https://sermons.logos.com/profile/13228157https://files.logoscdn.com/v1/files/75647886/assets/15775759/content.png?download=true&signature=e1_csIUvdEXmQsJfISzFT_rKjGs&e=.pnghttps://sermons.logos.com/profile/13228157RSS for NodeThu, 28 May 2026 19:32:58 GMT60River City Pentecostals - DecaturSermons from River City Pentecostals in Decatur, AL. Pastor is Jacob Jones. https://rivercitypentecostals.com https://jacobjones.org Support our mission: https://rcpchurch.steeplemate.com/Give2.aspxRiver City Pentecostals - Decaturpastor@rivercitypentecostals.comnohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1779460https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1779460Thu, 28 May 2026 00:41:31 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturTonight we are starting a new chapter Chapter 9 and we will begin by reading the 1st 5 vereses. Now, keep in mind, This chapter is entirely a narrative about a blind man that Jesus heals However, we can still learn something from this story Remember, John doesn’t waste any paper He doesn’t write just…1852nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1779182https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1779182Sun, 24 May 2026 23:12:21 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1383nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1776947https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1776947Sun, 24 May 2026 23:12:21 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1383nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1775519https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1775519Thu, 21 May 2026 00:46:29 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturOk, we left off last week at chapter 8 and verse 24. In this verse Jesus gives us a requirement for salvation. He says… 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” So, He says that unless you believe that I AM Again, recall from last…2374nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1772945https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1772945Sun, 17 May 2026 23:09:08 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1835nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1768190https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1768190Sun, 10 May 2026 23:15:13 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntro Thank you all for being here. Thank you especially to our Mother’s here today That includes Stepmother’s Grandmother’s Expectant Mother’s Thank you to anyone who came because you Mother asked you to come. John said, I have no greater Joy than to see That my children walk in truth And I know our…2338nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1766222https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1766222Thu, 07 May 2026 00:54:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThe Bread of Life Last week ended our lesson in John 7:36 And Jesus had just told the Pharisees That they wouldn’t be able to find him where he was going And he was certainly talking about when he later ascends to heaven We jumped ahead to chapter 14 Where Jesus tell his disciples that they WOULD be…2372nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1763262https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1763262Sun, 03 May 2026 23:05:23 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntro [Title "Take Offense" is on the screen. You don't read it aloud yet.] You can be seated, I’ll read my scripture shortly. You know, we live in a world where people are offended by just about everything. They even get offended on behalf of other people. Even when if has nothing to do with themselves…1598nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1761591https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1761591Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:45:48 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThe Bread of Life Last week completed chapter 6 We looked at, what is typically called, The Bread of Life Discourse And in was in that Discourse That many disciples quit following Jesus So, let’s pick back up in Chapter 7 Where Jesus has left those people The scene changes He’s no longer talking to the…2230nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1758817https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1758817Sun, 26 Apr 2026 23:15:46 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntroduction Over the last two weeks we have been walking through the story of Gideon and we have been calling this series The Making of the Mighty. In Part 1, we found Gideon hiding in a winepress — afraid, weak, and surrounded by the enemy. And that's exactly where God showed up and called him a Mighty…2251nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1756892https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1756892Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:52:31 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2482nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1753952https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1753952Sun, 19 Apr 2026 23:09:09 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntroduction I felt led of the Lord to continue last weeks sermon We found Gideon hiding in a winepress, afraid, while Israel had been oppressed by the Midianites for seven years — and that's where God showed up and called Gideon a Mighty Man of Valor. Remember, God calls you what you will become, not…2138nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1749267https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1749267Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:29:35 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText Judges 6:11-16 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you,…2720nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1747367https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1747367Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:55:24 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturWe stopped last week on John 5:18 18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. This is huge. When Jesus claimed to be able to work on the Sabbath And that God was…2685nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1744511https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1744511Sun, 05 Apr 2026 23:25:59 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come…1966nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1742097https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1742097Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:49:46 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturOk, last week we finished the narrative about the Samaritan woman at the well. And after she went and brought a crowd to Jesus They asked Jesus to stay with them 2 days. Recall, that most Jews would not go through this land period Let alone, go through and stay 2 days. But Jesus said, I have to go through…2306nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1739108https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1739108Sun, 29 Mar 2026 23:16:05 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is…2135nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1735016https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1735016Wed, 25 Mar 2026 01:25:41 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturOk, picking back up where we left off last week, And if you missed it, We are in the middle of chapter 4 We were online only last week So, you can either listen to the podcast Or watch it on YouTube To get caught up But we left off at verse 15 And Jesus is in Samaria A place Jews never tread And he is…2390nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1734598https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1734598Sun, 22 Mar 2026 23:18:17 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturI. The Inevitability of the Struggle 1 But now thus says the Lord , he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: “Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm…2229nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1728405https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1728405Sun, 15 Mar 2026 23:03:59 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThere was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil. There were born to him seven sons and three daughters. He possessed 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys, and very many servants,…1892nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1728211https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1728211Thu, 12 Mar 2026 13:41:26 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1703nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725554https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725554Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:53:37 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturWe stopped last week on vs 16, 16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. Verse 16 is the Gospel in a sentence. The good news that the life of Jesus was given So that instead of judgment We, who believe in Jesus, Will…2343nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725260https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1725260Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:04:56 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 13 Then Moses said to God, “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I say to them?” 14 God said to Moses, “ I am who I am .” And he said, “Say this to the people of Israel: ‘ I am has sent me…1796nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720812https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720812Wed, 04 Mar 2026 02:03:18 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur9 Nicodemus said to him, “How can these things be?” 10 Jesus answered him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and yet you do not understand these things? 