Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Monday, October 29, 2012
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Forgiveness
Is.
43:25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake,
and will not remember thy sins.
3
Things
Ø
Word of Emphasis
Ø
Work of Grace
Ø
Will Not Remember
Word of Emphasis (I, even I, am HE)
This
statement is not just another kind word
Not
someone trying to ease your mind
Person:
God of Heaven
His
Knowledge
His
Need?
Power
to Pardon
Acts
13:38-39 Be it known unto you therefore, men and brethren, that through this
man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins: And
by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not
be justified by the law of Moses.
Heb.
8:12 For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their
iniquities will I remember no more.
Is.
1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be
as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool.
Ps.
25:11 For thy name's sake, O LORD, PARDON mine iniquity; for it is
great.
Is.
55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and
let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God,
for he will abundantly PARDON.
Micah
7:18 Who is a God like unto thee, that PARDONeth iniquity
Work of Grace (for mine own sake)
Called Me, Convicted Me, Changed Me,
KEEPS ME, ALL BY GRACE!!!!!!
Gal.
1:15 But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace,
Eph.
1:7 In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins,
according to the riches of his grace;
Rom.
3:24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in
Christ Jesus:
1Cor.
15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am:
Will Not Remember
Gives
me a Peace:
Peace with God
Peace of God (mind)
R.
A. Torrey:
"If
you are this moment troubled about any sin that you have ever committed, either
in the past or in the present, just look at Jesus on the cross. It is an act of
base ingratitude to God to brood over sins that He in His infinite love has
canceled."
There could be no forgiveness for me….
The
fact that you are here means there is hope for you, your home, life, loved ones
Gives
me a Promise
Gives
me a Patten to Follow:
Show
me someone who will not forgive, I will show you a miserable person (It may be themselves?)
Luke
23:34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.
And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
Mark
11:25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that
your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
Luke
17:4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a
day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Luke
6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
LORD’s
Model Prayer: Matt. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
Eph.
4:32 And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even
as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Col.
3:13 Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a
quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Saturday, October 13, 2012
Autumn Acres Trip
We will be going to Autumn Acres on October 20th. We plan on being there around 4:00pm. Look forward to the fun and fellowship.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
God Pondereth the Heart (Prov. 21:2 )
vs.
1 Prophetic Picture: God will bring to pass that which he hath said
Theme is established that God is not
interested in:
Processions
(4-6)
Popularity
Perception
But God Looks at the Heart:
Ps.
44:21 Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
1Chron.
28:9 for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations
of the thoughts:
Jer.
17:10 I the LORD search the heart
1Sam.
16:7 for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the
heart.
The Heart is not the beating organ in
your chest, but rather living soul within you
Who you really are, why you do the things
you do, say the things you say
Your Heart:
Can be hardened
Ps.
95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of
temptation in the wilderness:
Can be heard
Matt.
12:34 for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Can be harmful/hurtful
Prov.
6:18 An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations
Luke
6:45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which
is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth
that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Man’s Problem is a Heart Problem,
Therefore God pondereth and deals with Man’s HEART
Conviction
Acts
2:37 Now when they heard this, they were pricked in their heart,
Ps.
34:18 The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as
be of a contrite spirit.
Ps.
51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart,
O God, thou wilt not despise.
Conversion
Rom.
10:10 For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth
confession is made unto salvation.
Change
Ezek.
36:26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you:
and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an
heart of flesh.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
What must Go On for it to Get On
Psalms 95
There are some things that should Go On in Church, and if they do, the
meeting can Get On!!!
Worship is a vital part of what should go on in church, but not
everything that folks are calling worship is truly worship.
We see a model of worship:
·
Rejoicing 1-5
·
Reverence 6-7
·
Response 7c-11
Rejoicing (1-5):
Rejoicing is an outward expression of an inward conviction or feeling (Spiritual,
NOT Carnal)
We should rejoice because of
the Lords:
·
Power
·
Presence
·
Provision
Reverence (6-7b)
Without reverence, rejoicing can turn into a self indulgent pep-rally
We reverence with our:
·
Actions
·
Attitudes
·
Attire
·
Altar
Respones (7c-11)
When confronted with truth, men always respond, just not always in a
positive manner
God help our response to be:
We are not going to be just another Church
This is not going to be just another Revival
I’m not going to be just another Christian
But our DESIRE is to please, praise, and proclaim the Lord Jesus Christ
like never before.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Changing the Truth Series (Romans)
For ages, men have been trying to change the truth of God’s word. In
the first chapter of the book of Romans, Paul gives a brief description of how
and why men want to change the truth of God. The rest of the book sets forth
many doctrinal and practical truths about God and his people. These truths are
under attack today, and it is essential that we as a church understand and
defend the truth.
