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16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not…

The broad message of Amos centers on the idea that God roars like a mighty lion in judgement because of sin. How do we take sin as seriously as God does? We must feel the powerful roaring of God’s voice because of sin! After a brief introduction to the prophet Amos in v. 1, right away in v. 2 God intends…

12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those…

Genesis 4 Read v 1-7 A “sinned and fallen short” family Adam and Eve’s sin Sin passed down to generations ( Gen 5:3 - made in the image of Adam) Pleasing Sacrifice Abel the rancher Cain the farmer ? Is blood sacrifice the issue? or attitude? Abel’s sacrifice was acceptable to God Cain’s sacrifice was…

Introduction This morning we are going to begin with the reading of the Text for this morning’s message. A couple Sunday’s ago while I was away, I was able to sit in another church and take in their process. One thing that stood out to me was the way in which they read the text. This morning in our series…

Today we are talking a bit about excuses to sin. Here is a couple of excuses for thing I thought were funny: When our new hire didn’t show up for work, I called her. She explained that her mother had passed away and that she would need a few days off for bereavement. “Of course,” I said. A week went…

You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink! Is a common saying and if you have ever had anything to do with horses you know that there is some truth to the statement. When I was young there was a period of time when we would go to a trail riding farm at Mooloolah in the Sunshine Coast…

Intro Pastor Filly ...... We have been talking a lot about faith in the last few weeks, do you think it might be important? If you have no faith , you have never experienced perfect peace. Scripture 1 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.…

TEXT: NAHUM There are 12 books that have been given this title of “Minor Prophets” Hosea Joel Amos Obadiah Jonah Micah Nahum Habakkuk Zephaniah Haggai Zechariah Malachi These 12 books cover a period of roughly 400 years. ILLUSTRATION : It’s hard to find a good sequel. As a kid I can remember when the…

Death is the Way to Life I don’t want anyone to think I don’t think life is valuable. Only God can create life. Anything else is just a pot full of chemicals. Life can come only through what God has designed in the core of our DNA. You can’t see it, you can’t make it, you can only manipulate it. Only…

11 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, 13 waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus…

We are picking up in Romans 5:12-21 today. Two weeks ago, we started Romans 5 , looking at the first 11 verses. We saw in those verses the gifts God has given to us, to those who have been justified by faith in Jesus. The Gift of Peace The Gift of Grace standing condemned, to standing in grace The Gift…

All the blessings which God hath bestowed upon man are of his mere grace, bounty, or favour; his free, undeserved favour; favour altogether undeserved; man having no claim to the least of his mercies. It was free grace that "formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into him a living soul,"…

Happy Mother’s day. Mom, the rest of the family it seems doesn’t appreciate all you do, but let me assure you… we know our very existence got started with you and seems to depend on you daily. If it weren’t for you… we wouldn’t exist… and we would have buried ourselves in dirty clothes and dishes way…

Galatians 1:6-10 As we look at the topic of Eternal Security we are going to spend the majority of our time looking at the truth according to the Word of God. However, there is something to be said about answering the concerned questions of those who oppose Eternal Security. Along the way we will look…

Genesis 4 Read v 1-7 A “sinned and fallen short” family Adam and Eve’s sin Sin passed down to generations ( Gen 5:3 - made in the image of Adam) Pleasing Sacrifice Abel the rancher Cain the farmer ? Is blood sacrifice the issue? or attitude? Abel’s sacrifice was acceptable to God Cain’s sacrifice was…

Two dangerous paths that God wants believers to avoid. Paul helps us carefully steer a safe course between the errors of legalism on the one side and licentiousness on the other. Legalism - earn or maintain God’s favor by means of my ability to keep his law (vv. 14-15). These kinds of people like to…

6 For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. 8 But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 9 Much…

It had taken David's adversaries a while to finally get him. He was tired of having to deal with them. He was tired of their malicious lies and slander. He was prepared for God to punish them severely. He therefore requested that their names be removed from the Book of the Living. Some people have expressed…

Who we were and Who we are. 16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”…

Imagine you are walking a narrow path between two pitfalls. One the one side is steep ravine with a raging river at the bottom, and on the other side a steep drop filled with jagged rocks. Your task is to safely navigate between the two dangers. There are two dangerous paths that God wants believers…

We all have choices we make in this world. Some choices impact others too. Can you think of a choice that impacted others beside yourself by the choice you made? God gave instructions, man did not follow instructions, man paid the consequences of their choice ( Gen2:15-17 , 3:1-7 , 3:23-24 ) So, please…

What do you abound in? What does the word abound mean? It is to exist in large numbers or amounts Biblical examples of abounding In lovingkindness and truth ( Exo34:6 ) exo34:6 “6 Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “ The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger,…

Helpless not hopeless- Continued We are helpless, like caught in a rip tide, but not hopeless for God has provided a skiff, a way out to be saved. Review quickly rip tide, lifeguard, skiff, accept the offer and be saved For we cannot save ourselves By Christs offer we have made peace with God and are…

If I am in Christ, I have been removed from the reign of sin, I have been transferred into the reign of grace!