New Arbor Sunday Messages

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

Ephesians 2:1-10 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,  2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.  3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were...

1 Corinthians 15:29-58 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?  30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?  31 I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.  32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes...

1 Corinthians 15:20-28 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.  21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.  22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.  23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.  24 Then the end will c...

Ephesians 2:1-10 1 As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins,  2 in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient.  3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our flesh and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were...

Romans 8:31-39 31 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?  32 He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?  33 Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies.  34 Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who...

John 14:15-21 15 “If you love me, keep my commands.  16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever—  17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.  18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.  19 Before long, the world w...

1 Corinthians 15:1-20 1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.  2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scr...

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,  3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”...

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.  2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scr...

1 Corinthians 15:1-10 1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.  2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scr...

1 Corinthians 15:1-10 1 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand.  2 By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scr...

1 Corinthians 14:20-40 20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.  21 In the Law it is written: “With other tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” 22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, i...

1 Corinthians 14:20-40 20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.  21 In the Law it is written: “With other tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” 22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, i...

1 Corinthians 14:20-40 20 Brothers and sisters, stop thinking like children. In regard to evil be infants, but in your thinking be adults.  21 In the Law it is written: “With other tongues and through the lips of foreigners I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to me, says the Lord.” 22 Tongues, then, are a sign, not for believers but for unbelievers; prophecy, however, i...

1 Corinthians 14:6-19 6 Now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you and speak in tongues, what good will I be to you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or word of instruction?  7 Even in the case of lifeless things that make sounds, such as the pipe or harp, how will anyone know what tune is being played unless there is a distinction in the notes?  8 Again, if the trumpet...

1 Corinthians 14 1 Follow the way of love and eagerly desire gifts of the Spirit, especially prophecy.  2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter mysteries by the Spirit.  3 But the one who prophesies speaks to people for their strengthening, encouraging and comfort.  4 Anyone who speaks in a tongue edifies themselves, but...

1 Corinthians 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do...

Luke 1:26-38 26 In the sixth month of Elizabeth’s pregnancy, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee,  27 to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin’s name was Mary.  28 The angel went to her and said, “Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.” 29 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of g...

1 Corinthians 13 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal.  2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do...