor in our district for over thirty years. He was about to spend three more days alone with God for a heart examination and he confessed that this was terrifying…

Background on 1 John Written by the Apostle John approx. AD 80 to AD 90 Written to Christians probably in and around Ephesus Written to them to combat a false teachings they were facing The Text 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we…