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Good morning church. I’m excited for our passage this morning because it’s a fun one. For those of you who are just joining us, we are in our 1 Timothy series titled The Church: Standards and Leadership. We have covered some principles for how to order ourselves as the church of God, and now, reaching…

I am so glad to be back in this church today It feels like the first time in forever! I want to thank everyone for their prayers for me I was about as sick as I had ever been We are looking at doing another fellowship opportunity with Salem Oct 30th. Chili cook off Hayride Maybe a trunk-or-treat Pastoral…

Scene 1/ Tide & wind can take you a long way from where you want to be, just as life can take you a long way from where you intended 2:1 A number of years ago on our holiday we decided to make use of the kayaks where we were staying and to paddle from Golden Beach to the northern tip of Bribie Island.…

Based on Hebrews 5:11-14 God calls us to graduate from milk to solid food which means we must learn and grow in our faith together. Marking the beginning of Confirmation which is a commitment to eat solid Spiritual food

Lesson 2: Introduction Part 2 Last week we mainly gave a scope of what we are going to be covering in this study – the books that are involved and explained how the make of Israel went from one kingdom to a the two kingdoms of Judah and Israel. This week we are going to look at the subject & precursors…

11 Concerning him we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing. 12 For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food.…

Church Conduct Life as the body of Christ, the church we have a manner in which we should conduct ourselves. This morning we are looking at apostasy, it was real then, and it is real today just as prophesy projected. Paul’s concern about conduct ( 1Tim3:15 ) 15 But if I am delayed, I am writing in order…

Understanding to contend! Certain men, ungodly men have crept in, unnoticed to the body (see Jude4 ) and Jude is warning the church to contend for the faith (See Jude3 ). To contend you need to understand. This evening we are looking to understand the nature of the ungodly (apostates). I think maybe…

48 Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect. 6 being confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ; 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works,…

2 My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, 3 knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. 4 But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing. 14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not…

Drifting As we look at our topic tonight may we consider this question, am I diligently pursuing God or am I drifting along? (Insert Picture- Drifting here) Story found Gospel Guide by Billy Norris: “Two men were fishing above a low dam on a river near their hometown. As they were concentrating on catching…

Distance can increase anxiety, but faithfulness brings joy.

Don’t be shaken or disturbed Have you ever been confused by something that you heard? Have you wondered, what does that mean, what does it mean to me? Paul continues his address of the them of 1&2 Thessalonians, the return of Christ. There was a misconception about the return of the Lord. Had He come…

18 Little children, it is the last hour; and as you have heard that the Antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come, by which we know that it is the last hour. 9 For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, With all these things in mind, dear…

LOOK OUT! Can you find the book of Jude? A small book with not much popularity among the brethren, but a couple of verses in the doxology ( Jude24-25 ) but yet it is an important letter. I think we can agree that there are several writers that warn about apostates, about false teachers and prophets.…

Even subtle compromise betrays the goodness of God and endangers our legacy

In Judges 6-9 we read the account of Gideon. One of the most famous scenes from this account is Gideon's fleece as he sought reassurance from God. But is this really something we should be emulating, or is their something rotten underneath the cute story? Join us as we explore the ancient Israelite judge, Gideon.

The need to contend further described Jude had a plan, a good plan but it was changed because of a need ( Jude3 ). Warning signs, reminders, instructions are oftentimes given to help protect people, in our case the sanctified, the beloved. We a plan change because of a need ( Jude3 ) 3 Beloved, while…

When You hear His Voice When you hear God, do NOT be like a certain people… This passage is calling into view your response to God. However, not the immediate response as much as the heart level response. Talking about those “in this flock” If you are here today… this is talking about YOU . It is possible…

Post Christian Culture Biblical Christianity is loosing its primacy in many cultures! The church is changing with the world instead of changing the world. The bible is not the centerpiece of the home and even in some church assemblies. How can we be a shining light in the midst of a crooked and perverse…

Our ability to see so much of God in our lives and still turn and go our own way is truly incredible. This apostacy was the exact problem that that author of Hebrews was addressing, and he provided an object lesson by viewing the (possibly) the most unlikely people. Pew research poll 2018-2019: · 65%…

Introduction 9 So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, 10 for whoever has entered God’s rest has also rested from his works as God did from his. 11 Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. The Proclamation 9 So then, there…

7 Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, 8 do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, on the day of testing in the wilderness, 9 where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years. 10 Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always…

All the neighborhood stood still and quiet, my wife froze where she was at, I stood looking at my son… my heart beating powerfully in my chest with some of the deepest fear mixed with concern and panic that it had ever felt. Just seconds before… I watched as my young son rode his bike between our cars…

The Kings of Israel & Judah Lesson 1: Introduction - Part One This a grand and exciting time in the Bible as well as a very sobering time. It is a time in Israel when God was heavily involved at the beginning – but slowly you see Him working less and less. It is a time of great prophets and great miracles.…