Chardon Baptist Church

Jesus is coming again! It’s a fact. We have in these first 9 verses of 2 Peter 3 reassuring words for all who are in Christ and sobering words for anyone tempted to reject Jesus. There are people who scoff and reject the idea that He will return, and that He will judge, but the Word of God assures us that this is no fable.

Jesus, the Light, came to give forgiveness of sins and life everlasting to all who believe in His name. You have all this evidence and every reason to believe in Jesus as Savior and Lord. You also have all this evidence and every reason to live your life so that it points to Jesus, the Light, so that others will believe.

Peter warns that false teachers will face the judgment of God. He also describes false teachers so that believers in Jesus can be on guard. 

Darkness is overcome by the light. Light conquers darkness. Darkness will never overcome light. Light means life, and Jesus the light means life for those who believe in His name.

The church is not immune to false teachers. We must make every effort then, to keep ourselves rooted and grounded in the Word of God lest we lose our stability and be carried away in error.

Today if you are a follower of Jesus you need to remember every day that you serve the risen Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord. What He accomplished by His birth, His death on the cross, and by His resurrection was possible because He was the Word made flesh.

Read and feed on the Word of God. Daily reminding yourself, remembering and recognizing the Word as God speaking to you.

Should God not return or call you home for another twenty years where will you be found? Will you be found following the same truths of God’s Word, living by the same standard of God’s Word, and still pointing people like a shining star to Jesus? We can learn from the star that lead the wise men to the Christ-child. 

There’s often much joy for believers in Jesus at Christmas. But for believers who are drawing near to God there’s joy in the Lord all year long when they keep searching to know Jesus, keep believing in Him, keep following Him and keep worshiping Him.

A growing believer who is supplementing their spiritual life with the spiritual qualities seen in Second Peter 1:5-11 can look forward to victory and joy this side of heaven and a victorious arrival into heaven one day.

Matthew 1:18-25 is full of pointers to the miraculous and divine conception and the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  Come see the miracle of Immanuel, God with us.

What Jude is giving us here is a charge to invest in your spiritual life. What we’ve been seeing in Jude is the very real danger that awaits you if you fail to invest in your spiritual life with the truth of God’s Word. So what follows is very important for us all.

Ignoring warning signs when you are driving can be hazardous. Even more important are warning signs in the Bible. Jude has given us many warning signs about false teachers and the dangers they pose. Follow along as we examine the warning signs seen in Jude verses 14-19.

It’s troubling to think of false teachers slipping into the church attempting to lead people astray. But it’s a needful conversation Jude forces us to have. In Jude verses 8-13 we’re shown how to recognize false teaching today. People who propagate false teaching can often be recognized by their corrupt communication and corrupt character.

God’s people need constant reminders of His precious and very great promises. In 2 Peter 1:1-4 we find four such promises that will feed and grow your faith in Jesus.

Learning to guard against false teachers will be greatly helped by learning from the past. In verses 5-7 Jude points to the past as a reminder of the serious results of unbelief and false teaching.

You need to contend for the faith for the sake of your own daily walk with Christ. You need to be on your guard. Follow your Master and Lord, your Savior, Jesus Christ. We find out how in Jude 1:1-4.

Believers in Jesus need to contend for the faith for the sake of their own daily walk with Christ. The temptation to compromise the truth of God’s Word is ever-present. But if you will keep humbling yourself before the Word of God daily, following your Master and Savior, Jesus Christ, you will be strengthened with God’s help, to contend for the faith

Believers in Jesus are not left to their own failing wisdom and failing strength to understand and obey God’s Word. The Helper, the Holy Spirit lives in the believer to help them understand, illuminating the truth of God’s Word in the heart and mind of the believer in Jesus.

There is joy and contentment for believers in Jesus who treasure God’s grace, who bask in and drink in and enjoy God’s unmerited favor because of the finished work of Jesus for sinners. Saints in Christ learn contentment when they remember whose they are and learn to treasure God’s grace.

The Bible calls believers in Jesus to be generous givers and those who learn to give from the heart find the contentment that only God can give. When it comes to your giving, what God desires of you above all is that you give with the right motives. And when you do, then you will know the blessing of contentment.

The filling of the Holy Spirit will change your life. When the Holy Spirit controls you because you aren’t quenching and resisting His control, He will not leave you unchanged. And that will be for your good and for His glory. 

You will only have contentment when you rely on the all-sufficient Christ to give you His strength as you obey Him in the face of difficulty, even when your strength is all gone.

In the life of a believer in Jesus, the Holy Spirit works to produce spiritual fruit https://ChardonBaptist.org We are a church centered on the Word. The Bible is God’s Word and guides us in all we do and sets us on our mission. We would love to have you visit this Sunday. Visit our website to plan your visit. 

The Bible teaches believers in Jesus to be content. The Apostle Paul says that he had learned to be content. There is a very real danger for you if you ignore the teaching of the Bible and refuse to learn contentment. So how do we learn? https://ChardonBaptist.org We are a church centered on the Word. The Bible is God’s Word and guides us in all we do and sets us on our mission. We would love to h...