BEING LIKE CHRIST

Dealing With Family Stress II Timothy 1:1- 12 1 Paul , an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, 2 To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God, whom I serve from…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Admiral Richard Byrd, the famous polar explorer, had adventures of being lost and then found that are amazing. In his book Alone, he tells of being alone for six months in his little shack in 1934 living through a long Antartic winter. Every day he would take a walk, but he would…

What does it mean to be Christlike? That is one of the expressly stated goals of our church- at Faith Baptist Church one of our objectives is to draw believers unto Christlikeness. So what does it mean to be Christlike? Two categories of Christlikeness The Character of His Life The Content of His Living…

Introduction Our next topic in this series on key Christian Doctrine is “Sanctification” or being conformed to be more like Christ. Some denominations out there state that the way that you become more like Christ is by doing works or actions in order to cancel out bad things or actions. Almost as though…

Introduction What is the meaning of life? A question that has been asked for generations and millennia. Why are were here on earth and what’s the point of living? What’s is the point of our existence? Now, this is deep stuff for a Sunday evening - and these are philosophical questions, and many of these…

Suffering is the issue of life that causes us to miss understand God the most. So many people fail to understand how God works in their lives when they suffer. The hardest counseling issue is often helping people see God’s goodness when they suffer. This passage encourages us by telling us how God is working in our good and bad times for our good.

Can you relate with this situation? You are out on door to door evangelism. You are walking down a sidewalk up to the front door of the next house in line and as you head up to the door you get a sinking feeling in your stomach. What are you thinking in the back of your mind? “I hope no one answers the…

When Jesus talked about himself being lifted up, he wasn't speaking of our praise and adoration but, His cross. I believe that He would have us become like Him; not our will but, His be done. Our Christlikness is the ultimate glory that we can give him.

From 1 Peter 3:8-12, we learn Christlike attitudes to shape our relationships with believers, Christlike behaviors and speech to impact those outside the faith, and what it means to be truly blessed by God: to enjoy a deep-seated knowledge of his pleasure and presence!

HOW TO BECOME A FRIEND OF GOD

Introduction On Mother’s Day we read a comic that depicts what many think of when we talk about submission in marriage. Let me read the comic again. http://adam4d.com/wives-husbands/ - COMIC = opening illustration. DOES NOT: When our world hears that a wife is to submit to her husband, this is what they…

Sermon from Philippians 3 on the strategy for developing Christ likeness.

Genuine Christians Practice Christlikeness

This is the audio portion of Unit 1 Day 3 as Pastor Kevin Sullivan takes us through the questions and give us insight on some of the answers that can help us in our walk with Christ from the Series: Changed into His Image

Spiritual growth means responding like Christ to those we dislike

By Pastor Glenn Pease William Stidger, the great preacher, was in France during World War I, and he visited the city of Marseilles where he saw the aqueduct that all visitors are guided to see. The story of this source of water to the city goes back to the old man who became known as the miser of Marseilles.…

How do I know I am growing to be more like Jesus?

In 1966 I joined Operation Mobilization for a year of ministry in France, but spent two years in India instead. While in London that summer, at the one-month OM orientation, I volunteered to work on a clean-up crew late one night. Around 12:30am I was sweeping the front steps of the Conference Centre…

Holy Father, we come together in this moment for you to speak to us through Your Word. We pray that You would teach us. We pray that You would motivate us. We pray that you would change us. We want to know Christ and grow in Christ. May that happen even now as we look to the Scriptures. By the power…

All the way through the Scriptures we are called to be like Jesus. The more we know of Him the more we want o become like Him...the more we become like Him the more we struggle with becoming like Him. It is an everyday challenge...part of every day discipleship to follow our Lord and Master and to be like Him.

By Pastor Glenn Pease Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States and one of the most popular presidents ever. After two terms he left office with greater popularity than when he entered. He is one of the most interesting presidents to study, for the record would indicate that he had no…

Follow Those Who Follow Jesus Faithfully

Start off talking about health and wealth gospel Fake gospels innoculate us to the real gospel so we reject it. We love this idea of following in Jesus' steps. Walking with Jesus all the way right up to heaven. There is even a popular book called "In His Steps" by Sheldon where a preacher asks "How would…