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Let’s pray: My message comes this morning from the book of Acts chapter 1. 4 While he was with them, he commanded them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father’s promise. “Which,” he said, “you have heard me speak about; 5 for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy…

Growing In Grace and Truth (2) 2 Peter WARNING – 2 Peter 2:18-19 Central Truth: There is N othing B etter than G rowing C loser to God! 2 Peter 1:3-11 Peter’s P urpose : To see believers G row in G race and K nowledge of God! > 2 Peter 1:2 and 3:18 Answers to the N egative : 1:1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10-11, 19,…

One thing that last 1 Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), 2 that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandment of us, the apostles of the Lord and Savior, 3 knowing this…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

Series: Growing in Grace Text : 2 Peter 3:17-18 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both…

Heavenly Father, we come before You with humble hearts, aware of the reality of Your coming judgment. Open our minds and hearts to understand Your Word today. Help us to live with eternity in mind, striving for holiness and eagerly anticipating the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. May Your Spirit guide…

Announcements Silas’ Recovery Thank you for your prayers. We definitely saw the hand of God at work in how things transpired yesterday! We were back home by 8 PM. Silas is recovering nicely at home. He should be able to be back in school this next Monday. Estates @ Sugar Creek As of today, 4 homes have…

INTRODUCTION Last week be gained a greater understand of what grace is - God’s favorable (unmerited) actions towards man To obtained this Grace is through faith in our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Like God’s Grace, this faith exhibits action not just a mere concept. Thesis Statement : To grow in Grace…

The Waiting God 9 The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. Let us pray: These are Thy Words O Lord. Help us and sanctify us in the truth. Thy Word is truth. Amen. If patience…

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you soon. But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. And most certainly, the mystery of godliness…

1 The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments unto the apostles whom he had chosen: 3 To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible…

Intro; Last week we talked about Armageddon, the war of all wars where the Lord Jesus Christ returns to judge and make war with the Anti-christ, Beast, False Prophet and all those who have rejected Him as Savior at the end of the Great Tribulation. [ refs. Rev.6:12-17 , 16:12-16 , 19:11-20 ] Tonight…

2 Peter 3 Good morning Church! We are now returning to where we left off on our study of God’s Word. In the past couple weeks we examined the cross of Christ and the Resurrection of Christ. We looked at the foundations of our faith. Today we are continuing on teaching through the Scriptures so that we…

A new year begins tomorrow, one of my favorite cartoons about New Years day is this one from 2003: Ziggy 2003. Today, as we have in previous years, we’re going to spend time in prayer. I want to take the time I usually have to pray for each one of you, individually or as a family. That’s what we’re going…

The heart of the sin nature is selfishness. Because we are naturally selfish creatures we inevitably slide down the slippery slope of selfishness until we reach to the bottom of ingratitude. A young man with a bandaged hand approached the clerk at a post office. “Sir, could you please address this postcard…

Peter has a goal to remind the church of the reality of this world (beyond what it looks like or what we may be told) and of what has been told because there are those among us who will deny the reality of final judgement and the coming again of the Lord. 3:1-4 summarized In (10), Peter asserts that…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... At that time there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon. He was righteous and devout and was eagerly waiting for the Messiah to come and rescue Israel. The Holy Spirit was upon him and had revealed to him that he would not die until he had seen the Lord’s Messiah.…

Today we will be concluding the series of 2 Peter by urging us to be diligent, blameless, and faithful in our walk with Christ, and to grow in grace and knowledge until He returns. We are living in the last days, the days before the Lord Jesus Christ returns to judge the living and the dead, and to make…

As we continue to go through the 2nd Letter of Peter we find ourselves today in chapter 3. Peter says in vs.1 of this chapter Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), The purpose of this letter is to remind the believers of the truth…

We don’t really fear God’s word, because we don’t vividly comprehend God as He is! We don’t see a mighty roaring lion! Amos preached to the Northern Kingdom of Israel so that they might see clearly who God really was. Friends, how can we fear God’s roar? We must see Him as He is! What about God do we…

1 The word of the Lord that came to Zephaniah the son of Cushi, son of Gedaliah, son of Amariah, son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah. 2 “I will utterly sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the Lord . 20 At that time I will bring you in, at the…

Well Good Morning. Turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 1. 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. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the…

Like every generation of believers before us, we may be tempted at times to see the rampant evil in our world and wonder if God is ever going to close the chapter on this time and if the Day of the Lord will ever come. The early church sometimes wondered, too. In the second letter of Peter, he encourages…

Isaiah 65 Good evening church! One important announcement that I haven’t yet decided if I’ll announce on Sunday, or just let the Wednesday faithful know…next week is our last Wednesday night service for 10 weeks as we enter into our Growth Group Fall Kickoff. Since it is our last midweek service for…

Good morning, church. Today we are going to look at a passage from the second letter of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus and a leader of the early church. Peter wrote this letter to encourage Christians who were facing persecution and false teachings, and to remind them of the precious promises…