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How many of you enjoy when we sing together, “Blessed Assurance”? It’s beautiful, isn’t it? Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine! Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine! Heir of salvation, purchase of God, born of his Spirit, washed in his blood. As many of you know, I wish I had a deep voice that could just…

With all the people in all the world with all the religions, why is Jesus the only way?

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…

Early public ministry Last week we came from: The temptations that Jesus overcame ( Lk4:1-13 ) To the early start of His ministry, at home ( Lk4:14-19 ) I think we should read at least what Jesus said before we continue with what Jesus taught and the response today. 17 And the book of the prophet Isaiah…

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, on this the birthday of the church, we come to you open for the movement of the Spirit in our lives. Grant that we might open our hearts, minds, and our own spirits to the tongues of flames and the wind that announced your Spirit’s coming to the world, Amen. Occasionally,…

God’s Plans, God’s Mercy One of the most important themes of Paul in Romans is the doctrine of the salvation of all Israel. Chapters 9-11 are involved in this discussion and development of God’s Plans for the Salvation of Israel. I have, in that last few weeks, talked about God’s selection, God’s Grace,…

The Earliest Church Now as we are done with the Gospels, now we begin with the beginning of Church History. The start of an age that we are now currently in. This is the start of a colorful, wonders, not always good, History Roman Empire Now we get to go outside of Judea to the rest of the roman empire…

No Trespassing I was walking my dog this past winter on my favorite route: right through the golf course. Which is terrible… because I am super not supposed to. But it’s beautiful, rolling hills of gorgeous grass, and ponds, running fountains. I can toss the ball and Vin can run and run, we love it.…

One Way How annoying when kids refuse any other way. “I want to go to McDonalds...” and then every other option in the world is just the worst thing ever. “No, I hate Parry’s!” “You loved it last week.” “No, I have ALWAYS hated it.” I did this myself. Crying in the back seat because they didn’t choose…

Introduction: A small boy sat in church with his mother and listened to a sermon entitled “What is a Christian?” Every time the minister asked the question, he banged his fist on the pulpit for emphasis. The tension produced by the sermon built up in the boy and he finally whispered to his mother, “Mama,…

So last week, we spent some time looking at what it means to be committed to a covenant this week I want us to see the specifics of this covenant and what that should mean for us as well. I believe there are five specific issues in their daily life that are being addressed, and it implies that their promise to the Lord was costly, and to be honest, our relationship with the Lord should indeed cost us something.

Welcome Slide [Benefits] Ch 2 Begins with THEREFORE [3 Verses] Slide [Desires] Our Desire Displays Our EXCLUSIVE Master SAYING - “Not all people going to church are saved” All Saved People go to CHURCH ! NOTE: God Judges People for their Lack of Love for Him and His People! LETS Talk about Saved People...…

Welcome Slide [Benefits] Ch 2 Begins with THEREFORE [3 Verses] Slide [Desires] Our Desire Displays Our EXCLUSIVE Master SAYING - “Not all people going to church are saved” All Saved People go to CHURCH ! NOTE: God Judges People for their Lack of Love for Him and His People! LETS Talk about Saved People...…

Today’s passage is: Acts 4:12 (NIV) - Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved. And the question is: Can those who have never heard the gospel be saved? How could a good and loving God condemn to hell someone who’s never heard…

Introduction “Yet today there are calls for evangelicals to remake Christianity into a more inclusive religion. There are widespread efforts to make the narrow door wider and to even affirm the salvation of well-meaning people of other religions.” Erwin Lutzer In his book, We Will not Be Silenced, he…

Paul opens with a compassion and concern for the saints in Galatia. He then moves right in to the point of his concern.

Today we examine an all important question “Is Jesus the only way?”

Introduction **Begin with story about sharing. . . we are taught to share our possessions. . . and sharing is a good thing. . . but some things should never be shared with others. . . some things are exclusive. . . God will not share his glory with any other god. So he has given us this command: You…

I have re-learned something about myself this month. This august has been trying. Especially the past few weeks. God revealed to me, or should I say clarified for me the truth about myself that I always knew but now I know better than ever. In these past few weeks, with this heat, I have realized I can’t…

The stories of the lost sheep and lost coin remind us that God loves us and wants us to welcome everyone.

Introduction As we continue our American Gospel study, tonight we get to a difficult topic where there can be tension depending on who you talk to, and understandably so. Many people in our world, especially in recent years, try to lessen the severity of our sin and magnify the love of God to the point…

Text “Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may…