Hours before Jesus was arrested, knowing all that would happen to Him, He spoke to His disciples. His teaching is recorded in John 13-16. He was preparing them for what would lie ahead. Christians have enjoyed many freedoms in our country. We asked the question, “what if we lose our freedoms?”
Sunday November 6th, 2 days before the election, I preached a message called “What Can Change America?” We looked at our responsibilities as Christians and how we are to engage the culture around us as Jesus commanded.
Martin Luther rediscovered the Gospel and split the church. Sunday we talked about the implications of the Gospel and how it divided the church 499 years ago.
The Christian life is one of lessons and tests, followed by lessons and tests. On October 23rd we looked at how Jesus fed the 5000 and then immediately had a test for His disciples.
On Sunday October 9th we looked at the faithfulness of God. I talked about how we can easily come to a place where we no longer have joy in the Lord. Then, we looked at what can restore our joy.
Why pray? Because prayer is surrender. When we pray we acknowledge the character, power and authority of God. In this message we looked at the Lord’s Prayer found in the Sermon on the Mount. Jesus tells us what we shouldn’t do when we pray and what we should do. In the 8 parts of the prayer we acknowledge our relationship, worship, His authority, our submission, our dependence, His grace, our obedience, and His protection.
“What is it Costing You? Lessons from 17 trips to Ethiopia” is the title of the messages we heard Sunday to kick off our Missions Conference. Dr. David Black, professor of New Testament at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary was our speaker.
We don’t love Jesus like we should because He hasn’t met the expectations that we have for Him. We believe that He has promised us things that He never promised. In Habakkuk 3:17-19 we see the prophet instructing us to rejoice in the Lord especially when everything else in life is not going how we would like!
This past Sunday I spoke about our calling to bear fruit more than live in the works of the flesh.
If you are a follower of Christ, you have access to God! What an incredible truth! You have the opportunity to grow closer to Him and to do so with fellow believers. My sermon on August 28th addressed this.
