Bethel Mennonite Church - Gladys VA

This death has rocked us to the core. Young person, old person, all of us in between. If you’re gambling with the decision of whether to accept Christ as your Savior, you’re making a huge mistake. John 11 – Lazerus died and his sisters said, “Lord if you had been here our brother wouldn’t have died.” Mary, when she said this, fell at the feet of Jesus. That is where we need to be in the mids...

Luke 24:13-49 – They were just two of “the rest” of the disciples. They were going home. They had had a couple of really bad days, and they were walking home. Disciples of the Lord, pouring out their hearts to each other. This is the picture that we get here of these two disciples. They were walking together, not just physically on the road, but also in their spiritual lives. It...

God is accessible, we can reach out to him and experience what he offers us through Christ. Salvation and a holy life that is useful in the kingdom. Acts 17:22-34 – Paul is in Athens, waiting for Silas and Timothy. He had just been pushed out of Thessalonica and Berea and ended up in Athens. Paul was never one to be idle, so he was observing the people of the city in Athens. These people wer...

John 11 – When Lazarus died Jesus came to the community. He cared. He cried. The Jews noticed… they said, “see how he loved Lazarus!” God gives comfort and healing over time, but life will never be quite the same. What has happened cannot be avoided or ignored, it is previous… We must hold to the one thing that cannot and will not change. Our heavenly Father. 1 John 3 – How utterly dar...

Ephesians 6:10-18 God has called us to wrestle spiritually in such a way that the result will expand the borders of the Kingdom of God. We need to love truth more than we love ourselves. If we don’t love truth we are going to, by default, choose to love ourselves. The first purpose of the armor is to allow us to get across the field of battle without being killed. The second purpose of the armor i...

Part 1 God wants to change the world through Christian influence. We can’t hold people at gunpoint, but we may, should and are be influencing others. How does ketchup come out of a bottle? It is through the “squeezing” action. Christian influence is God being able to release the treasure of the Holy Spirit through you and me. We’re going to be looking at four things this morning. A Right Source fo...

This is the message that was preached at the funeral of Ernest Yoder on the 1st of April 2017. I don’t have any notes from the service, but the speaker is none other than Calvin Yoder who was here for a week of meetings. The post Ernest Yoder Funeral Message appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church - Gladys VA .

A couple of the texts used in this sermon. Romans 6: 1-13 Colossians 3:1-13 Matthew 27 Some of the points that are covered Self admiration Self indulgence Self defense Self righteousness Self preservation The post Exposing the Veil of Self appeared first on Bethel Mennonite Church - Gladys VA .

What is the super glue that will hold a church together? How much wind does it take to blow the house over? God has a purpose for the church – and we are to align ourselves to the purpose of the church. Acts 4:31-35 What are the things that the Holy Spirit birthed when he ‘fell upon’ them? They spake the Word of God with Boldness. They were of one heart and soul They were effecte...

We all want to be relevant in our churches. Something more important than being relevant to being relative in the culture – it’s being relevant in the Kingdom of God. And when we are relevant in the Kingdom of God we are relevant in the culture. If we are going to be Christians of influence, it’s important to understand what values & principles you are going to influence peop...

John 7:37-38 – Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. 38 He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 2 Timothy 1:1 – We are not born with a spiritual life that is vibrant, but we may partake of it if we ask of Jesus, coming unto him and drinking. When this life becomes part of us we...

Ephesians 5, Matthew 7:24-27 In a marriage a man and woman leave their parents and come together as one flesh. If you have a treasure you cherish it. You take care of it. It takes value over all things. This is the way a spouse is supposed to be treated, as a treasure, a cherished treasure. Fathers first calling in leadership is spiritual. Not just to be a provider of physical things, but most imp...

We’ve been to the mountain. Now what? Jesus doesn’t just call us to the mountain. He then tells us to go, to go forth and put the things that we’ve learned to good use. Matthew 28 – These last recorded words of Christ in Matthew are ones that we should listen to. Wheel look at the main 4 parts of this call to action. All Power – Jesus says that all power is his. Jesus is the risen savi...