In this series of messages we will break down the book of Romans by the
truth that is established throughout.
Chapter 1 Truth of Creation or Natural Truth
Chapter 2-3 Truth about Sin and the Sinner
Chapter 4-8 Truth about Law and Grace
Chapter 9-11 Truth about Israel
Chapter 12- Truth about Christian Living
Message 1 Changing the truths
of Creation (Romans 1)
1.
Truth of Creator
a.
There is one true God
i.
Everyone knows there is a God, they may not want
to admit it, but they know
b.
He is Sovereign
c.
He Spoke everything into existence
2.
Truth of Creature
a.
Need to Worship (vs. 23)
i.
Man has a natural need to worship
b.
Not someone else’s fault (own heart) (vs. 24)
i.
Man is responsible to God
c.
Natural desires of Man
i.
Man is made to desire a woman, and a woman to desire a man
ii.
Homosexuality is an unnatural sin
3.
Truth of Coming Judgment
a.
These folks knew the coming judgement
b.
God gives every man light (knowledge) of:
i.
There is a God
ii.
You have a Soul
iii.
There is more to life than this earth
iv.
Need to prepare for after life
Message 2 Truth about Sin and
the Sinner (Romans 2 & 3)
1.
It’s Real (2:1-3)
a.
Nature
b.
Practice
c.
Choice
2.
It’s Range (3:9-20)
a.
Sin affects everyone
3.
It’s Result
a.
Wages of sin is Death
i.
Soul
ii.
Church
iii.
Nation
a.
Jesus Christ alone can atone for sin
Message 3 Truth about Law and Grace
The
Law:
Rom.
3:20 Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in his
sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
Gal.
3:24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto
Christ, that we might be justified by faith.
Rom.
7:7 What shall we say then? is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known
sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou
shalt not covet.
Rom
5:20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin
abounded, grace did much more abound:
Galatians 3:10-29
These
verses contrast law and grace
1.
The Law brings a curse while faith brings blessing. Vs. 10-11
2.
The Law brings condemnation while faith brings conversion. Vs. 13-14, 22-24
3.
The Law brings bondage while faith brings liberty. Vs. 12
1Tim.
1:8 But we know that the law is good, if a man use it lawfully;
Grace
is an inside worker because sin is a inside worker
Works
(law) is an external work that never makes its way inside
Grace
Brings us:
1.
Justification (Rom. 4-5)
2.
Reconsiliation (Rom. 5)
3.
Sanctification (Rom. 6-7)
4.
No Condemnation (Rom. 8)
These
works of Grace could not be achieved by the Law
Message 4 Truth about what God has Done,
Doing, and Going to Do with Israel
Romans
9-11
(More to come Later)
Message 5 Truth about Christian Living
Romans
12
Many
individuals today want to focus on the:
Promises of God
Blessed
Hope
I
am thankful that I have a home waiting on me in Heaven. I am glad that I will
live in a perfect mansion some day in the very presence of the Lord God.
However, right now, I am a pilgrim and a stranger living on foreign soil.
Prophecy of God
But
we often neglect the practical living and service of God that should take place
EVERY DAY!!!
Notice the wording of verse one. Yielding
of our bodies to the Lord is our "reasonable service."
Righteous
living is not an unreasonable request.
It
is not just a request, but it is Required.
Jn.
14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
1.
A living sacrifice means that we are to be on the altar wherever we are.
Regardless of the geographical surroundings, we are to remember that this body
and all it is belongs to God. There is never an instant in life when we are out
of His view or free to live as we please.
2.
A living sacrifice means a constant, continuous sacrifice. This is not
something we do from time to time. But we are to offer this body up to the Lord
and never ask for it back again!
3.
A living sacrifice means that the body sacrifices its own desires for those
of God. To be a living sacrifice will require that the body does not live
for the world, the flesh or the devil, but that everything the body does is
held to the guidelines of the Word of God.
4.
