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We truly worship in a beautiful building. We are blessed. I appreciate all the work that Judy puts in to decorate for each of the seasons. I appreciate all the signs that she hangs to remind us of important spiritual truths. I appreciate all the things that have been donated to push our eyes up to the…

Introduction Open up your bibles, your phones, to Matthew chapter 9. Jesus is still going around the northern area of Israel called Galilee. And He has returned to His current Hometown of Capernaum where He just healed a paralyzed man for forgiving His sins. And we learned that All our maladies and issues…

Jesus Calls Matthew Matt 9:9-13 “As Jesus passed on from there, he saw a man called Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he rose and followed him. And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus…

Jesus calls Sinners The call of God is for every sinner. As we discussed last week, a sinner is one who has fallen from the original righteousness given when God created man. Because man choose to listen to the voice of one other than God Almighty, he became a transgressor and pulled all of humanity…

If we are not careful, there comes a time in our desire to live Christ-honoring lives when we establish rules to live by that may be helpful, but are not scriptural mandates. What happens from time to time is churches might take an application of a biblical principle and make it the biblical principle.…

WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

Introduction Summarize: This past Christmas fell on Sunday and we were blessed to consider our savior, the promised messiah, and how He was born in humility. We saw the genealogy of Christ, the birth of Christ, the seeking of Christ by the wise men, and the rejection and persecution of Christ by Herod.…

Have you ever wanted to write a book? Me neither. Writing books is really hard. Reading books takes a while, I imagine writing one takes a little longer. Now, what’s funny is we’re a church of about 100 people, and we have several authors in our midst! Gene Poppino has helped write a book. Hannah Russell…

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. Relationship NOT Religion 3 And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 10 The thief comes only to…

Last week - Fasting, to do or not to do - that was the question Jarius’ daughter - dead brought back to life Woman with blood disorder Two Blind Men 27 And as Jesus passed on from there, two blind men followed him, crying aloud, “Have mercy on us, Son of David.” 28 When he entered the house, the blind…

Who is Matthew? Jew - Levi tax collector little Mohke, Zacchaeus is a big Mohke Levi - Jewish name apostle, evangelist to Ethiopia (Martyrs Mirror) died around AD 70, burned at stake or nailed to the ground and beheaded early church unanimously attributed this gospel to Matthew the apostle 9 As Jesus…

When we look back to last week, we find Jesus as he heals a paralytic. He hears the questions, how can He forgive his sins? And answers which is easier, to say ‘Yours ins are forgiven,’ or to say ‘Rise and walk’? Jesus not only forgave the paralytic of his sin, because of the FAITH shown by him and his…

1 And getting into a boat he crossed over and came to his own city. 2 And behold, some people brought to him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.” 3 And behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, “This…

10 For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord , and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel. Interesting Facts: It contains 28 chapters. It contains 20 parables. It contains 21 miracles. It is an ecclesiastical gospel. Meaning it is the only gospel to use the word church (16:18)…

Announcements Are there any announcements? Thank you for helping out yesterday at Mikey’s Celebration of Life. Thanks for bringing food! Thanks for setting up, tearing down, and cleaning up! The Revelation Bible study continues this Thursday June 30 at 6:30pm with Kevin. If it is too hot in the sanctuary…

Business Meeting next week Church Potluck in 2 weeks with a guest speaker John Franklin our new AMS director for Christian County. i am excited to hear him and encourage you to come that day. God, after He spoke long ago to the fathers in the prophets in many portions and in many ways, in these last…

Announcements Are there any announcements? There will be a Worship Team Meeting in April Baptism- If you want to be baptized see Pastor John Communion Welcome to FCC, where we worship God is Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time, one book at a time. Today, is aa special day, it is the first Sunday…

Intro: I remember being a young man and looking at the people around me. I was thinking man me and God must be in good with each other because all I see in this school are drukin’ teenagers all looking to have fun and care nothing about going to hell. Sure do feel sorry for them, sure am glad I am going…

Nehemiah 1:1–10 1 The words of Nehemiah the son of Hachaliah. And it came to pass in the month Chisleu, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2 that Hanani, one of my brethren, came, he and certain men of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that had escaped, which were left of…

While Jesus was having dinner at Matthew’s house, many tax collectors and sinners came and ate with him and his disciples. When the Pharisees saw this, they asked his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?” On hearing this, Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a…

The Ultimate Authority of Christ

Intro: What is this? Have a few example for someone to guess about: Now we know these things have confidence in this knowledge because we have proven it to be true. Too often in our faith, we do not test to see if it is true, we do not test to see if God’s promises are true. Now, don’t get me wrong there…

INTRODUCTION: Merry Christmas (Let’s pray) Every Christmas season much is said about the birth of Christ Articles, magazines, blogs, and books are written and many podcasts and shows discuss the birth of Christ… People will argue over the idea of a virgin birth Or how many wise men there were exactly...…

Since the Fall our world functions abnormally, and humanity as a whole has run off the track on which God initially set it. At various times we all have to face this reality, which may challenge our hope, security, or joy. Sin takes its toll (health, relationships, world events, etc.). For the believer,…

Luke 10:25-37 Intro: During the NFL offseason, two men in the Denver Broncos front office were convicted of DUIs. Team president John Elway suspended both of them, but he did not fire them. When asked why Tom Heckert and Matt Russell were not fired, Elway replied, “Heck, I’ve made a lot of poor decisions…