I'll Be Honest

Don't let the cheapening of the phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?" take your eyes away from the reality and truth of that statement. We should live and measure our lives by seeking to imitate Jesus Christ who was perfectly pleasing to the Father.

There are many verses in the Bible that talk about being saved by faith, and there are also other verses that seem to indicate that we are saved by our own effort and striving. How do we reconcile these two? And once we are saved, how can we have assurance that we're actually saved and haven't deceived ourselves?

I cannot account for my life except for the fact that Jesus is a risen and living Savior. None of this pulling yourself up by your religious bootstraps. I had no strength to pull myself up by any bootstraps. Jesus came and visited me... and changed me forever - Chuck Vuolo

Emotions are an essential element of how God has created us. However, with the fall and sin entering the world, emotions have been disrupted and corrupted. Yet through Jesus Christ, there is restoration of our emotions and believers grow more and more into the likeness of Jesus Christ.

There are many possible factors as to why a church may have members that don't give their money sacrificially to meet needs. Many of these factors are problems. But the root of the problem is that we don't love God enough. Love will fuel us to give sacrificially. We will make the most sacrifices for what we love. And if we truly love Christ, there will be proof of it and we will express it. The pr...

What characterizes the Christian is not that they don’t do bad, but it is that they are zealous for good works. We must get away from a Christianity that has a negative emphasis; where the focus is on everything you don’t do.

The Bible teaches that as a man Jesus possessed the essential elements of human nature. Jesus was not constricted in His emotions, or corrupted and controlled by His emotions. He was perfectly balanced in His emotions.

Jesus’ sorrow and compassion spring from His observation of the effects of man’s fall. As believers we must imitate the emotional life of Jesus and his sorrowful compassion. The only way that we can be like Jesus is to cultivate our own relationship with Christ.

Jesus’ anger sprang from His recognition of the sources of man’s fall – Satan and sin, but also death. The motives of Jesus’ anger were pure: love for God and love for others. The joy of Jesus springs from His contemplation and anticipation of the solution to the fall which He came to bring!

A stranger is someone who is different, alone, out of place, and doesn't fit. The world is filled with strangers because what truly makes someone strange is being a stranger to God. Christians are no longer strangers because they've been brought near to God through Christ. They can see a face and hear a voice that no one else can see or hear. Christians can also know that they're no longer a stran...

If Christians are to grow in grace, we must be sure to keep close tabs on our conscience. We must learn to make our conscience take precedent over our emotions when they are unstable and are going against what God would have us to do. We also need to be sure that our conscience is careful when it comes to small things and that we don't lose the battle in small areas of our lives. How are things wi...

Paul spent so much time looking believers in the eyes and reminding them of who they are in Christ. We see this in Ephesians 2:19, "So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God."

There may be many blessings we receive from going to a conference, but one of the primary blessings we need to receive is growth in graciousness and knowledge of Jesus Christ. No matter if we're a brand new Christian or if we're the holiest person in our church, we all must still grow in our Christian life.

Your souls won't grow without food and there is no food for the soul like the Word of God. There is no place to be, better than before the face of Jesus Christ. - Geoff Thomas Excerpt taken from the exhortation that Geoff Thomas gave at the prayer meeting prior to the conference starting.

"I am going to speak to you, over the course of these meetings, over the topic of the unity of the church. I think that under the explicit preaching of the Gospel, the unity of the church is the central labor and love of my life. I cannot think of anything more important to me than the unity of the church." Preached during November 2017 at LakeRoad Chapel in Kirksville, Missouri. Ryan Fullerton pa...

" ...with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace." Ephesians 4:2-3 Preached during November 2017 at LakeRoad Chapel in Kirksville, Missouri. Ryan Fullerton pastors at Immanuel http://immanuelky.org/

The vital role that church discipline plays in guarding the unity of the church. Preached during November 2017 at LakeRoad Chapel in Kirksville, Missouri. Ryan Fullerton pastors at Immanuel http://immanuelky.org/

"for the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit. For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men. So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another." Romans 14:17-19 Preached during November 2017 at LakeRoad Chapel in Kirksville, Missouri. Ryan Fullerton pastors at Immanuel h...

" ...leave your offering there before the altar and go; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering." Matthew 5:24 Preached during November 2017 at LakeRoad Chapel in Kirksville, Missouri. Ryan Fullerton pastors at Immanuel http://immanuelky.org/

Every single person will be gathered before Jesus Christ on Judgment Day. They will all stand before Him and receive their eternal sentence. They will either hear from Him, "Come you blessed," or "Depart you wicked." (Looking for the full sermon? Find it under the list of 60 sermons by Conrad, under the title, "The Great and Final Judgment".)

When young people actually develop the habits of Biblical fasting, it makes it a whole lot easier to say "no" to lust. In the reverse, those who have no control to fast from food are often the ones falling into lust.

There are many seeker sensitive "churches" that are trying to manipulate people into their church. They treat church membership like a numbers game. The true church is looking for those who have truly experienced regeneration. View full sermon: https://gccsatx.com/the-dwelling-place-of-god-is-with-man-tim-conway/

When Jesus died, did His human nature die or did His divine nature die? If only His human nature died, then what is the significance of it? If God can't die, how did Jesus die if He is God? We need to make sure we get our answers from Scripture; not let anyone disarm us from using our Bibles. We also need to understand what death truly is according to Scripture. We also don't need to be afraid to...

There is nothing in your life that is evil, corrupt, wrong, dirty, that can withstand the Spirit. This is a mighty Spirit of God and He is let loose in the life of God’s people and He will accomplish the perfecting of you. – Tim Conway

If a person is casual about their sin, they are in danger. Jesus Christ looked men directly in the eye and warned them that they will be thrown into hell unless they cut off occasions that cause sin. Many professing Christians will soften a warning like this under the pretense of "grace", but they misunderstand what grace produces in someone's life. If a person is saved by grace and justified by f...