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Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. - Hebrews 13:4

To resist the love of money is to resist the love of the things that money can get you and what those things promise you. It all comes back to faith. Do we believe the promises made to us in the Word of God or in the TV commercials. Do you believe that your possessions will ultimately satisfy or that Christ will?

For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. - Mark 10:45 Excerpt from the full sermon: The Christian's Love for the Blood Bought Ones

Christian love does not undervalue or disregard natural family ties; it gives them their due importance and condemns those who are without natural affection. - David Hiebert

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. And His high priestly work of sacrificing Himself to put away sin was once and for all and He always lives to make intercession for us. Therefore we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?"

It is so burdensome to me when I want to preach about something like love because it forces me, when I look at the text, to look at the mirror of my own life and see how small my love, how inconstant my love truly is. - Paul Washer

In the Old Testament the high priests that served in the temple were never allowed to feast on the great sacrifice of atonement, which was only once a year. Yet as believers we can feast on Christ morning, noon, evening, and in the middle of the night. God gives us the right to feast on His Son.

So often folks think "I've gotta have a ministry" but you know what ministry means? It means to serve. All of our "ministries" are about serving. It's not about an official capacity, it's about humbly serving others for their sake, not your own.

Bob Jennings preaches on "The Gospel of the Glory of Christ" (see 2 Corinthians 4:4), a very helpful consideration of the hindrances, content, and spread of the Gospel of Christ. From Granted Ministries Conference 2008

The Christian is called to follow Christ and move into the realm of Him who abandoned comfort and safety and went outside of the camp to suffer and die upon the Cross for our sins.

Everyone tends to agree that men and women are equal, in that both are created in the image of God. However the big question that comes up is whether men and women are equal in their roles? One side says they are, and the other says the different roles complement each other. Yet we must ask ourselves: What does the Bible say? In this Ask Pastor Tim we go to Genesis to look at both views.

Christ created everything the way He created it to put His glory on display. It is all about Him and all for Him, even including marriage. Ephesians 5:25-27 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, (26) that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, (27) so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, wit...

Omitting and neglecting to do the right thing you know to do is sin and it causes no small damage. Think of how a small thing of neglecting to add oil to your car can cause the same damage as driving your car into a tree. In this sermon Bob Jennings considers the sin of omission from James 4:17 - So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.

When some people hear the command in Hebrews 13:17 to "obey your leaders" they may tend to bristle, but the writer of Hebrews appeals to the fact that the leaders are put over you for your advantage. Biblical leaders are not there to hinder you but to help you and so the benefit in submitting to your leaders is your own.

It would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it would be for someone to pass through to heaven with a shred of self-righteousness upon them.

What do you want more than anything else: Money? Fame? A godly spouse? Or to just walk and commune with the Lord at your side?

Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. - Hebrews 13:15-16

After thirteen chapters here is what the author of Hebrews wants to leave us with: God is a God of peace who raised Christ from the dead. He is a great Shepherd to His people and has brought us into an eternal covenant in which the Lord equips us with everything necessary to do His will.

Regeneration is an act of God in which He changes all Christians, so that they begin to hate sin and pursue righteousness. The thrust of these sermons is to show that this doctrine, although lost by much of modern Christianity, is presented abundantly and clearly in the Old and New Testaments, especially and most vividly in the New. From Granted Ministries

Regeneration is a new birth (Jn 3:1-8, 1 Jn 3:9); the receiving of a new nature (Matt 7:15-20; 12:33); and a crucifixion of the old self and a resurrection of the new self (Ro 6:1-11, 13; 8:13; Gal 2:20). Knowing these glorious truths is vital and then we must go and live in light of them.

Regeneration is a transfer from the realm of the flesh into the realm of the Spirit (Rom 7:5-6; 8:5-9; Gal 5:16-25); a transfer from the earthly sphere into the heavenly sphere (Col 2:20-22; 3:1-10; Jn 17:14, 16; Php 3:19-20; Eph 1:3; 2:4-6); and becoming a slave of righteousness, no longer a slave of sin (Rom 6:16-22).

The apostle John came along and dogmatically asserted things. The world just wants us to say, "We are searching for truth." but the Christian is not searching any longer. We have found the Truth and John says he has seen it, touched it, and looked upon Christ with his own eyes and must proclaim Him.

Do the sudden trials that cause you to suffer make you bitter or better? With the Lord's help we must not let our sufferings destroy us but rather build us up spiritually to be more like Jesus Christ.

The benefits of suffering are so great if we will only see the divine purposes of God that are lovingly shown to us in the midst these trials.

This Bible Study was taught for the children at Vacation Bible School that was done at our church. Tim talks about how Jesus did all these miracles of healing, He calmed storms, and did all those things to show us His power. He is so powerful that He can wash you whiter than snow, wash all your sins away. He is alive today and coming back to judge the world, and even if you are a child you must re...