Weekly Sabbath Sermon

Jesus rode a donkey for his final entry in to Jerusalem, on one hand to fulfill prophecy... on the other hand to signify that He comes in peace. Read this message on our blog: 👉 The King of Peace Comes Humbly and Riding on a Donkey

Was Judas [and the others] becoming impatient with Jesus... wanting to see more action... more implementation of social justice... a more obvious political stance against the Roman oppressors... was there bitterness? ... questions about how money was being handled? Whatever it was, Satan used the opportunity to enter Judas and use him to inflict damage on his enemy... Jesus. Read this message on o...

Each of the 7 festivals pictures a necessary, and distinct, step in the work God is doing. They are a road map for the process of our own spiritual creation... and for God's large scale plan of filling the universe with life. They cover past, present, and future... They address all the known universe... They are for every man, woman, and child who has ever drawn the breath of life. Read this messa...

The proper response to the deliverance made possible through Christ is obedience and effort to overcome sin. The back-to-back biblical festivals of Passover and Unleavened Bread picture the effort God is expecting us to make after He has redeemed us from the penalty of sin. Find us everywhere on the web at these links https://linktr.ee/UCGRaleigh

Your conscience is an important part of what makes you human in the image of God, self aware, and self determining. Through it you are subject to a set of standards outside your own head.  Your conscience can be trained... for better or for worse. It can be trained to judge rightly by God's word... it can also be trained to trade good for evil. A guilty conscience is there to warn you and hel...

Read this message on our blog: 👉 The Church is the Temple of God Christ & the Church: Together We Are a Temple The bible often compares spiritual realities to features of our day to day existence to draw out some feature of that spiritual reality... Jesus compared the work of the holy spirit to the wind "you can't see the wind but you can see the results of the wind". Sometimes a variety...

Read this message on our blog --> Spiritual Blessings From God

What is Your Reward The subject of reward should be very important to Christians because it is the time when all good fruit of your life are shown to have made a difference. Everyone who enters the kingdom of God at Christ’s return receives the gift of everlasting life… but what you experience and enjoy within the kingdom of God is unique for each individual AND depends on what you do in this life...

Focus on doing the best possible job you can fulfilling your responsibility toward you children. This will be pleasing to God. Read this message on our blog: 👉 What Parents Owe to Their Children - Flip Side of The Fifth Commandment

We are in the midst of a decades long sexual revolution. Many see this as a liberating process of throwing off the shackles of shame and taboos... inherited from the influence of the bible on western culture. Actually, the bible teaches that human sexuality is a good thing and that it is only the wrong applications and uses of sex which cause shame and feelings of guilt. Our purpose in this messag...

Repentance is where the message of Christ and His church begins. Repentance is how we begin the process of self examination, self correction, and self awareness. Repentance is the process whereby we change the direction of our life towards life rather than death. Repentance has real psychological and spiritual benefits. Repentance has an ongoing role in the life of every believer! Read this messag...

Judges chapter 17 and 18 record for us the experiments in false worship made by a named Micah and the Israelite tribe of Dan. In this section of Judges there are 6 lessons we can draw on how false worship can take root in our lives and our church.

God's will for humanity is found in the written word of God... the ideas expressed and the words used in the original writings and languages are inspired by God and without error... they are the final authority in all things pertaining to faith and in life... the old testament and new testament are a unified document and constitute the foundation of all truth. Read this message on our blog: The Ol...

The 1st century controversy over meat offered to idols provides us all with helpful instruction on how we can better exemplify the mind of Christ and bear with one another in love.

Those who are in Christ at His return will be raised to a state of glory and are brought into the family of God as the bride of the Son. At that point human beings may become partakers of the divine nature .

Submission to righteous authority is the answer... it is the only way. It is the way of peace, and the way of eternity. Looking into the nature of God... the reality of the Father and the Son... and their manner of interaction... is more than clever words, and intellectual escapades... it is a practical lesson that answers the moral and ethical question: "how can we all get along'. The Author...

The interaction between Deborah the prophetess and Barack the deliverer expose the spiritual and societal crisis in Israel during the days after Ehud the Judge. There is much we can learn today from the record we have of these days in scripture. Read this message on our blog --> Deborah and Barack

The commission of the Church is best presented in Matthew 28: 19-20. It is connected to a clear proclamation of the authority of Christ. Watch this message to delve into the personal meaning this short proclamation has for you. 👉 Read this message on our blog: The Great Commission of the Church of God

The commission of the Church is best presented in Matthew 28: 19-20. It is connected to a clear proclamation of the authority of Christ. Watch this message to delve into the personal meaning this short proclamation has for you. Read this message on our blog: 👉 The Great Commission of the Church of God

Government and authority are spiritual in nature. Eternity itself will have structure. Order, government, and authority are of the mind of God. Read this message on our blog: What Christ's Government Will Look Like

A Fundamental Truth Hidden in Plain Sight There is a resurrection for the rest of the dead who are not in Christ at His return. They rise again to life following the 1,000 year rule of Christ on earth.  So we also have a final holy day following the 7 day Feast of Tabernacles...  the eighth day ... the final feast... the final step in God's plan to bring many chi...

In the present age Satan has been allowed access to humanity. He has used that access to undermine and interfere with human being's development into fully spirit born children of God. Humans are guilty of allowing Satan's influence to lead them into disobedience towards God... but Satan' guilt is unique... it is not shared with any other... no one led him astray... His rebellion against God was of...

The millennial rule of Christ on earth was part of the teaching and preaching of the coming kingdom of God from the beginning of the new covenant Church. However, the teaching was suppressed and declared heresy in the 4th century at the 2nd Ecumenical Council... why? how? Hit the LIKE button 👍 to help more people see this message QUESTION -- Have a question about This Message... Other Bible Quest...

Where are the places God has placed His name and how does He designate any given place? Plus, a quick look at how the present day Church of God fulfills this instruction to come before God in the the place He will choose Hit the LIKE button 👍 to help more people see this message QUESTION -- Have a question about This Message... Other Bible Questions... or Anything Else? Post in comments section o...

Satan holds the power of death over all people in this world. He is the beginning of sin and plays a key role in how sin enters our world. We should not be ignorant of his reality or his activity in our lives. Read this message on our blog - Satan and the Power of Death