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Stir up one another! Series about stirring up one another to a closer walk with thee (expand) We have looked personally (prayer, study, discerning, overcoming) We have looked as a church too (our assembly, joy of singing, growing in knowledge) Today we will discuss the Christian and “good works” Created…

Introduction: I’m an avid coffee drinker. I have a cup in the morning, a cup when I get home in the afternoon, and a cup in the evening. I may even squeeze in a few extra cups throughout the day. However, one thing I cannot stand is cold coffee. I understand that some of you like this, but I can’t get…

God’s will, its good for you God’s will it’s for you; it can by known by you so that you can apply God’s good and perfect will (Rom12:2). 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable…

In the third chapter of Ruth, Naomi hatches a scheme to ensure Ruth is cared for. Her scheme sounds bizarre to our ears, and even lewd to ancient Hebrew ears. Will God honour such a scheme? Will Ruth go through with it? Join us as Malcolm takes us through this extraordinary episode in one of the most famous love stories of all time.

law leads away from God’s family where grace leads towards it Intro me Galatians 4:21 (NIV) Tell me, you who want to be under the law... Today’s passage is all about a group of people who want to “be under the law”. What it means by “the law” is the Jewish religious Law, called the Torah: a huge set…

I hope that you have been engaged in reading the book of James. My hope is that you read this book as I am teaching from it. I believe that you will get a better understanding of what James is trying to teach us. This is our third week in this series. Today we move to chapter 2. If you have ever attended…

Tell me if you have ever been a part of this scenario. You are in the same room as your child. You are in your chair and they are on the couch. And trash day is tomorrow. It is this child’s job to take out the trash. So you tell them, “Hey, go take out the trash. I need you to go do it now, please. Don’t…

This Week’s Theme: Put On the LORD Jesus Christ This Week’s Word is Flesh: The physical aspect of human beings, which distinguishes them from God and is therefore frequently used in the NT as a symbol of human sinful nature in contrast with God’s perfection. (The Greek word for “flesh” is sometimes translated…

Today we begin a new series on the book of James. If you haven’t already, let me encourage you to begin reading the book of James. This is a five week study and by the time we are through you should have an overall view of the book of James and what the book means. The book of James is believed to be…

I want to start this message by asking us to stand as we read the words from our passage today… Galatians 2:15-21 15 “We are Jews by nature and not sinners from among the Gentiles; 16 nevertheless knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the Law but through faith in Christ Jesus, even we have…

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we…

Although we have already looked at this passage before us today once already, there is yet more that we ought to glean from it in order that we be fully equipped for every good work, that we must, to understand what the apostle is teaching, turn to it once again: So now, no longer am I the one working…

Does scripture support a tri-nature part of humanity? Looking at how we are created, in the image and likeness of God…makes one ponder does that mean we also have a tri-nature like God? In some ways, we think of humans as body, and we shouldn’t look over the fact that there is an immortal soul with each…

Introduction Background to Text: In John 8 Jesus declared that He was the light of the world. While there were those who rejected His teaching, verse 30 stated that many believed. But Jesus further explained who He was very boldly in the presence of these people and the religious leaders. In our last…

Good Morning, I am so glad that you are here with us today because today we get to finish what we started last week in our message about knowing Jesus. Last week we began this 2 part message on knowing Jesus, and started with the person of Christ. He was fully God as well as fully man. Today, I want…

How can a Law which is holy and righteous and good bring about my death? Paul squarely addresses and resolves this seeming contradiction in Romans 7:!3.

Exegetical & Homiletic Point: Jesus is the Son of Man who opens blind eyes! Intro What would it be like to be blind? What if I needed to get home but I had no eyes? Could I drive a car? Could I walk home? We use our eyes to see soooooo much! We take our eyes for granted! It’s a lot harder to live without…

Like every good debater, the apostle Paul has been building a great argument here in Romans 7 for quite some time. Now, I remind you that Paul had began this parenthesis on account of what he had said in Romans 5:20–21 “Now the Law came in so that the transgression would increase, but where sin increased,…

A Work of Grace For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. What a ride we have had…

I. Work Is Profitable 23 In all labor there is profit, But mere talk leads only to poverty. 4 Where no oxen are, the manger is clean, But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox. 7 With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, II. Work Provides Food 11 He who tills his land will…

Meaninglessness of Work Without God

Welcome- Prepare hearts and Worship Call to Worship see Col 3:1-17 Prayer Worship through Song Sermon Introduction We are continuing today and concluding Paul’s examples of Spirit filled believers. He has been teaching what mutual subsumption looks like in different structures of authority in the home.…

But first... 1.)Rebellion 2.)Man of Lawlessness Who, What, Where, When, How? A. He demands worship in the midst of destruction 1 And I saw a beast rising out of the sea, with ten horns and seven heads, with ten diadems on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads. 2 And the beast that I saw was like…

Don’t be shaken or disturbed Have you ever been confused by something that you heard? Have you wondered, what does that mean, what does it mean to me? Paul continues his address of the them of 1&2 Thessalonians, the return of Christ. There was a misconception about the return of the Lord. Had He come…