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1/ Insecurity & uncertainty is an unsettling experience. Sometimes we are just not sure about something. It just doesn’t seem right and we don’t know why. There may be an issue at work and we don’t know how to deal with it. Or a family dispute and our sense of security is threatened. Or a financial challenge…

“In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus summons us to stake our hearts on the reality of God .” I. We Must Obey Jesus ( Mt 7:21-23 ) 21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many will say to…

Introduction A sense of belonging is a powerful feeling. When I was around 12 years old I was on a baseball team. Through no fault of my own we were actually pretty good. It felt very good to be on a team that won pretty much every game we played. We ended up beating everyone in our league and being…

God promises to keep His people from all lasting spiritual and physical danger. He requires,however, that His people act responsibly.

1 Peter 1:1-9 Hope...not a wish, whim, or desire; but an essential part that helps to break the power of sin and give us security in Jesus Christ that will one day bring us to heaven to live with Him.

Since expulsion from Eden, human beings have always sought security in a city that is built on violence against the earth and against others. They want to rise up to heaven. God always destroys the city, confusing communication, scattering people into mutually hostile groups. They will only be united in the God-man who gives them true security by making them one with God.

Welcome to Iowa City Church and part six of our series, Long Obedience in the Same Direction. Anyone here into rock climbing? I’m not. I’ve tried a couple of climbing walls, but that’s about it. I’ve never tried climbing up a rock, and honestly I really don’t want to. However, I am fascinated by people…

Jesus knew who He was and what His purpose on earth was. He carried that knowledge through persecution and mistreatment, all the way to the cross. We find our security in who we are as we see His unwavering commitment to who He is.

Jesus was inwardly secure and therefore he did not need the perks, symbols and titles of who he was, but he could give himself in self-sacrificial love. He instructs his disciples to do the same. The question is whether we are secure enough in him to do it or whether we fake it or simply seek the best title which will assure us of who we are not.

People seek security in this life, in our text in particular, in possessions, in savings. Jesus tells us that life itself is uncertain, that giving to others with him is better than earthly security, and that he is our peace and reconciliation. We are secure to be part of his Temple. That is where we find peace, shalom.

Both of our readings show that projecting from a this-world vision cannot give us the future. Antiochus had not reckoned on God and the Sadducees see their conundrum dismissed by one who knew both God and the unseen world. Thus our society may collapse around us and church structures as well, but as we know and follow God in the present who come closer to Him who is the future.

God the Father has and continues to secure our salvation.

Develop your hidden life

Living Water – this sense of happiness, security, of wholeness – is available to you and me today. Maybe it’s time for you to come home to Jesus today?

In the last of these types of appeals, Solomon brings everything together to orient our lives toward the Lord.

The believer is safe and secure if he remains under the Lord's protection.

Abandoned Ship For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again…

The Security of the True Believer

Jesus Christ - a better/sure anchor for our soul/salvation But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God, Living and communicating within a new frame of reference/paradigm can be a huge challenge. i.e. major move, major life change or learning a…

You can have victory in the battle against the enemy when you stand secure in Truth!

The moment we are living is dangerous! The lurking danger is everywhere we go... The number of contagious in many states has increased again. People are not taking the due precautions and are being exposed to the virus. David had not done anything wrong to deserve being persecuted by Saul. His life was…

Noah was a righteous man in his generation

God's grace means that rest is an enduring and permanent possibility in every situation.

How do we know who is a believer and an unbeliever if everyone claims they are a Christian in the United States. How do we know the difference? Murders claim they are christians, homosexuals claim they are christians. Everyone in the United states slaps a christian title on themselves. Believers are called to be set apart from culture. Not being conformed by culture but focused on Jesus Christ. SHARING THE GOSPEL IS HOW WE KNOW WE ARE believers Acting in the fruit of the spirit. Becoming like Christ allows us to see others like Christ sees them? 1 Cor. 13 2. When people get hurt, they become defensive.