Regarding the Disciples, Jesus prayed to the Father: "I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one."They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world."Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth."As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world."For their sakes I sanctifyMyself, that they themselvesalso may be sanctified in truth."I do not ask on behalf of thesealone, but for thosealso who believe in Me through their word;that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me" (John 17:14-21 NASB).
"But the angelsaid to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you goodnews of greatjoywhich will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord. "This will be a sign for you: you will find a babywrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenlyhostpraisingGod and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, And on earthpeaceamongmen with whom He is pleased" (Luke 2:10-14 NASB).
"For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for some one to teach you the elementary principles of the oracles of God, and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For every one who partakes only of milk is not accustomed to the world of righteousness, for he is a babe. But solid food is for the mature, who because of practice have their senses trained to discern good and evil" (Hebrews 5:12-14 NASB).
"By this we know that we love the children of God, when we loveGod and observe His commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome. For whatever is born of Godovercomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world -our faith" (1 John 5:2-4 NASB).
"I solemnlycharge you in the presence of God and of ChristJesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with greatpatience and instruction. For the time will comewhen they will not enduresounddoctrine; but wanting to have their earstickled, they will accumulate for themselvesteachers in accordance to their owndesires, and will turnaway their ears from the truth and will turnaside to myths"
"Now for this very reason also, applying all diligence, in your faith supply moral excellence, knowledge; and in your knowledge, self-control, and in your self-control, preseverance, and in your perseverance, godliness; and in your godliness, brotherly kindness, and in your brotherly kindness, Christian love. For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they render you neither useless nor unfruitful in the true knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. For he who lacks these qualities is blind or short-sighted, having forgotten his purification from his former sins. Therefore, brethren, be all the more diligent to make certain about His calling and choosing you; for as long as you practice these things, you will never stumble; for in this way the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ will be abundantly supplied to you"
"Therefore, puttingasideallmalice and alldeceit and hypocrisy and envy and allslander, likenewbornbabies, long for the puremilk of the word, so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation, if you have tasted the kindness of the Lord. And coming to Him as to a livingstone which has been rejected by men, but is choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as livingstones, are being built up as a spiritualhouse for a holypriesthood, to offer up spiritualsacrificesacceptable to GodthroughJesusChrist" (1 Peter 2:1-5 NASB).
"Do you not know that when you present yourselves to someone as slaves for obedience, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin resulting in death, or of obedience resulting in righteousness? But thanks be to God that though you were slaves of sin, you became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching to which you were committed, and having been freed from sin, you became slaves of righteousness" (Romans 6:16-18 NASB).
"Blessed be the God and Father of our LordJesusChrist, who according to His greatmercy has caused us to be bornagain to a livinghopethrough the resurrection of JesusChrist from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fadeaway, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of Godthroughfaith for a salvationready to be revealed in the lasttime" (1 Peter 1:3-5 NASB).
"Let the peace of Christrule in your hearts, to whichindeed you were called in onebody; and be thankful. Let the word of Christrichlydwellwithin you, with allwisdomteaching and admonishingoneanother with psalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in wordordeed, do all in the name of the LordJesus, givingthanksthrough Him to God the Father" (Colossians 3:15-17 NASB).
"And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not forsaking our own assembling together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another; and all the more, as you see the day drawing near. For if we go on sinning willfully after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a certain terrifying expectation of judgment, and the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries"
"This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave Himself a ransom for all, the testimony borne at the proper time"( 1 Timothy 2:3-6 NASB).
"Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believealso in Me."In My Father'shouse are manydwellingplaces; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you."If I go and prepare a place for you, I will comeagain and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also."And you know the waywhere I am going."Thomassaid to Him, "Lord, we do not knowwhere You are going, how do we know the way?" Jesussaid to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; noonecomes to the Father but through Me" (John 14:1-6 NASB).
PM Sermon is not available due to technical difficulties.
"For manywalk, of whom I oftentold you, and nowtell you evenweeping, that they are enemies of the cross of Christ,whoseend is destruction, whosegod is their appetite, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their minds on earthlythings. For our citizenship is in heaven, from whichalso we eagerlywait for a Savior, the LordJesusChrist" (Philippians 3:18-20 NASB).
