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1 Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. 2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall…

Romans 13:11-14 As we have made our way through this section of Romans we have looked at the Believer’s relationship with: God - 12:1-2 Himself - 12:3-8 Other Believer - 12:9-13 Unbelievers - 12:14-21 the Government - 13:1-7 Fellow Citizens - 13:8-10 And now we come to verses 11-14 of Chapter 13 where…

The parable we hear this morning follows the one we heard last week. In that parable, Jesus compared the kingdom of heaven to ten virgins who were waiting for the bridegroom. The bridegroom was delayed, and his delay revealed which of the virgins were foolish and which were wise. The wise virgins brought…

The goal of the sermon is: That the hearers will wisely prepare for Christ's coming, by nourishing the faith which is received from God . The problem is: That we foolishly tend to let the things of life keep us from being prepared . The means to the goal is: That Christ the Bridegroom Himself enables…

11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk with…

Rise above in Faith, Hope, and Love. Rise Above. These are words that our Father is calling us to this year of 2023. Our Father is one who rises above, so we do not have to rise above alone. He is with us and we will rise above. 13 But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these…

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 Good morning Church! We are going to be in 1 Thessalonians chapter 5 this morning. But before we go there, I wanted to let you guys know, those of you that wished you could have a more in depth study in creation issues from Dr. Benjamin, I want to let you know that you can. Over…

Introduction 1 But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, you have no need that I should write to you. 2 For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. 3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains…

Do you know what happens when you give a kid some sugar? Some kids have a worse reaction than others. I know some kids that are related to Dean and Nancy who are very susceptible to sugar. In fact, after a period of the grandparents continually feeding them sugar, the parents were very tempted to feed…

Recap Today we are going to go over the next piece of armor the helmet of salvation, another defensive tool in the Christians toolbox. We have girded our loins with the belt of truth to be ready, and we put on the breastplate of righteousness to protect our hearts, we have shod our feet for readiness…

For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night or of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and be sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, are drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober,…

Three Christian theologians predicted Jesus would return in the year 500. One prediction was based on the dimensions of…wait for it…Noah’s ark. Pope Sylvester II predicted the end of the world on the first day of January of the year 1000. In 1533, a mathematician calculated Judgment Day would begin at…

Love is the root of all we do. 1 If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.…

Noach Noah Introduction Last Torah portion we talked about the Bible being written in Hebrew Unless we study the Bible from the Hebrew perspective, we miss the whole message of redemption, the significance imbedded in it Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Genesis 6:9-11:32 But will only cover…

Introduction: Pastor and theologian John MacArthur discusses three popular ways of viewing the world throughout history. The first being the cyclical view. This is one that is common in Eastern thought such as Hinduism in which there is a continual cycle of death and rebirth - reincarnation. This cyclical…

(object lesson: lamp from the family farm) This morning we come to an interesting pair of parables that, taken by themselves, are something that a lot of commentaries and books on the parables largely seem to skip, avoid, or leave by the wayside for a few reasons. But by in large, they don’t hit on the…

Counter-Cultural Hope It seems to me that we Christians have, over the last century or so, robbed ourselves of one of the greatest and most desirable joys that we can have in life and in our witnessing to non-believers. Something that, rightly understood, sets us apart from the world around us and should…

Introduction This Torah Portion goes from Numbers 8:1-12:16 In our previous Torah Portion we spoke about Numbers 8:1-4 in the context of the rapture This week, we will talk about the Torah Portion, regarding The Set Up of the Lamps in the Lampstand: Menorah And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: “Speak…

Morning 24th April 2022

Intro ; A couple of weeks ago I was told by a church member that I had skipped some scriptures while preaching through the Gospel of Mark. I told him I would be coming back to it after Easter, but I was thankful that someone noticed. So today we came back to that scripture found in Mark 13 . But before…

Introduction : If you have your Bible, let me invite you to open with me to the book of Mark chapter 9. If you do not have a copy of God’s word just slip up your hand and one of our church members will be glad to bring you one. We will begin reading in Mark 9:42-50 here in just a moment. Before we turn…

Understanding who is He ? 1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 13 Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.…

“He Is” our coming King our hope The Lord of Peace The New Intrepreter’s Bible commentary : Tension between “what God has done through Jesus’ death and resurrection” and “awaits the object of hope: resurrection, full adoption as heirs, full conformity to Christ.” Four consequences of this tension: Redemption…

Introduction Love for books - all sorts of books in my library. Most odd is books on funerals. Do a lot of them. Meeting with different families - all kinds of families. The biggest difference is the faith of the deceased. When they were and the family is, there is a spirit of hope and peace. When they…

1 “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “ ‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Seven Spirits of God: Robert Thomas There the conclusion was that the title is a reference to the…