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Following the Call: The Journey of Discipleship Bible Passage: John 1:35–39 , John 1:43 , Matthew 4:18–22 , John 15:15 Summary: This sermon explores the stages of discipleship, highlighting the initial call to follow Jesus, the journey of growing deeper in relationship with Him, and the eventual invitation…

If you were to stand before God, and He were to ask you this question, “ Why should I let you into Heaven ,” how would you respond? How would you answer? How Would You Answer? Through out the years, I have posed that situation/that question to numbers of people and, in response, I have received three…

As a contrast to the false teachers, Paul describes the training and teaching of a "good servant of Christ Jesus"

Intro De-holifying the word “Ministry”. Let us dispose of the idea that one enters “ministry” when one gets paid. Personal charges to Timothy, relevant to all Church leaders, and good for all of us to follow in our own context. Good Servants Speak Truth v6 Paul is going to make a string of commands to…

Introduction An apostate is one who has abandoned the faith that they once professed. We live in a world of many apostates. We see countless examples of those who seemed like legitimate believers but turned out to be fakes. Joshua Harris is one such man who is a glaring example of this. He wrote the…

For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 1. A thriving church will relentlessly carry…

Introduction 1 Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons, 2 through the hypocrisy of liars whose consciences are seared. 3 They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created…

Introduction I usually preach from a different text outside of the book that I am currently preaching through when I preach on Resurrection Sunday. However, this year the Lord gave me a Scripture right in stride through our study of 1 Timothy. This Scripture fits right in for today’s remembrance and…

Order of Service Welcome Hymn - CHRIST, FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW (593) Psalm Reading I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you. You who have made me see many troubles and calamities will revive me again; from the depths of the earth you will…

Introduction Last week we began looking at Satan as our adversary. He is the accuser of the believers. It’s good for us to be able to identify our enemy, but we also need to know how he operates. A lot of people like movies about espionage. Spies are mysterious and move in and out among the crowds often…

Introduction This letter is a letter written from one man to another. From a mentor to a student. In many ways like a father to a son. 1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope: 2 To Timothy, my true son in the faith. Grace, mercy, and peace from…

Introduction New theme for May is “How to Study the Bible” - which is essential for our 2024 theme of “Spiritually Mature in Truth” Today we’re studying how to be a doer and not just a hearer of the word To do that we will look to James who provides an comparison of reading the Bible and looking into…

Intro Kids? What If I came into your bedroom and just started moving furniture around? Moving your stuff from here to there and making rude remarks about what it looks like? Everybody, what would you do if I came into your house and started saying “Ooh, that picture shouldn’t go there. If only we could…

Opening Prayer: Heavenly Father, As we gather here today, we come before You with hearts open and minds ready to receive Your truth. We thank You for the privilege of worshiping You in spirit and in truth. Guide us as we delve into Your Word and help us to grow closer to You through our worship. In Jesus'…

Review Proverbs 4:23 tells us to keep our hearts with all diligence. We learned to guard our hearts from two things: Heretical deception People claim to speak on God’s behalf today, but we must compare what we hear with Scripture. If what someone is saying is popular, chances are, it is not of God, it…

Review Last week we shifted our focus in our study and looked at what the Old Testament says about guarding our hearts - our inner man. We sought to answer two questions: What happens when we don’t guard our hearts? It begins with a complacent mind It proceeds with a careless mind It worsens with a contaminated…

Un-Thankful Diner There is an old movie titled “A Man called Peter” Much to my surprise, it’s not about Peter , Jesus friend and disciple. It’s about a man named Peter who lived some 80 years ago. Peter Marshall was born in Scotland. As a young man he worked in the mines by day and went to school at…

Always Giving Thanks Means that our lives should reflect that we are grateful for all things. Always giving thanks means that we know that what we have, what we experience, what we see, how we live, what we have, our time, talents and testimony, etcetera and etcetera, is a mindset based on a heart-set…

Morning 12 november 23

Guest Preacher: Chris Stukenberg Reputation: Honoring Behavior – 10/29/23 Title Slide The church has a bad wrap Problem: Our reputation is self-inflicted and in many ways deserved – why? Pray 14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how…

Morning 29 October 23

Introduction Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. We all understand that in ordered to be physically…

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils; Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath…

Morning 15 october 23

Intro - Is anybody fired up to be in church today? Give God some noise... Goal - Know… Believe and live the truth… So today we will learn some truth about spiritual warfare. “There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence.…