"Peter said to them, "Repent, and each of you be baptized in the name of JesusChrist for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the HolySpirit. "For the promise is for you and your children and for allwho are faroff, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself." And with manyotherwords he solemnlytestified and kept on exhorting them, saying, "Be saved from thisperversegeneration!" Sothen, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were addedaboutthreethousandsouls. They were continuallydevotingthemselves to the apostles'teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer" (Acts 2:38-42 NASB).
"For you have been called for this purpose, sinceChristalsosuffered for you, leaving you an example for you to follow in His steps, WHOCOMMITTEDNOSIN, NOR WAS ANY DECEITFOUND IN HIS MOUTH; and while being reviled, He did not revile in return; while suffering, He utterednothreats, but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judgesrighteously"
"I can do all things for the sake of the gospel, that I may become a fellow-partaker of it. Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win. And everyone who competes in the games exercises self-control in all things. They then do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air; but I buffet my body and make it my slave, lest possibly, after I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified" (1Cor 9:24-27 NASB).
"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will knowwhat is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is the surpassinggreatness of His powertoward us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of the strength of His mightwhich He broughtabout in Christ, when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His righthand in the heavenly places,faraboveallrule and authority and power and dominion, and everyname that is named, not only in thisage but also in the one to come. And He putallthings in subjectionunder His feet, and gave Him as headoverallthings to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fillsall in all" (Eph 1:18-23).
"My little children, I am writing these things to you that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for those of the whole world. And by this we know that we have come to know Him, if we keep His commandments. The one who says, "I have come to know Him," and does not keep His commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him; but whoever keeps His word, in him the love of God has truly been perfected. By this we know that we are in Him: the one who says he abides in Him ought himself to walk in the same manner as He walked" (1 John 2:1-6 NASB).
"THEREFORE, since we have so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us also lay aside every encumbrance, and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, fixing our eyes on Jesus the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God" (Heb 12:1-2 NASB).
"But the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons, by means of the hypocrisy of liars seared in their own conscience as with a branding iron" (1 Timothy 4:1-2)."
"For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side; conflicts without, fears within. But God, who comforts the depressed, comforted us by the coming of Titus; and not only by his coming, but also by the comfort with which he was comforted in you, as he reported to us your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me; so that I rejoiced even more. For though I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it; though I did regret it, -- for I see that that letter caused you sorrow, though only for a while -- I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, in order that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation; but the sorrow of the world produces death" (2 Cor. 7:5-10 NASB).
"Blessed be the God and Father of our LordJesusChrist, who according to His greatmercy has caused us to be bornagain to a livinghopethrough the resurrection of JesusChrist from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fadeaway, reserved in heaven for you, who are protected by the power of Godthroughfaith for a salvationready to be revealed in the lasttime" (1Peter 1:3-5 NASB).
"At that time the disciplescame to Jesus and said, "Whothen is greatest in the kingdom of heaven ?" And He called a child to Himself and set him before them, and said, "Truly I say to you, unless you are converted and becomelikechildren, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven."Whoeverthenhumbleshimself as thischild, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."And whoeverreceivesonesuchchild in My namereceives Me;but whoevercausesone of theselittleones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavymillstonehungaround his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea"
" And coming to Him as to a living stone, rejected by men but choice and precious in the sight of God, you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For this is contained in Scripture: "Behold I lay in Zion a choice stone, a precious cornerstone, and he who believes in Him shall not be disappointed" (1 Peter 2:4-6 NASB).
"For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. For it is written, "I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE CLEVERNESS OF THE CLEVER I WILL SETASIDE." Where is the wiseman? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of thisage? Has not Godmadefoolish the wisdom of the world? For since in the wisdom of God the worldthrough its wisdom did not come to knowGod,God was well-pleasedthrough the foolishness of the messagepreached to "savethose who believe" (1 Corinthians 1:18-21 NASB).
July 1, 2012 Sunday A.M.
