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Matt. 13:1-8 ; 18-23 This parable is likely the best known of Jesus’ parables. Many refer to it as the parable of the sower. I like to think of it not just about the sower but also about the soil. In this parable ihe sower and the seed remain the same, the soil is what changes. This parable is recorded…

Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son. No one who denies the Son has the Father. Whoever confesses the Son has the Father also. Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides…

Big Idea: Those priveleged to be given faith must remain humble Subtitle: Our need for humility in Christ. Recap: Last week: Jesus tells them that suffering is coming. “Let these words sink into your ears: The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men.” But they did not understand this…

1 John 1 Good morning church! We are starting a new book this morning that I’m very excited about. It is another short one, only 5 chapters, I’m not yet 100% sure yet how long it is going to take us to get through, you guys know that I’m not 100% sure how far we are going to ever get today, but that’s…

Author: John This is the author of all three books. We will look at each book separately but there will be some overlap. The text does not specifically name the author. There is a claim of an eyewitness relationship. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our…

Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world. And the world is passing away, and the lust of it;…

John 14:15-18 We have begun a new series in which I have entitled “The Great Life.” The Great Life is the life that is yielded to the Holy Spirit. We studied last week the three types of Men: The Natural Man, the Carnal Man and the Spiritual Man. The Spiritual Man is the one who will be able to experience…

Balancing Love and Truth John was committed to the truth, there is no doubt about that. From the beginning we see him as a spiritually aware man who sought to know and follow the truth. When we first encounter John, both he and Andrew are disciples of John the Baptist. But like Andrew, John without hesitation…

Good afternoon! Today we are continuing in our current series looking at 1 John. In todays passage John addresses a crucial issue that was affecting the early Christian community: the presence of false teachers and their deceptive teachings. Just as the early believers faced challenges to their faith,…

24 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. What was heard from the beginning? 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked…

Last week we read the first half of 1 John 2 , and talked about knowing God and abiding in Him. The overall theme of the book is knowing who God is, believing in His Son Jesus Christ, and having assurance of eternal life. 15 Do not love the world nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world,…

“The Work of the Enemy” Pastor James Montgomery Boice once said, “Some sections of the Bible give us Grand Theology, some move us to Grateful Responses to God, the Parables ask us if there has been any Real Difference in our lives.” Is your life different today? In other words, as you pick up God’s Word…

Authority What is authority? Who has authority? Does everyone with authority use it for good? Who gives authority? Who is your authority? It seems like everything they are an authority on everything. I mean you can hardly get on FB without a middle schooler telling you how to fight inflation, or shoot…

During the French Revolution, there were three Christians who were sentenced to die by the guillotine. One Christian had the gift of faith, the other had the gift of prophecy, the other had the gift of helps. The Christian with the gift of faith was to be executed first. He was asked if he wanted to…

INTRODUCTION Honesty Defined truthfulness, sincerity freedom from deceit or fraud We can all agree, christian and non-christian, that a Bible-based Christian must be truthful, sincere, not deceitful, and definitely not perpetrating a fraud. Christians Must Be Honest Note title of lesson Play on “do as…

Living In The End Times # 6 1 John 2: 18-23 In our previous study John gave direction concerning spiritual victory for the believer. Regardless of our maturity level, we all need to grow in the Lord. Continued growth is essential in overcoming the difficulties we face. John knew the struggles present…

This is our 3rd week in the teaching portion of our EMPTY acronym, our flyover of the New Testament. It’s a 40,000 foot flyover, but its giving us a sense of the overarching message of redemption and seeing the connections of the New Testament back to the Old, and the flow of the story from Genesis on.…

Introduction Lets start with a passage out of the Johns 1st Letter 1 John 2:18 (NASB95) 18 Children, it is the last hour; ... Pastor Ben spoke last week about john and the early church bringing to light . Words like syncretism Gnosticism and Political Correctness We are not going to veer off from Bens…

A couple of Churches were having problems with some squirrels The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrel infestation. After much prayer and consideration, they concluded that the squirrels were predestined to be there, and they should not interfere with God’s divine…

Nitzavim Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 29:10-30:20 In our previous Torah portion we talked about Re’eh (beholding: a blessing, and a curse) We talked about having two choices related to obedience / disobedience = blessing / cursing Obedience to blessing We talked…

Introduction Torah Portion This Torah Portion goes from Deuteronomy 11:26-16:17 In our previous Torah portion we talked about consequences- Because; the heel - representing the walk; the difference between keeping and doing and the significance of numbers 2, 40 and the covenants of God - tablets We discussed…

Sometimes in life warning signs can be glaring in our face and so blatant that we must deal with them. And yet there are other times where they are subtle and we often miss them. A few weeks ago I went to a baseball game in Denver Colorado and outside the baseball park was a gentlemen who had a little…

Intro: Story of tickets we bought from a guy and the lady at the stadium told us they were fake. “You have to be careful who you trust these days.” There is only one we can place our trust in, and that is Yaweh. The one true God. So, how do we actually do this? That’s the question that so many people…

THE THREAT FROMN WITHIN Scripture Reading: Romans 8:1-9 1 Corinthians 3:1-4 When asked the question, “What is the greatest enemy of the local church?”, there would be a myriad of answers given. Many would be mistaken because they thing it was some evil thing out there. Some would say it is Humanism/Paganism…

Review of last sermon: I. Deceptive Intrusion We looked at the way in which Peter and all the NT writers, most importantly, Jesus himself identifies the deceptive qualities of False prophets and teachers. They are called wolves…in sheep clothing or as we laid out last time, they are psuedo-didaskos (teachers…