‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ “You’re doing well. Press on!!” That was Paul’s message to the believers in Thessalonica. Twice in our text this morning Paul commends the believers, first for living to please God, and secondly for their love for one another, and then adds, “do so more and more” … “do this more…
‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ Misinterpreting and/or misunderstanding God’s Word has led many to believe that as Christians we must love everyone the same and be friends with everyone we meet. What God actually says is that we should “love our enemies” by doing good to them as we have opportunity (which includes sharing the…
‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ In spite of the many warnings about “false teachers” in the letters of the New Testament writers, it seems that many have a hard time discerning preachers and teachers who have been sent by God from those who are false teachers. Someone has said that while “wolves in sheep’s clothing”…
‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ People are watching! Ask a thousand people what they “see” when they look at the “church” and you will get a thousand different answers, and sadly, many of them will be negative. Many would say they have been hurt by the church, or disappointed by the church, or even “turned…
Stand Alone Sermon What you see as you look around you today, whether in the lives of those you know, in the cities of our nation, throughout the nations of the world, and perhaps in your own life … what you see could easily be described in one word: UNREST. Since the Garden of Eden there has been conflict between people. It…
The Truth About God, Satan, Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell Some “secrets” are better hidden than others, and others are “hidden” in plain sight! While most Christians know about and talk about “going to heaven” when they leave this life, few seem to know that heaven is not our final destination! God reveals in His Word that He will destroy this planet…
The Truth About God, Satan, Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell It may be said that unless you believe in hell you may discover its reality the hard way … by going there!! While that may seem like a harsh statement, the clear teaching of God’s Word is that hell exists and many will be surprised when they arrive at their eternal destination.…
“The Believer’s Influence on the World” We live in a modern day “Babylon”, where the people around us want to worship anything but the true living God, and want to do anything but follow Him and His ways. It’s easy to grow frustrated with this, seeking to remove ourselves from this world, desiring a way out, but that is not the plan…
“Standing Against the World’s Influence” Many of us grew up hearing stories of different Bible characters, learning good moral lessons from them. But the problem with learning these stories in piecemeal is that we often miss out on the greater context of their lives as taught in the Bible, and the simplified versions of their lives that we were taught in Sunday…
The Truth About God, Satan, Angels, Demons, Heaven and Hell HEAVEN is real … not because any human being says so, but because GOD reveals in His Word the truth about the destiny of those who are united to Christ by faith through the work of His Spirit. God cannot lie. Heaven is real and is the place where God dwells in…