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We are on the home stretch of the sermon on the mount. What Jesus did in one shot, we are doing in…a lot more! But in Matthew 7:13 Jesus begins to draw things to a conclusion. He had been sharing who people in the kingdom of God are supposed to be, and that determines how the people in his kingdom are…

Romans 8:28-30 There are two basic schools of thought that exist concerning the matter of how we are saved. There are many views within these schools, but the all views can be grouped into one or the other. First, there is the school of thought known as Arminiansim This view of salvation gets its name…

The Purpose of Life Mark 10:35–45 (ESV) 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came up to him and said to him, “Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you.” 36 And he said to them, “What do you want me to do for you?” 37 And they said to him, “Grant us to sit, one at your right hand…

2 Vanity of vanities, says the Preacher, vanity of vanities! All is vanity. If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were not made for this world. — C.S. Lewis 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of…

Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Today we start a new series, entitled, The Truth about Change. Change is one of the constants of life. Seasons change People change Governments change Animals change etc. Many are resistant to any change. We do things this way, we have always done things this way, this is the way we…

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.…

Who here remembers Punch and Judy, I sure there are many who can remember back to childhood, where trips to the seaside would of inevitably contained a visit with Punch and Judy. Mr. Punch made his first recorded appearance in England on 9 May 1662, which is traditionally reckoned as Punch's UK birthday.…

The End of the Matter When I first started looking at our study through Ecc. I planned for the Sermon Series to take roughly 12 weeks. When I looked at other pastors and their studies through the series that’s what they had done, and I was like, yeah, that sounds like a good amount of time. Then I actually…

Having established that God works all things together according to His will & Purpose And Foreknows & predestines those who receive His mercy & justice according to His will & purpose Because of the total depravity of the will power of humanity to choose to be saved We will see how God saves according…

Having established that God works all things together according to His will & Purpose And Foreknows & predestines those who receive His mercy & justice according to His will & purpose Because of the total depravity of the will power of humanity to choose to be saved We will see how God saves according…

1. The Disbelief of One, vs. 24-25. Thomas “was not with them” (οὐκ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῶν) when Jesus first appeared to the disciples (20:19–23). The designation “one of the Twelve” (εἷς ἐκ τῶν δώδεκα) is important because it highlights Thomas’s role as a member of the (apostolic) Twelve. Except in the Gospel…

Introduction Today we continue our series From the Cross, through the Tomb, as we look at a few things. The first message was titled “The Perseverance of Jesus” (From the Garden to the Cross) Jesus Persevered in the Garden Through the Unanswered Prayer He Prayed to His Father Through the Unwilling Apostles…

Theme: The appeal of the Gospel is made tangible in life by servants made useful by the Gospel. Illustration: Providence and One Life Bible Study. “All things come to pass immutably and infallibly so that there is not anything befalls any by chance, or without his providence.” The lot is cast into the…

Having established that God works all things together according to His will & Purpose And Foreknows & predestines those who receive His mercy & justice according to His will & purpose Because of the total depravity of the will power of humanity to choose to be saved We will see how God saves according…

We started our Christmas series last week with the promise of Christmas focusing in on Isaiah 9:6-7 and Luke 1:26-38 In the weeks leading up to Christmas we will be looking closer into the in Purpose, Power and Peace of Christmas. Today will be looking closer at the Purpose of Christmas by asking the…

Introduction Ill. A few weeks ago I saw a story that was part catalyst for this message today. Tom Cruise was doing a stunt for his new movie where he drove a motorcycle off a cliff and then parachuted or something off it. This caused me to remember this is not the first stunt he’s done for the cause…

The Message Then Jesus returned to Galilee, filled with the Holy Spirit’s power. Reports about him spread quickly through the whole region. He taught regularly in their synagogues and was praised by everyone. When he came to the village of Nazareth, his boyhood home, he went as usual to the synagogue…

Well Good Morning. If you have your Bibles turn with me to Galatians chapter 4. As you are heading that way I want to share a story with you. This Summer our family traveled North to Iowa to visit my parents. They decided to down size and move into a smaller house now that they are somewhat retired.…

Introduction Recap: Last wee we looked at that God the Father through the Son is responsible for all that is. Nothing has slithered into the world apart from the sovereign purpose of the World’s Creator. Nothing, absolutely nothing, was created without Jesus. Life did not simply happen in some sort of…

God Revealed And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. The main purpose of Christ’s coming was to revel the Father and the way home “O righteous Father, the world doesn’t know you, but I do; and these disciples know you sent me. I have revealed…

The point of the law is to reveal, and ensure that we realize, we cannot please God on our own!

17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called to him the elders of the church. 18 And when they had come to him, he said to them, “ You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time, 19 serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials…

Sarah has passed away. Abraham is now very old . The focus of the Genesis account now begins to shift to Isaac, the only son of Abraham and Sarah, the son promised to them, the son through whom all the blessings of the promise will come. The focus is no longer on Abraham as such, though he’s still involved…

Introduction A drunk stumbled along a baptismal service on Sunday afternoon down by the river. He proceeded to walk down into the water and stood next to the Preacher. The minister turned and noticed the old drunk and said, "Mister, Are you ready to find Jesus?" The drunk looks back and says, "Yes, Preacher.…