11 Truly, truly, I say to you, we speak of what we know, and bear witness to what we have seen, but you do not receive our testimony. 12 If I have told…2331nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720432https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1720432Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:30:27 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the…2880nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715977https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715977Wed, 25 Feb 2026 01:48:46 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do unless God is with him.” 3 Jesus answered him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless…2336nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715633https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1715633Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:21:21 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText “And to the angel of the church in Laodicea write: ‘The words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of God’s creation. “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit…2338nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1713419https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1713419Wed, 18 Feb 2026 17:14:47 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturGalen and Ann Thompson - Forward Missionaries to the Rocky Mountain District. Montana, Wyoming, and Utah. There are only 42 UPCI churches in those 3 states. They share their vision to plant more chruches. They are veteran church planters with loads of experience. We are partnering with them in prayer and finances.3055nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1710702https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1710702Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:27:15 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 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. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. And God saw that the light was good. And God…3610nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1706461https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1706461Wed, 11 Feb 2026 01:52:28 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThe Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of…2761nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1706266https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1706266Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:00:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2718nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1702018https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1702018Wed, 04 Feb 2026 01:43:19 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturCalling of the Disciples (If Time Permits) The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!” The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus. Jesus turned and saw them following and said to them, “What…2399nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1701548https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1701548Sun, 01 Feb 2026 23:59:19 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1st time - Sept 2013 Escondido Revised for Easter in Ramona 2018 (copied from an old word doc) Text: 31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” 33 They answered him, “We are…1723nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1697639https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1697639Wed, 28 Jan 2026 01:41:51 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” Ok, so, this John is the cousin of Jesus. He is commonly referred to as John the Baptist Or John the baptizer. ANd this is to distinguish him from the Apostle John Who wrote this book.…2181nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1688580https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1688580Wed, 21 Jan 2026 01:36:37 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Ok, there is a lot to unpack here. The Word Became Flesh The word was identified as God the Father in verse 1 And the Light was said to be coming into the…2139nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1674677https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1674677Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:12:15 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturAnd when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death.…2353nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1654211https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1654211Wed, 14 Jan 2026 01:49:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Now, I know we spent all last week on this single verse, And that is because it holds a lot of weight theologically If someone gets this verse wrong It is hard to correct the ship, so to speak. I just want to talk about…2748nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1654230https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1654230Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:39:29 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2630nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1650691https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1650691Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The Gospel of John is facinating to say the least. I use the word facinating because it means Extremely interesting And the word interesting means holding or catching the attention There is no single verse in the Bible…2041nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1648424https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1648424Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:28:52 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturBut Elisha said, “Hear the word of the Lord : thus says the Lord , Tomorrow about this time a seah of fine flour shall be sold for a shekel, and two seahs of barley for a shekel, at the gate of Samaria.” Then the captain on whose hand the king leaned said to the man of God, “If the Lord himself should…2607nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1644642https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1644642Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:19:04 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord…2325nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1635933https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1635933Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:08:57 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 The Lord said to Moses, “Yet one plague more I will bring upon Pharaoh and upon Egypt. Afterward he will let you go from here. When he lets you go, he will drive you away completely. My title comes directly from this verse… One Plague More Introduction There is a very big backstory for this verse…2566nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1631861https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1631861Wed, 10 Dec 2025 01:54:54 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturKey Verse 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. The Resurrection Water baptism was for our burial with Christ,…2952nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1627639https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1627639Mon, 08 Dec 2025 23:06:36 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturKey Verse 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. Introduction So far in this series we have talked about The…3265nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1631639https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1631639Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:17:11 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2269nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1627333https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1627333Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:18:28 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntro I understand we are a couple of days away from December. Which is the month about the birth of Jesus, and not the month where people talk about his death, burial, and resurrection. However, Paul once said that he didn’t come with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but he just came to preach Christ…1936nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1623021https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1623021Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:16:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText: 22 Then Moses led Israel on from the Red Sea, and they went out to the Wilderness of Shur. They journeyed for three days in the wilderness without finding water. 23 They came to Marah, but they could not drink the water at Marah because it was bitter—that is why it was named Marah. 24 The people…1954nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1618892https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1618892Wed, 19 Nov 2025 01:48:12 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturKey Verse 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. Introduction Ok, tonight, we are going to dive deeper into what…2270nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1618242https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1618242Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:52:42 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 He entered Jericho and was passing through. 2 And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. 3 And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. 