Pastor John Farley - Lighthouse Bible Church Podcast

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...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, September 22, 2024 Our friend and evangelist One body, different gifts 2Co 8:14-15 NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER. We bless others - and, in turn and time, we are blessed by them. And this is certainly the case in the Spirit's design for our spiritual gifts. 1Co 12:24-26 Eph 4:32-5:2 Eph... for full notes: http://www.lbible.org/index.php?proc=msg&sf=vw&tid=1704

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, September 8, 2024 No Sunday Service on September 15 No Bible study on September 12 Be kind to one another 2Co 8:1-4 They gave money that they needed for their daily bread. 2Co 9:8 The decision- the willingness, the desire, the resolve to give sacrificially- is ours. The power and ability do not come from us. They come from the LORD. 2Co 8:5-6 They learned the rig...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, September 1, 2024 No Sunday Service on September 15 No Bible study on September 12 Through His poverty, we are rich The NOT I BUT OTHERS life has several key proving grounds. How we use the resources the LORD has given us - - particularly financial resources. The most extensive teaching on Christian giving is found in 2 Corinthians 8 and 9. 2Co 8:1-15 Here we hav...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, August 25, 2024 They first gave themselves to the LORD The NOT I BUT CHRIST life leads to the NOT I BUT OTHERS life. This is also the NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER life. Living for Christ leads to living for others. No longer for ourselves, but for Him. That's first. But then, no longer for ourselves but for OTHERS. Love means sacrificing for the benefit of the one loved...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, August 18, 2024 Feed My Sheep! The NOT I BUT CHRIST life leads to the NOT I BUT OTHERS life. Life in the Body is the NOT I BUT ONE ANOTHER life. 2Co 4:7-12 Living for Christ leads to living for others. Being conformed to His death results in a life of NOT I BUT OTHERS. What does it mean to carry about in the body the dying of Jesus? This is a spiritual reality th...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, August 11, 2024 The fellowship of His sufferings (1) the destination of the journey. (2) the gift we receive along the way. (3) the great power that propels us forward. Rom 8:29 The destination is conformity to the image and likeness of Christ. Phi 1:21 It becomes a life of absolute simplicity. Second, God has given us a gracious gift to enable us to attain the g...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, August 4, 2024 Lord's Supper after today's message To live is Christ 2Cor 5:14-15 The NOT I BUT CHRIST attitude bears fruit ...when? when we live lives that are no longer about ourselves but instead are about Christ. It's a life of putting away the old man and putting on the new man. Ultimately, it's a matter of putting on love. Col 3:14 The NOT I BUT CHRIST life...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, July 21, 2024 No service Sunday July 28th All in the name of Christ Jesus Arrogance is all about "I". Humility is all about "NOT I". There are three "NOT I"s for our spiritual life. NOT I BUT SIN. NOT I BUT CHRIST. NOT I BUT OTHERS. 1. Hear (or read) the facts. 2. Believe the facts. 3. Think new thoughts based on those facts. 4. Live according to your new thinkin...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, July 14, 2024 No service Sunday July 28th The life we live now Arrogance is all about "I". Humility is all about "NOT I". There are three "NOT I"s for our spiritual life. NOT I BUT SIN. NOT I BUT CHRIST. NOT I BUT OTHERS. We need our minds to be renewed. We need to be trained how to think right. Col 3:1-4 1. You died. 2. You have been raised up with Christ. 3. Ch...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, July 7, 2024 New church phone number: 954-343-3232 Lord's Supper today after our message No service Sunday July 28th Christ is Our Life Phillip James Elliot (1927-1956) was an evangelist and Christian missionary. From his journal He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that for which he cannot lose. Mar 8:34-35 Elizabeth Elliot There are three "NOT I"...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, June 30, 2024 Not I but Christ New church phone number: 954-343-3232 No Bible study Thursday Lord's Supper next Sunday July 7th No service Sunday July 28th It is the attitude of HUMILITY. There are three "NOT I"s for our spiritual life. NOT I BUT SIN. NOT I BUT CHRIST. NOT I BUT OTHERS. 1. NOT I BUT SIN. If you are a believer in Christ, you died to sin. Coming to...

John Farley Pastor Teacher Sunday, June 23, 2024 Sin is no longer our master. NOT I There are three "NOT I"s for our spiritual life. 1. NOT I BUT SIN. 2. NOT I BUT CHRIST. 3. NOT I BUT OTHERS. NOT I BUT SIN. NOT I BUT CHRIST. NOT I BUT OTHERS. 1. NOT I BUT SIN. 1Pe 2:24 He died for our sins so we might die to sin. Sin is the seat of the rebellion against God. Sin encompasses (1) our personal sins;...