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2 Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, 3 and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom…

aaaa 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on…

A crippled woman came to worship God. In the Lukan passage, we come upon a simple story of a woman who was worshipping in the same synagogue as Jesus. She had a physically crippling condition. Her condition kept her from standing straight up for eighteen years, not unlike what some experience today from…

May we never forget that everyone deserves the wrath of God. How will we respond to the wrath of God coming? We are to respond in receiving God’s free gift, but sadly many will freely choose to refuse it. Revelation 16:1 . 1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple telling the seven angels, “Go and…

Choose the correct building materials. The Church is like a building construction project. It is a metaphor of teachers and teachings... Teachers and Teachings Let’s trace the context here... Paul is rebuking the Corinthians for their divisiveness over their leaders (1:10-17). The reason the Corinthians…

How are you doing? Have you taken the time to assess how you’re doing? It really is important for our own health (not just personally, but as a church) to take the time to stop and ask ourselves, how are we doing? When we see unrest around our world, and in our own communities it can raise the anxiety…

38 Now John answered Him, saying, “Teacher, we saw someone who does not follow us casting out demons in Your name, and we forbade him because he does not follow us.” 39 But Jesus said, “Do not forbid him, for no one who works a miracle in My name can soon afterward speak evil of Me. 40 For he who is…

Two of Aaron’s sons offered strange fire before the Lord and the results were deadly. What does this encounter teach us about worship and the holiness of God? Join us as we continue our study through the Book of Leviticus and look at this strange fire.

A childlike spirit is the litmus test for spiritual maturity and against spiritual disorder. Not all spiritual growth is healthy. The Chinese has a term “Zouhuo Rumo 走火入魔,” which is equivalent to Kundalini Syndrome, a condition when a spiritual pactice gets derailed or melfunctioned that leads to mental and emotional disorders. In Christianity, I would call it Pharisee Syndrome. Pharisees are very spiritual people. They are very "faithful" to the scriptures, but according to Jesus, they are not "fruitful" because they got stuck in their egos and arrogance that caused the spiritual disorder.

The Holy Spirit comes during Pentecost Pentecost – Shavuot (The Feast of Weeks: end of seven weeks between Passover and Pentecost; celebrates the abundant harvest of wheat); 50 days = Pentecost. Jesus had ascended after spending 40 days with his disciples after his Resurrection. The disciples were told…

These events took place during the days of Ahasuerus, who ruled 127 provinces from India to Cush. In those days King Ahasuerus reigned from his royal throne in the fortress at Susa. He held a feast in the third year of his reign for all his officials and staff, the army of Persia and Media, the nobles,…

For all of my life since coming to faith in Jesus, I have been Baptist. I don’t think I’m just Baptist because that was the denomination I was saved in. I’m Baptist by conviction. I’m Baptist with a capital B. I have studied Baptist history, studied the Baptist Faith & Message, and believe that if I…

Evening 25 February 2024

Courage Under Fire As we start, I want you to imagine yourself in a room filled with powerful individuals — individuals who hold your future in their hands. They give you a choice: to stay quiet about your faith in Jesus Christ or face severe consequences. What would you do? Would you keep quiet for…

I. Introduction A. Tomorrow is a day set aside for remembering those who have died defending freedom. The freedoms that so many people of the United States of America take for granted. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of religion, a free press, the freedom to bear arms — just to name a…

Big Idea of the Message: No matter where you are in life, you are not forgotten by God. “This story takes place in Babylon, where the Jews are living as exiles. In Daniel 1 , the king requests some of the youth of the nobility to be sent to live in the palace. The characters of this story are all part…

Engage There was once a man who was hiking along a narrow trail that wove its way along a beautiful mountainside. The man was so overwhelmed by the sheer beauty of all that his eyes saw that he wasn’t paying much attention to where he was going. When the trail turned, the man did not, and he slipped…

God’s plan and purpose for using fire 1 “Behold, I am going to send My messenger, and he will clear the way before Me. And the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to His temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight, behold, He is coming,” says the Lord of hosts. 2 “But who can endure…

Opening Prayer And you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him, if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope…

Kid’s time: folded accordion piece of paper with two ends. the ends are beginning and the end of the Messianic age and the paper in between is the church. Open the ends and stretch o full length to represent the church which was hidden in the plan of God. 1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were…

Engage As we come together this Sunday morning, we set out with our eyes looking forward to a new week and for Christians, the week that is before us is the week of great significance that we know as Holy Week. Yet while our gaze looks with great expectation to celebrating the death and resurrection…

Engage I have a confession to make. I’m not proud of it, but this past winter I got taken for a ride. I’m usually pretty discerning. I don’t fall to those text messages and emails that tell me my Amazon password needs to be reset. But every once in a while, some things are just done well enough that…

My Youth Group Was Crazy My youth group was crazy. Punk rock concerts in the basement of our church. Or on the roof of my parents house. Not kidding. I tried to find a picture of that. Kids driving kids downtown to do scavenger hunts in the mall or capture the flag at the Elementary School… until the…

The Lamp We are lamps of the Holy Spirit in our world - both individually and corporately. Exodus 27:20-21 Exodus 27:20 "And you shall command the children of Israel that they bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to cause the lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tabernacle of meeting, outside…

“I ask God to set me on fire… and let people watch me burn.” — John Wesley (Prayer) 49 “I came to bring fire to the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! We talked a lot about this last week, but look at what Jesus says next: 51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No,…