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The Houston Astros have become one of the top teams in Major League Baseball. They have won two world series titles in the last five years. One of their star players is Jose Altuve. He is a second baseman with an incredible batting average. The man is fast. He is known for his hitting and his speed.…

Humility in service This is part I of II of the last testimony of John the Baptizer as recorded by John the beloved. In it we will see the love, humility and position of John the Baptizer. We have been in John chapter 3 for sometime now and we are not done yet, it looks like, Lord willing 3 more to go.…

We begin this morning with our Scripture readings: Our Old Testament reading is from Isaiah 61:1-4 : The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening…

How do You Know What to Believe? This is an important question, that applies to all areas of our lives. It can be rather personal , such as believing in ourselves and what our strengths and weaknesses are. It can be related to work . Maybe something that needs to be taken care of is a little too big…

A man sent from God We have finished the prologue into the gospel of John, a few quick reminders before we get to our passage tonight. This can be said about John the Baptist He was a man sent by God ( Jn1:6 ) 6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came to bear witness ( Jn1:7-8 ) 7…

John the Baptist John the Baptist is not John the apostle, but he has the same purpose ( Jn1:7 ; Jn20:30-31 ) and today we are looking at in this section of the prologue the bearing witness of the light. 6 There came a man sent from God, whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the…

INTRODUCTION You ever have someone mistake you for someone else ? They swear your are the spitting image of someone else? I had no idea what a doppelganger was until I watched the television series “The Flash” Kathryn and I got into it. Every night we would look at each other and say, “Flash?”. Later…

Trouble in the Text: People are confused about John’s identity. Notes: A later reflection on John the Baptist: his mission & position before Jesus. The Gospel of John was written ~60 years after the Crucifixion & Resurrection. John was defined by what he was not: Not the Light Not the Messiah Not Elijah…

Let us pray…Gracious and forgiving God, as we move into this time of reflection this morning, open our hearts, open our minds, and open our spirits to hear only your voice in our ears and hearts this day…speak into our hearts with your soft, still-speaking voice, Amen. A brief intro... As we begin this…

Belief: An opinion of judgment in which a person is fully persuaded. 12 But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, 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.…

Continuing our study in John, today we are in chapter 3, starting at verse 22. I encourage you to open your bibles to the passage. But instead of just jumping into the passage for today, I want to review something we talked about when we first started our study in John. Why did John write his account…

Today, we continue our study through the Gospel according to John. I encourage you to open your bibles if you have them, to chapter 1. The Title of the sermon today is, “A Voice for God”. As I thought of John’s ministry, and looking for a graphic, I came across this title idea. It made me think, John…

Years ago I was approached by a man on the street who was “witnessing” to people. He came up to me and the group of people that were with me, around 7 or 8 in total, and he attempted to lead us to Christ. We were already believers in Christ and we tried to tell him this, but he still went ahead and “witnessed”…

What does it mean to be Christlike? That is one of the expressly stated goals of our church- at Faith Baptist Church one of our objectives is to draw believers unto Christlikeness. So what does it mean to be Christlike? Two categories of Christlikeness The Character of His Life The Content of His Living…

Last week we left off in our study of John’s gospel with v. 18 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him . And we asked ourselves this question, “what is John really claiming about Jesus?”. What does it mean that Jesus’ expressly…

1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we…

Advent is a time for self-examination as we prepare for the coming of Christ. Today’s scripture lesson talks about John the Baptist, the greatest man ever born of women according to Jesus. His job was to prepare people’s hearts for the coming of Christ. From this passage, Matthew 3:1-12, we are reminded to conduct three important self-examinations frequently to live a fruitful life. Let's take a look and see how you can benefit from it.

We are continuing a our series this morning. Yes, You: Fulfilling God’s Purpose. This four-week series explores the lives of a few unlikely people whom God used to do amazing things. Through the stories of David, Rahab, John Mark, and Gideon, we will see that God uses the small, the outsider, those behind…

Intentional Everything Jesus did was intentional, was purposed and was for the glory of the Father. Can you think of things that Jesus was intentional about? Are there things you are intentional about? Are there things you should be intentional about? Intentional - Meeting with Nicodemus Intentional…

What attributes of God are more shared with us? (How is God like us in His being and in mental and moral attributes?) How finely do we want to divide God’s attributes? For example, are God’s goodness and love two attributes or one? But does it really matter how we treat these attributes if we think of…

Let’s Talk About the Church Again. After all, it is a church made up of us, and a church made up as “them”, a church that contains the whole measure of the redeemed of Christ Jesus. We recognize that the church is not a building, not a denomination, not a single culture, nor language nor race nor creed.…

Heavy Hearts, Heavenly Home What do you think about when you think about Heaven? It’s an interesting question. And if you asked this question to many people they might talk about a reunion with those who have gone before. They may start talking about the streets of gold and the marriage feast. As believers,…

Let’s Talk About the Church so we can understand a little more what it means to be “The Church of God”. There is no such thing as a church that has no set of beliefs, and that is true of us as a movement. We have called ourselves the Reformation Movement of the Church of God, which is a nominator that…

Notes for message: Cf. to the beginning of Jesus’ ministry in John 2 , this could be the start of an inclusio that closes in the last week of Jesus’ ministry as He transitions from a very public ministry to a private ministry with His closest disciples (the Twelve). John gives an emphasis to this last…

Glorious Dark Night Last week we looked at the beginning of John 13 . We examined Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. And in that act we talked about the intense love and humility that Jesus Demonstrated. After Jesus had washed the feet of his Disciples he told them that their lives need to be marked…