‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ Most people today can’t tell time! Understanding the days in which we are living is not as easy as looking at your watch or your iPhone. Jesus criticized the religious leaders in HIS day because they could not rightly interpret “the signs of the times” (Matthew 16:3). All the prophecies…
‘Living As GOD’s People While We Watch and Wait for Jesus’ Return’ God tells us in His Word that there will be a day when every knee will bow before His anointed King, Jesus Christ, and every tongue will confess that HE is Lord!! It is hard to imagine that happening as we live in this world, surrounded by those who deny…
‘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…