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There are four stages to complete surrender for those who are truly born-again in Christ. This message covers the first two: Follower and Disciple

There is very little I can say or should to begin this message that is both exciting and terrifying. So let me simply say listen and rejoice or listen and tremble. The Good News is always a message of hope, and I pray you find it here today before I say the last Amen.

Re-establishing your priorities before another day passes in 2024. First Look First Love First Fruit

Key Bible Verse: " But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God. ”" Luke 9:62

From His Deity in Heaven before time as we know it began to His incarnation as a baby in a manger to the Cross and His Resurrection to His triumphant return we long for, this week we celebrate the Jesus.

Key Bible Verse: " “And seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and downcast like sheep without a shepherd..." Matthew 9:35

Key Bible Verses: " But Jesus, knowing whatthey were thinking in their heart, took a child and stood him by His side, andsaid to them, “Whoever receives this child in My name receives Me, and whoever receives Me receives Him who sent Me; for the one who is least among all ofyou, this is the one who is great.” Luke 9:46-47

In this min-series with the LIVING PROOF Series, we have discussed what worldview means, how they are formed, and the secular worldview as well as the cultural Christian and progressive Christian views. After a brief review, today I taught on what it means to be a biblical Christian and how our worldview is formed by the Word of God and how Jesus saw His world.

Are either of these groups really born-again Christian at all?

Key Bible Verses: “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will come. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant,slanderers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving,irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters ofgood, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than loversof God, holding to a form o...

Last week week we examined the first three of seven commands Jesus gave His disciples before His ascension. This message considers the last four: Love One Another Develop a Prayer Life Make Disciples Be a living testimony of the Holy Spirit in You

Key Bible Verse: " Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith; examine yourselves! Or do you not recognize this about yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you— unless indeed you fail the test? " 2 Corinthians 13:5

Key Bible Verse: " Jesus answered and said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God .” John 3:3

We start this new series with questions Jesus asked His disciples who were with Him. He asks the same of Christians today. How do you answer them?

Key Bible Verse: " but exhort one another daily, while it is called “Today,” lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin ." Hebrews 3:13

Understanding what God meant when three times, Paul told us, "God gave them over to"...

The Rainbow Belongs to God (P3) Key Bible Verses: " Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness... God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.  God blessed them;   For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife ; and the two shall become one flesh." ( from Genesi...

Key Bible Verses: " Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap . " Galatians 6: 7

Key Bible Verse: " God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;" Genesis 9:12

Key Bible Verse: " And He who sits on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new.” And He said, “Write, for these words are faithful and true.”  6 Then He said to me, “It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost.  7 “He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be...

Key Bible Verse: “ You are of your father the devil...He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44

Here is the link to the edited version of my message yesterday, The Origin of Demons . Message #1 of this series we examined what Jesus had to say about and His interactions with satan and demoms Message #2 we examined the origin of angels and the much-discussed "origin of evil" This week we did the same with demons. Who are they? Where did they come from? Do they still exist today? This...

Key Bible Verse: " For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High. ’" Isaiah 14: 13-14

Key Bible Verse: " And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one. " Matthew 6: 13a