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Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath…

15/01/23

How does the world describe the church? Good: Helpful Giving Bad: Narrow Minded Corrupt The old saying, “you can’t judge a book by its cover.” is rarely applied to the church. The world takes what is on the surface and judges the church. This is not a new phenomenon. As we continue in our series on the…

2 Timothy 4:1–4 (ESV) — 1 I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: 2 preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. 3 For the time is…

What we know about Malachi: Likely a prophetic title and matching name. Shortened form of “Malachiah” , referenced in 2 Esdras (Not Ezra, but from apocryphal text. Time period overlaps the time of Ezra & Nehemiah, when Israel is under Persian rule. Mid-fifth century B.C. Instead of dealing with widespread…

Today we are in the final chapter of Paul’s letter to Timothy. In this closing of his letter, we find Paul, knowing his execution was near, giving his final charge to Timothy. He hoped to see Timothy soon, but he put into the letter the charge he wanted to give to Timothy, his spiritual son. Let’s read…

12 Therefore, just as tsin came into the world through one man, and udeath through sin, and vso death spread to all men5 because wall sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but xsin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over…

The How Paul has given us the WHY in people’s salvation. Here he reminds us of the HOW... How do people get to the point of calling on the Lord? (vv. 14-15) With a series of rhetorical questions, Paul lists the essential ingredients of salvation (v. 14) Calling - request for help (vv. 13-14). For it…

19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.…

Instructions/Command Instructions/standards for service is what this series has been and is about. Today we are focusing on the proclamation of God’s word. It is a given instruction, given command. 1 I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the…

3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus, when I went into Macedonia, that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine, 4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do . 5 Now the end of the commandment…

A Grecian look Having a decent background and set up will help us to appreciate the sermon Paul is going to deliver in Athens. So, let’s call this sermon prep if you may. Paul had been sent away and came to Athens (Act17:13-15) 13 But when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that the word of God had been…

Last week we talked about discipline, but the discipline is no good if we as parents don’t practice what we preach to our kids. Today, as we conclude this series, I want us to look at discipleship. The Best Discipleship is Modeled at Home. When we look at what the scriptures tell us we need to remember…

The Word is powerful! The word is powerful, it is effective, it is informing, it is convicting, it is converting, it is transforming and it is conforming. (Heb4:12; Isa55:11; Rom7:7; Rom12:2) 12 For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division…

Engage This morning we mark the return of our focus to the Gospel According to Luke after a seven-week break where our attentions were fixed upon Jesus, who is God’s Image, God’s Wisdom, and God’s Mystery…the same Jesus who in our last time with Luke, was that boy who was at the temple sitting among…

13 I charge you in the presence of God, who gives life to all things, and of Christ Jesus, who in his testimony before Pontius Pilate made the good confession, 14 to keep the commandment unstained and free from reproach until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 15 which he will display at the proper…

John Preached a Message of Repentance and Baptism

Now when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed into Galilee; And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, The land of Zabulon,…

When life gets hard, we have a tendency to withdraw. The early church fought that tendency and preached Christ through their pain.

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself…

How am I using my spiritual gifts for the building up of the church? Do I know my spiritual gifts? 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand…

Who we were and Who we are. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”…

What are we watching for? How do we Prepare? 25 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, 26 people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the…

The Second Coming Part 1 - Endure in Faithfulness The Second Coming Part 2 - The Time of the Gentiles. The Second Coming Part 3 - Watch and be ready. 5 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days…