Messages

A message from the series “Gospel of John.” Jesus Promises Us Trouble!
John 16:25-33

Main Point:
Since we live ‘in this world’, Jesus promises we will have trouble, but if we are ‘in Christ’ we have inner peace, and are overcomers!

II Corinthians 4:7-10

1. If we are in Jesus Christ and still in this world we will have trouble = (verses 33)

I Peter 1:6-7

2. Jesus Christ has overcome the world = ________ and therefore we have inner peace and we are overcomers in Him! (verse 33)

Overcomers = In Him we are conquerors! We come away victorious over the evil one, the world, and our flesh.

I John 4:4
Romans 8:37-39

A message from the series “The Patriarch Study.”

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” The God Who is not Hidden
Romans 1:18-25

Main Point:
God has revealed His nature and knowledge of Himself through Creation, therefore, no one has excuse for rejecting the truth.

Verse 25 – not much different today!

1. The knowledge of God, His eternal power and divine nature, are clearly seen from the creation. (vvs. 19-20)

2. People who reject this knowledge of God (and suppress the truth by wickedness) are without excuse, and God’s wrath is on them – He gives them over (abandons) to their sin and depravity.
(vvs. 18, 24)

3. The Result: ‘Their thinking became futile, their hearts darkened, and they became fools’. (vvs. 21-22)

A message from the series “The Patriarch Study.”

A message from the series “Gospel of John.” The Convicting Spirit
John 16:5-16

Main Point:
Jesus sent the Spirit to be with us, guide us into all truth, and convict unbelievers of guilt, righteousness and judgment.

John 15:26; 16:7

1. He is the Spirit of truth, and He gives to us what the Father gives to Him to make known to us. verses 13-15

2. He convicts unbelievers of guilt and righteousness. Verses 8-11

3. He convicts unbelievers of judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged and now stands condemned. verse 11

Acts 1:7-8

A message from the series “The Patriarch Study.”

A message from the series “Gospel of John.” The Convicting Spirit
John 16:5-16

Main Point:
Jesus sent the Spirit to be with us, guide us into all truth, and convict unbelievers of guilt, righteousness and judgment.

John 15:26; 16:7

1. He is the Spirit of truth, and He gives to us what the Father gives to Him to make known to us. verses 13-15

2. He convicts unbelievers of guilt and righteousness. Verses 8-11

3. He convicts unbelievers of judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged and now stands condemned. verse 11

Acts 1:7-8

A message from the series “The Patriarch Study.”

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” Knowing God

The difference between knowing about God and truly knowing God is critical to our development as a people who are eternally loved by their creator.

How do we pursue an intimate knowledge of God?
– Jeremiah 6:16 – The Ancient Path

Submission vs. Sacrifice
– Eternal Life: John 17:1-5
– Joy & Contentment: Jeremiah 9:23-24
– The Pleasure of God: Hosea 6:6; 1 Samuel 15:22; Micah 6:8; Isaiah 1:11-18

Meditation
– “turning each truth that we learn about God into a matter of meditation before God, leading to prayer and praise to God” (Packer, Knowing God).

Isaiah 1:17-18
– 17 learn to do right! Seek justice, encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless, plead the case of the widow.
– 18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.

Service
– 2 Corinthian 8:9 “For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you through his poverty might become rich.”
– If we are to be Christ-like, how does this translate into action on our part?

In our pursuit we must not forget that knowing God is not of supreme importance…being known by God is (Matt 7:23).

A message from the series “Not Part of a Series.” The Coming King!
Luke 1:26-33

Main Point: Gabriel declares that the Coming One shall be named Yeshua, the Great Son of the Most High God, and the Davidic King whose kingdom will never end!

How could this be possible? verses 34-37

This is called the ‘Incarnation’.

1. The name Jesus = Yehoshua or Yeshua > Yahweh saves or is salvation.
verse 31

Psalm 130:7-8

Have you received His salvation?

2. Yeshua is the Great Son of the Most High God.
verse 32

Psalm 2:4-12

John 10:34-39

Do you believe He is the Son of God?

3. Yeshua is the Davidic King = Messiah > Anointed One.
verses 32 – 33

II Samuel 7:16 > Micah 5:2 > Isaiah 9:6-7

Have you submitted your life to the King?