Pastor John Farley - Lighthouse Bible Church Podcast

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, March 30, 2025 Who was really on trial? Joh 18:28-40 In Joh 18:28, the civil trial was about to begin. The city of Jerusalem simmered with religious fervor, and discontent with Roman rule. Pilate's home for most the year was in Caesarea. He came to Jerusalem for the Jewish feasts. He was there to keep the peace, and to nip any insurrection in the bud. The governo...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, March 23, 2025 God causes all things to work together for good to those who love Him. Joh 18:15-17 Verses 12-27 record the arrest of Jesus, followed by His trials before the religious leaders: the high priests Annas and Caiaphas. Interspersed between the trials are the three denials of Peter. Verses 12-14: Jesus is arrested and brought before Annas. Verses 15-18:...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, March 16, 2025 They led him to Annas first Joh 18:11-27 It is the cup of the wrath of God against sin. 2Co 5:21 He was made to be sin. He endured the wrath of God against sin when He bore our sins in His body on the cross. Verses 12-27 record the arrest of Jesus, followed by His trials before the religious leaders: the high priests Annas and Caiaphas. Intersperse...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, March 9, 2025 The Cup Which the Father has Given Me Joh 18:7-11 So when Jesus said "I AM", He identified Himself as the LORD God of Israel. What is this cup in verse 11? Mat 26:36-54 interlocks with Joh 18:1-11. Mat 26:36-46 fits between Joh 18:1 and Joh 18:2. Joh 18:8-9 Here in verses 8 and 9, we see Jesus as the good Shepherd who cares for His sheep. Joh 10:11,...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, March 2, 2025 They Drew Back and Fell to the Ground. Joh 18:1-11 Joh 18:4-6 What made Judas, the temple guard, and the Roman soldiers fall to the ground? Check out the neighborhood John crafted verses 4-6 with great care. 1. Jesus said to the Roman soldiers and the Temple Guard, "I am He". I AM. 2. Judas, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. "I AM" was...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, February 23, 2025 Whom do you seek? Joh 18:1-11 The garden in which they entered was the garden of Gethsemane. Mat 26:36 Luke's gospel states that Jesus and His disciples went out to the Mount of Olives. Luk 22:39 The garden of Gethsemane was located on the lower slopes of the Mount of Olives, across the Kidron Valley from Jerusalem. Joh 18:1 The name Gethsemane...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, February 16, 2025 There was a Garden Joh 18:1-11 This gospel is a story of unbelief and belief. Joh 1:11-14 The powerful in Israel rejected Him. But His disciples came to believe that He was the Son of God. Joh 11:41-44 Many came to believe in Christ as a result of this miracle. Joh 11:45-46 His enemies resolved to have Him put to death. Joh 11:47-53 Chapters 18...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, February 9, 2025 Knowing all things that were coming upon Him pastor@lbible.org Joh 18:1-4 "These words" refers to all that Jesus said and taught in chapters 14, 15, 16, & 17. Joh 18-20 is the Holy of Holies. These are the events that secured our salvation. 1Co 15:1-4 The apostle John was an eyewitness to these events. Joh 19:34-35 He witnessed first-hand these g...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, February 2, 2025 That God may be glorified Joh 17:22-23 "That they may be perfected in unity." Joh 13:34-35 Ultimately, spiritual gifts are all about love. Joh 17:22-23 How are we perfected in unity? As wonderful and exciting as spiritual gifts are, they are a means to an end. The end is our being perfected in unity. Using our gifts to serve one another fulfills...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, January 26, 2025 He came close to death for the work of Christ Rom 12:6-8 The believer with the gift of helps is focused on specific people. The believer with the gift of service is focused on tasks (the work to be done). The spiritual gift of service is an unusual ability to identify a need in the congregation - - and to then devote oneself to a ministry that me...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, January 19, 2025 She has Been a Helper of Many 1. God has placed a burden on your heart. 2. God has filled your heart with a special love for the people who most need to be ministered to with the gift. 3. You are willing to suffer in order to serve others with this gift. 4. You have a supernatural ability when you operate in that area. 5. Other Christians sense t...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, January 12, 2024 The work of an evangelist (please excuse the first slide in the video!) The ministry of the evangelist is first to the lost world. God fills his heart with a love for the lost and places a heavy burden on his heart for their salvation. The LORD gives him the ability to proclaim the gospel with freshness, boldness, and power. The evangelist makes...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, December 29, 2024 An Eternal Weight of Glory 2Co 4:16-18 This affliction, this pain, will not last forever. And the very affliction you suffer is itself productive. Rom 5:1-5 Nothing is wasted with God. Phi1:6 His plan includes suffering. His work continues through our suffering. 1Pe 5:10 Christmas is all about light breaking through the darkness. Isa 9:2 The new...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, December 22, 2024 The Light of the world We live in dark times, in a dark world. None of this took the LORD by surprise. The world has always been a dark place. Joh 16:33 Eph 6:12 We also live in a dark time. 2Ti 3:1-5 Christmas is all about light breaking through the darkness. In the midst of this darkness, there came a marvelous Light. Luk 1:26-38 John would pr...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, December 15, 2024 Philip the Evangelist b. Permanent spiritual gifts function throughout the Church Age, until the Rapture. There are two kinds of permanent spiritual gifts: speaking and serving. Speaking Pastor-Teacher: Eph 4:11 evangelist: Eph 4:11 teaching: Rom 12:7, 1Co 12:28 Speaking exhortation: Rom 12:8 prophecy (not prophet): Rom 12:6. Serving helps: 1Co...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, December 8, 2024 He Gave Some as Evangelists There are two major categories of spiritual gifts: temporary and permanent. a. Temporary spiritual gifts only operated in the first generation of the church age. There were three kinds of temporary spiritual gifts: foundational, sign, and revelatory. Foundation gifts laid the foundation for the church: (1)introducing t...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, December 1, 2024 The measure of Christ's gift There are two major categories of spiritual gifts: temporary and permanent. a. Temporary spiritual gifts only functioned during the pre-canon period. The temporary spiritual gifts operated in the first generation of the church age. There were three kinds of temporary spiritual gifts: foundational, sign, and revelatory...