4 So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a…2820nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1614319https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1614319Wed, 12 Nov 2025 01:50:09 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntroduction Key Verse: 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. Last week we introduced a new series and we covered…2354nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1614042https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1614042Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:16:48 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 27 Then Peter said in reply, “See, we have left everything and followed you. What then will we have?” 28 Jesus said to them, “Truly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes…1346nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1609922https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1609922Wed, 05 Nov 2025 01:58:54 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturIntroduction 15 Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. So, tonight we’re going to start a new short series on an…2394nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1609722https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1609722Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:44:01 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2925nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1605070https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1605070Sun, 26 Oct 2025 23:24:16 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 12 Then the men said to Lot, “Have you anyone else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or anyone you have in the city, bring them out of the place. 13 For we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord , and the Lord has sent us to destroy…2211nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1602937https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1602937Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:51:18 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur18 For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest 19 and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them. 20 For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the…2502nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1600473https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1600473Sun, 19 Oct 2025 23:27:48 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. 2 And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her. 3 And Abraham rose up from before his dead and said to the Hittites, 4 “I am a sojourner and foreigner…2466nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1596219https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1596219Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:53:05 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText Tonight, we will begin with a quick recap and then we will resume where we left off two week ago in Hebrews chapter 12 verse 3. Don’t forget to keep the overall theme at the front of you mind To hold fast to the New Covenant To the Gospel To the message of Jesus Christ and do not fall away Do not…2723nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1595894https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1595894Mon, 13 Oct 2025 05:10:41 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 26 And when he had come to Jerusalem, he attempted to join the disciples. And they were all afraid of him, for they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and declared to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, who spoke to him, and how…3453nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1591480https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1591480Sun, 05 Oct 2025 23:16:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh…2355nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1589277https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1589277Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:43:29 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText Ok, we are on the 3rd week of chapter 11. I know it is taking some time to get through this chapter but there is just so much in here that I need to do it justice This chapter to me is the climax of the letter The first 10 chapters were all building up to this chapter on faith. There are so many…2548nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/363060https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/363060Sun, 28 Sep 2025 23:12:45 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country,…2248nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1582373https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1582373Sun, 21 Sep 2025 23:07:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 The Lord visited Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did to Sarah as he had promised. 2 And Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age at the time of which God had spoken to him. 3 Abraham called the name of his son who was born to him, whom Sarah bore him, Isaac. 4 And Abraham circumcised…2015nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1578108https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1578108Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:47:37 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 2 For by it the people of old received their commendation. 3 By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible. 4 By faith…2239nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1577739https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1577739Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:19:19 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText I’m going to read just two verses from Genesis chapter 15 and then you can be seated but we are going to look at chapters 15-17 So, feel free to keep your Bibles open. 18 On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your offspring I give this land, from the river of Egypt to the…2564nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1573774https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1573774Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:02:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. Tonight we are going to talk about Faith What does the word faith mean? Here, Option 2-B in Webster’s dictionary is how most people in modern western culture define faith: Firmly believing in something that has…3439nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1573190https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1573190Sun, 07 Sep 2025 23:21:15 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturSeries Introduction: We are going to start a new series today. It will be about the faithfulness of Abraham A model citizen if you will of all those who are called to be faithful to God We understand through the revelation put forth In the New Testament That we are all children of Abraham Through the…2422nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1570958https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1570958Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:44:19 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. 2 Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers,…2320nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1568709https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1568709Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2436nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1566339https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1566339Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 11 But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) 12 he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own…2026nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1564117https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1564117Sun, 24 Aug 2025 23:24:25 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 8 For even if I made you grieve with my letter, I do not regret it—though I did regret it, for I see that that letter grieved you, though only for a while. 9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered…2715nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1560166https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1560166Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:51:09 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man. 3 For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices;…2399nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1559783https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1559783Sun, 17 Aug 2025 23:36:00 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 15 Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father but is from the world. 17 And the world is passing away…3362nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1555877https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1555877Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:49:42 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, 2 and to him Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. He is first, by translation of his name, king of righteousness, and then he is also king of Salem,…2505nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1555552https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1555552Sun, 10 Aug 2025 23:20:21 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 19 The woman said to him, “Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.” 