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Intro TV lawyers are great. Not because how realistic they are - because the whole courtroom thing is very different from what is portrayed on TV. They’re great because they tie the string of truth to shadows. Or they are such overblown caricatures of lawyers that we can’t help but laugh. Maybe Dan Fielding…

A man worked for a road crew. One day he woke up ill with a touch of laryngitis but being a dedicated employee he went to work. The boss felt sorry for him and didn’t want him to do any physical labor although they were repairing a part of the freeway. He said to the worker, “Why don’t you go down the…

It was a few weeks ago I was handed the notes from one of the children in our church. I don’t know who took the notes, but they are very good. Under words not understood was written “ GENUINE ”. I appreciate that our kids in our services are engaging in God’s Word, listening and learning. To help clarify:…

Different Church Sardis Junction of 5 roads - wealthy in trade - very commercial Lazy - conquered 2x - located on steep hill Persecution of other churches not mentioned Still about Jesus Tied back to the opening of Revelation 1 Who has = who is in control City of the Living Dead No persecution - not…

Church is growing… Apollos went to Corinth and Paul went to Ephesus. 1 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they replied,…

UNITY’S BOND Ephesians 4:1-13 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is a Psalm of Brotherhood and certainly a Psalm of Fellowship. Remember this about the local church, it is not an organization but an organism. God desires unity. But unity is neither forced…

Coming out of last week, Jesus was asked questions by the Sadducees about the law in relationship to the resurrection if someone had multiple husbands. They wanted to know whose wife she would be in heaven after the resurrection. What they were trying to do was get their point across that the resurrection…

A Walk Worthy of Unity Eph.4:1-3 The fact that the Christian life is described as a ‘walk’ is significant. ‘Walk’ suggests activity, movement, and progress. We are to ‘walk’ … Galatians 5:16 (KJV 1900) This I say then, Walk in the Spirit , and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 1 John 1:7 (KJV…

Introduction/Welcome Well good smokey morning everyone. Its like we in the Smokey Mountains today. Thank you for joining us today, we are glad that each one of you are here to worship God in Spirit and in Truth this morning one verse at a time. I have good news for you! Today, we will be starting the…

A Sunday school teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to ‘Honor thy father and thy mother,’ she asked, ‘Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?’ Without missing a beat, one little boy answered,…

As we turn our attention to God’s Word today, you need to know that this sermon is a bit out of ordinary for what we usually do here. 95% of the time we are walking through portions of Scripture chapter by chapter and verse by verse, mining the goodness of God’s Word. Right now we are in a sermon series…

3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. We have been looking at this verse in Revelation the last few weeks. This is where our theme for the year comes from: For the Time Is at Hand. It tells…

Main idea: In my life on earth, the presence of the Holy Spirit is better than the physical presence of Jesus. That is because every disciple of Jesus has the Holy Spirit dwelling permanently in his or her life from the moment of salvation.

THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH Acts 2 records the birthday of the church, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the 120 believers who were assembled in the Upper Room. It also records the growth process of the infant church. On the Day of Pentecost, about 3000 people believed the gospel, repented of their sins,…

Review From sermon last week, this week, and next week, are ways for us to consider how we might resist our enemy , living courageous holy lives for Christ, who is the victor over our enemies! Last week, we look at a few observations about our enemy and observations about being faithful under attack.…

Begins with The Right Character The Right Cause This was insisted upon in the case of Ai. The Lord would not allow victory of the city by a wicked hand; he will have judgment executed by righteousness; he will have the law proclaimed by lips that have been circumcised and anointed. Israel was all but…

Introduction – Review The past couple of weeks, we've spent our time together looking at the doctrine of creation. We saw that the Bible teaches, therefore we believe, that God created the universe out of nothing, only by His word. He's the author of all things, both visible and invisible, both in the…

Laws for a Holy Nation The Mosaic Covenant 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 “You shall have no other gods before Me. God, who is the only God, must always come first Living a Full Life: A Pictorial Interpretation of the Ten Commandments…

Introduction Good morning to you where ever you might be watching from. We are so blessed that you would join us this morning and that God has provided such wonderful ways for us to worship Him even when we are separated from one another as we are today. Please open your Bibles with me to Mark 4 , Mark…

Rabbit Trails A man who bought a new hunting dog was eager to see how he would perform. So he took the dog out to track a bear. No sooner had they gotten into the woods than the dog picked up the trail. Sudden, he stopped, sniffed the ground, and headed in a new direction. He had caught the scent of…

Good Morning! We are continuing our sermon series 9 Fruit 1 Flavor on the Fruit of the Spirit listed in Gal 5:22-23 . The the Fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience kindness, goodness, FAITHFULNESS. What is faithfulness? Faithfulness speaks of dependability and reliability. . … We sometimes…

Is it ever to late to repent? Is it ever to late to receive forgiveness?

Living the life of a servant is the Bibles way of bearing real fruit.

But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, Have you ever been in a situation in your life where you felt the timing of something was terrible? I wonder how Mary, a young teenage girl, felt when the angel Gabriel appeared to her with news of her…