"Myths That Will Undo A Nation"
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The July 1, 2012,
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"Now I say this, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kindgdom of God; nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "Death is swallowed up in victory. " O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?" The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord." (1 Cor. 15:50-58 NASB).
"Let noonedeceive you with emptywords, for because of thesethings the wrath of Godcomes upon the sons of disobedience. Therefore do not be partakers with them; for you were formerlydarkness, but now you are Light in the Lord; walk as children of Light (for the fruit of the Light consists in allgoodness and righteousness and truth), trying to learnwhat is pleasing to the Lord"
Ephesians 5:6-10 NASB).
The June 17, 2012, AM & PM Sermons are not available due to technical difficulties.
"When the Sabbath was over, MaryMagdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, boughtspices, so that they might come and anoint Him. Veryearly on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. They were saying to oneanother, "Who will rollawaythe stone for us from the entrance of the tomb ?" Looking up, they saw that the stone had been rolledaway, although it was extremelylarge. Entering the tomb, they saw a youngmansitting at the right, wearing a whiterobe; and they were amazed. And he said to them, "Do not be amazed; you are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who has been crucified. He has risen; He is not here; behold, here is the placewhere they laid Him. "But go, tell His disciples and Peter, 'He is goingahead of you to Galilee; there you will see Him, just as He told you'" (Mark 16:1-7 NASB).
"So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience; bearing with oneanother, and forgivingeachother, whoeverhas a complaintagainstanyone; just as the Lordforgave you, soalso should you. Beyondallthesethings put on love, which is the perfectbond of unity. Let the peace of Christrule in your hearts, to whichindeed you were called in onebody; and be thankful. Let the word of Christrichlydwellwithin you, with allwisdomteaching and admonishingoneanother with psalms and hymns and spiritualsongs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Whatever you do in wordordeed, do all in the name of the LordJesus, givingthanksthrough Him to God the Father"
(Colossians 3:12-17 NASB).
June 3, 2012 Sunday A.M.
"Does God Require Christians to Sacrifice Today?" by Ron Brown
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June 3, 2012 Sunday P.M.
"Parable of the Unmerciful Servant" by Robert Duzan
"And Jesuscame up and spoke to them, saying, "Allauthority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth."Gotherefore and makedisciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the HolySpirit,teaching them to observeall that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age" (Matthew 28:18-20 NASB)."
"Now there was a man at CaesareanamedCornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort, a devoutman and one who fearedGod with all his household, and gavemanyalms to the Jewish people and prayed to Godcontinually. About the ninthhour of the day he clearlysaw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius !" And fixing his gaze on him and beingmuchalarmed, he said, "What is it, Lord ?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and alms have ascended as a memorialbeforeGod" (Acts 10:1-4 NASB)
"Repent therefore and return, that your sins may be wiped away, in order that times of revival may come from the presence of the Lord; and that He may send Jesus, the Christ appointed for you, whom heaven must receive until the period of restoration of all things, about which God spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from ancient time" (Acts 3:19-21 NASB).
"You know the commandments, 'DO NOT MURDER, DO NOT COMMIT ADULTERY, DO NOT STEAL, DO NOT BEAR FALSE WITNESS, Do not defraud, HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER" (Mark 10:19 NASB).
"Set your mind on the things above, not on the things that are on earth. For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. WhenChrist, who is our life, is revealed, then you also will be revealed with Him in glory. Thereforeconsider the members of your earthly body as dead to immorality, impurity, passion, evildesire, and greed, whichamounts to idolatry. For it is because of thesethings that the wrath of God will come upon the sons of disobedience"
Jesus said: "Thereforeeveryonewhohearsthesewords of Mine and acts on them, may be compared to a wisemanwhobuilt his house on the rock."And the rainfell, and the floodscame, and the windsblew and slammedagainst that house ; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock."Everyone who hearsthesewords of Mine and does not act on them, will be like a foolishmanwhobuilt his house on the sand."The rainfell, and the floodscame, and the windsblew and slammedagainst that house ; and it fell -and great was its fall" (Matthew 7:24-27 NASB).
April 22, 2012 Sunday A.M.
