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Encounter Jesus_ The Bread by Toongabbie Baptist Church

Encounter Jesus_The Resurrection by Toongabbie Baptist Church

Encounter Jesus_ The shepherd by Toongabbie Baptist Church

Luke 2:1-15 (1) In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (2) (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) (3) And everyone went to their own town to register. (4) So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house an...

Isaiah 59:9-21 (9) So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows. (10) Like the blind we grope along the wall, feeling our way like people without eyes. At midday we stumble as if it were twilight; among the strong, we are like the dead. (11) We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves....

Luke 15:1-7 (1) Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering around to hear Jesus. (2) But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.” (3) Then Jesus told them this parable: (4) “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he find...

Genesis 6:5-8 (5) The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. (6) The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. (7) So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the...

Genesis 1:26-2:17 (26) Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” (27) So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. (28) God blessed the...

1 Corinthians 16:1-18 (1) Now about the collection for the Lord’s people: Do what I told the Galatian churches to do. (2) On the first day of every week, each one of you should set aside a sum of money in keeping with your income, saving it up, so that when I come no collections will have to be made. (3) Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them...

1 Corinthians 15:50-58 (50) I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. (51) Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— (52) in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we w...

1 Corinthians 15:29-49 (29) Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptised for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptised for them? (30) And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour? (31) I face death every day—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. (32) If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human...

1 Corinthians 15:12-28 (12) But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13) If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. (14) And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. (15) More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about Go...

1 Corinthians 15:1-11 (1) Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received and on which you have taken your stand. (2) By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. (3) For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to th...

1 Corinthians 14:26-40 (26) What then shall we say, brothers and sisters? When you come together, each of you has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation. Everything must be done so that the church may be built up. (27) If anyone speaks in a tongue, two—or at the most three—should speak, one at a time, and someone must interpret. (28) If there is no interprete...

Revelation 7:9-12 (9) After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. (10) And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” (11)...

Jeremiah 29:4-7 (4) This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: (5) “Build houses and settle down; plant gardens and eat what they produce. (6) Marry and have sons and daughters; find wives for your sons and give your daughters in marriage, so that they too may have sons and daughters. Increase in number there; do not decreas...

1 Peter 1:13-2:3 (13) Therefore, with minds that are alert and fully sober, set your hope on the grace to be brought to you when Jesus Christ is revealed at his coming. (14) As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. (15) But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; (16) for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.” (17) Sin...

"Edifying is to build up. We are brick by brick, building them up to be more and more like Jesus Christ. We want to see them spiritually mature. We want to see the church built up brick by brick by brick. Pursue the way of love that builds up. See, church isn't a place for entertainment. It's a place where we worship God. But we also encourage one another." We are challenged that love doesn't show...

"We're called to read it as if it's something that's been done for us, that God has been patient with you, he's been kind to you. He does not keep a record of your wrongs. He always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres with you. Now, if you read that like that, that has been done to you, and you understand the love that God is offering to you, if you really understand that, you...

"Jesus is not ashamed to call you a brother or a sister. What Paul wants you to know is that he wants to remind you that the universal experience of all Christians is the Spirit, that you exalt Jesus Christ. That we're family, that we are one in our diversity. We're family. Don't be ashamed. Jesus is not ashamed to call you his brother. He's not ashamed for him to call you his sister. You are dear...

"True spirituality is not about the spotlight. It's not about the spectacular. It's about confessing Jesus as Lord. It's about serving others. And it's about exalting Christ above all so that we bring glory and honour to the King of Kings, the one true God. True spirituality is seen in the exaltation of Jesus, not the elevation of self." We are challenged that true spirituality is not about exalti...

"Be very mindful of who we naturally gravitate towards and who we naturally gravitate away from. Are we going to be a multicultural church and then be segregated by our race? That's ridiculous. Because our Christian culture means that every nation, every tribe, as Jesus mentions in the Great Commission, are equally valuable in his eyes. And if they're valuable in the eyes of Jesus, they must be va...

"Just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. In our cultural moment, one of the ways in which we can bring glory to God is that we honour in our services. We honour the beauty of God's design in an appropriate way that makes sure that everyone knows that we are equal, that we affirm one another. And so as we do that, as we express the g...

"We're always part of something bigger, which means that every action, every reaction, is part of a constant narrative that's being played out. And that our life is a signpost, indicating that every action points to something or somewhere. The only question is, where are we pointing people to? Are we pointing them to self-interest, to bitterness, to fear, to pride? Or are we pointing them towards...

"We are running for an imperishable crown. We get to invest our whole life to run a race that we get to receive an imperishable crown, which is the Lord Jesus Christ, the one in whom is above all things, the one whom we desire and treasure. He says we get him. So why don't you run?" We are challenged with the question: "What kind of runner are you?" We want to be a church of Christ followers who d...