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What is modesty? Websters definition of modesty 1: the quality of not being too proud or confident about yourself or your abilities. 2: propriety in dress, speech, or conduct 1 Timothy 2:9–10 (ESV) 9 likewise also that women should adorn themselves in respectable apparel, with modesty and self-control,…

Evening 19th June 2022

The responsibility and Qualifications for the office of Pastor.

Welcome... Introduce Self... Pray... Heavenly Father, we thank you for the Christmas season and the opportunity to remember that you came near to us. I thank you for the freedom we enjoy to gather and worship you. I thank you for each person her this morning. I pray for all those who are sick, that you…

Ageing is mandatory; Maturity is optional! It has been well said that every single 24 hour period, every single one of us adds a day to our age. It’s mandatory. However... how much emotional and spiritual maturity is added to us in any given period is very much optional. Growth in emotional and spiritual…

CALL AS APOSTLES 12 In these days he went out to the mountain to pray, and all night he continued in prayer to God. 13 And when day came, he called his disciples and chose from them twelve, whom he named apostles: 14 Simon, whom he named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip,…

Some of the rules that we are going to see today from God’s Word for men and women in the church are not just mere rules. Why? Because they reflect the sort of difference and complementary design God has had for us His image bearers from the very beginning. In fact, this is exactly the ground work that…

Acts 20:13-38 Good morning everyone. It is great to be back. I have really missed seeing you all and worshipping our great God together. Thanks for your prayers, encouragement, messages and meals. I’ve been thankful for the body of Christ here at Epping. 1. Introduction Well there’s a famous book written…

1 Timothy 2:9-3:16 Good morning church! Growth groups are beginning again very soon and will run from the first week in May through the last week in June. We will be taking a break then for the summer and resuming our midweek bible study here at the church on Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm. So we have…

Subtitle: Perfect Preaching Provokes Punishment Big Idea: Jesus, the Perfect Preacher, Provoked some of his listeners to want to kill him Last week, we began to look at this passage, where Jesus is in the synagogue and reads from Isaiah and tells the people that He is the Servant Isaiah prophesied. This…

Intro Hook? Dear brothers and sisters of Christ at Flooding Creek, I have a heartfelt and pointed message for you today. All preaching should be ideally heartfelt and directed personally at you as listeners, but today has a heightened focus because it concerns our future as a local church. God brings…

Exodus 18:1-20:23 In our last Torah Portion Beshalach - When Set forth Send 8938 שָׁלַח ( šā·lǎḥ ): v.; ≡ Str 7971; TWOT 2394— 1. LN 15.34–15.74 (qal) send out , The Torah is the manual how to serve God- gives a sense of direction, like a compass W/o direction you do not know where you are going or what…

9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. 10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced,…

5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you— 6 if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. 7 For an overseer,…

Good vs. Evil idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit…

I. Paul A. Paul’s Calling 1. Called for Christ. 1 tim 1 1 “1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,” Born Saul: 5 circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the…

VII.THE CHURCH: We believe in the one true Church, the body and bride of Christ ( Eph.1:22-23 ; 5:25-32 ), composed of all true believers of the present age ( 1 Cor. 12:12-13 ); and the organization of its members in local churches for worship, for edification of believers, and for world-wide gospel…

Is there a call to ministry? What is a biblical calling? One thing that is NOT a calling to vocational ministry Spiritual need- the perception of need does not constitute a call. 6 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.…

1 Timothy 2:8-3:9 Good morning Church! I want to welcome you all here this morning. If you are brand new here, especially if you were with us last weekend, you might be looking around wondering in fear if you missed the rapture with all of our godly women, well not all, but the majority of our women…

Intro; Every 3-6 months I hand out a Self-Evaluation Form for Church Leadership to my deacons. I do not ask them to fill it out and return it, but to sincerely consider the questions. This statement is at the bottom of the page. As you honestly consider these questions, I pray you reflect upon your answers…

As we turn our attention to God’s Word today, you need to know that this sermon is a bit out of ordinary for what we usually do here. 95% of the time we are walking through portions of Scripture chapter by chapter and verse by verse, mining the goodness of God’s Word. Right now we are in a sermon series…

Big Idea: To be a leader of God’s holy and dearly beloved people a man must be gripped by the gospel, transformed by the gospel and competent to instruct others in the gospel. Holy Ambition - A target for all God’s people I’m not sure how your ambitions have changed as the years have gone by. Someone…

1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work. 11 And He Himself gave some to be apostles, some prophets, some evangelists, and some pastors and teachers, 12 for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ,…

Intro: I love my brother, he is a pretty awesome dude and I have the privileged to see him grow up in life. Look my brother is not a saint by any means and he would be the first to admit this. Hey bro if your watching, love ya man, but I am going to tattle on ya a bit. He made just about every mistake…

Who does God task with leading His church? Pastor What is the Pastor’s church role? The pastor’s church job description is? For many within the church, the answer will vary greatly. They lead worship service. They offer an invitation. They shake peoples hand after service. They visit the sick and shut-ins.…