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We are reminded that God graciously gives us grace in Christ. We are encouraged to reject distortions of the Gospel.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. Then Peter was filled with the Holy Spirit and said to them, “Rulers of the people and elders: If we are being examined today about a good deed done to a disabled man, by what means he was healed, let…

What God Has Provided 11 Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from…

When Jesus left there, He withdrew to the area of Tyre and Sidon. Just then a Canaanite woman from that region came and kept crying out, “Have mercy on me, Lord, Son of David! My daughter is cruelly tormented by a demon.” Yet He did not say a word to her. So His disciples approached Him and urged Him,…

Matthew 6:1-33 In light of the purpose statement for our church that I introduced last week, I want to begin a series on Loving God. I’m titling this series Heart and Head - Loving God with all of our mind and emotions 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,…

The year was 1989 when Disney released All Dogs Go to Heaven . In honest disclosure, I’ve never watched this film. But the title intrigues me with the fold theology that many people believe. Do cats go to Heaven? What about ferrets or bearded dragons? I’ll need to watch before I can make any comments…

Love is Exclusive: Enter the Narrow Gate Jesus offers the “Golden Rule” as the summary of the Law and the Prophets. The essence of this rule is love, which cannot be perfectly fulfilled without God radically changing our hearts. Truly loving others begins with loving God, and love is, by nature, exclusive. It is no wonder then that Jesus speaks of a narrow way which leads to life, while all other ways lead to destruction. We must rest in God’s grace by entering this narrow gate, which is Jesus Himself.

Jesus' exclusive identity and all sufficient work.

Turn to and read Mark 9:38- 40. Pray. And John answered him, saying, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not us. I will have to say, at the onset, that these next few verses - Mark 9:38-40 - have always baffled me; not the…

We are reminded that God graciously unites us into one family. We are encouraged to serve one another with humility.

Introduction: Good morning once again. I am overjoyed to be entrusted with the proclamation of God’s Word today. Let me quickly take care of a bit of housekeeping. Today we are in I Timothy 2:1-7 . Next week I will be out of the pulpit and we have Ron West from down the street at Bethel EC church who…

Rethinking Our Appetites Holy Communion is a Participation in Christ GOAL— I want my hearers to realize the benefits of Holy Communion by showing what God is sharing with us and what we share with one another. MALADY — We don’t realize that as we worship at places with differing confessions of faith,…

One Way, Jesus!

8 And Moses quickly bowed his head toward the earth and worshiped. 9 And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.” 10 And he said, “Behold,…

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 / The Return of Christ 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have…

I’m Leaving Jesus told them not with them much longer ( Jn13:33 ) Jn13:33 “33 “Little children, I am with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, now I also say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’” Love as I have loved you ( Jn13:34 ) Jn13:34 “34 “A new commandment…

…the Order of Melchizedek What does a priest do? Who the heck is Melchizedek? Why is Jesus in the “order of Melchizedek”? What does that mean for us? Jesus our great high priest drummed into me - don’t need a priest, because we have Jesus, we have direct access to God, don’t need a go-between. It’s true,…

Summary: Paul shows in Romans 2:17-24 that having the Law of God did not keep the Jews from breaking the Law of God. "Tell me something I don’t know.” From the doctor, mechanic, preacher, etc. We don’t practice what we know we should practice. So when bad things happen, we have no defense. Paul is calling…

Just too Ordinary Mark 6:1–13 (ESV) Introduction Jesus left Capernaum and travelled southward into the hill country until he came to the village where he had spent his youth and the early years of his maturity. Jesus returned to Nazareth as would a rabbi , accompanied by his disciples. Our Lord returns…

The Sabbath the Pharisees have made rules concerning the Sabbath in the Talmud there are 24 chapters on the sabbath they are the things you have to do to be saved you cant take a bath on the Sabbath because you might spill a drop of water on the floor and clean that spot 3000 feet from your home God…

The Gospel no only changes the afterlife, it transforms the NowLife

Review In case you missed it, a small miracle happened last Sunday morning. I covered all of Acts chapter three in one message. Acts chapter three showed Peter and John carry on the witness for Christ in Jerusalem. The apostles do an extraordinary miracle as a lame man is healed right by the Temple Mount.…

Jealousy - Good? Bad? 14 But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie against the truth. 16 For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder and every evil thing. What is jealousy? A greedy or prideful longing for something that belongs…

I. The Genesis Model - Genesis 2:22-25 22 And the rib that the Lord God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.” 24 Therefore a man…