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If you have your Bibles grab them and turn with me to 1 Peter 3 . 15 but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect, Though we would like to always be positive…

It is vital that we understand the main thrust of the last half of Romans 7 being the final vindication of the Law, that its purpose is to drive us continually to Christ Jesus.

Review So far, we have learned that we have a created mind, therefore, we are accountable to God for how we think. We have learned that God calls us to change our mind about our sin. That is the meaning of repentance. As he stood on Mars’ Hill, Paul challenged the Athenian philosophers to repent or to…

“A Heart Issue” Today we are going to begin a new series on the Parables. We are going to look specifically at Matthew chapter 13 at the Parable of the Sower. I hope that you would turn with me there as I read not only the parable, but also the meaning of this parable. 1 That same day Jesus went out…

I. Inspiration Inspiration recognizes the role of the Holy Spirit in producing the Scriptures. Paul uses the term theopneustos giving us the idea of God “breathing out” the Scriptures. Since “spirit” in the original language can also mean “breath” the process of “out-breathing” we attribute inspiration…

When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed my lambs.” "The church is to be a community of people who know how to love and how to live, a community that…

1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless…

Grumbling in the desert of Sin Not “sin” but “clay” and “Thorns” -> Sinai Barren place Thirsting for water End up at Horeb - Mt. Sinai “Why did you bring us up out of Egypt to make us and our children and livestock die of thirst?” Massah & Meribah - Temptation and Strife “Is the LORD among us or not?”…

Today we want to look at the Holy Spirit and Salvation. How does the Holy Spirit work in our lives to bring about salvation, and to, if you will, continue Salvation. The Holy Spirit brings us to Christ through conviction. The Hebrews word yahah express the idea of conviction. It means “to argue with,”…

“I have seen the risen Lord” Mary rushed to the room where the apostles were and told them she had seen and spoke to the Lord (20:18). This after Mary went to prepare the body with the other women, but the body was gone (20:11-15) Jesus revealed Himself to her through His word (20:16) Mary had cleaved,…

Romans 14:1-23 The argument about Christian Liberty and License has been going for ages. One person believes you can do something, another believes it is a sin to do it. Where is the answer? Can we drink socially? Can we attend movie theaters? Can we watch television, are all programs acceptable? Can…

We are going to spend sme time in Matthew 24 today as we look at the signs of the times. People are always wanting to know the future… when Jesus is coming back. People have written books about the 2nd coming and even predicted a date, which has come and gone… we’re still here. No one knows when Jesus…

This morning’s Scripture lesson comes from 1 Cor 5:1-13 : It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed…

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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…

Background on 1 John Written by the Apostle John approx. AD 80 to AD 90 Written to Christians probably in and around Ephesus Written to them to combat a false teachings they were facing The Text 1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we…

Spiritual growth and the disciple Tonight is a teaching, hopefully in a class style that is going to be a little subjective for a part of it, but don’t worry we will be objective too and bring in scripture to counter some of the subjective points made. (insert Full Potential Power Point Slide Here) Question:…

Introduction We just finished a section dealing with true humility. We now are looking at a section that teaches us how to have this humility. We see in this text this morning that James tells us to not speak evil or degradingly towards fellow believers. If we do we become the judge against them and…

Welcome/Opening Prayer Music Ministry Doxology Let Us Break Bread Together(1,2,3) This I Believe Word of God - 1 John 1:5 -7 Message - “The Apostles’ Creed and Communion of Saints” I, along with many other pastors, often teach that we need to seek unity In our core text today, 1 John 1:5-7 , we just…

Our text this morning is often called “the gospel within the gospel”. The gospel’s are filled with radical stories but none as radical as this one. Jesus means for his parable to correct the human misconception of how one connects to God. His parable finds the entire human race guilty of knowing how…

Acts 2:38-47 American citizens should know the importance of celebrating patriotic holidays such as Memorial Day and the 4th of July. Such holidays remind us of the price that was paid for our freedom, encouraging us to treasure the freedom that we enjoy, and to uphold the timeless principles upon which…

Over the course of the last few weeks we have seen the tremendous importance and value in having some solid foundations underneath us when it comes to our faith. How sure and firm is your faith today? We have been learning several things about the firm foundation of our faith. -The solid foundation of…

The message of the gospel is centered around the Resurrection. He’s not dead anymore. He arose. And that basically is the heart of the fifteenth chapter of 1 Corinthians. And just as the heart pumps life blood to the body, so the resurrection is the very heart of the gospel pumping life into every other…