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This Week’s Theme: Purposed Restored Word for the Week is Restoration: The returning of something or someone to their original state. Through the redeeming work of Jesus Christ, both humanity and creation will eventually be restored. Memory verse: Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any…

As far as church buildings are concerned, we customarily distinguish decisively between the sanctuary and the fellowship hall. But in one sense the Christian church as a whole is not only a sanctuary or holy place but also a fellowship hall. For all Christians are in FELLOWSHIP WITH GOD Through the Confession…

Is the act of repentance an evidence of faith, an evidence of salvation, or is it a required element of salvation? To answer this three-part question we need to start by defining the terms of “ repentance ”, “ faith ” and “ salvation ”. “Repentance is an act of acknowledging past wrongdoing, expressing…

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…

Lamp Illustration: How many of you like my lamp? It is a nice lamp. When I look at this lamb, in my mind I see something that will shine bright for me to see. It will illuminate everything around me. (Try to turn lamp on) Nothing happens. The bulb is here, the wiring is fine, everything seems to be in…

Mark 7:31–37 (NIV84) 31 Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. 32 There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged him to place his hand on the man. 33 After he took him aside,…

The Hypostatic Union In a previous week we addressed the topic of Jesus as the Son of God, and Jesus as the Son of man. We even covered “why it was necessary for the redeemer to be God?” And why it was necessary for the redeemer to be man?’ Today will involve the next logical question from that - How…

Secular - Some Box Puns: When a person is putting a box together, they use tape and stick to the job. When a person is unpacking a box, the stuff gets injured because it’s laid out after being boxed earlier. Boxes aren’t good at poker because the cardboard folds easily. The person taping a box together…

1 John 3:1-7 3 And all who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure. 1 John 1:7 From Easter through to Pentecost we are visiting 1 John. Last week our reading came from 1 John 1 - and I highlighted 1 John 1:7 - 7 but if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship…

The Lord’s Supper If you have trusted in Christ in save you from your sins, then you are welcome to participate. There are at least three things that you ought to do during this time: Examine yourself and confess known sin - commit to getting right with someone else after the service if necessary Remember…

Last week we saw the creation of the New Testament church, where the inital 3,000 were saved and others added to their numbers weekly. I’ve often wondered how it would feel to keep the baptistry full every week just anticipating new converts weekly… It’s not beyond our abilities, it’s definitely not…

Secular - A priest and a baptist are in a car crash and it's pretty bad. Both of their cars are totaled but neither one of them is hurt. After they crawl out of their cars, the baptist says, "So you're a priest. That's interesting; I'm a baptist preacher. Wow, just look at our cars! There's nothing left…

Thanksgiving … for being here Next Sunday Christ the King… celebration of our being a part of the GMC Thanks to Clyde and Pastor Phyllis Today as you could tell by our scripture reading, we are getting back into our study of the book of Acts. Went home… mom not well… visited her in the hospital… met…

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? What happened? When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest…

The Power of His Name "Good morning again. Imagine for a moment you were given a key. This key is not ordinary. It has the power to open doors that no other key can open, doors that lead to freedom, healing, salvation, and countless other blessings. However, there's one condition: you must use this key…

Today we will be studying Acts 3 and 4, where Peter and John share the gospel with the crowds at the temple after a lame man is healed. If you notice, your Bible likely has a heading: “Peter Heals a Lame Beggar”. This is an unfortunate heading choice. Why? Well, let’s study and find out. And, while we…

Main Idea Speak Life at all costs Happy New Year! Can you believe it is already 2023? New Year has always been a time of new beginnings. We naturally assess the year that has just passed and do our best to craft a fresh start with new possibilities, new goals, and new perspectives. As we make these new…

Good morning! If I have not had the pleasure of meeting you my name is John and I serve Mission Church as the Senior Pastor. I am honored and humbled to be with you this morning… especially as we continue our current sermon series through the book of Ruth entitled, “From Ruin to Redemption.” The story…

Welcome... Introduce self... Pray... Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a man lame from birth was being carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple that is called the Beautiful Gate to ask alms of those entering the temple. Seeing Peter…

We've come to the end of Acts and we summarised it from the perspective that it's a Spirit-empowered, boundary-crossing GROWTH story. It encourages us in our faith journey of growth, and as we boldly share the gospel.

Main Idea Jesus is exalted despite man’s efforts to reject Him and still calls His enemies to Himself. Today, I want to begin by discussing light filters. Videographers and Photographer’s use transparent colored film that they attached over their lights so that they can achieve a particular, visual outcome.…

Are You The Real Deal? Or Are You Counting Cards? 1 Now Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. This story would’ve spread among the early Christians as a separate story- one that begins to verify ALL that had been happening already. The early Christians were…

Main Theme Agents of Restoration: The Spirit-filled church imparts what it has The Fourfold Gospel of Jesus According to the Christian and Missionary Alliance, Jesus is: Savior 12 And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”…

The Christian mission mandates the Christ Event be proclaimed passionately and compassionately in the public square.

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…