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Presented by OrLando Yarborough III Purpose of This Presentation: What it takes for you to put God’s love into action How we counter and supersede the world’s hatred Opening passage: Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 (NKJV); Luke 10:25–37 (NKJV) Our first opening text has a heading in my bible "The Value of a Friend".…

Introduction Compare the difference between the pronouncement of love and pleasure of God the Father to Jesus at His baptism, His transfiguration and compare these to the coming wrath of God poured out on Christ. 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would…

Ecclesiastes 4 Evil Under The Sun 1 Again I saw all the oppressions that are done under the sun. And behold, the tears of the oppressed, and they had no one to comfort them! On the side of their oppressors there was power, and there was no one to comfort them. 2 And I thought the dead who are already…

The Fathers cup The hour had come ( Jn12:23 , 16:32 , 17:1 ) The given cup ( Mt26:39 , 42 ; Lk22:42 ) Jesus knows has to drink the cup ( Jn18:11 ) 11 So Jesus said to Peter, “Put the sword into the sheath; the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not drink it?” Finished last week with ( Jn18:12…

Luke 2:1-21 Scene 1. Imagine a huge party being held on your birthday in your honour. There are presents and gifts and special speeches. More food and alcohol is consumed than at any other time of the year. Everyone considers the event so important that it is declared a public holiday. In fact it is…

Announcements The Revelation Bible Study is this Thursday at 6:30pm. This is great way to connect! We hope to see you there! There will be a link sent out for those that would like to join us online. Angel Tree- we have 5 angels yet that need to be adopted. See Kathy for information. 3.After church today,…

Introduction This evening I want to point you towards one person who loved to serve others. She had her faults - just like we do - but she was a woman that can teach us a thing or two about ministry today. This woman’s name is Martha. Martha: “lady [of the house], mistress] True to her name, Martha is…

Introduction Last week we started to explore the idea of journeying through the wilderness with Jesus for Lent. We looked at how wilderness worship might be different from other kinds of worship we may have experienced. Some worship involves singing songs or hymns, using guitars or choirs or organs.…

The cute Baby Jesus. The peaceful nativity scene The amazed Mary The protective and trusting Joseph The curious shepherds The glancing animals All of these are pictures our minds conjure up when we think of the Christmas story this time of year. Have you seen the little nativity scenes? Even the world…

Betrayal Over the last several weeks we have read through and studied the final teachings of Jesus when it comes to his disciples. He was preparing him for his departure. He was commissioning them for their mission. He was teaching them to love and serve one another. And all that is leading up to this…

Exegetical Point: Homiletic Point: Intro If you give me the option of watching a wordy drama, or an action flick, 9 times out of 10 I’m going to take the action flick! I enjoy good drama, the wordplay, the intense monologues, but action is what draws my first attention. For you action lovers, we’re moving…

Imagine with me… Peter from a distance, watching Jesus as He hung on the cross that day for six hours… As he sits watching he begins to reflect back on things Jesus said, events that had occured His memories and reflections are broken up with moments of weeping Over the last three years Peter had seen…

The authority of Jesus over sickness nad eath demands a response of faith.

The Gospel story is a 52-week series takes us on a chronological and inspiring journey through God’s Word. From the first book of scripture, Genesis, to the close of Revelation, “ The Gospel Story ” outlines the narrative of God’s wondrous work of salvation history . Genesis to Revelation is a narrative…

On missions: For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into…

Introduction I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Recently we have studied two passages that discussed the cost of following Jesus. I hope those studies were profitable to you. I hope they showed you the real gospel... and... made obvious the corruption of the feel-good, no-strings-attached, false gospel.…

Intro A messenger at a photo lab was leaving a building one day when his beeper went off. The message instructed him to pick up a package at an unfamiliar company with a 12-syllable, tongue-twisting name. The messenger looked skyward and sighed, “God, where am I supposed to go?” Just then the pager came…

The Miracle of Christmas I love Christmas time. I love the traditions, the movies, the music, the food, the family celebrations, and even working to get that perfect gift. My family watches quite a few different Christmas movies during this season but one that is always at the top of the list is the…

Scene 1. The journey through life can be a wild ride sometimes. We have our ups and downs. The fun times. The great memories. The times we would rather forget. And the times when we think all has been lost but somehow it turns out all right. That is the journey that the apostle Peter experienced as he…

Welcome Good morning once again everyone, it is good to have you all here as we enter into the Gospel of John for the last time in our series that has been going on for a long time! Today though, we will begin to look at the passion of Jesus Christ. This includes the darkest moment of our world, the…

If you have your Bible this morning, and I hope that you do… Turn with me to Luke chapter 24. And let me just quickly put a plug in here… If you do not have a Bible, please let me, or someone from our church know… We would love to put a Bible in your hands before you leave today. There’s nothing more…

Jesus ministry begins Jesus had been away Jesus had been baptized ( Lk3:21-22 ) Jesus had been announced ( Lk3:22 ) Jesus heritage established ( Lk3:23-38 ) Jesus had been tempted ( Lk4:1-13 ) Jesus now starts ministry work at home (our passage today) John records ( Jn1:19-4:45 ) other ministry work…

New believers wanted to know how to live a life of faith. Notes: “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” – refers to all people who rejected Jesus, who were probably still mocking them, evidenced by the rumor that the disciples stole Jesus body. In the OT, described the people of Israel who rebelled…

With the rapid changing of times. The new age movement being introduced into the churches today. The idea that feelings trump knowledge. The idea’s that all paths lead to God. Our rapidly degrading view of the character of God. It is important that we heed the warning set before us by our Lord and savior.…