A living sacrifice means that the body is devoted to the task of serving
God. This means that we are to lay down the ambitions and desires of the
body and commit ourselves to doing nothing but that which God bids us to do! We
are to be His vessels through which He can live and work in this world.
Lester
Roloff said: “If you were arresseted for being a Christian, would there be
enough evidence to convict you?”
We are to keep certain things Dwelling
in our mind:
Destructiveness of Pride (verse 3)
Proverbs
16:18 Pride Goeth Before Destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Prov.
21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Prov.
16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though
hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.
Decisive Position (verse 4)
Eph.
4:11-13 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work
of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in
the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect
man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
Eph.
4:15 From whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which
every joint supplieth, according to the effectual working in the measure of
every part, maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of itself in love.
1Cor.
12:12-14 For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of
that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit
are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we
be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body
is not one member, but many. (Foot, Ear, & Eye)
1Cor.
12:18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it
hath pleased him.
Divine Purpose (verses 5-8)
Eph.
5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord
is.
Eph.
5:16 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the
Spirit;
Things
we should Demonstrate in our live. (Attitudes and Actions)
Separation (verse 9)
2Cor.
6:14-17 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath
light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part
hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of
God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I
will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall
be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Eph.
5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather
reprove them.
Prov.
1:10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
Prov.
1:15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their
path:
Prov.
29:24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing,
and bewrayeth it not.
1Cor.
15:33 Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.
Prov.
28:7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous
men shameth his father.
Ps.
1:1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2
Cor. 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the
Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
Titus
2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and
purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
1Pet.
1:16 Be ye holy; for I am holy.
1Thes.
5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Titus
2:11-12 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men,
Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live
soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;
Gal.
5:16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of
the flesh. 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.
1Jn.
1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one
with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Friday, July 20, 2012
The War is On
Ecc.
3:8 A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.
We are in war.
We as Christians find there are many fronts on which we fight.
Physical War:
We in time of war nationally, and there is nothing the enemy would like more than to see this nation fall.Israel is our example of what God expects from a nation, and thus our example for how and why we should fight.
Israel found themselves in a fight for:
Ø
Promised Land
Ø
Protection of People
Numb. 31:2 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Ø
Punishment of God
Judges
5:8 They chose new gods; then was war in the gates:
Our land is still worth fighting for, our people and way of life worth protecting, but if we do not turn back to God we will find divine punishment will be poured out on our land.
War of Faith
Eph.
6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities,
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.
We
are in a religious war today:
Muslims
Atheist
Scientologist
Etc.
WHO
WANT TO GET RID OF FOLKS LIKE US!!!
There
is a war that was started before the garden of Eden, before the days Isreal’s battles
Satan
wants folks to worship HIM
Is.
14:13-14 I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of
God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the
north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most
High.
God
Kicks Him out of Heaven
Is.
14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! how art
thou cut down to the ground,
Earth
becomes without form and void
God
makes man, and reaches into man and creates woman
Devil
goes to the weaker vessel, Tempt Eve, and she eats of the forbidden tree
The war rages on...
To Moses and the prophets
To the Virgin Birth to Vicarious Death
To the early Church in Acts, to where we are today
THE WAR RAGES ON...
But someday, the final war will be fought, the ungodly and unrighteous of this world will be brought down, and the Lord Jesus Christ will be exalted before all.
War of the Flesh
Rom.
7:22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin
which is in my members. O wretched man that I
am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?
Gal.
5:17 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.
1Pet.
2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from
fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
Sunday, June 24, 2012
We need to get folks to Jesus (Mark 5:25-34)
Vs. 25 See her Disease
Vs. 27-28 See her Decision
Vs. 27 Notice her Determination
Vs. 34 See her Dividends
Vs. 26 See her Destitution
Vs. 27-28 See her Decision
Vs. 27 Notice her Determination
Vs. 34 See her Dividends
WE NEED TO GET FOLKS TO JESUS
Friday, June 15, 2012
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Abstain from All Appearance of Evil (1Thes. 5:22)
Why?
It is about more than just how we look?
We should:
Be an example to younger believers (Titus 2)
Be an evidence to non-believers (Titus 2)
Because it exalts Christ
Why do you live a clean, sepreated, holy life? JESUS
It is about more than just how we look?
We should:
Be an example to younger believers (Titus 2)
Be an evidence to non-believers (Titus 2)
Because it exalts Christ
Why do you live a clean, sepreated, holy life? JESUS
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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