Because He First Loved Us We are drawn to the Lord because he first loved us.  This is why we came to Jesus to be saved. 1 Jn 4:10, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation...

To Present You In Col 1:21-29 we see the word “present” twice in the passage. In the first occurrence, Jesus reconciled you, his former enemy, “to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight”, v.22. In the second occurrence, Paul preached, “warning every man, and teaching every man...

Local Church Prayer Today we’re going to discuss the extraordinary benefit of local church prayer. After the ascension of Jesus, the disciples “all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication”, Acts 1:14.  And then after Pentecost, as the church began to grow significantly, they “continued steadfastly… in prayers”, Acts...

Are You in the Way, or Are You in the Way Genesis 24:1-67 The passage for this sermon details where Abraham sent his servant to get a bride for his son Isaac. In this passage we see some beautiful typology. The servant is a type of the Holy Spirit, Isaac...

What is the Church? Matthew 16:13-18 In this sermon we will look at a scripture that is so often misused when giving a definition of the church. In order to properly define what the church is we will be doing some simple studies through the bible to show the not...

Characteristics of False Prophets 1 John 4:1-4 This is a great passage for us in the world that we live in today. We are constantly bombarded with information and most of it is false. So, with all the misinformation, lies, false spirits and prophets what are we to do? In...

How to Build for the Lord 1 Corinthians 3:9-23 In the passage for this sermon, Paul is telling us that we are laborers together with God and that we should take heed how we build upon the foundation of Jesus Christ. King David had a great desire to build a...

A Prodigal in the Family   There are some profound truths to learn from studying the family members in the story of the prodigal.  We call this A Prodigal in the Family. The Younger Son There’s a saying… Sin will take you further than you want to go, keep you...

Local Church Doctrine We have studied thus far the Local Church pastor, the Local Church body, Local Church fellowship, Local Church gospel preaching, and Local Church missions. Today, we’ll study Local Church doctrine.  In Acts 2:42 the first thing mentioned is the apostles’ doctrine.  They received their doctrine from Jesus. ...

Born of Water Tonight we’ll study the first part of John chapter 3, particularly verse 5 which says, “… Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God”.  Right now the kingdom of God is within you, Lk 17:21, if...