There Is Power in the Blood of the Lamb Colossians 1:12-14 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Sept. 30, 2012 *“There is power, power, wonder working power in the precious blood of the Lamb.” To the Christ-rejecters of our day those words sound strange, barbaric and even repulsive. But we…

Obedience is an act or instance of submitting to an authority. It is compliance with the demands or requests of someone over us. The general words for obedience in both Hebrew and Greek refer to hearing a superior authority GOD’S WORD ON, OBEDIENCE From the six-year-old who leaves her game because her…

Living The Kingdom of God Lifestyle Journey From Religion to Relationship Growing as a group in the gospel of the kingdom INTRODUCTION & INDEX To Kingdom Growth Guides INTRODUCTION (#000) | Kingdom Growth Guides are for assisting individuals and small groups to move toward the kingdom lifestyle. These…

Introduction: "When you experience disappointments in your life, how do you respond? Do you respond by blaming yourself or someone else? Well, often we face disappointments where we don’t know how to respond, and we find ourselves hindered in our walk with the Lord. Israel had fled the giant Goliath…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 1:1-6 1/2 2:1-6 3:1 - 4:26 2:13-3:6 1:7-9 1/3 2:7-12 5:1 - 7:24 3:7-4:11 1:10-19 1/4 3:1-8 8:1 - 10:32 4:12-25 1:20-23 1/5 4:1-8…

Introduction Re I hope you are ready to eat this morning. This story of the two spies and Rahab the Harlot is so full of biblical imagery and we will see the gospel every where we look. Remember, the study in Joshua is type or picture of the spirit filled life, full of boldness and strength, empowered…

Jesus warns the church of the danger of compromise.

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…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

What Do The Scriptures Say About Forbearance & Forgiveness If any relationship is going to succeed, something has got to give. Since God is completely perfect and without flaw and we are thoroughly flawed, God must give to us forbearance and forgiveness if we are to have relationship. Since all people,…

This morning, I want to talk about something that sounds boring, but will seriously inform the way we will interpret the book of Revelation: context. There used to be a phrase "context is king". Christ is king, but context is really important. And so much of our time in Revelation will be focused on…

He aquí yo vengo pronto, y mi galardón conmigo, para recompensar a cada uno según sea su obra. Pero sin fe es imposible agradar a Dios; porque es necesario que el que se acerca a Dios crea que le hay, y que es galardonador de los que le buscan. Apocalipsis Creo que este versículo es clave para el tema…

The city known in the New Testament as Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II, a Seleucid king who reigned in the middle of the third century before Christ (261–246 BC). He named the city after his wife, Laodice. In the first century, Laodicea was known for its abundant wealth. It had a theater, a stadium,…

Introduction: *As one reads through the Gospel of John, the shadow of the cross grows longer and darker until now the reader stands at the foot of the cross on the evening before the Crucifixion. In just a few short hours (somewhere between 15 –24 hours) our Lord would be suspended between the sky and…

Sharing the good news about God and Jesus Christ with others is a work to which some believers have a special calling, but in which all believers are to take part.

Intro: The book of Revelation is one of only two books in the Word of God that has encoded within it a divine outline of its contents. It’s found in verse nineteen of chapter one: “Therefore write the things which you have seen, and the things which are, and the things which will take place after these…

SERMON: COVERED BY THE BLOOD READING: EXODUS 12:1-13 INTRO: Ever wondered why God told the Israelites to paint blood on the doorposts and lintel of their houses just prior to the tenth plague. It’s more than a sign for the angel to pass over. Why the door frame? No one is kept in or out by the frame,…

Philadelphia Baptist Church 4/29/2007 Sun. a.m. God’s Seal of Protection Revelation 7:1–3, 9–17 These [who are arrayed in white robes] are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Revelation 7:14. Introduction: In the religions…

The Wonder of Worship November 17, 1996 Scripture: Rev. 1-22 Prayer: Introduction: Worship is the missing jewel in modern Evangelicalism. We're organized, we work, we have our agencies. We have almost everything, but there's one thing that the churches, even the gospel churches, do not have: that is…

Introduction Text John, to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from Him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven Spirits who are before His throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler over the kings of the earth.…

The Revelation of John is a fascinating book. There are a few different responses to this book. Some say, I can’t understand all the images and it is a little frightening, so I don’t read it. Others will read it and try to pick it apart, analyzing every detail and trying to decipher it in a way that…

Our Scripture text this morning is 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21 : Do not quench the Spirit. Do not despise prophecies, but test everything; hold fast what is good. On October 17, Ligonier Ministries released the results of a major new survey on the State of Theology in America, the results were both shocking…

Behold He Cometh Rev 1:4-8 Introduction: Keynote to the book of the Revelation is the phrase in Rev 1:7 “Behold, he cometh” The coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The second coming of Jesus Christ is mentioned 1527 times in the OT and 319 times in the NT. · There is no place in all of scripture where the…

Often when God's call on our lives is discussed, the focus is on what we should do. Sometimes there is also a focus on who we are in Christ. But I want to look behind even that to start with, to the question of who God is, or what God is like. Because it makes a huge difference to how we respond to God's…

Text: Colossians 1:15-20 Title: The Preeminence of Christ Theme of the book of Colossians: Jesus Christ: The preeminent and all-sufficient Savior Theme of Text: Christ is preeminent! Proposition: Christ must have preeminence in your life! Introduction The first 14 verses of Colossians are Paul’s introduction…