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Announcements If you are attending the His Design Connection Group activity this weekend, the Beatty’s have requested that you bring a chair to sit on. What we believe about “MAN.” We believe that man was created by a direct act of God and not by any evolutionary process; And God said, Let us make man…

Our Statement on Mankind Mankind We believe mankind is created in the image of God to reflect His glory. As male and female, God commands them to take care of the earth and to populate it through the union of marriage. Because of inherited and committed sin they are spiritually dead, disobeying God and…

What Is The Image of God? When we speak of the image of God…what is it? God is a spirit, He isn’t physical like us. When we speak of the image of God, it isn’t a physical likeness. He uses terms such as arm, eyes, & hands; but these are anthropomorphisms or terms human traits to describe heavenly truths.…

Intro: Over recent years we have used the summer series to dive deeper into a topic than we can in the course of a sermon. For example, we spent a whole month on the study of FELLOWSHIP. We mention fellowship, and as we preach on it we have an expectation that you have a biblical understanding of what…

The New Man’s Stipulation. Not Race. Not Social Status. Christ is all for us. Romans 13:14 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof . Galatians 3:27 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. Galatians 3:28…

Genesis 1:1–31 (ESV) 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. 3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. 4 And God saw that…

Other Old Testament Passages concerning the Holy Spirit: Exodus 31.3 ; Exodus 35.31 ; Judges 14.6 , 19 ; 15.14 ; 1 Samuel 10.6 ; Judges 3.10 ; 6.34 ; Ezekiel 36.26-27 We forget easily. This is a recurrent theme of life, and definitely Scripture. When things are good we forget the cause and attribute…

We are going to hear for the year. Last week’s challenge: Ask at least one person in your life this week “What are favorite things of 2021?” Ask Holy Spirit to tell you a word to shape your life around this next year? God told us we are His Key in 2021 You are My Key The word for ALife this year is KEY.…

Remember the emotions you had on 9/11? Remember the emotions of those that were there? Remember the utter devastation in the city and in the loss? Remember the nation’s response? locust swarms. Locusts were all too common in the ancient Near East and were notorious for the devastation and havoc they…

Recap first lesson In Biblical terms the word is used to describe God’s attitude and actions towards mankind. What God has done for man, from the creation of the universe to the saving of his soul, is referred to as grace, God’s grace. Explain God initial offering of grace Creation of a perfect Word…

What is your view of humanity and why does it matter?

Have your Bibles ready this morning because we will be looking at the Bible as whole this morning and not really camping in one location of the Bible. What we are going to discussing in this series of messages is Does your God match with the God of Holy Scripture? Confronting your God vs. the God of…

Today we will Define bigotry See what the Bible says about it Why Christians are accused of being Bigots What can we do to make sure we do not have a spirit of bigotry BIGOTRY DEFINED Obstinate and unreasonable attachment to a particular creed, opinion, practice, ritual, or party organization; excessive…

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Love, joy, and peace—the first three on Paul’s list of the fruit of the Spirit—are like a triplet. They come together. Jesus linked them very…

Introduction What do other gods all have in common? They are all made in the image of man or some other created thing with the characteristics of the ones that seek to worship the idol. What is different between God and the false gods? God has made man in His own image and we are told how we ought to…

Does the Son Eternally Submit to the Authority of the Father? Pattern Never Reversed What is the role of the Father? This priority of the Father (or leadership role, or authority, of the Father) with respect to the Son is a consistent pattern in Scripture that is true prior to creation (in the eternal…

Some of the rules that we are going to see today from God’s Word for men and women in the church are not just mere rules. Why? Because they reflect the sort of difference and complementary design God has had for us His image bearers from the very beginning. In fact, this is exactly the ground work that…

Last week we saw the first humans born naturally, Cain and Abel, and the first murder, which is Cain’s legacy. Genesis was given to show us the past, the beginning, and to show us the God who created it all. History is His story. Chapter 4 ended with tragedy, but also with a glimmer of hope for mankind’s…

Perfect Unity Several years ago, when we still lived in Georgia, I was taking Levi to school one day when he asked a question that I didn’t have an answer for. He was usually asking questions about, well everything, and generally I had an answer for his questions or at least an answer that would satisfy…

This mornings main point or idea that we will see the Apostle John make is this. Those who truly belong to God in Christ will live and love after the pattern of Jesus rather than the pattern of the world. 1 John 3:11-15 One of the most effective ways of teaching is using contrasts and comparisons. For…

God cast judgement on the world’s condition seen in the cross. Before we knew anything was wrong, we learned about the Cross, and last week Jesus’ resurrection from the dead. Its only after the fact we have to learn, why did God do that? That is what we are looking at today, how long could God ignore…

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, 2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature,…

Rejection? Do you think that God rejects? If so, who does God reject? God rejects the unbelieving, but still loves them ( Rom8:38-39 ) Do you think rejection has to be forever? NO! If someone come to believe they can be saved. Do you think that rejection can be a good thing? Yes, Jesus was rejected and…

Introduction: “Only Human” — there’s a popular song our now by the title “I’m Only Human After All". In the song he says, "I'm only human after all Don't put your blame on me.” So he uses the excuse that he’s “only human” as a means not having responsibility. But this raises as huge question, "What does…