21 Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem will…2961nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1551795https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1551795Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:50:41 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 7 For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God. 8 But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned. Now, I need to recap what we…2197nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1551438https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1551438Sun, 03 Aug 2025 23:20:18 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 9 So the king of Israel, the king of Judah, and the king of Edom set out. After they had traveled their indirect route for seven days, they had no water for the army or the animals with them. 10 Then the king of Israel said, “Oh no, the Lord has summoned these three kings, only to hand them over…2013nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1547539https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1547539Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:47:40 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 For every high priest chosen from among men is appointed to act on behalf of men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself is beset with weakness. 3 Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his…2447nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1547240https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1547240Sun, 27 Jul 2025 23:30:41 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur6 and my God. My soul is cast down within me; therefore I remember you from the land of Jordan and of Hermon, from Mount Mizar. 7 Deep calls to deep at the roar of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have gone over me. 8 By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song…2899nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1543433https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1543433Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:46:28 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem to have failed to reach it. 2 For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened. So, the…2164nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1543118https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1543118Sun, 20 Jul 2025 23:16:40 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 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 coming when people will…3112nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1539190https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1539190Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:52:28 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturTonight we will begin in chapter 3, and I’ll read from verse 1-6 to start. but I want to make a few preliminary comments First, let me remind us of the overarching theme of Hebrews It is important to keep this in your mind as you read The Author is trying to persuade the audience that Jesus established…2743nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1538699https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1538699Sun, 13 Jul 2025 23:04:39 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. 2 And many were gathered together, so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. 3 And they came, bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. 4 And when they…2155nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1535112https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1535112Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:50:03 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturRecap: Tonight we are going to start in verse 10, and we will finish chapter 1 this week. and get into chapter 2. Recall our overarching theme from lesson one: From good to better. We now have a better prophet a better priest a better king a better covenant a better rest a better everything Because Christ…1964nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1534737https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1534737Sun, 06 Jul 2025 23:12:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 33 And when they came to the place that is called The Skull, there they crucified him, and the criminals, one on his right and one on his left. 34 And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments. 35 And the people stood by, watching,…2309nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1531007https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1531007Wed, 02 Jul 2025 01:17:32 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 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,…2535nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1530858https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1530858Sun, 29 Jun 2025 23:45:50 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2828nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1526814https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1526814Wed, 25 Jun 2025 01:22:54 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 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,…2728nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1526372https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1526372Sun, 22 Jun 2025 23:24:11 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText: 31 Thus Israel lived in the land of the Amorites. 32 And Moses sent to spy out Jazer, and they captured its villages and dispossessed the Amorites who were there. 33 Then they turned and went up by the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against them, he and all his people, to battle…2468nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522799https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522799Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:51:21 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThe Final chapter. Here’s we go. 1 Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb 2 through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its…1615nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522213https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1522213Sun, 15 Jun 2025 23:22:47 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each had six wings: with two he covered his face, and with two he covered his feet, and with two he flew. 3 And one called to…2320nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1520572https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1520572Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:51:58 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…2063nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1518473https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1518473Sun, 08 Jun 2025 23:03:42 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText: Acts 3:1-10 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. 2 And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. 3 Seeing Peter and John about…1692nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514695https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514695Wed, 04 Jun 2025 01:00:59 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturThe 1,000 Year Reign 1 Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. 2 And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed…3262nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514325https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1514325Sun, 01 Jun 2025 23:20:33 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText: 21 And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and Manasseh his son reigned in his place. 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord , according to the despicable…2546nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1508077https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1508077Wed, 28 May 2025 00:46:47 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturLast week we covered a lot of ground For the sake of time we skipped over some of the song about Babylon falling But if you had a chance to read it yourself You would see that we covered the most important and interesting parts of that victory song. The victory song ended in Chapter 19 verse 5 And tonight…2534nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1510279https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1510279Sun, 25 May 2025 23:43:25 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur2704nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1505959https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1505959Sun, 18 May 2025 22:59:31 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturText 6 Then these high officials and satraps came by agreement to the king and said to him, “O King Darius, live forever! 7 All the high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an injunction,…1688nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1502072https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1502072Wed, 14 May 2025 00:43:10 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters, 2 with whom the kings of the earth have committed sexual immorality, and with the wine of whose sexual immorality the dwellers on earth…1936nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1501796https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1501796Sun, 11 May 2025 23:18:48 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - Decatur1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory,…1975nohttps://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1497844https://sermons.logos.com/sermons/1497844Wed, 07 May 2025 00:53:06 GMTRiver City Pentecostals - DecaturTonight, we will attempt the impossible… We’re going to cover two chapters in one lesson. The good news is that chapter 15 is only 8 verses. It is sort of a preface or intro to chapter 16 which contains the 7 bowls of wrath. So, let’s go ahead and read chapter 15, and then briefly discuss it. 1 Then…2438no