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Good Morning, turn with me in your Bible to Luke chapter 5. One of the things you may have noticed throughout the last few weeks as the Lord began His earthly ministry is how Luke shows us over and over again the Lord’s total victory and power over everything. Jesus defeated Satan and the temptations…

I. NO PARTIALITY Acts 10:34–35 (ESV) — 34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, 35 but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him. 34 So Peter opened his mouth and said: “Truly I understand that God shows no partiality,…

Let me encourage you to finish reading chapter 9. I want to skip down to chapter 10 and look at a story that is very important to all of us Gentiles. As we study the gospel message of Jesus Christ, it is important that we understand that this message is for all people. The story of Cornelius is a very…

Review Saul and Peter were two men who learned to bloom wherever God planted them. They each had their time of preparation. They each learned to be content where God had them in that moment. They each learned valuable lessons as they prepared for the next step that God had in their lives. While Saul…

Easter and Christmas are probably the most significant days in the Christian faith. The birth of Jesus and His resurrection, major components of the gospel. Instead of spending just one week focusing on the Easter event, I wanted us to spend a few weeks after Easter reflecting on the resurrection and…

God Himself There are many words of comfort found in scripture. This morning, I am going to focus on two words found together often in scripture, “but God”. Now these two words at times indicate God was ruling against humanity, and in other cases they show his great mercy towards humanity. The Bible…

Good Morning. We have gathered together to witness today to the fact that Jesus has risen from the Grave. This is the moment that we get to celebrate that Jesus is Lord and we celebrate our salvation through him. WE are to be a witness to this. Have you ever had to be a witness to an accident, or a crime.…

Is God worth my time? How much of my time am I willing to give to God? Once a week? Once a day? All day? Every moment of the day? What if we were to be challenged to focus on God all day? Before and during every conversation, or decision? Often times we say that we don’t see the things of God, but how…

Secular - A pair of missionaries arrived in a distant village determined to share the gospel. The villagers were known for their hospitality, so the missionaries were invited to dinner with the village chief. During the meal, the chief asked, “What brings you here?” One missionary said, “We’ve come to…

The Truth about Healing Introduction Welcome to the first week of our four-part series where we're going to tackle some major lies that have been circulating in the body of Christ about healing. Today, we're focusing on the first lie: "God puts sickness and disease on you. Let me tell you right off the…

Today is Pentecost Sunday . It the day we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Early Church to STAY. Some churches recognize it as being part of the Christian Calendar with no relevance for today. I was raised in a good church, but it was a church that didn’t really celebrate Pentecost like…

Welcome Good morning everyone. Today in the Gospel Story sermon series we are going to see in important step in the process of spreading the gospel, the message of Jesus, to the entire world. Up to this point in the book of Acts, we have largely seen the disciples ministering to other Jewish people.…

Matthew 28:20 (ESV) — 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” I. TO DO WHAT HE PROMISES Genesis 28:15 (ESV)…

Your circle Your Circle Your Witness Your Disciple Your Family Pray Book of Acts Recap: Jesus ascends The disciples receive the Holy Spirit The Gospel is preached and 3,000 are saved The church grows and the Gospel spreads The church has a problem Godly men, including Stephen and Philip are chosen to…

Today is a special day for us, as we will be celebrating the baptism of 3 people. We first see baptism in the New Testament when John the Baptist begins his ministry. And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside…

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you…

Welcome Prayer Introduction: Last week we looked at Acts 10:1-35 and saw how God opened Peter’s thinking to understand that the Gospel wasn’t just for the Jews, and, we applied it to ask ourselves who, in our lives, do we treat like Peter and the early Church treated the Gentiles. Additionally, we pondered…

36 “Therefore let all Israel be assured of this: God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” 37 When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” 38 Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one…

We were in New York City a couple of weeks ago, and at one point I was riding a bus from LaGuardia airport to our hotel in Queens. As a Jesus follower, I want to consider others better than myself, and make room for others, so I went to the back of the bus, took a window seat, and piled my bags on my…

For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. Those who are in the flesh cannot please God. You, however, are not in the flesh but in the…

Mission - be witnesses (martyrs) Method - Prayer & Proclamation Means - Holy Spirit Opposition Attacks from without Attacks from within Prejudice Mahatma Gandhi shares in his autobiography that in his student days in England he was deeply touched by reading the Gospels and seriously considered becoming…

OPENING: Vayak’hel - Pekudei TORAH: Ex. 35:1 ––40:38 I will dwell among the children of Israel and will be their God. My tabernacle also shall be with them; indeed I will be their God, and they shall be My people. All the way around shall be eighteen thousand cubits; and the name of the city from that…

Exodus 30:11-34:35 Review TORAH GPS I Do Mishpatim 10 Words Cornerstone Prism Ephod 144000 Introduction While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primal dust of the world. When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep, When He established…

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God. Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering…

Why are we baptized in water after salvation? Because it draws out for us a vivid, memorable picture for us of our union with Jesus Christ in His death, burial, and resurrection. Because it confesses that new union we have with Jesus Christ as a declaration to other believers. Because it demonstrates our commitment to being obedient to our Lord and Savior.