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Recap: The First Fruit A first fruit is literally the first fruit or the first evidence of something new. First of a Kind is labeled as Firstfruits in the bible. The word firstfruits in the bible verse is also translated beginning in other translations. If your a firstfruit then you represent the beginning…

Easter is not a difficult Sunday to prepare for. The Bible speaks directly of Resurrection Sunday. There were people in Corinth teaching that there was no resurrection of the dead. Paul uses all of chapter 15 to refute that teaching. We will pick it up in verse 12. 12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised…

Countdown Video: Thank you for joining Faith Vision Christian Ministries Faith Vision i s a Christian church, based on the Word of God. We are a training ground for all things Jesus Christ. We are loving God , Loving People living by faith Thank you for joining us today , Please set everything aside…

the Church has a nature and a purpose. tangible illustration: grain of salt vs. shaker and KFC fries; app usage? intro me context So we’ve begun working our way through Jesus’ famous teachings in what’s often called “The Sermon on the Mount”, thinking about this as Jesus’ blueprint for his Kingdom of…

Genesis 3:1-10 The Temptation v.1-5 Did God actually say? Eve is failing to trust God, and what He has stated. It is unbelief. When we place our trust in God. The outworking of that trust is obedience. The minute that the serpent began to contradict God, the conversation should have ended. She should…

Easter Sunday celebrates the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is hard to determine which is more important: Easter or Christmas? Without one, the other is meaningless. Both are critical to the Christian faith. If Jesus was not born of a virgin, he was not the Son of God. That is an…

A pastor was visiting a home of one of the parishioners. At the house it seemed obvious that someone was at home, but no answer came to his repeated knocks at the door. Therefore, he took out a business card that had printed “ Revelation 3:20 ” on the back of it for just such an occasion, and stuck it…

It has been over two months since we last spent time in 1 Corinthians. That’s a long time! You have heard a lot of sermons from many different people on many different topics. Some of the sermons were delivered by people just starting in the sermonizing realm. One was given by someone just leaving this…

Paul tells the Corinthians that his teaching on Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection was the most important thing he shared with them. Why? What impact does it have on the Corinthian church, and is it relevant to us today? Join us and find out.

This question must be asked. Are You Awake to the Power of Christ’s resurrection, or have you been lulled to sleep by the lullabies that our modern culture is singing in your ear? The songs started ever so softly, in the background, but as we drift into spiritual slumber, they get closer to our ears…

Recap: The First Fruit A first fruit is literally the first fruit or the first evidence of something new. First of a Kind is labeled as Firstfruits in the bible. The word firstfruits in the bible verse is also translated beginning in other translations. If your a firstfruit then you represent the beginning…

Isaiah prophesied many times about Jesus, and one of those prophecies was this: There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might,…

1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. 2 It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be…

Last week, we began our 3 week study on a critical topic… the topic of the… Resurrection. Chapter 15 deals intensely with this really important subject. Why is the resurrection so important? Resurrection is the power of the Gospel message. Without Christ’s resurrection, there is no salvation. Without…

EASTER 2023 Why Did He Do What He Did? Thursday, March 30, 2023 1:01 PM 📷 Most of you know the Easter story; We know the timeline: Jesus came into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday – riding on a donkey and everyone singing and praising God, shouting Hosanna and waving palm branches. Jesus taught the people daily…

How am I using my spiritual gifts for the building up of the church? Do I know my spiritual gifts? 1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed. 2 You know that when you were pagans you were led astray to mute idols, however you were led. 3 Therefore I want you to understand…

INTRODUCTION So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate. Freedom of choice, but not the negative consequences…

INTRODUCTION AND SET-UP: THE MYTH OF PROGRESS this means: this is the position that we can save ourselves by ‘getting better’. fixing the ills of society, helping the pool, recycling....all kinds of things that are good things, but often they become the goal. good feelings and confidence are associated…

Display God’s Power 16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. 17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most…

In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. So God created man in his own image; he created him in the image of God; he created them male and female. But as it is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since death came through a man, the…

1 Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ…

Introduction Good morning and welcome again to this gathering of Hope Bible Fellowship. It’s always such a joy to be here with you. I want to invite you to open your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2 where we will be today. Last week I started in talking about the Ministries of Jesus. I mentioned that I was…

My good friend Hawk Wetherby who is with the Lord today once told me that today is Jesus’ getting up day. I love that statement. Jesus got up and got out of his grave and He is alive church. I love stories and movies about Hope. We live in a world where there are too many discouraging things and hope-defeating…

Paul has been addressing a hypothesis: Christ has not risen from the dead. That hypothesis leads to some difficult conclusions: Faith is vain or meaningless. See 1 Corinthians 15.14 14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. Faith is vain or meaningless.…

Two thousand years ago a man was crucified, and then on the third day he rose up and left his tomb. What does this have to do with us today? In a word so different from, and yet so similar to, the world of the first century, what possible impact can the empty tomb have on our lives? Christians have long claimed that this event has changed, and is changing the world! How can this be? Join us for a little insight into the most important event of history.