DEFEATING DOUBTS! Mark 9:14-29 INTRODUCTION: I wish to encourage you today about your doubts. The Bible has many examples of believers who had doubts and yet learned to defeat those doubts. In Mark 9 we find the story of a father who brought his demon possessed boy to the Lord. This father had faith but […]
WHY ARE THERE HYPOCRITES IN GOD’S CHURCH? Matthew 6:1-18 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever asked someone to visit your church only to have them tell you they don’t go to church because there are too many hypocrites in the church. That had been a problem even before there was a church. Seven times our Lord said […]
WHY DO I NEED A SAVIOR? Matthew 19:16-22 INTRODUCTION: You are not superman and neither am I. We cannot fly and we cannot save ourselves by anything we might do in this life. We need a Savior! You might ask: “Why do I need a Savior, why can’t I save myself?” I. WHY CAN’T I […]
GOD’S BROKEN LAW Exodus 24:1-8 INTRODUCTION: The Law of God was given to the children of Israel three mounts after they came out of Egypt. Moses reviewed the Law for the children of Israel and they responded to him: Exodus 24:1-8. Two times the children of Israel said “We will do everything the LORD has […]
WHY WOULD A GOD WHO IS LOVE SEND PEOPLE TO HELL? Matthew 7:13-14 INTRODUCTION: We as believers show not only know God’s Word we should be able to tell others why we believe what we say we believe: 1 Peter 3:15. If we believe the Bible is true we must believe in a place called […]
FROM BITTERNESS TO BLESSING! Exodus 15:22-27 INTRODUCTION: When things seem to be going bad in your life that does not mean God has stopped doing good. In all of our lives our circumstances fall into two types: Those things in our control and those things out of our control: Proverbs 19:21. Our God has a […]
FAITH AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE SPIRIT! Galatians 5:16-26 INTRODUCTION: As we inspect the fruit of the Spirit in our lives we may find some of those facets are mature and strong while other of the facets of the fruit of the Spirit were immature and weak! These nine facets of the Spirit describe the […]
A CHURCH FULL OF JOY! Philippians 1:1-6 INTRODUCTION: The local church in Philippi in in northern Greece that was truly a place of joy almost two thousand years ago. The Apostle Paul visited there about 50 A.D. and founded the first church in Europe there. Ten years later Paul wrote a letter to that local […]
JESUS’ ATTITUDE TOWARD HIS BIBLE! Matthew 5:17-18 INTRODUCTION: What was our Lord’s attitude toward the Bible? Did Jesus use the Bible? Did our Lord know God’s Word? Did Jesus ever quote the Word of God? Most of us in this church have settled the question in the affirmative that we believe the Bible is God’s […]
PLODDING FOR GOD! 1 Corinthians 4:1-7 INTRODUCTION: Often the most influential people in our lives are not people of great or unusual abilities. They are the people who continued to plod along in our lives and do exactly what the Lord intended for them to do in our lives. It doesn’t matter whether being a […]