Podcast: Download (91.2MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 09/13/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Salvation…a 30,000′ View Pt. 1 ***Video is HERE*** Share this: Salvation…a 30,000′ View Pt. 1 For weeks we have been using the 1st letter from Peter to illustrate suffering in the life of a believer… offering us practical examples of it in daily life… Such as at home with family, at work, toward government authorities… etc. We also saw in Peters letter the immediate connection between suffering (which is to deny your sinful tendencies) to forming Christ in you which is the entire goal of salvation. […]
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Humility’s Role in our Glorification
Podcast: Download (86.5MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 09/06/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Humility’s Role in our Glorification Share this: Humility’s Role in our Glorification Last week our lesson was regarding Living for Jesus in difficult times and circumstances. We wrapped things up prematurely before we completed the end of the chapter in 1 Peter 4, so that is where we will pick up this week. Testing & proving were never very far from the minds of the Apostles and the early church “(12) Dear friends, when the fiery ordeal arises among you to test you, don’t be surprised […]
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Living for Jesus in difficult Times
Podcast: Download (107.7MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/30/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Living for Jesus in difficult Times Share this: Living for Jesus in difficult Times Last week we examined some of the things we were called to. In a nutshell they were blessing…meaning the receiving of the blessing of being IN Christ AND the givers of the blessing by honoring those in authority over us as if we were serving the Lord EVEN if we have to suffer for it SO THAT the Gospel of Jesus Christ may not be hindered! The venues Peter used to drive […]
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We were called to this
Podcast: Download (88.9MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/23/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: We were called to this Share this: We were called to this We’ve been talking about Do we REALLY believe since the beginning of the year and we have focused quite a bit on our call to suffering, mostly because it is part of the Christian gospel which largely gets very little attention if not overlooked entirely. If we truly believe the gospel, then we will live it and if we live it we WILL suffer. Only if one goes through the suffering as Jesus did […]
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Be Holy…because I am
Podcast: Download (112.4MB)Subscribe: Spotify | RSS Sunday 08/16/20 Series: Do we REALLY believe? MESSAGE: Be Holy…because I am Share this: Follow-up on our times of Thoughts & Questions: Last week we began looking at passages which help illustrate what we have been learning. We began looking at 1 Peter 5:6-11, with intentions of moving to chapter 3 this week, but upon reflection I felt led to just start at the beginning of the letter. This letter was of course penned by Peter to Jewish believers who had fled Jerusalem due to pursecution against Christians. It highlights many aspects of the […]
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