Shepherding in the 21st century!
Jude 1:3
Contend earnestly for the faith! What does that mean? To proclaim it, guard it, confirm it, fight for it! We are in the middle of the biggest cultural war that is being waged against Christianity. We are being forced to accept, bend, and water down our faith for the sake of tolerance. As shepherds and leaders of Gods church we need to contend earnestly for the faith!
We live in a socially acceptable godless word. God is being removed from every aspect of our lives through conformity. The moral rule book in the world is being re-written and the lines of morality are shifting. How can we make a difference?
The gospel with its call to repentance and a righteousness life style is viewed as a message of hate that excludes people. There is trouble in the world and there is trouble in the church. What do we stand for? What do we believe? There are so many more gray areas today. Gods world is black and white without double meanings or confusing contradictions.
We are guarding against sin as well as the culture shift. They call it new age or millennialism and accuse us of being old fashion or traditionalist. Gods word has to be our reference point.
2 Timothy 1:14 -- the early Christians were experiences the same struggles! 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2Timothy 4:3-4
2 Timothy 3:14-17; 4:2-4 -- There is hope! The gospel of Christ changes lives and transcends all generations! Continuing in the faith! Stand firm! All scripture is God breathed! The bible is the answer!
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Monday, June 26, 2017
Saturday, June 24, 2017
Shepherding in the 21st century!
Shepherding in the 21st century!
Jude 1:3
Contend earnestly for the faith! What does that mean? To proclaim it, guard it, confirm it, fight for it! We are in the middle of the biggest cultural war that is being waged against Christianity. We are being forced to accept, bend, and water down our faith for the sake of tolerance. As shepherds and leaders of Gods church we need to contend earnestly for the faith!
We live in a socially acceptable godless word. God is being removed from every aspect of our lives through conformity. The moral rule book in the world is being re-written and the lines of morality are shifting. How can we make a difference?
The gospel with its call to repentance and a righteousness life style is viewed as a message of hate that excludes people. There is trouble in the world and there is trouble in the church. What do we stand for? What do we believe? There are so many more gray areas today. Gods world is black and white without double meanings or confusing contradictions.
We are guarding against sin as well as the culture shift. They call it new age or millennialism and accuse us of being old fashion or traditionalist. Gods word has to be our reference point.
2 Timothy 1:14 -- the early Christians were experiences the same struggles! 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2Timothy 4:3-4
2 Timothy 3:14-17; 4:2-4 -- There is hope! The gospel of Christ changes lives and transcends all generations! Continuing in the faith! Stand firm! All scripture is God breathed! The bible is the answer!
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Jude 1:3
Contend earnestly for the faith! What does that mean? To proclaim it, guard it, confirm it, fight for it! We are in the middle of the biggest cultural war that is being waged against Christianity. We are being forced to accept, bend, and water down our faith for the sake of tolerance. As shepherds and leaders of Gods church we need to contend earnestly for the faith!
We live in a socially acceptable godless word. God is being removed from every aspect of our lives through conformity. The moral rule book in the world is being re-written and the lines of morality are shifting. How can we make a difference?
The gospel with its call to repentance and a righteousness life style is viewed as a message of hate that excludes people. There is trouble in the world and there is trouble in the church. What do we stand for? What do we believe? There are so many more gray areas today. Gods world is black and white without double meanings or confusing contradictions.
We are guarding against sin as well as the culture shift. They call it new age or millennialism and accuse us of being old fashion or traditionalist. Gods word has to be our reference point.
2 Timothy 1:14 -- the early Christians were experiences the same struggles! 2 Timothy 3:1-5; 2Timothy 4:3-4
2 Timothy 3:14-17; 4:2-4 -- There is hope! The gospel of Christ changes lives and transcends all generations! Continuing in the faith! Stand firm! All scripture is God breathed! The bible is the answer!
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Father's Day
Father's Day
FATHER AND SON
God demonstrates in his relationship with Jesus what type of relationship he wants with us and how much he loves us.
John 6:40; John 3:16,36; John 6:29; John 11:25; John 14:1 God's will is that we will put our faith in Jesus! In the gospel of John there are over 70 passages on putting our trust in Jesus! Everything rides on how you feel about his son. You cannot have a relationship with God without trusting in Jesus.
John 3:35-36 Jesus has all authority given to him by God. God has also given Jesus the authority to judge us on whether or not we will have eternal life.
