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God's Word is a source of blessing to those who walk diligently in it.

That the believers would be found blameless and holy when Jesus comes again in glory.

We are reminded that Christ reconciled us to be presented as holy, blameless, and above reproach. We are encouraged to continue stable and steadfast in the faith.

1 Thessalonians 3:11-13 / Blameless in Holiness 11 Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you, 12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before…

Honest To God A Psalm of David. 1 I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord , I will make music. 2 I will ponder the way that is blameless. Oh when will you come to me? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house; 3 I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate…

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee: If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward…

1 Corinthians is a book about finding glory only in the Lord. This becomes obvious by the last verse of chapter one. While some people find glory in power, some in what they can do or get away with, and still others find glory in looking good, looking smart or looking spiritual, the Apostle Paul encourages…

An Appeal to Obedience and Humility (2:12-13) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things…

Abram has just been shown that he is in covenant with God. He has seen God basically say that He is sovereign over the situation and that He will be the one who establishes Abram. Remember who you are in covenant with El Shaddai v.1 God almighty The name that God uses to remind his people that He is…

Key Verse Ephesians 4:12–13 “for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;” Three lists of…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself…

When you realize whose you are, you realize who you are. When you realize who you are, you realize your purpose. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: 2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.…

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself…

INTRODUCTION Last week be gained a greater understand of what grace is - God’s favorable (unmerited) actions towards man To obtained this Grace is through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Like God’s Grace, this faith exhibits action not just a mere concept. Thesis Statement : To grow in Grace…

Intro: My time in the hospital this last week was a learning experience. I've been thinking about a set of questions over the last few weeks. I've kind of been in a reflective place in my mind, and I'll tell you why in a minute. I think life is full of us trying to answer sometimes small questions, things…

"From Fallen to Fellowship". Based on 1 Corinthians 1:4-9. Paul is an expert on being a fallen soul who finds fellowship in and with Jesus. This is a window into what it means to change from a sin-centered life to a Jesus-centered life.

There are striking connections and parallels between a human family and the church. First, the church is a family - a spiritual family. We are brothers and sisters to one another. We reach and teach spiritual children. We enjoy a close relationship with God as our Father. Christ himself said: For whoever…

We continue on this morning in our series Psummer in the Psalms (& Proverbs). I’m excited to get back to it. I’m so thankful for everyone who covered for us while we were gone on vacation; we are truly blessed and grateful for you all. Thank you, Richard and Stephen, for preaching. Your sermons were…

Living in plain sight! We are not called to be undercover Christians, we are called light and light is not to be hidden. So, we are to live our Christian life in plain sight. In the midst of perverse generation, let our light shine (Php2:15; Mt5:16) 15 that you may become blameless and harmless, children…

Introduction We are week two of the series on God’s Grace in the Church. Last week we spent time learning why we need to study the book of Ephesians. So today open your bibles to Ephesians 1:3-14 The word blessing is a word that most Christians are familiar with today. If you were to go the bookstore…

“Prayer is beyond any question the highest activity of the human soul. Man is at his greatest and highest when upon his knees he comes face to face with God.” “When a man is speaking to God he is at his very acme. It is the highest activity of the human soul, and therefore it is at the same time the…

T- Two Offices Pastor and Deacon I have comprised a job description for pastors based on perceived and real expectations from some conversations that I have had with pastors and laypeople: He must be well-educated, but not too intellectual.  He must be younger than 35. He must have twenty years pastoral…

1 Thessalonians 3:6–13 (ESV) — 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers, in all our distress and affliction we have been…

Broadly in this series of sermons we are talking about the need for patient endurance in our obedience. Last week I used the illustration of not only loosing weight, but keeping or maintaing that weight loss. After the sermon I was talking with a brother and he shared another good illustration of our…