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12 For as many as have sinned without law will also perish without law, and as many as have sinned in the law will be judged by the law 13 (for not the hearers of the law are just in the sight of God, but the doers of the law will be justified; 14 for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature…

This is the fourth and final sermon of our Ugly Christmas Sweater Series. For the past few weeks we have looked at the ugliness that can take place during the holidays. Today I want to look at the ugly actions. During all seasons we have to be mindful of our actions, but Christmas is a season when we…

Actions Speak Louder Than Words Giving To God. John was a very lonely, wealthy old man. He had worked hard all his life and built a great business and made loads of money. But, he was all alone. One Sunday evening as he was talking a walk to clear his head, he was drawn to a church where he heard wonderful,…

Most of us remember the school days of learning Isaac Newton’s Laws of Motion . An object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion remains in motion at a constant speed and in a straight line unless acted on by an unbalanced force. The acceleration of an object depends on the mass of the object…

Introduction Summarize: Last week we looked at the object of this sentence (us), this week we look at the subject, God, and what He does toward us What God does in us is a direct reflection of His character Exposition And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following…

Are you familiar with the expression.... “Birds of a feather flock together” It’s an English proverb that means those with similar interests or attributes tend to mutually associate or tend to group together. This morning we are going to see the importance of being aware of our feathers and whom we tend…

The number ranges from 7,000-10,000 daily: What am I? Stop and think about this for a minute. Kids and teens think through this. Answer: words spoken per day. Granted this is an “average” and it would not be uncommon for those whose jobs center on speaking to be close to 14,000 or more. Now this as indicated…

How do you know if someone is a “good” person? How do you know whether you are good person? By what do we measure our goodness? How does our culture define “good”? By what standard does our culture have to measure “goodness”? We live in a world and in a culture that tells us that if we do good things,…

INTRODUCTION . 14 “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up; 15 so that whoever believes will in Him have eternal life. 16 “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal…

Engage I have a confession to make. I’m not proud of it, but this past winter I got taken for a ride. I’m usually pretty discerning. I don’t fall to those text messages and emails that tell me my Amazon password needs to be reset. But every once in a while, some things are just done well enough that…

Let’s begin with a word of prayer. Gracious and Loving Father, as we gather here in Your presence, we humbly seek Your guidance and wisdom. Bless this assembly with Your Spirit, and open our hearts to the transformative power of Your Word. May our time together today be a testament to Your love and grace,…

Let’s go verbing! Faith is a noun, complete trust or confidence in someone or something. strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof. But, let’s take faith and put it into action. That is what you see tonight a progression of faith. Open your…

Big Idea of the Message : God strengthens us to participate in His plan in the face of resistance. Struggles Who had a struggle of some type this week - illness, death, financial, mental, and list list could keep on; Who had a struggle to getting here this morning; Life is full of struggles, challenges,…

Let us pray…as we come before you this morning, we come with hearts full of your love but also full of anxiety, angst, and wonder about what is happening in this world. We ask that in the coming moments that your spirit would enter our hearts, minds, and spirits that we would be able to feel, sense,…

The truly free life of the acquitted (justified/righteous) is all Christ-earned and Christ-empowerd.

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron,…

Now I will tell you what! preparing this weeks sermon was quite difficult! I spent a lot of time working through this text. reading commentaries and wrestling with the themes that seemed at first to not really flow into the kindo cohesive whole that is easy to understand. And quite frankly it wasn’t…

Faith in Action is how we Rise Above. Rise Above. These are words that our Father is calling us to this year of 2023. Our Father is one who rises above, so we do not have to rise above alone. He is with us and we will rise above. 1 Therefore if you have been raised up with Christ, keep seeking the things…

Physical and spiritual Jesus met the physical needs as a means to get to meet the real need, the spiritual needs. Turned water into wine to save embarrassment ( Jn2:1-11 ) Shared his identity with unlikely woman in unlikely place leading to belief of people of Sychar ( Jn4:1-29 ) Healed a nobleman’s…

Ephesians 4:1–6 (KJV 1900) 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 2 With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There…

Faith -> Action: Don't reverse the arrow!

You and I enter into a relationship with God, through the sacrificial gift of Jesus Christ, sealed with the Holy Spirit. We come to this relationship hearing and rightly believing verses like Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of…

Introduction Earlier this week, we watched in anticipation to look at a rodent to tell us what the next six weeks are going to look like. Are we going to have six more weeks of the cold or six more weeks of progressively better weather. I over heard a few of the teachers this week discussing the pros…

Intro Text - Habakkuk 2.1- 3 Title - Visions Demand Action Background Habakkuk ministered to a stubborn people - Judah Habakkuk cries out to God how long this situation will continue God promised to discipline His people through Babylon God tells Habakkuk to write the vision so that those who reads it…