John Farley Pastor-Teacher Sunday, November 24, 2024 Praise the LORD for He is good! Happy Thanksgiving! On board that ship were 41 Separatists. Today we call them Pilgrims. They decided to separate from the established national church under the King James. They set sail for the New World aboard the ship called the Mayflower. Conditions on that ship were brutal. They had set sail from Plymouth, En...

Guest Speaker Wesley Wright delivers today's... for full notes: http://www.lbible.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1712

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, November 10, 2024 Announcements Rich Freeman of Chosen People Ministries visits on Sunday December 8th Announcements GBC Pakistan Christmas Care packages www.gbcpakistan.org/donations Wesley Wright will teach our message next Sunday, November 17th The signs of a true apostle were performed There are two major categories of spiritual gifts: temporary and permanent...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, November 3, 2024 That God may be glorified through Jesus Christ 1Pe 4:10-11 The overarching purpose of spiritual gifts is to glorify God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Joh 17:1-5 The Lord Jesus Christ glorified the Father by completing the work the Father gave Him. Joh 12:23-26 The Lord Jesus Christ glorified the Father by His work on the cross. Joh 15:7-8 We glo...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, October 27, 2024 Announcements Rich Freeman of Chosen People Ministries visits on Sunday December 8th Announcements GBC Pakistan Christmas Care packages www.gbcpakistan.org/donations Announcements Kudos to Marc Pomeroy for an excellent Bible teaching last Thursday. Announcements Next Sunday: LORD's Supper Remember to "fall back"! The manifestation of the Spirit N...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, October 20, 2024 Gifts which differ Four major passages in the New Testament teach the subject of spiritual gifts. Rom 12:1-13 1Co 12-14 Eph 4:1-16 1Pe 4:7-11 First, we go to these passages to learn the characteristics of spiritual gifts. 1Co 12:1-6 The Spirit gives the gifts. He decides which gift each believer receives. The Lord Jesus Christ governs the ministr...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, October 6, 2024 No Sunday Service on October 13 No Bible study on October 10 LORD's Supper led by Wesley Varieties of gifts The spiritual gifts are the LORD's secret weapon for preserving the unity of the body of Christ. The spiritual gifts provide spiritual power for serving one another. Spiritual gifts Four major passages in the New Testament teach the subject...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, September 29, 2024 No Sunday Service on October 13 No Bible study on October 10 Now, concerning spiritual gifts... NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER. Rom 12:4-16 The "one another" commands in 1 Corinthians 12, Ephesians 4, and Romans 12 ... appear side-by-side with Paul's teaching on the spiritual gifts given to the church. The spiritual gifts provide spiritual power for ser...