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What happens when we, who died to sin, do indeed sin? What happens when we let sin reign in our body, in one or more of our members? What happens when, instead of not letting sin reign in my mortal body, I instead yield by body to it?

Luke 1:26-38 We have spent the previous two weeks emphasizing our hope based upon the second coming of Christ. As we come closer to Christmas Day, I want to shift gears and see how the hope of those before Christ’s first coming applies to our hope today. The first arrival of Jesus was the ultimate fulfillment…

Yield Last week we talked about the call of the believer to witness the truth of God’s work in their lives that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us; and truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. We saw how Christ came…

1 Then I looked, and behold, a Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with Him one hundred and forty-four thousand, having His Father’s name written on their foreheads. 2 And I heard a voice from heaven, like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of harpists playing…

Jesus' example demonstrates how to effectively resist temptation.

Abiding in Christ yields Fruit, Increasing Affection, and Lasting Joy.

(S1) — What does it takes to yield a good crop? Location — Soil — Seeds — Care — Protection There is an expectation of the one who plants, prepares and provides protection of its crop — A fruitful harvest? Series — Isaiah’s Song of the Vineyard Isaiah 5:1a (NIV) I will sing for the one I love a song…

Barry Johnson leads class to develop ways to yield not to temptation.

Introduction: The parable of the sower is such a familiar story. From Sunday school on, we’ve heard it. It’s easily remembered, and it seems so readily understood. Besides, Jesus himself provides an explanation, so how can anyone improve on that or go wrong? Still, a most critical point of the parable…

1 Thessalonians 5:19 As we have looked at this series on living The Great Life we have seen that God has made man a Spiritual Being. But because of the fall of man, our spirit died. This is the state of all man who are unsaved - the Natural Man. When we accepted Christ as our Savior, he brought that…

THE FACETS OF MAN I. THE NATURE OF MAN THE NATURE OF MAN THE NATURE OF MAN Ryrie, C. C. (1999). Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth (p. 224). Chicago, IL: Moody Press. I. THE NATURE OF MAN A. BIPARTITE UNITY A. Bipartite Unity When God created Adam, He took the…

Introduction Secular Christianity: Past Events The Bible: Events from the past and to come Secular Christianity: Salvation: How God is going to save men The Bible: What God is going to do to show His glory and the fruit of His Spirit Secular Christianity: we are little gods The Bible: there is only ONE…

Romans 7:14-25 As we have gone verse by verse through Romans, we have learned all about being saved by grace! Today Paul continues giving his testimony. To be honest, this is probably one of the most relatable passages in the whole Bible. When hearing these verses, everyone can put their masks down and…

A couple of weeks ago, we started a new series of messages entitled “Repent, for the Kingdom of God is at Hand”. The kingdom of God, the kingdom of heaven, can sometimes in the New Testament refer to all of God’s sovereignty. It refers sometimes to the way he reigns over all. He never relinquishes his…

Romans 8:4-27 We continue this morning in our study of the Great Life. God has promised us a life that is abundant, not just routine. Like living in the Promised Land, a land flowing with milk and honey…the Spiritual life is a life full of promise and blessing. We have learned that there are three types…

We have learned already that the Holy Spirit ministers to us through Conviction, and teaches us as we read the Word, and we learned that the Holy Spirit helps us glorify Christ. We learned that the Holy Spirit speaks to us through preaching, through witnessing and even is involved in adding to the church.…

Text: Romans 6:1-14 Title: The Need For Change Introduction: In our message last week we saw God’s Purpose in our Salvation. His purpose is that we might be conformed to the image of His Son . From the beginning of time God has known us and desired that we would reflect His glory in this world. 9 But…

1 Corinthians 2:9-3:4 This morning we begin a new series about the Holy Spirit, and His relationship and His working in the Christian. I do not believe there is a subject that is more important to the daily successful living of the Christian than this one subject. This is why I have entitled this series…

As we have gone through the book of Romans verse by verse, Paul has taken on this great journey focusing mostly on the Righteousness of God, and our relationship to that righteousness. After a brief introduction in chapter one, He began to expound on the Sin problem that all of humanity has. But not…

Healthy Soil If I were a farmer, I would need to learn from another the proper way to plant my crops. Thankfully, my mom grew a garden each year and taught us how to look for good soil and to grow healthy crops. In the planting of these crops, we were fortunate to live right along the Ohio river. Each…

Has Christ changed you? Introduction: One way missionary (A.W. Mill) profane, angry, irate man. God got a hold of him and changed him and he became a one way missionary (expand) Burn the plow picture inserted here Bible illustration Elijah after God impacted him and found him pouting led him to Elisha…

We are continuing our series on Advent. As we saw last week it is unusual for a Baptist Church to celebrate Christmas using the word Advent. But the word advent just simply means the coming of a notable Person, thing or event. And as such we are celebrating the coming of the Lord in the past, present…

Introduction 25 “I will make a covenant of peace with them, and cause wild beasts to cease from the land; and they will dwell safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods. 26 I will make them and the places all around My hill a blessing; and I will cause showers to come down in their season; there…

John 3:1-21 Beginning last week we are looking at 8 statements of Jesus where he says the words, “Verily, Verily.” As we said last week, the Greek word that is translated Verily, is the Greek word that has been brought over from the Hebrew as Amen. This is, of course, where we get our word Amen. This…

Romans 8:5-13 We are continuing on our journey through the Epistle to the Romans. Last week we looked at the Deliverance of the Spirit Life, and we saw how living in the Spirit delivers us from the Sentence of Sin, the Slavery of Sin and the Susceptibility to Sin. Now in this next section we want to…