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Believe in Jesus Intro I remember the first research I had to write. I had no idea what I was supposed to do. I was in high school and the teacher told me that I had to write on one historic event that happened in the 20th century. At the time, I was really into war reenactments. I would go with my uncle…

III. THE LORD JESUS CHRIST: His preexistence and deity ( John 1:1-3 ), incarnation by virgin birth ( John 1:14 ; Matt 1:18-23 ), sinless life ( Heb 4:15 ), substitutionary death ( II Cor 5:21 ), bodily resurrection ( Luke 24:36-43 ),ascension into heaven and present ministry ( Heb 4:14-16 ), and coming…

Jesus Did What? Oh what a saviour 26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. 7 Nevertheless I tell…

Believe In what does the word believe actually mean does it actually just mean the belief in the existence of something or someone?? or does it mean more? 20 Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men. God wants us to understand his word…its…

Last week we discussed the truth that we are all addicted to something. And we need to admit that we are powerless, that in our own power our lives are unmanageable. Until we admit this, we will keep living broken, miserable lives. As Paul wrote: For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that…

The Gospel of Salvation On this day we once again celebrate the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. We celebrate this in a country that speaks of being of “Christian Nation” and “Founded on Christian Values,” yet today, on the day Christians should most celebrate their faith in the living Christ,…

Why Jesus? Intro If you know me, You know that I love to read books. One of my favorite genre of books is Biographies. I love to hear about people’s life. I enjoy reading about the struggles and victories of people. But what if I read a biography of someone and then I met them in person. But what I read…

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(S1)— There is no doubt that Barbara lived out her calling; committing her life to loving God, loving people, serving the needy, the young and the old, and as a pastor spreading the Good News of salvation found in Jesus. I like others who are called into pastoral ministry, can relate to her journey...…

Two country guys meet at the Cracker Barrel, and they get to talking. The First man says "I failed my driving test last week". The second man asks "What did you fail on"? "Road signs" replies the first man. The examiner asked me "What sign do you expect to see when driving down a country lane?". I replied…

Intro: I want you to contemplate something for me as we talk about Jesus praying today. I want you to think to your prayers, what is it that you pray for? Is it the same thing that Jesus prayed for? Prayer is one of the most misunderstood disciplines of discipleship, but hopefully John can clear it up…

Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him, just as Moses also was faithful in all God’s house. For Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses—as much more glory as…

Response to Jesus Intro John’s gospel is a master class in literature. Which isn’t Surprising b/c it was inspired by the Creator of the universe. And its an account about the most amazing person to ever walk the earth. But God could have chose to tell these stories in any way, and yet he does so in such…

We Believe There are at least 117 prophecies, appearances, or foreshadowings (PAF’s) of Christ in the Law, at least 144 in the Writings, and at least 153 in the Prophets. A minimal total for the entire Old Testament, therefore, is 414. AS we begin our study of course we go to Isa 7 Therefore the Lord…

Believe only in what you can see or will you believe on the Word of God? Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego - Refused to bow down to other God’s. This is why Israel was in captivity, because they had stooped to worshiping false gods. But these three men, they refused all the advances and temptations to worship.…

The Claim Assurance, the book has hopefully by now given you some great assurance of what we have in Christ Jesus, eternal life. John also gives warnings and a defense against the false claims, false teachers trying to take away the Christians assurance. John’s claims Jesus came in the flesh ( 1Jn4:2…

Jesus Teaching In The Synagogue Jesus has come back to His hometown Has proclaimed His mission to them the prophecies of Isaiah pertaining to the Messiah has now been fulfilled These prophecies told us of the desperate need we have of a savior How impossible it is for us to be able to save ourselves…

Is There anything Impossible for God? 37 For with God nothing shall be impossible. Have Faith in God 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt…

Never put a question mark where God has put a period. —John R. Rice I Believe In a cellar in Cologne, Germany, after World War II were found these words on the wall: I BELIEVE … I believe in the sun, even when it is not shining; I believe in love, even when I feel it not; I believe in God, even when…

Breaking down what happened before Jesus arrived. Jesus' birth was a first of how Jesus will continue to arrive in our life. I have personally experienced the arrival of Jesus several times in my life. Everyone we are going to talk about the next couple weeks are coming out of a season of nothing happening.…

Following Jesus Just to catch us up to speed, this is what we’ve looked at the last few weeks through our study of Luke. First, we read about Jesus’ baptism. There he was declared the Son of God. Then, that title was challenged by the Devil in the Temptation of Jesus. After the Temptation Jesus went…

If you ask Ask, Jesus speaks much, often about prayer, and asking in and through prayer. Is it good to do that, ask? In our passage tonight one more time prayer is the central theme. I will expand more in a few minutes, but the word ask in our passage has a couple of different meanings. (Below is on…

Pastoral Prayer Announcements New Giving Solution Advent Giving Membership Class Scripture Intro Have you ever misjudged someone because of where they were from? Maybe you had a neighbor who said they were from Capitol Hill in Seattle but then found out they drive an F-150. Or you had a coworker who’s…

What is victory? Victory can be defined as a successful ending. So what is success and how do we measure it? Jennifer Herrity wrote in 10 Tips To Become Successful and Achieve Your Life Goals that “success is a concept that's different for every person. Whether it means having a great career, a home…

Welcome Good morning everyone. Today we are going back to the Gospel of John. We are going to be going to be going through John 17 over the next three weeks. This chapter is entirely made up of one of Jesus’ prayers on his last night and it divides up into three sections. So today we are starting with…