Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Be Mindful Of Watching Eyes

LUKE 14:1-3 – One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” THEME OF THE DAY. BE MINDFUL OF WATCHING…

The Fruit Of Love And The Soil Of Humility

MATTHEW 21:5 – “Say to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble, and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden THEME OF THE DAY. THE FRUIT OF LOVE AND THE SOIL OF HUMILITY. If I were to ask, “What is the chief virtue necessary in the Christian life?”, how would…

The Reality Of Christ In Us, The Hope Of Glory

COLOSSIANS 1:27 – To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. THEME OF THE DAY. THE REALITY OF CHRIST IN US, THE HOPE OF GLORY. There is a subtle danger facing Christians which might go unnoticed and that for a…

Life Is Not Lived On The Mountain

MATTHEW 17:1-9 – And after six days Jesus took with him Peter and James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them, and his face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter said…

Walking as Jesus Walked: A Journey Through our Lord’s Life of Example – Part 5

The Christian life is to be walked as Jesus did while upon the earth. We are currently observing seventeen traits of Jesus in His walk and applying them to ourselves. This Lord’s Day evening, we hope to see Jesus and the walk of love; the chief pursuit and practice that not only is our calling as Christians, but validates we are Christians.

The Prayer that Defines and Directs the Christian Life – Part 14

The Apostle Paul prays that believers would “be strengthened by God’s Spirit in our inner being so that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith” (Ephesians 3:17). The question is, “Who is this Christ we pray to dwell in our hearts?” He is the Exalted Christ and no greater place to see Him in such glory is the Revelation and particularly the worship scene in chapters four and give. This Lord’s Day morning, we seek to behold the Exalted Christ – the Lion and Lamb – revealed in Revelation 5.