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1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given orders to the churches of Galatia, so you must do also: 2 On the first day of the week let each one of you lay something aside, storing up as he may prosper, that there be no collections when I come. 3 And when I come, whomever you approve…

We have finished up the gospels and history books of the New Testament. We will now begin our study of the 21 (or 22) epistles. “Epistle” means letter. 13 or the 21 epistles were written by Paul (sort of) A review of the five categories of literature found in the New Testament. 1. Gospels Matthew, Mark,…

1 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. 2 On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. 3 And when I arrive, I will send those…

We have come to the end of our study through the First Letter Paul wrote to the Corinthian believers. We will be going through 1 Corinthians 16 today. Please open your bibles or bible apps to that passage so we can study it together. Paul wrote this letter from Ephesus when some members of the church…

Stand Fast in The Faith Good morning church! Lord willing we will be completing this letter to the Corinthian church this morning. I was reflecting back this week over all that we’ve talked about since starting this book about 6 months ago. Which is what I would typically do, in completing a letter written…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

God’s Grace Results in a Changed Life 9 For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but…

Genesis 3:14-15 Dec 17, 1927 8 year old S class submarine conducting tests off coast of MA. 2273 Any Hope Of Rescue? Someone has said that if you could convince a man there was no hope, he would curse the day he was born. Hope is an indispensable quality of life. Years ago the S-4 submarine was rammed…

A- Autonomy of the Local Church The Explanation of Autonomy What is Autonomy Before we can understand what Autonomy is we must understand what a church is. A church in the greek “ ekklesia” It means “ a called out assembly for a purpose” The Meaning of Autonomous So what does autonomy mean? noun, plural…

16 “If a man seduces a virgin who is not betrothed and lies with her, he shall give the bride-price for her and make her his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money equal to the bride-price for virgins. 18 “You shall not permit a sorceress to live. 19 “Whoever lies…

Ever gaze in WONDER at the beauty of…stars, creation...? Slow down…Look even more intently at the WONDER of Christmas…? SILENT NIGHT — Christmas Eve — Candlelight I need Christmas more than ever this year! How about you? Advent — The wonder of PEACE, JOY, LOVE, GIFT... The PROPHETS — The wonder of the…

Revelation 22:6–21 (CSB) 6 Then he said to me, “These words are faithful and true. The Lord, the God of the spirits of the prophets, has sent his angel to show his servants what must soon take place.” 7 “Look, I am coming soon! Blessed is the one who keeps the words of the prophecy of this book.” 8 I,…

God dispersed the people for their own good, then later He united the peoples out of His mercy.

Does anyone know what this picture represents? This might be the most amazing data picture you see in a lifetime! It shows the 63,779 cross-references in the Bible. The white bars along the bottom represent each Bible chapter, Gen. 1 - Rev. 22 . The line’s color shows the reference’s distance from the…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Psalm 31 . Prayer Intro Good morning, again! August 5, 2001 was a beautiful night in Cleveland, Ohio at Jacobs Field, especially if you were a Seattle Mariners fan. The Mariners coming into the game were 80-30, they had won the first two games of the series, and seemed…

Good morning, Gateway! Scripture: Lam 3:21-26 . God of creation. God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. God of the covenant. You are merciful, and gracious, slower to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and sin, but you are also…

Wow, We just finished chapter 15 that deals with resurrections, glorified bodies, dead leaving the graves, transformations, and becoming the direct, exact image of Jesus Christ Himself. Then we have Paul saying, 1 Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of…

THE GREAT POTENTIAL IN OUR CHURCH 1 Corinthians 16:5-18 The Corinthian church had been suffering from many serious problems that Paul took time to correct. They were a church that had been suffering from division. There were different sects in the church that followed different somewhat charismatic teachers…

1 Now concerning spiritual gifts , brethren, I would not have you ignorant. Ignorance of Spirituals spirituals (plural) - gifts is supplied and not there in the greek. This is the first descriptive term for the ministries of Christ given to the church and it speaks of their source . Whatever the ministries…

Pastor James preaches on 1st Corintians 16:13-14

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and open them with me to Mark 12 , Mark 12 . We will be completing this chapter today as we continue to move through this wonderful book. Well this has been another in a long stream of exhausting, taxing weeks. I nearly postponed…

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

Turn with me to Romans 12:1-2 I challenged you to take time and start reading Romans 12-15 over the next several weeks and let God start working on your thinking. I sure hope you have taken up that challenge! If you haven’t yet, it’s not too late. This week, dive in and take time to ask the Holy Spirit…

The motivations for our message begins to explain why we should evangelize the World.