Teachings - Restoration Covenant Church

Mark 1:9-12, John 5:19, Philippians 2:6-7a, John 17:23+26 "In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” Mark 1:9-12 “It doesn’t mean that Je...

1. Have you repented of your sins, been baptized and filled with the Spirit? 2. What’s next? What is next on your transformation? 3. Are you leaning into the Spirit to sustain you along the way?

“Mark, having become the interpreter of Peter, wrote down accurately everything that he remembered, without however recording in order what was either said or done by Christ. For neither did he hear the Lord, nor did he follow Him; but afterwards, as I said, (attended) Peter, who adapted his instructions to the needs (of his hearers) but had no design of giving a connected account of the Lord's or...

Mark 1:1; 1:10 Order: Mark 1:1 “Augustus was sent as Savior…the birthday of the son of the god Caesar was the beginning of his good news.” Roman Inscription “Gospel refers to the story about Jesus narrated in the text. It comprises Jesus’ words, deeds, death and resurrection as God’s direct intervention into human history. It challenges and imperial cult propaganda that brings messages of good tid...

ohn 6:35, Isaiah 9:2, Revelation 21:23-25 78,391,156 'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, in hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. Our job is to train up a generation to laugh at the lie that our joy must be purchased. Shane Clairborne Cocal Cola Santa Image John 6:35 Isa...

Luke 1:26 - 38

Matthew 1:1 , 1 Samuel 16:1-13 , Isaiah 11:1-4 Matthew 1:1 1 Samuel 16:1-13 Isaiah 11:1-4 Advent – is all about life beginning to rise in you where you no longer expect it to come from. Tamarisk Tree Image: Hope without Honesty = Denial Honesty without Hope = Despair

Matthew 1:1, Genesis 12:1-4 The Bright Sadness: “the sadness of my exile, of the waste I have made of my life; the brightness of God’s presence and forgiveness, the joy of the recovered desire for God, the peace of the recovered home.”

JOY - Closely related to gladness and happiness, although joy is more a state of being than an emotion; a result of choice. The Lexham Bible Dictionary WONDERED (delogistico) - “wondered” or “deologistico” in the Greek means; to use logic, to reason with intensity. Encounters with Jesus by Timothy Keller (196) Quotes: “We prevent God from giving us the great spiritual gifts He has in store for us,...

Matthew 16:21-27 Matthew 16:21-24 “We have been led to believe that the self is sacrosanct; just as in an earlier time it was thought never fitting to deny God, now it feels never right to deny self.” -Robert C Roberts Matthew 16:24-27 Option A: “Deny Jesus, Follow Self” WILL Lose Your Life Option B: “Deny Self, Follow Jesus” WILL Save Your Life “The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Chr...

John 15:18-21, 1 John 2, Deuteronomy 29:16-19 Order: John 15:18-21 1 John 2:15-17 Cosmos: 1. Planet Earth = Romans 1:20 2. Humanity = John 3:16 “A Culture, the patterns of beliefs, social forms, dispositions, and values that are institutionalized in people’s collective life.” Cornelius Plantinga Jr. “Our cultural and social practices, that are under the control of Satan and, thus opposed to God.”...

Galatians 6:1-9 Deceitful ideas, that play to disordered desires, that are normalized in a sinful society. The Law of Returns 1. Every Action has a Reaction 2. That Reaction is often Disproportionate to the Action “No matter what we sow, the law of return applies. Good or evil, love or hate, justice or tyranny, grapes or thorns, a gracious compliment or a peevish complaint – whatever we invest, we...

Ephesians 4:17-28 “Basic conversion must be followed by daily conversion.” “Spiritual formation in Christ moves toward a total interchange of our ideas and images for his.” Dallas Willard In its Roman-era setting, for example, Christianity was so different that critics of the time referred to it as a "superstition" (meaning a bogus or dangerous religion). Larry Hurtado – Destroyer of the gods Our...

