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I am going to be reading 1 Thessalonians 4:1-6 from the New King James Version . As I read note that I have highlighted the word “ defraud ”. In our pew Bibles, the translators of the ESV chose to translate this Greek word “ wrong ”. The primary meaning of this Greek word is “defraud”; that is to take…

After a few rather long introductory chapters, Paul now gets to the heart of the letter, teaching his brothers and sisters in Thessalonica what he wasn’t able to teach them in person. From 1 Thessalonians 4:1-5:22 , Paul writes some specific instructions and admonitions. Instructions and admonitions…

Scripture Matt 5:28 “But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” Definition of Lust Lust can be define as an intense or even excessive desire or craving. Although the pursuit of sexual pleasure is often equated with lust,…

We are continuing our tour of the churches in Asia Minor and today we make the next stop. Now we move away from the coast and to the smallest town in our seven city tour: Thyatira. Thyatira is a city located about 40-45 miles southwest of Pergamum. The city was located in what is now known as Akhisar.…

The seventh commandment is about more than marriage faithfulness; it is about honoring our bodies as temples of the holy Spirit.

How should Christians think about these things. Introduction If you had told me thirty years ago that the issue of my day as a 45 year old man would be that we as a collective culture can't define what a man or a woman is, I would not have believed you. If you had told me that we would have major medical…

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Join Pastor Jonathan as he discusses surrogacy from a Biblical perspective.

Announce Business Meeting! March 17, 2024 after Sun PM service Hand out proposed bylaw updates Who Is Paul? As we get started studying 1 Corinthians, one of the most important things we can do is learn about who the author is. 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our…

As we now begin to look at chapter 13 of Hebrews everything here focuses is centered around our relationships with one another as believers and our relationship with others in our community. In other words, there are many times where you may have wondered how am I to live as a Christian? So, our message…

Salt is good. That’s not just me saying that, I am a fan of salty food in general. Many people like the sweet, I like the salty. Salt has many benefits that have been known to man for literally thousands of years, and we know even more today about the benefits of salt. Historically, the ancients understood…

“You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, but you can never pick both” This was the central idea of a lecture on ethics I heard a while back. You can pick your actions, or you can pick your consequences, bur you can never pick both. The central idea is this: If you are picking your…

Avoiding Sexual Immorality pt. 1 1 Thessa l onians 4:1-3a ICC’s PM 7 /10/22 I. Introduction 1. Opening- 2. Prayers i. Jesus, we pay we may see you as worthy this evening 3. Catch- Perhaps one of the hardest points in counseling is when you start to talk about what you need to do i. I’ve done this often…

Introduction: New interpretations of the Bible, based on cultural issues: presuppositions of LGBTQ For example: Gen 19 and the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. When angels appear as men go into the city to rescue Lot and his family, the men of Sodom seek to attack the men and act immorally towards them.…

God-Centered Ethic Intro: It’s all about the “ Therefore ”! Big therefore - since we are blessed with every spiritual blessing, since we are adopted as sons/daughters, since the purpose of it all is to unite all things in Christ in heaven and earth, since you’ve been saved by grace through faith from…

The righteous are those that display the glory of the kingdom of heaven while on earth. Righteousness is the requirement to inherit the kingdom. 1 Cor. 6:9 “9 Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters,…

Spurgeon: “I am afraid we are too much like the world for the world to hate us.” Why this sermon: Alistair Begg: 40 years of faithful preaching Told grandmother to attend her grandchild’s transgender wedding and bring a gift Rationale: This would surprise the grandchild who would expect the grandmother…

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Last week we talked about the persecution Paul faced at the hands of the unbelieving Jews in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Since we left off, Paul and Barnabas finished their journey. They travelled back the way they had come, revisiting each city they had visited prior, until they got back to Antioch,…

Welcome… Introduction We live in time and culture where sex is everywhere. Our culture has two gods; money and sex. Sex fills our entertainment Sex is used to sell every imaginable good or service And with the advent of computers and the internet, sex has never been so accessible I was asked the other…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Introduction We live by example, we walk by example - what we see others doing, we begin to do. Everyone is a living example. Examples have a name. At your funeral people will say he or she was an example of .......... think of it Mother Teresea - an example of compassion - to be like her would be living…

Intro Temple is a house for a god Our God cannot be housed - yet the Bible is full of temple. Temple is one of those themes that can help you see the big picture of the Bible We’ve seen the story of Creation, last week we saw Covenant. Temple is the next integrating theme. Now we will see the unfolding…

Alan Bloom - “The Closing of the American Mind” - contemporary intellectual climate as one in which there is no ability to distinguish good from bad, truth from error, even the important from the unimportant. All such distinctions are seen as being contrary to the chief virtue in today’s world, that…