River City Pentecostals - Decatur

We are going to read chapter 12 tonight, but I want to recap what happened in chapter 11 because the details of that chapter will matter in this chapter First, Lazarus died Jesus resurrected him from the dead Mary and Martha are the sisters of Lazarus Many people believed in Jesus because of the resurrection…

Text 26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul? Or what shall a man give in return for his soul? Excepts from President Reagan’s Inaugural Address on January 20, 1981 To those neighbors and allies who share our freedom, we will strengthen our historic ties and…

Ok, we ended 3 weeks ago after Lazuras was raised from the dead in chapter 11, and we stopped at verse 44. Lazuras has just been raised. And now, let’s pick back up at verse 45. 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to…

Text 1 The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2 And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears…

Text: 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ’s gift. 8 Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth?…

Text 4 Therefore we ourselves boast about you in the churches of God for your steadfastness and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions that you are enduring. 5 This is evidence of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be considered worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you are…

Tonight we are starting a new chapter Chapter 10 We are still in the same scene Where Jesus is talking to some Jews immediately following the healing of the blind man on the Sabbath. And John is using that story to teach us a lesson about seeing the truth vs being blind to the truth. And the Jews still…

Trusting God for What You Haven't Tasted Yet Text: 1 And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, and when the Lord heard it, his anger was kindled, and the fire of the Lord burned among them and consumed some outlying parts of the camp. 2 Then the people cried out to…

Tonight we are starting a new chapter Chapter 9 and we will begin by reading the 1st 5 vereses. Now, keep in mind, This chapter is entirely a narrative about a blind man that Jesus heals However, we can still learn something from this story Remember, John doesn’t waste any paper He doesn’t write just…

Ok, we left off last week at chapter 8 and verse 24. In this verse Jesus gives us a requirement for salvation. He says… 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am he you will die in your sins.” So, He says that unless you believe that I AM Again, recall from last…

Intro Thank you all for being here. Thank you especially to our Mother’s here today That includes Stepmother’s Grandmother’s Expectant Mother’s Thank you to anyone who came because you Mother asked you to come. John said, I have no greater Joy than to see That my children walk in truth And I know our…

The Bread of Life Last week ended our lesson in John 7:36 And Jesus had just told the Pharisees That they wouldn’t be able to find him where he was going And he was certainly talking about when he later ascends to heaven We jumped ahead to chapter 14 Where Jesus tell his disciples that they WOULD be…

Intro [Title "Take Offense" is on the screen. You don't read it aloud yet.] You can be seated, I’ll read my scripture shortly. You know, we live in a world where people are offended by just about everything. They even get offended on behalf of other people. Even when if has nothing to do with themselves…

The Bread of Life Last week completed chapter 6 We looked at, what is typically called, The Bread of Life Discourse And in was in that Discourse That many disciples quit following Jesus So, let’s pick back up in Chapter 7 Where Jesus has left those people The scene changes He’s no longer talking to the…

Introduction Over the last two weeks we have been walking through the story of Gideon and we have been calling this series The Making of the Mighty. In Part 1, we found Gideon hiding in a winepress — afraid, weak, and surrounded by the enemy. And that's exactly where God showed up and called him a Mighty…

Introduction I felt led of the Lord to continue last weeks sermon We found Gideon hiding in a winepress, afraid, while Israel had been oppressed by the Midianites for seven years — and that's where God showed up and called Gideon a Mighty Man of Valor. Remember, God calls you what you will become, not…

Text Judges 6:11-16 Now the angel of the Lord came and sat under the terebinth at Ophrah, which belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, while his son Gideon was beating out wheat in the winepress to hide it from the Midianites. And the angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you,…

We stopped last week on John 5:18 18 This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because not only was he breaking the Sabbath, but he was even calling God his own Father, making himself equal with God. This is huge. When Jesus claimed to be able to work on the Sabbath And that God was…

Text 20 Now among those who went up to worship at the feast were some Greeks. 21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip went and told Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told Jesus. 23 And Jesus answered them, “The hour has come…

Ok, last week we finished the narrative about the Samaritan woman at the well. And after she went and brought a crowd to Jesus They asked Jesus to stay with them 2 days. Recall, that most Jews would not go through this land period Let alone, go through and stay 2 days. But Jesus said, I have to go through…

Text 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no other gods before me. 4 “You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is…