Revelations 3:21 God gives Jesus all authority and Jesus wants to pass that same authority onto us!
FATHERS IMPACT ON THIER SONS
Genealogies in the bible are very important. There are several in the Old Testament and New Testament.
Jesus learned everything from his father.
What Jesus did -- John 5:19;10:32;14:31
What Jesus said/taught -- John 3:31-32; 7:16; 12:49-50; 14:10,24
Fathers have a huge impact on their children.
John 8:25-47
Jesus redefined the genealogy of the Jews. No longer did it matter who your physical father was but who your spiritual father is. It no longer matters where you came from or what environment you grew up in. You have a choice in spiritual fathers. God or the devil! When people look at your life, when they hear what you say or see what you do, who do they think your father is?!
John 8:14 do you come from God and do you know where you are going?
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FATHER AND SON
God demonstrates in his relationship with Jesus what type of relationship he wants with us and how much he loves us.
John 6:40; John 3:16,36; John 6:29; John 11:25; John 14:1 God's will is that we will put our faith in Jesus! In the gospel of John there are over 70 passages on putting our trust in Jesus! Everything rides on how you feel about his son. You cannot have a relationship with God without trusting in Jesus.
John 3:35-36 Jesus has all authority given to him by God. God has also given Jesus the authority to judge us on whether or not we will have eternal life.
Revelations 3:21 God gives Jesus all authority and Jesus wants to pass that same authority onto us!
FATHERS IMPACT ON THIER SONS
Genealogies in the bible are very important. There are several in the Old Testament and New Testament.
Jesus learned everything from his father.
What Jesus did -- John 5:19;10:32;14:31
What Jesus said/taught -- John 3:31-32; 7:16; 12:49-50; 14:10,24
Fathers have a huge impact on their children.
John 8:25-47
Jesus redefined the genealogy of the Jews. No longer did it matter who your physical father was but who your spiritual father is. It no longer matters where you came from or what environment you grew up in. You have a choice in spiritual fathers. God or the devil! When people look at your life, when they hear what you say or see what you do, who do they think your father is?!
John 8:14 do you come from God and do you know where you are going?
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Sunday, June 11, 2017
Why do people ask questions about God that limit hi
Why do people ask questions about God that limit him to humanity? Questions like, "is God male or female?" Where is God? What does God look like?...etc.
God is all mighty, all knowing, and all powerful. He is not confined to human limitations. God is unimaginable and unfathomable. Man does not have the ability to comprehend God.
Man's heart is dispositioned to question. If this was not the case then man would have boundless faith.
God is all mighty, all knowing, and all powerful. He is not confined to human limitations. God is unimaginable and unfathomable. Man does not have the ability to comprehend God.
Man's heart is dispositioned to question. If this was not the case then man would have boundless faith.
Life of Purpose
Life of Purpose
2 Samuel 5:1-4; Acts 13:36
David served Gods purpose in his life. David started his rein when he was 30 and lived to about 70 years. There where many men how lived much longer during that time. David served Gods purpose and then he died! Are you serving Gods purpose for your life? Are your serving Gods purpose or your own? Are you trying to find Gods purpose in your life are you just comfortable and coasting through life with no spiritual direction?
Mathew 25:14-30 Parable of the talents example: God would rather you do something with the talent and risk loosing it than to do nothing! He called that servant; "wicked and lazy!"
2 Chronicles 34:1-3 Josiah only lived 39 years. Much shorter than David's life span but Josiah fulfilled Gods purpose in his life as well! Jesus lived even shorter. It's not about the time you have but what you do with the time that God has given you!
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2 Samuel 5:1-4; Acts 13:36
David served Gods purpose in his life. David started his rein when he was 30 and lived to about 70 years. There where many men how lived much longer during that time. David served Gods purpose and then he died! Are you serving Gods purpose for your life? Are your serving Gods purpose or your own? Are you trying to find Gods purpose in your life are you just comfortable and coasting through life with no spiritual direction?
Mathew 25:14-30 Parable of the talents example: God would rather you do something with the talent and risk loosing it than to do nothing! He called that servant; "wicked and lazy!"
2 Chronicles 34:1-3 Josiah only lived 39 years. Much shorter than David's life span but Josiah fulfilled Gods purpose in his life as well! Jesus lived even shorter. It's not about the time you have but what you do with the time that God has given you!
