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Introduction Philemon is a short letter sandwiched in between Titus and Hebrews. “Why study Philemon?” One main reason: it’s very likely that this letter to Philemon was written and sent with the letter to the church at Colosse. We know that Philemon was part of the church at Colosse, and there are some…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome: Please turn with me in your Bibles to the sixth Chapter of Ephesians, beginning in verse 5. Our text this morning will be verses 5 thru 9 of Chapter 6, which you can find at the top of page 1163 in the navy blue Bibles found in your pews. Ephesians 6:5–9 (ESV) Bondservants,…

Review Two weeks ago we began a series through the letter to Philemon. This letter is a study on restoring hurt relationships. Onesimus was a slave who ran away from Philemon, but in the process, he trusted Christ. Now Paul was writing to ask Philemon to welcome Onesimus back as a new brother in Christ.…

Review Today we are going to continue our series through the letter to Philemon. In the previous message, we listened as Paul began to make his appeal to Philemon. Paul chose to make an appeal instead of a demand - Philemon 8-10 . A gracious, humble appeal is often much more powerful than an accusation…

As we come into chapter 8, there are a few things that need to be noted. With chapter 8, we move back into the Hebrew language. If you recall, Daniel is a unique book that is split almost 50/50 between Hebrew and Aramaic. Chapter one is in Hebrew, and functions as the prologue to the book. Chapters 2-7…

Life of an apostle We have journeyed through the life of Paul. From persecutor ( Act8:1 , 9:1-2 ) To proclaimer after conversion ( Act9:3-20 ) To missionary ( Act13-20:26 ) To prisoner ( Act20:27-28:20 ) (note) We now get to the final year of Paul’s life. The second Roman imprisonment, and implied death.…

A. Rapport for the time Have you ever tried to be two different things at the same time? Happy when you are really sad inside. Perfectly fine on the outside while you are miserable on the inside but feel like no one should know? B. Reading of the text C. Review of the text D. Relevance of the text Let…

120- A Song of Woe (Woe to me, That I Sojourn in Meschech) 121- A Song of Protection (My help comes from the Lord) 122- A Song of Worship (Let us go to the house of the Lord!) 123- A Song of Reality (To You I lift up my eyes) 124- A Song of Help (The Lord is on our side) 125- A Song of Security (Those…

Thursday is Independence Day for us here in America. We live in the greatest nation in this history of the world and it’s because our founders based it on both the Bible and a Judeo Christian belief system. What I want to do is look briefly at the parallels between the United States’ founding fathers’…

Today is the 5th and final message about Joseph. We have covered a lot of P words while learning some great gospel lessons from this story. So far we have covered the Promise, the Process, the Perfection, and the Path to Penitence. Today, we look at God wonderful provision which will lead to His unthinkable…

The heart of the sin nature is selfishness. Because we are naturally selfish creatures we inevitably slide down the slippery slope of selfishness until we reach to the bottom of ingratitude. A young man with a bandaged hand approached the clerk at a post office. “Sir, could you please address this postcard…

Introduction We have been in a series on the Fruit of the Spirit. all of these are qualities in the life and temperament of Jesus. Here is our theme verse Gal 5:22-23 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against…

Series- The “One Anothers” My goal in this series is to come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a member of a local New Testament church. What are the duties and responsibilities of church membership? My mission is to discover exactly what kinds of things we promise to do for each other…

Good Morning grab your Bibles and turn with me to Luke chapter 4. This morning I want for us to take a look into the ministry of Christ as He begins to not only authoritatively teach, but also heal those who were possessed. There were many times throughout the Lord’s ministry that we see Him dealing…

Review The Holy Scriptures Brit Hadoshah Eber (ebur) I AM (grafted) Brit Chadasha - He appeared will have life Introduction Summary of the Life of Sarah Picture of Machpela 1 Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Summary of the Life of Sarah Machpela…

The Call of Christmas Zechariah: A Call to Prepare If you were to read your Bible straight through, when you got to the end of the Old Testament, you may only have to turn a page or two to get to the New Testament. Some Bibles have a Page that simply says “New Testament”, some Bibles go straight from…

Those in Christ are free from slavery to sin. So pursue life by the Spirit by going to war with sin.

True Freedom is being a slave to God and the Lord Jesus Christ which produces sanctification and leads to eternal life! Enjoy the freedom of God and break free from the slavery of the sinful world.

An article I read detailed the downward spiral into worldliness by our young people after they leave the home. Is falling into patterns of worldliness just a teen problem? While contemplating becoming a Christian, do many of us ever really consider ourselves a slave or servant to God? Being a slave to anything probably had better be great in order to agree to it! This lesson examines being a servant to, and for, God.