The Truth Church

Pastor Hilton opens with Matthew 16:13-20, where Jesus asks disciples who people say He is, and Peter declares, 'Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.' The pastor emphasizes Jesus' preferred self-identification as 'Son of Man,' highlighting His dual nature: fully God and fully man. He explains that Jesus, though equal with God, humbled Himself, taking on human limitations to redeem human...

Pastor Hilton opens with Acts 2:1-4, recounting how on the day of Pentecost the disciples were all filled with the Holy Ghost and spoke in tongues as the Spirit gave utterance. He emphasizes that this outpouring was personal and for all believers, not just a select few. He connects the feast of Pentecost—the Feast of Weeks celebrating first fruits—to the spiritual harvest, explaining that Jesus’ d...

Pastor Hilton opens from Matthew 5:6, 'Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' He develops the message around the concept of an acquired taste, using analogies from dietary changes—how one learns to prefer healthy food over junk, or acquires a taste for coffee through persistence. The central scripture is Genesis 25-27, the story of Jacob and Esa...

Pastor Hilton preaches from Matthew 16:13-20, exploring the significance of Jesus' self-identification as the Son of Man. He emphasizes that while Jesus is the Son of God—sharing the Father's name, eternal nature, omnipotence, and omniscience—He chose to be known primarily as the Son of Man. This title appears over 80 times in the Gospels and, in the Old Testament, typically highlights human limit...

Reverend Stephenson preaches from Luke 13:11, where a woman is bound by an infirmity for eighteen years. He emphasizes that God desires victory, not defeat, for His people. The enemy, the devil, seeks to steal, kill, and destroy, and hates when people move toward God. He wants to bind worship, prayer, and response to God's Word. The woman in the scripture was in the house of God yet bound, illustr...

Reverend Stephenson preaches from 1 Peter 2:4-6, focusing on the third temple. While many anticipate a literal physical temple in Jerusalem, he declares that Jesus Christ is already building the true third temple—the church. He contrasts Solomon's first temple and Zerubbabel's second temple, emphasizing that the glory of God, not human effort or materials, distinguishes a temple. Solomon's temple...

Bishop Riggen, nearing the end of his 42-year pastoral ministry, uses 1 Timothy 5:17 to teach that elders who rule well, especially those laboring in word and doctrine, are worthy of double honor. He explains that God has given pastors as gifts to the church for perfecting the saints, bringing unity, and fostering spiritual maturity. With the upcoming transition to a new pastor, he offers five pra...

Bishop Riggen begins with Revelation 4, emphasizing that in heaven there is one throne with one seated on it, and the four living creatures and twenty-four elders worship without ceasing, not for each other or for John, but for an audience of one—God on the throne. He underscores that everything exists for God’s pleasure, not ours, and that true worship must be directed solely to Him. The bishop w...

Pastor Hilton preaches on the sonship of Christ, grounding his message in Matthew 16:16-19 where Peter declares, 'Thou art the Christ, the son of the living God.' He emphasizes that this revelation came not from flesh and blood but from the Father in heaven. The pastor argues that Jesus is the only begotten Son of God, uniquely born of the Holy Ghost and Mary, a distinction that sets Him apart fro...

Pastor Hilton begins by reading Leviticus 14:2-9, the law of the leper, which outlines the Old Testament cleansing ritual for a leper who must be brought to the priest. He explains that leprosy, or Hansen's disease, causes a loss of sensation—the infected area cannot feel pain or injury, leading to unnoticed damage that spreads. He then connects this to the body of Christ, citing 1 Corinthians 12...

Bishop Riggen concludes his series on tithing in Leviticus, emphasizing that believers are obligated to return the first ten percent of their income to God as the tithe, which is holy and not subject to negotiation. He warns that failing to tithe brings God's curse, and that ninety percent with God's blessing goes further than one hundred percent without it. However, he stresses that giving only t...

Pastor Hilton opens by reading 2 Kings 13:14-19, recounting the dying prophet Elisha’s instructions to King Joash: to take bow and arrows, shoot an arrow eastward as the arrow of the Lord’s deliverance from Syria, and then to smite the ground with arrows. Joash smote only three times and stopped, drawing Elisha’s anger that he should have struck five or six times for complete victory. Pastor Hilto...