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What is more attractive than God’s family? Those who are saved by grace through faith in Jesus are given a new family. Series: What is more attractive? Than God’s family Than corporate worship Than serving together Than learning at the feet of Jesus Than the gospel Therefore remember that at one time…

Intro Paul’s First Letter to Timothy Paul is an apostle, responsible for taking the Gospel to the gentiles, including to a place called Ephesus (now on the western coast of Turkye) Timothy is something of a protege to Paul, a younger church leader who has been sent to Ephesus to get things in good order…

Introduction The church is called to care for the entire flock. Churches today seem to care a lot about children and their programming is oftentimes geared toward children and youth. It is absolutely imperative that we do care for the next generation and that our hearts should be set on training them…

Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. Honor widows who are truly widows. But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household…

Exodus 20:12 Ephesians 6:1-3 When we began this study we looked at the time when Jesus was asked by one of the Scribes what is the greatest commandment. 36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy…

Ephesians 6:1-4 We have been looking at the home the last few weeks. We looked at the need to live self-sacrificially in the home. If we live for ourselves, we will have a very miserable home. But if we life sacrificially for God and each other, we will have a God honoring, and loving home. We then looked…

A man in 1580’s England came up with a saying “A fool and his money soon part.” He didn’t come up with that idea. It comes from the Bible. 20 Precious treasure and oil are in the dwelling of a wise person, but a fool consumes them. That’s an Old Testament way of saying, “A fool and his money soon part.”…

Salvation is offered to all equally, but circumstance like gender, age, family, and role DO impact the ways we relate to each other.

Intro: When I remembered that today was Father’s Day, I started to debate whether or not to continue through our Daniel Study… and I decided that it might be nice to have a little change of pace and do a message that is geared towards the father’s in our congregation. Last October, for Pastor appreciation,…

# Title: Family Matters # Passage: I Timothy 5:1-16 # Introduction: "Did I do that?" This was the famous line from the hit 90's tv show Family Matters. The character was Steve Urkel, the nerdy neighbor to the Winslow family. He was always coming around trying to get in their good graces because of his…

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from every lawless deed and purify for Himself His own special people, zealous for good works. Called to Good Works This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain…

Deuteronomy 1:1-3:22 REVIEW We completed the book of Bamidbar - in the wilderness / Numbers From that book, we will continue to speak about common themes in Deuteronomy/ Devarim Distorted Thinking Today very predominant We talked about the prophetic significance of the Golden Calf - idolatry We will…

Command and teach these things. Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. Do not neglect the gift you have, which was given…

1 Timothy 5 Baby Dedication! Now you guys know that Baby Dedications are one of my favorite things I get to do as your pastor! This one is going to take me a few minutes, for a couple of reasons. The first is that I know that there are some people here this morning that have never seen anything like…

Introduction: Today is mothers day - the day that we as a people celebrate and honor moms. In honor of this day - Forbes magazine suggests that over 32 Billion dollars will be spent on gifts and services for moms. It’s a big day. Tomorrow is my mommas birthday - which really just means that she gets…

Recap: Simeon And when the time came for their purification according to the Law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every male who first opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord”) and to offer a sacrifice according to…

The Gift of Hope Do you ever feel like Charlie Brown? In the midst of the Christmas decorations that have been up since Halloween, the Christmas songs stuck in your head, the lights and shopping and cookies and parties—do you ever want to just stand up and shout in exasperation like Charlie Brown, “Isn’t…

There is a certain destruction that comes from false teaching. And especially people who are described by.., “They profess to know God, but they deny Him with their works.” Not only does it destroy a church, but it turns lost people away from God. The 19th century German philosopher, Heinrich Heine,…

04/09/22

Intro: I find father’s day quite a difficult day to preach. There are lots of reasons – first is the great diversity in our various experience of our own fathers. Some here today had wonderful, affectionate, Godly fathers and so today is a day of warmth and celebration and thankfulness, while others…

Intro: The title of this morning’s message is very short and to the point… Don’t be Lazy! Here are a few things said about lazy people: “He always does an honest day’s work—of course, it usually takes him a week to do it.” “He’s so lazy they named a shoe after him—the loafer.” “He’s so lazy, if he woke…

15 “But what about you?” he asked. “Who do you say I am?” 16 Simon Peter answered, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.” 17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are…

Who Is In Charge? What is Sovereignty? “The doctrine of God’s providence is rooted in the doctrine of God’s sovereignty” sove REIGN ty- God’s undisputed authority and rule over every aspect of His creation. 1. God Can do Anything ( Gen. 18:14 ) 2. God Makes Everyone ( Ex. 4:11 ) 3. God Can Do Everything…

Honor in the Household of God. Joe covered this last week and our passage today continues the theme of the household of God. Today we look at honoring widows and taking care of them the right way. James writes of the importance of this ministry in his letter: 26 If anyone thinks he is religious and does…

In the Household of God What does someone see when they walk into our church? Imagine, if you will, stepping up to these doors for your very first time. Maybe you’re a bit intimidated because you don’t know what to expect. And as you walk into the foyer, you come across Bill. Now, Bill regularly greets…