Genesis 3 1-6, Luke 4:1-11 The chief dispute in the world is who has authority and who deserves to be worshipped. 3 Great Questions in Life: 1. Who is God? (Theology) 2. Who are we/am I? (Anthropology/Identity) 3. What is the good life? How do we live? (Morality/Sociology) 1. Silencing the Adversary starts with recognizing the voice of God. 2. Silencing the Adversary comes through obedience. 3. Si...

Daniel 10:1-14, Mark 9:14-29, Acts 10:38, Luke 13:10-16, Romans 8:18-22, John 8:44; 10:10 Order of Slides: Daniel 10:1-14 One Slide: 1. Sickness and Death 2. Natural Evil 3. Chaos Mark 9:14-29 Acts 10:38 Luke 13:10-16 “God created things which had free will. That means creatures which can go right or wrong. Free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any lo...

Ephesians 6:10-18, Galatians 4:1-9, Colossians 2:15 1. Convince You that You are in Peace Time “Prosperity knits a man to the world. He feels that he is finding his place in it, while really it is finding its place in him.” 2. Keep You From Your True Identity “It is funny how mortals always picture us as putting things into their minds: in reality our best work is done by keeping things out.” 3. Y...

Genesis 1:1, Exodus 12:12; 15:1-2,11, Psalm 82:1-8, Ephesians 6:10-12 “The Bible from beginning to end presupposes spiritual beings who exist between humanity and God and whose behavior significantly affects human existence, for better of for worse.” Greg Boyd – God at War: The Bible and Spiritual Conflict “From a cross-cultural perspective, the insight that the cosmos is teeming with spiritual be...

John 8:44-45, Genesis 3:1-15, Luke 4:1-13, 2 Corinthians 2:11 For Jesus, the devil’s primary strategy to ruin the soul and society isn’t what most of us expect. It’s lies. More specifically, it’s deceptive ideas that play to disordered desires that are normalized in a sinful society. In this teaching, we explore how we are transformed by Spirit and truth, and deformed by isolation and lies. The De...

John 8:31-46 1. For Jesus, there is a Devil… 2. The Jesus the end goal of the devil is to murder… 3. His Strategy: Lies and Deception “We live at the mercy of our ideas.” Dallas Willard A Lie = An assumption about reality that is not true. The Devil’s strategy: Deceitful ideas, that play to disordered desires, that are normalized in a sinful society. Freedom From vs. Freedom to “Ideas… are the pri...

Mark 1:16-18, Deuteronomy 6:4-5, John 21:18-19, Philippians 1:9-11; 2:12-13

Matthew 4:18-22; 8:18-22; 9:9-13; 10:1-4; 20:20-28 1. Jesus lived in community 2. Lots of people turned down his invitation 3. The End Goal in community was to grow people into a people of love 1. Individualism 2. Idealism “The sooner this shock of disillusionment comes to an individual and to a community, the better for both. A community which cannot bear and cannot survive such a crisis, which i...

John 21:18-19, Matthew 6:25-34, Romans 8:38-39 John 21:18-19 Two Dimensions to our Apprenticeship to Jesus: Active and Passive Matthew 6:25-34 Romans 8:38-39 “Without him we can’t, without us he won’t.” Augustine God grant me the serenity To accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And wisdom to know the difference. Reinhold Niebuhr Living one day at a time; Enjoying...

Mark 1:16-20, Matthew 9:9-13, Luke 9:57-62, Deuteronomy 6:4-9 Mark 1:16-20 Matthew 9:9-13 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. “Many think Jesus came to earth so you and I can have a special kind of spiritual experience and then go merrily along, as long as we pray and read our Bibles and de...

Luke 9:57-62, 1 Cor. 13:11, Hebrews 5:12, 1 Peter 2:2, 1 John 2:12-13, John 15:5; 17:23 Order of Slides: Luke 9:57-62 1 Cor. 13:11, Hebrews 5:12, 1 Peter 2:2, 1 John 2:12-13 “The three groups represent three different stages of spiritual pilgrimage. The little children are those newborn in Christ. The young men are more developed Christians, strong and victorious in spiritual warfare while the fat...

Matthew 6:12 Matthew 6:14-15 Luke 15:20