Text: John 3:1-8 The Kingdom is Open to All Jew or Gentile, young or old, etc. But one must be born again – even the Jews, God’s chosen people What is the New Birth? Of water and the Spirit Baptism – by water (Acts 8:36-38) and by the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13) Comparison between Physical […]
July 20, 2009
Correcting the Over-Zealous
Sometimes we’re guilty of speaking or acting before knowing what God expects. A Woman’s Praise of Mary (Luke 11:27-28)] She directed praise & attention to Mary Jesus directed the focus on hearing & obeying the word of God A Dinner Guest’s Statement about the Kingdom (Luke 14:15) Stated how wonderful it would be to be […]
July 8, 2009
Why God’s Commands Are Disregarded
Text: John 2:1-11 Excuses the servants could have given for not obeying Jesus: We Think It Won’t Work – God’s ways are wiser than ours (1 Corinthians 1:25) We Think It Isn’t Necessary – It is not up to us to determine what is or is not necessary (Matthew 28:18) It Is Not What We Are Used […]
July 8, 2009
What Love Will Lead Us to Do
Text: 1 John 3:18 Obey God (John 14:15; 1 John 5:3) Sacrifice Self (1 John 3:16) Put Others First (Romans 12:10; Philippians 2:3-4) Help Those in Need (1 John 3:17) Speak the Truth (Ephesians 4:15) Correct Error (2 Timothy 1:13; 4:2)
July 2, 2009
Examine Yourselves
Text: 2 Corinthians 13:5 Why We Ought to Examine Ourselves – to prepare ourselves for Christ’s judgment What Are We Trying to Determine? – whether or not we are in the faith How We Will Know if we Pass the Test – we have Christ living in us
May 3, 2009
Our Purpose in Life
Text: Ecclesiastes 12:13 Fear God To fear, we must first believe in Him (Romans 1:20) Recognize our place before Him (Psalm 8:3-4) Understand that we are accountable to Him (Ecclesiastes 12:14) He is willing and able to destroy us for our sin (Matthew 10:28; Hebrews 10:29; Romans 2:4-6) Keep His Commandments Our purpose from creation […]
April 7, 2009
Simplicity of God’s Plan
Text: 2 Corinthians 11:3 Revelation Understandable (Ephesians 3:4) Concise (John 21:25) Complete (Jude 3) Salvation Problem of sin (Isaiah 59:2) God’s grace (Titus 2:11) Our faithful obedience (Romans 5:1; James 2:24) Evangelism Message (2 Timothy 4:2) Individual work (1 Peter 3:15) Collective work (1 Timothy 3:15)
