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Remembering My Repentance Throughout my life when I stumble around blindly and searching for the right path, it is at times when I have forgotten that God lights my footsteps. Only if I focus on the light that He has placed before me will my steps not take me towards destruction. However, when I am unwilling…

Today we are looking at John 12:28-50 . Please open your bibles to the passage. One of my goals each week is to not just study a passage with you, but to encourage you to study the Bible on your own. I want to either help you learn to study and learn from the scriptures on your own, or remind you of…

They cast out the man who had been born blind The Cost of discipleship and belief in Jesus Do you Believe The term Son of Man Do you believe (Present/Active/Indicative (Basically meaning that Jesus is asking the man is your belief active never ending and real (Do you truly believe) Do you believe is…

Today we are going to finish our study of John 9. I encourage you to open your Bibles to John 9 , and follow along. Jesus has just come from the temple after clearly declaring that He is God by using the very name that God gave to Moses. The Jews were incensed that Jesus would claim to be God, and tried…

Pull yourself together If you want something done right, you have to do it yourself Just believe in yourself! Remember to look out for number one God helps those who help themselves! ( Most quoted passage of scripture that IS NOT in the bible!) Truth is He helps those who cannot help themselves and as…

Big Idea Jesus seeks to bring those who are walking in the darkness of sin into his Kingdom buy the Light and power of the Gospel. The purpose of John using this story is to demonstrate the state of spiritual blindness. Jesus finds the blind man. The blind man in this text is not looking for Jesus. Distorted…

Judging by Sight One of my first sermons was to give thanks for my bad eyesight. Because of an early diagnosis of nearsightedness, I knew that my vision was not as complete as it could have been. I required some outside help to enable me to see well enough so that I could achieve the same learning capabilities…

52 For they had not understood about the loaves, because their heart was hardened. 38 Give, and it will be given to you: good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will be put into your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it will be measured back to you.” 5 The blind see…

Passover lets back up 50 days celebration of the night before the Israelites left slavery of Egypt the sacrificial lamb was slain instead of the firstborn when the death angel passed over the land saw the blood on the door posts the first day of the week of the passover celebration a sheaf of grain is…

Introduction Background to Text: In John 8 Jesus declared that He was the light of the world. While there were those who rejected His teaching, verse 30 stated that many believed. But Jesus further explained who He was very boldly in the presence of these people and the religious leaders. In our last…

Wow, what a chapter we have just left. In Mark chapter 5 we saw Christ cast demons - a lot of them - out of a man. He then healed a woman who, for 12 years, had suffered with a blood disease. He then raised to life the 12 year old daughter of Jairus, a ruler within the synagogue. Then…He went home. I…

Ephesians 2:11–22 (KJV 1900) Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from…

Intro Everybody close your eyes...real tight. Put your hand over your eyes....so no light can be seen. That’s not much fun...is it? What if it was that way for you 24 hours a day? Susan Lansing was a beautiful young girl. She had been blind since birth. She had never looked upon things we all take for…

What does it mean to Arise? 1 “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. 2 Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. To arise means ++To be stirred up ++To be awake…

1 Corinthians 12:1-11 This morning we are continuing on through 1 Corinthians in a letter Paul wrote to the church in Corinth. We’re starting a very important section concerning spiritual gifts and we’ll spend a few weeks walking through it together. We’re going to be in the 12th chapter, if you don’t…

18 For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written, “I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.” 20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the…

This morning we begin a new sermon series on Romans 5-8 called United with Christ. One of the main purposes of this series will be to explore the wonders of our salvation. I invite you to go on a journey of exploration and discovery. It will be like an treasure hunt in a far away land. At times our study…

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we…

2 Kings 6:14–18 14 So one night the king of Aram sent a great army with many chariots and horses to surround the city. 15 When the servant of the man of God got up early the next morning and went outside, there were troops, horses, and chariots everywhere. “Oh, sir, what will we do now?” the young man…

Hebrews 11:1-7 Hebrews 11:1–7 (NASB95) Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. For by it the men of old gained approval. By faith we understand that the worlds were prepared by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.…

Proverbs 30:1-33 1 The words of Agur, son of Yakeh, the oracle. Thus says the man to Ithiel, to Ithiel, and Ucal: 2 Certainly I am more stupid than a man, and the understanding of humankind is not for me. 3 And I have not learned wisdom, nor will I know knowledge of the Holy One. 4 Who has ascended to…

Review Questions Question #1: God has not given us all things that pertain it life and godliness. YES Question #2: What spiritual grace are we NOT to diligently add to our faith? Wealth Question #3: What will be our condition if we lack these graces? Forgetful of being purged from our old sins Shortsighted,…

Matthew 9:1-17 Dallas Willard of a pilot practicing high speed maneuvers. “she turned the controls for what she though was a steep ascent – and flew straight into the ground. She was unaware that she had been flying upside down.[1] [1] Dallas Willard, The Divine Conspiracy: Rediscovering Our Hidden Life…

God blesses us so we can bless others? How does He bless us? He blesses us by sending the Messiah to set our house in order. Jesus is the Seed who blesses the seed. Ignorance, not malevolence, killed the promised Seed. Malevolence, not ignorance, delays the promised Seed. We bless the world by the cleansing…

Romans 12:3-21 What are some of your New Year Resolutions? Craziest one? One of the things that the deacons set as a goal for this year as a church is for a focus on unity. So, no time like the present on setting this goal as a church and preaching on it to begin the year! So, this morning we have a…