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Intro: The last time we saw Moses he had become a failure in trying to save his people through the murder of an Egyptian taskmaster. Now he is in the backside of the Midian desert, married, a new dad, and tending sheep for his father-in-law Jethro. While at Mt. Horeb, Moses sees an amazing sight, a bush…

Intro Last week we studied what evil looks like, what evil people look like. We see that Gods Judgments are true and righteous. We talked about Moral suicide. Personally, up to and including globally. Romans does not mince words, it lays it out simply and is crystal clear. If the church in Rome had a…

Do I Want to Hear the Voice of God? When God Reveals His Heart what is my Response? If it was Settled in my Heart that God is coming with me would I Offer any Excuses?

Secular - Here are some excuses people use to skip church and some responses. I feel like I need to get right with God before I can come to church (The Church is hospital for sinners, not a country club for saints. So come on to church anyway) (That’s like saying you need to lose a few pound before you…

No One Greater V 28 Jesus is praising John the Baptist saying that there is no one greater born than him not Moses Daniel or the rest of the prophets Then Jesus says that the least in the kingdom will be greater the least in the kingdom is greater than the greatest of this world people tend to admire…

Today we’re looking at an interesting encounter with a man that we’re only told is an invalid, that’s all we know about his past, and his future. Let’s pray and dive into John’s Gospel to learn what we can from this man’s encounter with Jesus. [PRAYER] After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus…

Don’t be substituted, be the substitution.

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. He reduced altitude and spotted a woman below. He descended a bit more and shouted, "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don't know where I am." The woman below replied, "You are in a hot air balloon hovering…

Examples of excuses given for wrong actions We're all tempted to make excuses for our actions. It's the human nature. We all want to pretend that the bad things we do aren't our fault. We like to pretend we're not guilty. Ge 3:12–13 by Adam and Eve for eating the forbidden fruit ; Ex 32:22–24 by Aaron…

Today we are talking a bit about excuses to sin. Here is a couple of excuses for thing I thought were funny: When our new hire didn’t show up for work, I called her. She explained that her mother had passed away and that she would need a few days off for bereavement. “Of course,” I said. A week went…

The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intentions Jesus had just finished talking about the resurrection of the righteous when one of the people gathered around the table makes an interesting statement (see Luke 14:15 ). Once again Jesus uses this comment as a springboard into another “teachable moment.”…

Today, we begin a new series called Created for Significance. Each of you are important for the Kingdom of God. Each of you have a ministry purpose. It is up to us to spend time in prayer to see what God is calling us to do. My message today is called What’s My Purpose? If you were to look up what the…

Boy Crisis… best thing we can do is eat meals together… because over a family dinner is where we can talk about difficult subjects. Jesus wasn’t afraid to talk about tough topics over dinner either. 1 One Sabbath, when Jesus went to eat in the house of a prominent Pharisee, he was being carefully watched.…

Good morning. God Is Good. This morning I have titled my sermon God is Just, God is Kind as we take a look at the book of Romans, the beginning of chapter 2. We have been studying the book of Romans since the beginning of July. Moving through methodically - to understand this very important book in our…

Text: “Come; for all things are now ready” (Luke 14:17). Scripture Reading: Luke 14:15–24 Luke 14:15-24 English Standard Version 15 When one of those who reclined at table with him heard these things, he said to him, “Blessed is everyone who will eat bread in the kingdom of God!” 16 But he said to him,…

There was a young couple getting married and they did the usual things a couple getting married does. They sent out save the date cards, booked the venue, got the preacher, chose bridesmaid dresses, ordered the tuxes, sent out the invitations, everything. The RSVPs started coming back and the guest list…

Guilty! Guilty, without excuse, we started looking at this over last few weeks. A few little reminders before we get to our passage today. God’s two revelations to man The Righteousness of God in the gospel The wrath of God revealed from heaven Reasons for the wrath, for guilt Intelligence (1:18-20)…

The kingdom of God demands our full commitment; you cannot be a half-hearted disciple.

The goal of the sermon is that the hearers will take seriously God’s offer of grace. — The problem is that we sometimes make God's gracious offer an excuse for sinning. — The means to the goal is that God invites all sinners and provides them with the needed garment. There are invitations we might be…

Altered or Delayed obedience is DISOBEDIENCE

Just Do It June 14, 2015 September 4, 2021 Rev. T.A West Sr. Pray ………………………… Think for a moment, have you ever been told or asked to do something, maybe by a friend, maybe a sibling, maybe your parents, maybe your boss, or it may have been God? And you came up with a million and one reasons (some pretty…

Introduction/Welcome Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. We are so glad that each one of you have joined us this morning, and I hope you are looking forward to what the Lord has to say. Thank you for your thoughts, prayers, and text messages…

With Thanksgiving coming up this week, and with the changes of life and growing older, I guess I have gone a little nostalgic. I can remember the younger days of what Thanksgiving meant. Putting on warm clothes, getting a fire started to warm water, and turning the hogs into sausage, ham, pork chops…you…

Let us pray…Gracious, Holy, and Loving God, we are so grateful today for all that you have given to us. We ask now that you would help us to open our hearts, our minds, and our spirits to hear your still speaking voice above all others that might be ringing in our ears this day. We pray this in your…

Basic idea : We’ve thought about what discipling generally looks like, and have seen that Jesus calls all of us to disciple others. And we have looked at why disciple at all, concluding that it is immensely important for our joy and for God’s glory. Now, this week we’ll look at some barriers or excuses…