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Introduction Romans explains everything 1-5 life outside of Christ, 6— life for those in Christ 1–5: Sinful world. Out there, gets out of hand. Perversion celebrated. Dobbs took mask off—Melania, Amendment 3. Why? Romans 1 Not just out there—in my heart. Don’t love God, don’t want to submit to His rule.…

Introduction Good morning all. We have been working through Paul’s letter to Timothy as he charges him to set right some issues that had developed in the church. He sent Timothy a letter of encouragement and correction for the church to conduct themselves in a righteous and God honoring way. One of the…

Introduction Me We Romans 6:1-14 1 What should we say then? Should we continue in sin so that grace may multiply? 2 Absolutely not! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or are you unaware that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we were buried…

Knowing what it is we here at Hickory Corners Bible Church believe and how it is we operate is important. HCBC Basics is a condensed class to look at our statement of faith, and how it is we apply what we believe to our church life. This session will focus on Godly living in this present age.

Abraham: Following God's Promise

Good Morning. It is always a good day to be in the house of the lord. This morning we will be wrapping up this series that we have been going through in John Chapter 6. Next week we will begin a new series on Revelation. This morning lets dig back into this passage of scripture. 51 I am the living bread…

There is a certain challenge when working as carefully and as intimately through Scripture as we do here in Christian Life Hour, in that such an examination can at times be in danger of missing the general theme or context of the larger passage. For indeed, many have failed to see the line of Scripture,…

Introduction (5 minutes) Welcome and Setup : Briefly greet the online audience, explaining the format and how they can interact through comments or reactions during the stream. Overview of Today’s Topic : Highlight the centrality of the resurrection in Christian theology and its practical implications…

“ Spiritual Maturity is, in a sense, the state of responsibility .” It was quoted like this “the state of being mentally and emotionally well-developed, and therefore responsible: I like the way former columnist Ann Landers put it: Landers wrote that people display maturity in patience, perseverance,…

Kids illustration dying to Sin I want to illustrate something for the church this morning and I think one of you could help me. I need someone who can hold there breath I need someone who can stay stiff like a board when I tilt them like I was baptizing them I need someone who can make a motion to indicate…

To Judge or Not to Judge 1 Corinthians 4:1–13 (ESV) 1 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human…

Spiritual Beings Last week we finished up our study on spiritual beings where we have been doing a deep dive in the bible to study the elohim. We studied God, who is the Elohim of elohim. Then we learned about the divine council. Next we tried to get a better understanding of some of the most misunderstood…

GOAL — That hearers rejoice to know that, just as God loves and is pleased with His Son, Jesus; therefore, He loves and is pleased with us who are baptized into Christ. MALADY — We sometimes see baptism as nothing more than a tradition, or we are able live any way we wish, now that we are baptized. MEANS…

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…

Good morning. I am glad that we can be here together and that we are able to gather and to worship together. We continue this morning our study of the book of 1 John. John is an author that we look to for a lot of deep theological points. He informs a lot of theology that we have in the church. Now I…

A Life Transformed by the Resurrection of Jesus Christ 1 Corinthians 15:3–6 (ESV) 3 For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,…

Review John prophesied that Christ would baptize with the Spirit - Matthew 3:11 , etc. Jesus promised that He would baptize with the Spirit - John 7:39 ; Acts 1:4-5 , etc. Christ kept His promise - Acts 2 After Pentecost, only an apostle of Jesus Christ could pray for someone to be baptized with the…

55 “O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work…

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that…

Intro Last week we spoke about , Hope, Peace,Joy and Love The same topics that we preach during Advent - leading up to Christmas Paul now moves from Justification ( our standing with God) to Sanctification Growing and being more like Jesus. This Chapter really deals with “Freedom”. Lets read it and talk…

A new era When the Day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from heaven, as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting. Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each…

Introduction Romans = Doctrine. This is the notion in the Christian world when they hear about the book of Romans. In other words, the belief in the Church today is that the book of Romans is full of doctrine. It is true that Romans teach us about doctrine. But it is not a book about doctrine itself.…

1. Physical baptism as a likeness a. Likeness of death, burial, & resurrection b. Identification with Christ c. Demonstration of newness of life 2. Spiritual baptism into the body a. By the Holy Spirit — at salvation b. One body , one Spirit , one baptism 3. Importance and necessity of baptism a. First…

SET APART - 4 INTRODUCTION . 1 What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace may increase? 2 May it never be! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we…

Why is the Jesus’ resurrection from the dead so important? In order to understand the importance of the resurrection, you must also understand the doctrine of our union with Christ. Scripture teaches that when a person is born again, when they place their faith in Christ alone to receive God’s free gift…