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WWJD (What Would Jesus Do)?

This morning we are going to look at the only passage of scripture that says anything about the childhood of Jesus. The other gospels do not say anything about the life of Jesus between his birth and the beginning of his public ministry. But Luke records an interesting incident. Over the last two weeks,…

Today we honor those who served our nation, and made the ultimate sacrifice. Anyone who has served has taken an oath which states: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith…

THE OPEN DOOR OF FORGIVENESS From the Catechism What is the Office of the Keys? The Office of the Keys is that special authority which Christ has given to His church on earth to forgive the sins of repentant sinners, but to withhold forgiveness from the unrepentant as long as they do not repent. Where…

Life and Living are Different Categories Last week I was covering 1 Corinthians Chapter 4 and dealt with the challenges we have living with this amazing grace that God offers us in Jesus Christ. We talked about the error that pride brings in, that we begin to believe that Jesus died for my sins because…

What forms our conduct? 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. I am God’s temple. We, the church, are God’s temple. Unity as God’s temple. 1 This is…

7 But the people of Israel were fruitful and increased greatly; they multiplied and grew exceedingly strong, so that the land was filled with them. 8 Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph. Exodus Overview Exodus (Greek): to exit , depart, going out DATE: 1446BC 1 In the four…

23 Now before faith came, we were held captive under the law, imprisoned until the coming faith would be revealed. 24 So then, the law was our guardian until Christ came, in order that we might be justified by faith. 25 But now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian, 26 for in Christ…

A . It is early in the morning and Jesus is making preparations to go to Jerusalem . 1. He is moving through two little villages near the top of the mountain. 2. He is in Bethphage, which means “House of Unripe Figs” and Bethany, which means “House of Dates”. 3. Jesus had some dear friends at Bethany,…

A Messy Reality We live in a broken world. We ourselves are born with a sin nature passed down to us by our father Adam. This nature is spiritually dead and unable to act, think, or even want the things of God. Holiness is beyond our reach. Jesus stepped into our mess and joined us. He became one of…

Secular - Eddie Edwards, Ripley, Tennessee shared the following story: A salesman talked my uncle into buying 10,000 personalized pens for his business with the promise that he would be eligible to win a 32-foot yacht. A born gambler, my uncle agreed. Well, he won, and a few weeks after the pens arrived,…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 25:10-30:1 Let us therefore be diligent to enter that rest, lest anyone fall according to the same example of disobedience. But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he…

Introduction - Some frightening statistics The sex industry is a 14 BILLION DOLLAR a year industry, more than the NFL, MLB, and NBA COMBINED!!! 90% of teens and 96% of young adults (18-24) are either encouraging, accepting, or neutral when they talk about porn with their friends. Only 55% of adults 25+…

2 Corinthians 2 Good morning church! I want to welcome you here this morning. There is so much going on around the world, and we have a short chapter this morning so I was tempted to take some time and update you on some projects going on in Ukraine, operation Exodus that is being conducted through Calvary…

1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 3 For though absent in body, I am present…

Welcome to Literature of the Bible 1. Pastors, parents, police officers, Justice of the peace, teachers, etc will not be able to judge anyone’s actions because they have faults or are not perfect. 2. How will Christians share the good news of God if they cannot expose the sin and sinfulness of those…

The day of Pentecost was the day that the promise had finally come upon the disciples of Christ taking them from merely being followers and believers to now becoming the literal living church of Jesus Christ. I don’t want us to think that this was some random event that took place because it was something…

There is a principle of Bible study (called the law of first mention) that says, "The first time a thing—a word, or a phrase—is mentioned in the Bible influences how it should be interpreted throughout the scriptures." 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without…

Introduction So far in Deuteronomy we have studied the concept of “These are the Words that Moses Spoke” - Deuteronomy in Hebrew (The second giving of the Law - Greek). The Law was given to Moses Still is God’s law He repeated His law and commanded Moses to remind Israel of the Words He had spoken This…

The passage today is 1 Corinthians 5. I must confess that I struggled in preparing the message for today. I want to be faithful to preach through the text as we study this book. I also want to be sure that the lesson is timely and timeless. Timely in that we can find application for our lives today.…

Biblical Basis of Separation 14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? 15 What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? Unequally yoked- ἑτεροζυγέω…

Opening • Good morning and welcome • Boudreaux, the smoothest-talking Cajun in the Louisiana National Guard, got called up to active duty. Boudreaux's first assignment was in a military induction center. And because he was such a good talker, they assigned him the duty of advising new recruits about…

1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints? 2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much…

Introduction What kinds of things do you put into a safe ? ANSWERS We put things like jewelry and important documents in a safe because we want to protect them. Those items that are precious to us need protection so that they are not lost or damaged. Sometimes protection is guarding something, other…

This evening, our first Scripture lesson Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it.” They said to him, “Where will you have us prepare it?” He said to them, “Behold,…