We need to be prepared if we are going to be climbing mountains. Some things you’ll need as you climb – each of these have spiritual parallels as well. A good set of hiking shoes Plenty of water A map of the area you’ll be visiting Not only will you need to be prepared with the things you bring with you, you’ll also need to be prepared for resistance. If we are walking with God there is no r...

Olivet – God’s Protection 2 Kings 6 – This mountain is not named. This is a story of Elisha. Often we don’t see things as they actually are, instead we tend to see things as they “seem to be.” In this story Elisha and his people were completely surrounded by the enemy. Elisha could see beyond the army and he could see that Gods servants were man more in number and had surrounded their...

As you read the scriptures mountains seem to have some sort of significance in numerous places. Jesus spent a fair amount of time with his disciples on mountains. …and he will teach us His ways. — Isaiah Have you asked yourself, “where is God?” God showed himself to other people and he showed up in their situations. At times we feel like God hasn’t showed up in our lives like he has for others. Mo...

” Why climb mount Everest? Because it is there.” – George Mallory Isaiah 2:3 – There are spiritual mountains to climb. Our desire this weekend is to go to the mountain, meet God and allow Him to teach us and then to walk in His paths. Matthew 28:16-20 – This is the great commission. We need to be careful that we don’t miss verses 16 and 17. We need to be sure that we are meeting...

2 Timothy 3:14-17 Doctrine isn’t something that we can just tailor to fit what we like. Doctrine is foundational, it is the basis for our view of scripture and our view of God. Doctrine is a word that means “teaching.” The Bible refers to the teachings or doctrine of men, demons, and God. Doctrine is teaching from God… about God… that directs us to the glory of God. There are basically 7 great doc...

Matthew 7:1-29 God is the one who divides asunder the soul and spirit discerning the very thoughts of everyone. Very often we don’t know all of the details about situations and we need to be careful before we jump to too many conclusions. When we are able to get the whole picture often times it makes a ridiculous amount of difference in how we have judged a situation. We must be careful with our a...

1 John 3:11-24 – There are three lessons we want to think about from this passage. Our Fruit Should Be a Reassurance There are times when it is hard to know whether our heart is telling us the truth or not. There are people who feel like they are fine and are not fine with God. There are others who feel less assured of where they stand with God when indeed they are securely walking with Chri...

It is a great comfort to know that Jesus loves us. Whether we are young or whether we are older folks. Just as children are an important part of our church, so older folks are also a very important part of our churches and families. Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 – Solomon is here describing an older person who is getting older. Often the sight grows dimmer, the body slows down, things are not nearly a...

Numbers 24:10-14, Revelation 2, Peter 2:15 We are being affected today. We are witnessing an unprecedented acceptance of God’s word to turn around and negate his message. Genesis 3:1 – The devil brings a question into the mind of Eve, “hath God said?” This isn’t something new that has come into existence recently, this is something that has been around since the very beginning. If we aren’t...

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Most of us know at least some of the story of the Titanic. A huge boat that sank in the early 1900’s. Something in the neighborhood of 1500 people lost their lives. It is easier to learn from others mistakes than our own. It can also save us a lot of heart ache if we are able to learn from the things that others have done incorrectly. Spiritual maturity isn’t in seeing how cl...

Ephesians 4:1-16 Salvation is a gift from God. None of us are worthy in and of ourselves. It is only through Christ that we can live a changed life walking as Jesus would have us to. At Christmas time there is often a pile of gifts, different shapes, different sizes, different things. The church is like this as well. We all get “general gifts” but we also receive special gifts as children of the m...

1 John 2:29-3:10 A few things that we want to look at today. Being God’s Children How do we, as God’s Children, behave? How is this passage useful today? Being God’s Children You cannot find a righteous person who is not a child of God. People born of God live righteous lives. This is the first time in this book that John uses this term “born of God.” How is possible...