Introduction: Exodus 12 is one of those incredible passages that the Bible contains. I personally believe that this chapter is one of those passages that every believer should be acquainted with. In fact, every believer should be well versed in this chapter. Because it so greatly speaks about the sacrifice…

Today we are looking at John 6:28-29 . This passage is in the middle of Jesus’ interaction with the crowds he had miraculously fed on the other side of the Sea of Galilee from only 5 small barley loaves and two fish. He fed them, and then returned to Capernaum supernaturally walking on the water to meet…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Scripture stresses that fallen human beings are cut off from God on account of their sin. All need to be saved, if they are to enter into a new relationship with God as their Creator and Redeemer. Salvation is not the result of human achievement, privilege or wisdom, but depends totally upon the graciousness of a loving God, supremely expressed in the cross of Jesus Christ. People must respond in repentance and faith if they are to benefit from God’s offer of salvation in Christ.

Please open your bibles to John 3 . We are continuing our study of Jesus interaction with Nicodemus. Nicodemus was a Pharisee. He held a high regard for the word of God, in particular the law and the prophets of the Old Testament which were all the scriptures they had at that time. Nicodemus studied…

Six Components to Salvation Pursuing Pursuing-Purpose of the Law Cornelius is pursuing God. - a devote man and one who feared God: He trusted the God of Isreal and followed Jewish practices. It was obvious to all that his devotion was sincere. God answered his prayer; Cornelius' pursuit was being fulfilled…

Turn to 1 Peter 1 There seems to be a perception about God and the Church in our society - that God and the Church exist primarily to fix problems. “If God’s is so powerful, and He can fix all my problems, then He should fix all my problems and the problems of the world” - or so goes the idea. Of course…

Jesus Our Deliverer In John’s gospel Jesus is shown as going to all of the Jewish festival, and here at the beginning of John 5 the scene is set with Jesus returning to Jerusalem for a Feast. This specific story takes place at a pool by the Sheep Gate. A pool named Bethesda which means “House of Mercy.”…

Introduction Good Morning and welcome to First Community Church of Milton-Freewater, Oregon, Church at Home. Thanks for joining us. Here, at First Community Church we worship God in Spirit and In Truth one verse at a time. Today, let us open our Bibles to John 7:37-53 where we will be finishing our study…

Where did you live between the ages of 7 - 12? How many brothers and sisters did you have? What form of transportation did your family use? Whom did you feel closes to during that time? Get people to share why they are passionate or excited about their relationship with Jesus. Why are you excited about…

Date: Sermon Title: Love, salvation and obedience Scripture Text : 1 Peter 1:8,9 1. Introduction: The last time couple of times I preached, we learned about the doctrine of election and God’s purpose in our election. We observed that election is when God shows mercy on sinners and chooses them for service…

Introduction Backfill story - looking at the response of the people - We are servants of God 6 The copy of the letter that Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shethar-boznai, and his companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 7 They sent a letter…

What does it mean to say that Jesus is the "propitiation"? Could anyone else be our propitiation?

Intro Text - John 3.3-8 3 Jesus answered and said to him, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?” 5 Jesus answered, “Most…

How do we find unity in a divided world? When we look at social media, or the news it may occur to you that the world is divided. If you talk to your friends, and relatives, it may seem like the world is divided. Even if you look at the church universal, or even in the local church, it appears there…

This study is about relationship. Don’t think of this as a study of someone who walked this earth 2018 years ago. Any study of Jesus is a relationship building study. Share short testimony Your Testimoney My life Before Christ How I came to know Christ My life since I’ve come to know Jesus Goal tonight…

Hell is a sobering reality for those who don’t believe. Walter Hooper, who was C. S. Lewis’s personal secretary, laughed when he read the following grave inscription: Here lies an atheist, All dressed up with no place to go. Lewis, however, did not completely share in his laughter. He responded soberly,…

Today we are going to continue our study through the Gospel of John chapter 3. John 3:1-21 records the interaction of Jesus with Nicodemus. It is one of the most famous passages in scripture because it is here that Jesus tells us that we must be born again. Two weeks ago, we looked at verses 1-8. We…

Salvation from the Wrath of God A term for God’s displeasure with human beings and their sinful actions. The word “wrath” is a concept represented by many different words and idioms in the original languages of the Bible, all of which express the notion of justifiable anger for unjust actions. In the…

What did Jesus Mean? That’s the question that so many people over the years have corrupted with Religion instead of Faith. Religion is mechanism of the practice your beliefs. Unlike the chicken and the egg we know what comes first. Belief. When Jesus was dealing with people of honest inquiry Jesus was…