"Proverbs of Man That Are Not True" by Bernie Baur
"This you know, my beloved brethren. But let every one be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God. Therefore putting aside all filthiness and all that remains of wickedness, in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls. But prove yourselves doers of the word, and not merely hearers who delude themselves." (James 1:19-22 NASB).
"Do not be anxious then, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or, 'What shall we drink?' or 'With what shall we clothe ourselves?' "For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. "But seek first His kingdom, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. "Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own" (Matthew 6:31-34 NASB).
"Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it. Beware of the false peophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits" (Matthew 7:13-16 NASB).
"And He gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers, for the equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ; until we all attain to the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a mature man, to the measure of the stature which belongs to the fulness of Christ. As a result, we are no longer to be children, tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming; but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ" (Ephesians 4:11-15 NASB).
"Therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, entreat you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing forbearance to one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all"
(Eph 4:1-6 NASB).
March 18, 2012 Sunday A.M.
"Who Can You Blame If You're Lost?" CLICKon:SOUND ↓
"The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness"
Jesus said: "In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. And you know the way where I am going”
"The Lord Jesus will be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, dealing out retribution to those who do not know God and to those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. These will pay the penalty of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power" (2 Thessalonians 1:7-9 NASB).
The February 26, 2012, AM & PM Sermons are not available due to technical difficulties.
"Shoutjoyfully to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; Comebefore Him with joyfulsinging. Know that the LORDHimself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture. Enter His gates with thanksgiving And His courts with praise. Givethanks to Him, bless His name. For the LORD is good; His lovingkindness is everlasting And His faithfulness to allgenerations" (Psalms 100:1-5 NASB).
"Man that is born of a woman is of fewdays, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not" (JOB 14:1-2 KJV).
"For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:6-8 NASB).
"Jesusanswered and said to him, "Ifanyoneloves Me, he will keep My word ; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him."He who does not love Me does not keep My words ; and the wordwhich you hear is not Mine, but the Father's who sent Me."Thesethings I have spoken to you while abiding with you" (John 14:23-25 NASB).
"Enter by the narrow gate; for the gate is wide, and the way is broad that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter by it. For the gate is small, and the way is narrow that leads to life, and few are those who find it" (John 7:13-14 NASB).
January 15, 2012 Sunday A.M.
"Jesus, the Light" CLICK on:SOUND ↓
January 15, 2012 Sunday P.M.
"What Happens to the Spirit at Death" CLICK on:SOUND ↓
"Then Jesus again spoke to them, saying, "I am theLight of the world; he who follows Me will not walk in the darkness, but will have theLight of life" (John 8:12 NASB).
"Therefore be careful how you walk, not as unwise men, but as wise, making the most of your time, because the days are evil. So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is" (Ephesians 5:15-17 NASB).
"Jesus Is The Reason For The Season"
"Now in thosedays a decreewent out from CaesarAugustus, that a census be taken of allthe inhabitedearth. This was the firstcensustaken while Quirinius was governor of Syria. And everyone was on his way to register for the census, each to his owncity. Josephalsowent up from Galilee, from the city of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of Davidwhich is calledBethlehem, becausehe was of the house and family of David, in order to registeralong with Mary, who was engaged to him, and was with child. While they were there, the days were completed for her to givebirth. And she gavebirth to her firstbornson; and she wrapped Him in cloths, and laid Him in a manger, because there was noroom for them in the inn. In the sameregion there were some shepherdsstaying out in the fields and keepingwatchover their flock by night. And an angel of the Lord suddenly stoodbefore them, and the glory of the Lordshonearound them; and they were terriblyfrightened. But the angelsaid to them, "Do not be afraid; for behold, I bring you goodnews of greatjoywhich will be for all the people; for today in the city of David there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christthe Lord. "This will be a sign for you: you will find a babywrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." And suddenly there appeared with the angel a multitude of the heavenlyhostpraisingGod and saying, "Glory to God in the highest, And on earthpeaceamongmenwith whom He is pleased" (Luke 2:1-14 NASB).
The January 1, 2012, AM & PM Sermons are not available due to technical difficulties.
"Listen to the word of the LORD.... My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge." Hosea 4:1 & 6 (NASB)
