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Intro: I want to start out this morning with just a brief review of what we looked at last time… I want to do that for 2 reasons… 1. It’s been about 4 weeks since we’ve looked at it… and... 2. Our message today, ties right into it. Review: Last time we looked at how we are to “Work out our Salvation”.…

it's ABOUT YOU OR ITS ABOUT HIM It Can’t Be Both! Many of us believe that our salvation is a joint venture. We have to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps, make the arduous journey to God, delivering our now clean self to him so he can approve of our labors and say to us well done you faithful servant.…

Pericopal Series: Living in the Hope of Our Inheritance 1. Living Our Unchangeable Inheritance ( 1 Peter 1:3–9 ) 2. Living in Reverent Fear ( 1 Peter 1:17–21 ) 3. Living through Unjust Suffering ( 1 Peter 2:19–25 ) 4. Living as Holy Priests ( 1 Peter 2:4–10 ) 5. Living to Witness to the Hope ( 1 Peter…

Self Identify We hear a lot today about self Identification Paul in 1 Corinthians 9 20-23 he self Identifies He becomes one of the people he wants to convert to Christianity Mother Teresa self Identified with destitute to be able to minister to them the most productive missionaries learn the language…

Nothing But The Blood Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr April 7, 2024 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 NOTHING BUT THE BLOOD 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 There was story told some years ago about a very wealthy old man who had an elaborate collection of Van Gogh and Monet paintings. His only son shared his father’s interest in…

Review When I began this series last week, my first objective was to ensure that we have a biblical worldview concerning the nature of man. Man has a sin nature. This reality is what makes government necessary today. Briefly, we considered what the world was like before human government. We saw that…

8 Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, 9 for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck. 10 My son, if sinners entice you, do not consent. 11 If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without…

3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. 4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment. 5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me. 6 Behold,…

Introduction I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. There is a great hymn by Thomas Shepherd, written in the late 1600s. 501 in the book,…

9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. 10 Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now…

We take time during the Christmas season to remember and reflect upon the biblical story of Jesus Christ being born as the Son of Promise, the fulfillment of thousands of years of biblical prophecy. It is fitting that last week we looked at the birth of another son of promise, Abraham’s son Isaac. Abraham…

Genesis 2:7 then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature. Exciting creation narrative… Two creations stories… 1st culminates with man’s creation… 2nd commences with man’s creation… 1st - mankind is the…

7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 1 Simeon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May…

Jesus’ Sermon Jesus is telling us about the Kingdom of God V 20 blessed are the poor in spirit hungry for righteousness cry over their sin Then He is telling us about the supernatural Holy Spirit’s power to do the impossible Love our enemies feed our enemies pray for our enemies give to those who steal…

? ! . In English, there are 16 punctuation marks — the period, question mark, exclamation point, comma, semicolon, colon, em dash, en dash, hyphen, parentheses, brackets, braces, apostrophe, double quotation marks, single quotation marks, and ellipsis — and they’re not as scary as they sound. . The .…

TEXT: LUKE 23:44-49 | JESUS CRUCIFIXION WEEK TIMELINE Introduction Explanation : As we prepare for this Sunday to celebrate the resurrection, we must first look back at the passion week of Jesus. Where did He go, what did He experience There is some important ground work to lay as we come to the day…

OBJECTIVES IN STUDYING THIS CHAPTER 3) To note how we have been served by prophets, apostles, angels, the Holy Spirit, and Christ 4) To be reminded of the need to live holy lives, conducted with reverence toward God and with fervent and sincere love toward brethren SUMMARY Their salvation to come was…

WRONG ATTITUDES TOWARD DEATH "CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST" Believes that "matter, sin, sickness, and death have no reality" Thus all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died. Thus all the days of Seth were 912 years, and he died. Thus all the days of Enosh were 905 years, and he died. "ESCAPIST”…

Aaron’s wardrobe made according to the divine design. Aaron’s wardrobe gives us a picture of both Christ and the church that is in Christ. 1. Clothing Fit For A High Priest, 39:1-31. A. Ephod, verses 1-7 First piece made was the ephod ( Exodus 39:2-5 ) Unusual, sleeveless garment attached by two shoulder…

Welcome to our series on the book of 1 Peter, titled Living Hope: How to Endure Suffering and Rejoice in Salvation. In this series, we are exploring the main themes and messages of this letter, written by the apostle Peter to Christians who were facing persecution and suffering for their faith. We are…

Good morning! If we haven’t met before my name is Chris, I’m the pastor of Gateway Chapel, the lovely church family that gathers here in this building. We are a church that encourages each other as we hear, love, and obey Jesus together. If you want to learn more about following Jesus with us, feel free…

Behold The Lamb Series - Sermon #2 The Preparation Intro : As we draw near the day that we celebrate as the day of the birth of our Lord and Savior, we are reminded that His birth was something that had been promised thousands of years earlier in Gen.3 . We saw this last week. We saw the promised Lambs…

Scot McKnight says, “Theology prompts ethics. That is, beliefs about God and experiences with God undergird beliefs about what is right and wrong.” “Theology prompts ethics.” What we do follows what we believe, or at least that’s how it should work. I realize that doesn’t always happen; it doesn’t always…

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in…