Ultimate Outcomes

If decisions we make are made by weighing the pros and cons of that choice, it shows that every choice we have made; we thought it would benefit us. We set out to make good deals. If we always set out to make excellent decisions or deals, why do we sometimes make bad ones? We make poor deals because of bad information or distorted information. 1 Timothy 4:1-2 Support the show

What are some things most people are interested in when looking into the end times? They want to know about the anti-christ, when it will happen, and who are the ten nations? People are also interested in how much the church will go through the tribulation. The most important thing we need to know, however, is will my faith stay intact in the end times? Matthew 24:1-14 Support the show

Is it our ambition to find ourselves in a better place than we are now? If it is, then is the journey worth it? Are we currently restless? Are we longing to be in a better place? Would you be content in your current condition for all of eternity?  Support the show

What do you know for sure? What are you absolutely sure of? How do we gain knowledge of what we are ignorant of? How do we know for sure? How do we come to know what we hadn't known before? We need to be aided to see what we couldn't see before. Do you know what the nature and purpose of God is? 1 John 5:20-21 Support the show

Does God answer our prayers? Does He even hear our prayers? How can we know that God is hearing our prayers? Do we have His ear? Under what conditions can we be confident that God can answer our prayers? 1 John 5:13-15 Support the show

Has God spoken to us? Has he communicated with us? Is the Bible God speaking? Is God a liar? Is the Bible the truth and wisdom of God? It isn't in God's nature to lie, so if the Bible is inspired by him, his word is true. 1 John 5:6-16 Support the show

If Jesus and Satan are completely opposite from one another. What is it they have in common? If they are complete opposites according to verses like John 10:10 how are they similar? The thing they have in common is they desire us to follow them. Jesus desires us to follow him into authentic life and Satan to extreme death. Who do we put our trust in? 1 John 5:1-5 Support the show

Do you know what God is really like? Do you have a firsthand experience of His personality, His nature, His presence? Is God a loving God? Is love a part of God? How can the same God who sent His son to punishment and sends others to hell be a God who has love as a central characteristic? 1 John 3:11-24 Support the show

Why? We are often asked or ask why. Why are we here? Why do I believe what I believe? Why am I going to school? Why do people love math? Why should I put my faith in Jesus? The answer to the question why is what we imagine the result will be after putting our faith in that idea or thing. Why did Jesus choose to suffer? 1 John 3:11-24 Support the show

What is a thing to behold? What is so amazing it is awe-inspiring? It would change depending on what we are influenced by. Why is it harder to marvel at God than it is to marvel at created things? Is it because of boundaries? Isn't Christ the biggest thing to marvel at?  1 John 2:26-3:10 Support the show

Why do people lie? Do they ever get what they hope to accomplish by lying? Why do we lie when it diminishes how people view us? Do people accept the lies that people tell? Why are some willing to accept they are being lied to for the sake of avoiding uncomfortable circumstances? 1 John  2:18-26 Support the show

Who or what do you love? What causes us to love? Why do some people love things that others hate? What causes us to love something is that we believe that thing or person or idea will make us happy. We seek what we believe will satisfy us? If I had _____________it will make me happy. Is this ever the genuine case? Does what we love come from God or apart from God? 1 John 2:15-17 Support the show

How much influence or lack of influence with Jesus affects us or affects the codes we live by? Are we truthful to who we really are? Do we wear different masks or personas depending on where we are or who we are with? Do we live the same everywhere? Is there a barrier between us and God and, if so, who created it?  1 John 2:7-14 Support the show

How much do people influence you? How much of what you are results from the company you keep? Do you truly make your own decisions? Are you influenced and, if so, by who or what? How much of the culture is a part of who you are? 1 John 2:1-6 Support the show

What is fellowship? Do we fully understand partnership or fellowship? What breaks fellowship? What causes partnerships and fellowships to end? 1 John 1:5-10 Support the show

How much are we willing to endure in order to be part of a group? Why do we long to be part of something? What drives us to fellowship? Is fellowship the purpose of the Gospel? What does it mean to be a child of God? How strong is our desire to be included in the Trinity's fellowship? Is there other things you long to be a part of more than God's family?  1 John 1:1-3 Support the show

Are we ready to be with Christ when he returns? No matter how much we accomplish, without love, we are nothing and we gain nothing. How does this truth affect our destiny? How does what is in us effect where we are going? Do we know what we need to know to go where we want to go? Matthew 25:1-13 Support the show

We continue to look at love and what it is to be in a loving relationship with Christ. What is the difference between dead and alive? What is the physical and spiritual line between living and dead? Is it harder to define what life is than to define what death is? What is the relationship between our good deeds and being alive in Christ? Ephesians 2:1-10. Support the show

What do we mean when we use the word love? Have you ever said the two of you aren't really good for each other. Isn't the common response to that statement, but we love each other? Is the confusion of what love is because of incompatible definitions of love? Is love getting what we want? 1 John 4:7-21  Support the show

Is it possible for every man to be aware of God's presence? Most people have heard someone say if God showed himself to me, I would believe in Him. What keeps us from having the spiritual perception to see Christ? Do we want to know and see Jesus? What are the conditions that we must have in order to have a face to face with Christ? John 14:18-26 Support the show

Some things are easier to picture in our minds, but abstract things can be more difficult. What does faith look like? What does saving faith look like? What does peace and justice or joy look like? Can you picture or capture the ideas of faith and love in one image? Today, we will look at an example of saving love in Christ Jesus. Luke 7:36-50 Support the show

Why doesn't everybody love Jesus? Why are people offended by Him? To us, Jesus is the source of all good things, humble in heart and yet people take offence. You never really hear someone say Jesus led me astray. What is there about Jesus not to love. Today's reading is in John 8:31-47. Support the show

What makes up a Christian or a Non-Christian?  What does it take to be a Christian?  Is love what sets us apart?  In this sermon, we will look at Revelation 2:1-7. Jump in as we begin this next sermon series.  Support the show

The conclusion of this series asks, who do you trust? Why wouldn't we trust Jesus, given His motives, and why does anyone trust the chief thief? Why do people follow paths of deception and believe lies? What is at the root of deceptive ideas? Support the show

How is that anything passes from death to life? What is that makes something alive? How can something non-living become living? We don't know how it's done. Jesus said, that He had come to give life. He claims to be the life giver. Life isn't physical, so is it purely spiritual? Support the show