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As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be “DISBELIEF” Disbelief for 1. An invasion of Israel / Ukraine and I imagine Taiwan son. 2. Millions of illegal immigrants still crossing our southern boarders – the president just sits back and watches, knowing that our national…

As I said last week , to sum up 2023 in one word I would have to say it would be What do you do? Refocus There are times when you need to re-focus David had to refocus a number of times. Everyone who has gone through some sort of trauma has to refocus. We are in a time of great deception - It is time…

Introduction: What is the most dangerous thing about false teachers? It’s that you may be deceived to believe what they teach and never know you were being led astray. Have you ever been driving down the road and looked out at the cows out in the fields. They look so peaceful and calm and some people…

14 Your prophets have seen for you false and deceptive visions; they have not exposed your iniquity to restore your fortunes, but have seen for you oracles that are false and misleading. Central Idea/ Thesis: The central idea of this sermon is that we should be alert and discerning to identify and reject…

Unusual Characters Used By God Isaac Needs a Wife It all started well and good. Abraham sent his servant to his brother Nahor’s town, Aram-naharaim in NW Mesopotamia, not so far from Haran, where Abraham had left his Father’s family. The mission was to find a wife for Isaac from among the relatives of…

Jesus said to beware of false prophets. John tells us why. They are deceivers. Join Pastor Steve as he looks at 2 John 7 and talks about why it is important to expose heresy.

1 Now the Philistines had gathered all their forces at Aphek. And the Israelites were encamped by the spring that is in Jezreel. 2 As the lords of the Philistines were passing on by hundreds and by thousands, and David and his men were passing on in the rear with Achish, 3 the commanders of the Philistines…

Ignorance There are several times in the scripture where we are told “we do not want you to uninformed” or “Ignorant.” These are great warnings and Paul is giving a warning to the church of Corinth and we are going to draw from that and many others places so we are not ignorant but informed of some of…

Building a People of God With Unusual Characters Noah, Abraham, Rebekah, Jacob; Leah and Rachel; Jacob, Joseph, Moses. Last week we talked about Rebekah, the wife of Isaac, who was quite a mother of deceit. As the hapless old man Isaac sat waiting for his eldest twin Esau to bring home wild game and…

Paul declares that the deception of sin in our lives is a very clear and present reality that each one of us must face, so much so that it takes the Law which was to lead to life and turns it into a death sentence.

Don’t just believe The key question has been, is, will always been until Christ’s return, Who is Jesus Christ? How you answer that question is important, more than the words you use, but the faith used in answering. (Insert: Do-you-believe picture here) If you were to do a survey of who is Jesus Christ…

Deception Deceived (verb): (of a person) cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, typically in order to gain some personal advantage. Have you ever been deceived? Have you ever had someone try to deceive you but you had discernment to know better? Can you think of people in the bible that…

I shared with you all that I was a really happy man… as a football coach for years, to finally be back out with kids on the field has been great. The other thing is that this is the season for NASCAR and Hockey… two sports I love for the same reason. You may say, NASCAR and Hockey have nothing in common……

No amount of dodging and trying to justify your secret sin will ever make it right in God’s eyes

Highest highs and lowest lows. PRAY READ 1 But a man named Ananias, with his wife Sapphira, sold a piece of property, 2 and with his wife’s knowledge he kept back for himself some of the proceeds and brought only a part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, “Ananias, why has Satan…

Doctrinal and ethical choices now have eternal consequences.

Concerned heart Paul in dealing with the churches of Galatia comes from a place of love, admonishment, correction, and concern. In our passage tonight we will see a clear and present danger portrayed to the church then and it is easily seen in the church today and we too need to be concerned. (Fatherly…

No one likes to waste their time. The other day I had a conversation with one of the CBM builders about our new church auditorium. One of the things that the guys from CBM are finding out about us, is that we like to change our minds. It takes us a long time to make decisions, and then sometimes after…

The story of Jacob and Esau is one where the outcome might not be what we'd think is fair. Jacob is deceitful and yet is blessed by God in the end. This might be more about reminding us that God can work through our worst moments, and that God is ultimately focused on our right relationships with other -- not our wrongs.

Impact of conversion The gospel is being carried out, from Jerusalem and all of Judea now to Samaria and we have seen the results. Philip preached Christ, people were convinced (Act8:5-6) So the scattered church because of persecution brings Philip one of the 7 to Samaria and there Philip preaches Jesus.…

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, ‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our L…

John 7:53-8:11 What the Religious Leaders where not trying to do · The goal here was not restoration · The goal was not to eradicate sin from the community of believers What they were trying to do · The goal was to create a situation for false accusation · To literally tempt with sin or get Jesus to…

Colossians 2:6-7 . 6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7 rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. How is Jesus received? He is recieved by faith , as defined by Ephesians 2:8-10 . 8 For by grace you have…

Enterance to the Kingdom is Narrow and Difficult. But there is life for all who come.

Deceit is condemned by God as an attempt to deny his sovereignty and his revelation of himself.