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Welcome... Introduce Self... Pray... Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they…

Revelation 2:1-7

1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, 3 heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, 4 treacherous,…

Love One Another These things I command you: that you love one another. Jesus knows what the future holds for these men Jesus knows what the future holds for the church love one for another is what is foundational for out well being Jesus has promised us His Shalom and Joy Jesus has promised us that…

Intro Final message in the It’s Complicated series. Our theme verse for this series has been… 21 Yes, they knew God, but they wouldn’t worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became dark and confused. 22 Claiming…

Paul declares that the deception of sin in our lives is a very clear and present reality that each one of us must face, so much so that it takes the Law which was to lead to life and turns it into a death sentence.

What Drives You? Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better…

Scene 1/ Introduction - We complain about the difficulties of living for Christ today but consider the situation of the disciples to whom 1 Peter was written. 1:1-2 We are fairly sure that Peter’s first letter was written between AD 62 and AD 64 from Rome. It was a time when Christianity wasn’t illegal,…

Intro Week three of four in this series Looking at some of the things that people object to when they consider the Church Week one: Hypocrisy Week two: Leadership and the failure of leadership both in but also of the Church. This week we are looking at Money. 56.7% say that we are too focused on money…

Introduction If anyone teaches otherwise and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing, but is obsessed with disputes and arguments over words, from which come envy, strife, reviling, evil…

Put off, put on, flee from and to pursue When we became a Christian we die to self and are raised as a new creation ( 2Cor5:17 ) and then as little children of God we learn to follow the commands ( Mt28:20 ) so to have proper conduct as the church ( 1Tim3:15 ). This morning we will be looking at a great…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with godliness, he is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels…

I. BE ON GUARD 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves…

Welcome Devotion And he who overcomes, and keeps My works until the end, to him I will give power over the nations— Prayer Announcements Strong in Purity You Don’t Know What You Are Doing! There is a way that seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death. Let no one deceive you with empty words,…

Dupe, Con, and Manipulate What can get you? An investment strategy? An infomercial for . . . Kitchen utensils Vitamins Diet hack Exercise miracle? A charmer? Read: 3 If anyone teaches a different doctrine and does not agree with the sound words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching that accords with…

Jesus did what the Law could not do by cleansing the Leper.

Consider the following scenario: I think there are still some banks with a physical presence here in the Nambucca valley. Just imagine that recently there have been a spate of bank robberies. Bank Robbery slide The police have made some arrests and two men have come up for trial at the Coffs Harbour…

6 I marvel that you are turning away so soon from Him who called you in the grace of Christ, to a different gospel, 7 which is not another; but there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what…

Gospel Surety 13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare…

To Judge or Not to Judge 1 Corinthians 4:1–13 (ESV) 1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human…

It is good to be back. The last several weeks have been difficult for many reasons. As many of you know I had my thyroid removed at the beginning of the month. Two weeks later we learned that their suspicions were correct and that I indeed do have thyroid cancer. Many of you have reached out to help…

This happens at a specific moment in the history of Judea and Rome. During the approximately 40-year reign of King Herod, client king of Judea with Rome’s backing. Through Herod, Rome made certain concessions to the Jewish political/religious ruling elite of Judea, who were charged with keeping their…

Numbers 5:11-31 11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘If any man’s wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully to him, 13 and a man sleeps with her and ejaculates and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband and she is concealed, although she is defiled, and there…