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34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. 35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, 36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” 37 Jesus said to him, “ ‘ You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart,…

Intro Thank you all for being here today. It is true for many of us that undoubtedly the direction of our culture in America is moving further away from Jesus and closer to selfishness and worse yet even an anti God type culture for some. But as people of God we need to have unity and also demonstrate…

A Pastor is a Display of God’s Love to you But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine. Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity, and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing…

He Sent His Son and We Killed Him Rev. Thomas (TA) West, Sr February 7, 2021 Mark 12:1–12 Then He began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard and set a hedge around it, dug a place for the wine vat and built a tower. And he leased it to vinedressers and went into a far country. Now…

Authentic Let this sink in a minute, You are God’s letter of authenticity, that is stamped by His love and sealed by your faith. It is God’s authentic love that makes the Christian an overcomer. Authentic: Simple definition- real or genuine : not copied or false. : true and accurate. : made to be or…

His Everlasting LOVE 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things…

Love-hate Have you ever heard of a love-hate relationship? Did you know there is a kind of love that God hates? That is what we are looking at today. Illustration- School kids tour hospital and at the end of the tour a child asks “why do people here wash their hands so much?” The nurse who gave the tour…

Paul explains God's love in spatial terms to emphasize, not merely its immeasurable vastness, but its multi-dimensionality. But despite Christ's love being unknowable, we are asked to know it, to immerse ourselves in this limitless sea of beauty, because by this we will find our stability, our security. Listen as Malcolm and the people of Renew explore how this works in our lives.

The focus of attention now is on God, not on sinful man. “Salvation is of the Lord” (Jonah 2:9). We are reminded of four activities that God performed on behalf of sinners to save them from the consequences of their sins.

The Results of God’s Love I have spent a few weeks in these lessons from 1 John, talking about the results of God’s love. This is one of my favorite books in the New Testament. It is full of insight that comes from the beloved apostle John, after many years, probably many decades of living with a full…

Knowing God through His Love 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the…

Ralph Waldo Emerson observed that the entire world loves a lover. If Emerson is correct, then Hosea should be the most loved book in all the world. This story of ole finds many similarities and commonalities with real-life stories of our present age. It’s a story of a broken vow, home, heart, and life.…

God's extravagent love toward the evil world makes belief in Christ possible.

Introduction Believers lost their homes, property, money, possessions. It was terrible persecution. They were living for Christ - The only thing to encourage them was to Gospel story. Just like today, people wanted to hear about: Salvation eternal life hope But, they don’t want to hear about: Repentance…

Join us for week 2 of our 3-week series, titled "Rekindle!" Grab your Bibles and open up to 2 Timothy 1:7.

Unity is Essential for Pure Witness Jesus Prays for You and Me “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, Jesus Prays for You and Me The first part of his prayer was for the people in the room Teaching us how to live as sojourners This last part is specific…

How often do you think about the presence of the Lord? 8 It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not leave you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.” The Lord goes before us. 19 We have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place…

In Light of the Corona-virus I am taking a step back from Esther this morning because of the growing concern about Corona-virus. I am sure you are aware that it has caused many sport events to be canceled because of its threat. NHL, NCAA basketball, Baseball, schools have moved completely online. Not…

5 reasons you can trust in God completely.

Last week, we looked at John 13:1-17 , and Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. We saw how Jesus knew, and then Jesus loved. Actually, we stopped in the middle of the scene, and today we want to finish the scene. Jesus has just washed his disciples’ feet, and returned to the table. He tells them that they…

Introduction Men think a lot of a person with power. When someone has power tend to flock to that person feeling that they can get some semblance of what that person. The richest people in the world and be surrounded by everyone. How much greater is it to have power with the King of kings! Know this…

58 times — in scripture — we are told “Do Not Fear” 10 times — we are told “Do Not Worry” No weapon that is fashioned against you shall prosper, and you shall confute every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord and their vindication from me, says…

I want to begin today by asking you a simple question. Why are We on Planet Earth? Jesus gave us two foundational mandates to this question. They are both found in the book of Matthew. The first one is found in chapter 22 and the second one is found in chapter 28. I will read both of them to you and…

Solomon concludes his search for wisdom under the sun with nothing more than empty admonitions to take action rather than doing nothing. But in the end, he says, it's all meaningless. But wait, there's more! A mystery editor concludes the book with an extraordinary turn around: you can exhaust yourself with endless worldly wisdom, or you can take the simple path. What is that simple path, and how do we tread it today?

Today, we enter into the absolute most turbulent week of the Gospel story. It’s turbulent because within this week the entirety of the Gospel is encapsulated. Listen as we read our Scripture today. I have no doubt if you’ve attended church over the years you are familiar with these passages what they…