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INTRODUCTION A. The “I Am” Series 1. Jesus reveals Himself as the eternal Son of God 2. The “I AM” statements help us understand Him B. The Light of the World 1 Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2 but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down…

What is the biggest issue that has plagued the Church since its beginning? — — Disagreement — — In Acts 15:36-41 — Paul disagreed with Barnabas … In Gal 2:11-13 — Paul talks about his disagreement with Peter… In Luke 22:24-30 — the disciples argued … In Mark 10:35-41 — the disciples were mad at John…

For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” This is often called Holy Week. Not my favorite term. During this time many of you have spent time considering what happened in Christ’s life during each of the days leading up to His crucifixion and resurrection. How much time is spent thinking…

Introduction: Good morning everyone. My name is Eric, I am one of the pastors here at Abide Church. I will be taking the next few weeks to preach through Luke chapter 15. This is a continuation of the series we have been in on Jesus’ teaching through parables. I am really excited that I got this chapter…

We are on Christ’s mission to seek and save the lost. Intro Kids: What is a mission? It’s when you’re given a job to do. A special assignment, like being a secret agent who needs to break into the vault, or a soldier who needs to take out the enemy base, or an explorer who needs to find a new route over…

• So it’s been 2 weeks since we’ve seen each other - and so I think it would be best to recap where we are... 3 weeks ago we started this Easter Mini Series... Where we started out by looking at - 1st century Jewish Expectations of the coming Messiah... We saw some interesting things... No Trinity No…

SERMON OUTLINE #4 WHY CALL HIM SAVIOR? The Glory of God’s Promise of a Savior How many of you struggled with coming up with a name for your newborn child? What is in a name? Choosing a name for your expected child takes months of discussions and research to find just the right name. In Biblical days,…

We are…The body! Here we are again – we have gathered to worship our Lord and savior. We are taking these weeks to look at the body of Christ – the church. What is the church? Last week we looked at the Nature Of The Church and we found that the Bible calls the church: 1. A FELLOWSHIP 2. A FAMILY 3.…

Introduction We are continuing in the great faith chapter, Chapter 11 of the book of Hebrews today and we will be looking at the second person that the author uses as and example of what faith looks like. If you remember from previous sermons that chapter 11 sits as an encouragement between the end of…

Introduction Today we begin an epic journey together through the vision of Isaiah Isaiah (& prophets generally) often seem intimidating to us Isaiah is both familiar and mysterious - we know many of the passages yet so much of it seems difficult Isaiah is daunting - from very beginning we are overwhelmed…

Psalm 119:1–8 (ESV) — 1 Blessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the Lord! 2 Blessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart, 3 who also do no wrong, but walk in his ways! 4 You have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently. 5 Oh that my ways…

Introduction Last week we began a new series titled ‘From the Cross to the Tomb’. We began with the message titled ‘The Perseverance of Jesus’. In looking at the last 24 hours of His natural, physical life, we began after what’s known as the ‘Last Supper’ in the garden where Jesus had went with His disciples…

Introduction: Many of us in here this morning made at least one New Years' resolution. We want to be fitter. We want to travel more. We want to read through the whole Bible. We want to deepen relationships. Resolutions are made because we want something different in our lives. We want to make a change…

Lot Of People still want to Follow Signs And others Wisdom of the world. 1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of God. 2 For I determined not to know any thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 3 And I was…

Matthew 21:1-11 Map of Triumphal entry I read a story about a plainly dressed man who went into a church in the Netherlands one Sunday and took a seat near the pulpit. Soon, a woman came along and curtly told the man that he was seated in her seat. She then asked him to leave the seat. The man apologized…

Evangelism

When I was a kid, my dad built me a wooden house on stilts. Kind of like a treehouse but not in a tree; it was on stilts and had two entrances, one with a slide and the other a ladder, and two windows. There was a sign over the entrance at the ladder that my mom made for me. “Boys Club - Boys Allowed…

Seek the risen Savior.

Do I love the Lord this Much? 1 I love you, O Lord , my strength. We all too often want to rely on our own strength over the Lord’s. We want to do it on our own. We want to take care of ourselves. We want the ability to do it alone. Yet, we see here that David loves the Lord because He is his strength.…

Intro Galadriel, the elf queen in Tolkien’s Lord Of The Rings, is at the top echelon of creatures in the Tolkien universe. She is one of the three leaders of the three elven kingdoms in the books. But she stands alone in power and potential. During one scene in the second book (and movie) The Two Towers,…

Happy Resurrection Sunday! Brief testimony 5 minutes or less. Let’s read the story of the resurrection on what we now call Easter morning. The stone was rolled away to let the world see that Jesus had been resurrected from the dead. Jesus in His resurrected state did not need the stone to be rolled away…

Good Question As we begin this year a good question to ask of the LORD is what must I do to live out the Kingdom. As we begin our 21 Days of prayer and fasting, I would encourage you to make part of your prayers this question, this seeking of God, “what must I do?” What are you asking of me God? What…

Matthew 2:1-12 Tradition and Truth Who were the wisemen? Where did they come from? Magi- Persian king makers, possibly descended from Daniel’s leadership of Satraps ( Dan. 6 ) kept the memory of Daniel’s revelation of the presentation of Mashiach Nagid ( Dan. 9 ) possibly influenced by strong Jewish…

Intro Merry Christmas season of giving … gifts the gift of praise and worship gifts they are looking forward to also… mine do!! Gruss family tree gifts wrapped underneath it gifts the kids give us and each other Who among us does not like a touching gift? Some may have had a gift that they were so fixated…