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vs. 1 - Commanded to Live Like God. vs. 2 - Commanded to Love Like God. vs. 3-7 - Commanded to Leave the Worldly Ways. Today, we discover why we are to be different. 8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light: 9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all…

Walking in the Light 1 John 1: 5-10 In our opening passage, John focused on the characteristic of Christ as the Living Word , God revealed to humanity in human form. Christ came to earth as the embodiment of the eternal God. Now he focuses on Christ as the Light of the world. Each of these characteristics…

Good afternoon. As each of us has made the choice to gather together today as one body, we are reminded of the importance of belonging to a community of believers. Many of us have experienced the joys and benefits of fellowship with other Christians, but we also know that it can be challenging at times.…

8 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light 9 (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), 10 finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. 11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them…

(S1) Phobia's or what people fear are pretty common—Spiders and snakes, small spaces, heights, dogs, thunder and lightening... FEAR of the DARK—MOM What looks like a simple chair during the day is transformed into a monster at night. Socks left on the floor suddenly appear to be snakes. The light, however,…

Whatever happened to blushing? When hearing words embarrassing or shameful, a person’s cheeks may lighten with color. That is, the circulation of blood in their face intensifies. Blushing is a sign of a lively sensitivity to evil and moral darkness. In our day, it seems people blush less and less. Is…

LBC - Walking in Light (Eph. 5:7-8a)

Today we will continue making our way through Paul’s letter to the Ephesians... and BREAK into chapter 5. For the past several weeks, Paul has been calling us (the church) - to live a certain way! He started by pointing to the UNITY we have in the Body of Christ... In context - Both Jew and Greek - NOW…

If you were with us last week - you heard the apostle Paul call us to WALK IN LOVE... as we broke into chapter 5 of Ephesians. And the way that Paul described the LOVE that we are to walk in... was to POINT TO - the love of Jesus - and say... “walk in love, AS Christ loved us” And so we spent time looking…

1 John 3:1-7 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. 1 John 1:7 From Easter through to Pentecost we are visiting 1 John. Last week our reading came from 1 John 1 - and I highlighted 1 John 1:7 - 7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship…

This morning we are concluding the series called, “Life is a Journey” Life is a journey. Each of us has a road to walk and decisions to make. In Life journey there are two roads you can choose to walk, you can walk in the flesh or walk in the spirit. The Christian road a difficult one to walk. But walking…

“In Christ, we are Delivered, Saved, and Rescued from all fear and dread, free to live in the light of Christ Jesus our Lord.” This evening I am going to make an assumption that most of you remember “The Lone Ranger.” I was a fan. Countless times I turned on our old black and white to KTVU channel 2…

Hypocrisy is agreed to be a curse! If there is something both Jesus and the world agree on about the Christian church, it’s that blatant hypocrisy is a terrible curse. Real life has many trials, sadnesses and griefs. Many of them are a result of our our self, pride and sin ; many more are simply the…

Scene 1: Light or Darkness is a choice we must make each day V 1-4 Someone once said that, “Some people change their ways when they see the light, others only when they feel the heat.” That is a choice, which we are faced with. Will we choose light or darkness? Purity or sin. I once heard a comment,…

We Walk in the Light Last week I said that 1 Corinthians 15:1-2 could be remembered with the acronym - EGG. 1 Corinthians 15:1–2 (GNB) 1 And now I want to remind you, my brothers and sisters, of the Good News which I preached to you, which you received [EMBRACED], …and on which your faith stands firm…

In Isaiah, He's Prince of Peace He is the Prince of peace Jesus is the suffering Servant He is our Prince of Peace The Suffering Servant Messiah would be: born of a virgin; Immanuel "God with us"; God and Man; have the 7-fold Spirit upon Him; heal the blind, lame, deaf; proceeded by a forerunner; a light…

“A” Chrisian: Alive in Christ I started this series leading up to Christmas with choosing to be an “N” Christian; living boldly enough for Christ the Nazarene that you are willing to be branded with an “N” and stand with Christ in the face of a hostile world. Then I shared a number of “B”s we need: Believe,…

4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5 The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. 6 I gave my…

5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Light plays an important role in our world.... Have you ever been to a Broadway play? Or, A play of any kind… you know… highschool… college… whatever....? One pastor relates the time she had the privilege of attending a broadway…

Introduction: I was sitting in my office at our house working on a paper for one of my seminary classes when I became excited to hear the Fed Ex truck stop by our house. I then was able to see the truck outside of my upstairs office window. I was especially excited this day because our sound equipment…

LIGHT… it is just fitting around this time of year. In the winter months we seem to miss the light more than ever. In our home we have a tradition where we load up in the car, sometimes we pack hot chocolate, we turn on Christmas music and we go driving around looking for Christmas lights. Sometimes…

Siloam / Bethesda Washing at the pool “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am trying to get in, someone else goes down ahead of me.” Hovering over the waters spit & mud Jesus in creation cf. John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and…

The Purpose of the Tabernacle THE PRESENCE OF GOD Exactly as I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle, and of all its furniture, so you shall make it. And see that you make them after the pattern for them, which is being shown you on the mountain. According to all that the Lord had commanded…

Intro - What a week! All this snow has really thrown off so many things this week and has disrupted so much. But during this week my kids heard some of their favorite words… SNOW DAY! They were pumped this week to hear no School after just having 2 full weeks off of school. They just looked forward to…