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Ephesians 4:7–11 (KJV 1900) 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ. 8 Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts unto men. 9 (Now that he ascended, what is it but that he also descended first into the lower…

INTRODUCTION Living Above The Darkness The letter Paul writes to the Ephesians church and the churches surrounding the Ephesian church is, how to live above the seemingly endless darkness. How to talk the talk the walk the walk. For those of you just joining us on this journey - The Letter is broken…

1 This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that…

Vision Sunday Good Morning New City Church. It’s Vision Sunday. What’s Vision Sunday? Its a day to look back. To look back at the faithfulness of God And to look forward to the fulfillment of God. 8 “Remember this and be brave; take it to heart, you transgressors! 9 Remember what happened long ago, for…

“Endurance Part #2” Last week we took some time to address the fact that this Christian race that we call life is not always easy. There are many days where we as believers can grow weary and tired. There are many believers who get sidetracked and weighed down by the sinful darts thrown their way by…

Today, we are concluding our series, “This Thing Called Life” ~ we have been exploring the ways how living for Jesus is to IMPACT our everyday LIVES. We have been reminded that Jesus is more than a religious philosophy or ideology—Jesus came to offer us abundant LIFE. LIFE — What are we doing with our…

I’d like to take a moment to address and clarify some things from last week’s discussion during our Fellowship & Focus hour. I just a heads up - we won’t be taking questions or comments right now for the sake of time, as well as to give people time to think about this. But, if you do have any questions…

Now here we have a passage of Scripture, which for the sake of a sermon we have entitled Perfecting the Saints. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus made a rather shocking statement. He said, 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. “Be ye therefore perfect even as…

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…

Intro : This morning we talked about how Christ has put us together as a team with the pastor as the coach under the authority of God [ Owner of the team ], and the congregation as the players and we are training under His game plan [ Bible ] to win the spiritual championship of life in Christ. Tonight…

When we’re on fire… When we are prepared... When we are laser focused… We are deployed. My first message in this series on our purpose as a church was on being disciplined believers. Setting controlled burns in our life - specific things that we would do on purpose, for a purpose. Things that we actually…

Introduction 13 Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14 And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15 He said to them, “But who do you say that I…

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through…

Ephesians 4:7-32 Good morning church! Open your Bibles with me to Ephesians chapter 4. In the first 3 chapters, Paul tells us all of the awesome things God has done for us, and who we are in Christ Jesus. Last week we spent our entire service talking about the topic of unity, which Paul introduced in…

I appreciate the music that our worship leaders pick up, purposefully leading us to look away from the craziness of this world and look to God. We are blessed to have musicians who take this responsibility seriously. Some churches have leaders who just throw a few songs together. Some churches don’t…

3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself…

How would you define love? There was a movie made by Disney over 14 years ago, with a song called: How does she know that you love her. How does someone show love? I realize that I am late to the ball game for this sermon. Every September or October, I set aside a week to prepare my preaching calendar…

Well, for the last four weeks, we have been chatting together about who we are? We are Christian – why. We are Protestant – why. We are Reformed – why? We have been looking at the biblical basis for the church. This week we will take a big-picture look at what God has been doing throughout history and…

Secular - Thanks to a very healthy lifestyle, a married couple live well into their 100s One day they are both killed in a tragic accident, and go to heaven. On the first morning, they go up to God and ask where the gym is. "Gym?" God replies, "you don't need to go to the gym here, you'll always be in…

Who are you? The case for membership is certainly an unusual one. Many reject the concept because we do not have clear passages in the Scripture that clearly define church membership. And they are correct. There is no Scripture passage that says “thou shalt practice church membership” To make matters…

9 He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. 10 For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced,…

Ephesians 4:1–15 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body, and…

Good Fences Keep Good Neighbors When our relationships are out of balance, it’s often because someone expects you to be God. They expect you to take responsibility for some area in their life that they should be taking responsibility for. Be God in my money. I’ve got financial problems. You solve them.…

We are reminded that God graciously gives us one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God. We are encouraged to act in a way that reflects the unity we have in Christ.

There are few things that are both more foundational to our experience as Christians and more difficult to maintain than the act of meeting together with other Christians. Even in a society where Christianity is not met with active persecution, meeting together requires substantial effort. Is it worth it? Why do we bother? What is the purpose of meeting together and why should we prioritise it? Join us as we explore the first of our Church Practices.