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Kings of Judah
Kings of Judah
Rehoboam; all or nothing!
1 Kings 11:11-13
Rehoboam takes over the kingdom of Judah from his father Solomon. He took over the kingdom under rocky circumstances. He rejected the advice of his elders and listened to his friends and tried to rule Judah with an iron fist. As a result the kingdom was split!
2 chronicles 10:12-15;18; Deuteronomy 17:14-17; 2 Chronicles 12:11-12
Partial obedience will not cut it. God wants all or nothing! God did not want his people and their leaders to turn back to Egypt. Egyptian wives, culture, wealth and life styles lead Israel astray. The same is true for us if we surround our selves with the word we will be I ticked to live like they do. Rehoboam was not a man that was completely evil. He was partially obedient when he wanted to be.
Partial obedience hears what it wants to hear. As a Christian we would never outwardly say we are going to go against Gods word but we indirectly do it by living our lives in partial obedience. Partial obedience dilutes true Christianity and replaces it with cultural religious christians that follow the mainstream thought of the day.
Partial obedience acts first and seeks advice after. It means following God when you are in need and then abandoning it when things are going great.
Partial obedience means partial blessings. 2 Chronicles 12:2;5;8 God spared Israel from being wiped out but at the same time they were handed over into slavery. We think we are being set free when we make our own decisions. We think we control sin but sin controls us. Sin enslaves us. True freedom is found through God alone!
God is demonstrates this point in Acts 26:14. God pokes us in the direction he wants us to go and how often do I turn the other direction and fight against God? Every ox and every cow in the world will move in the direction away from the poking and prodding. As Christians, many of us fight God through partial obedience.
Children don't go half way. They embrace everything to the full. Whether it is eating or playing they are all in. We set boundaries on them. We need to pursue God in the same way; all of nothing! Partial obedience will destroy our families.
Partial obedience wrecks our a spiritual lives and keeps us from having an impact on anyone around us.
Mark 10:29-30 when we follow God whole heartedly we do not miss out on a single blessing! We get overwhelmed by the spiritual return. We are blessed beyond measure! How many blessings do we miss out on because of partial obedience?
John 19:17-30 Jesus is the ultimate example for us! Jesus obeyed all the way! To the very end!
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Rehoboam; all or nothing!
1 Kings 11:11-13
Rehoboam takes over the kingdom of Judah from his father Solomon. He took over the kingdom under rocky circumstances. He rejected the advice of his elders and listened to his friends and tried to rule Judah with an iron fist. As a result the kingdom was split!
2 chronicles 10:12-15;18; Deuteronomy 17:14-17; 2 Chronicles 12:11-12
Partial obedience will not cut it. God wants all or nothing! God did not want his people and their leaders to turn back to Egypt. Egyptian wives, culture, wealth and life styles lead Israel astray. The same is true for us if we surround our selves with the word we will be I ticked to live like they do. Rehoboam was not a man that was completely evil. He was partially obedient when he wanted to be.
Partial obedience hears what it wants to hear. As a Christian we would never outwardly say we are going to go against Gods word but we indirectly do it by living our lives in partial obedience. Partial obedience dilutes true Christianity and replaces it with cultural religious christians that follow the mainstream thought of the day.
Partial obedience acts first and seeks advice after. It means following God when you are in need and then abandoning it when things are going great.
Partial obedience means partial blessings. 2 Chronicles 12:2;5;8 God spared Israel from being wiped out but at the same time they were handed over into slavery. We think we are being set free when we make our own decisions. We think we control sin but sin controls us. Sin enslaves us. True freedom is found through God alone!
God is demonstrates this point in Acts 26:14. God pokes us in the direction he wants us to go and how often do I turn the other direction and fight against God? Every ox and every cow in the world will move in the direction away from the poking and prodding. As Christians, many of us fight God through partial obedience.
Children don't go half way. They embrace everything to the full. Whether it is eating or playing they are all in. We set boundaries on them. We need to pursue God in the same way; all of nothing! Partial obedience will destroy our families.
Partial obedience wrecks our a spiritual lives and keeps us from having an impact on anyone around us.
Mark 10:29-30 when we follow God whole heartedly we do not miss out on a single blessing! We get overwhelmed by the spiritual return. We are blessed beyond measure! How many blessings do we miss out on because of partial obedience?
John 19:17-30 Jesus is the ultimate example for us! Jesus obeyed all the way! To the very end!
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