The sermon showed how a person who is in right relationship with God should conduct his life. While the passage must be understood in the light of the offer of the messianic kingdom, the sermon applies to Jesus’ followers today for it demonstrates the standard of righteousness God demands of His people.
There is a certainty for every Christian and that is at one time or another they will find themselves standing in a storm of life. For many they we will see it as an obstacle keeping them from a quality of life that they desire, but for a few they will see it for what it is, an opportunity. It is to these that Peter writes and encourages you to Stand in the Storm.
In his Gospel, John tells us how to be saved, but in this epistle, he tells us how to be sure we are saved. The letter is a series of “tests” that Christians may use to examine their fellowship (chaps. 1–2) and their sonship (chaps. 3–5). Note that the emphasis in chapters 3–5 is on being born of God.
In 2017 CCC will celebrate our 20th Anniversary. It was this series that we did 20 years ago to lay out the mission for the church. We thought that this would be a great time to remind us of our core values.
Satan desires to desensitize Christians to the heinousness of sin. He wants you to stop mourning over sin and start enjoying it. Impossible? Many who once thought so have fallen prey to its power. It usually doesn’t happen all at once. In fact, the process can be slow and subtle—almost imperceptible. But the results are always tragic.
So many of the books/sermons I’ve read on prayer seem to be little more than guilt-ridden tirades on why we don’t pray and why we should pray more. Let me say at the outset of our journey together that I have no intention of adding to such a depressing collection. What I want to do in this series, if I can, is to help us catch a glimpse of what we might be missing by not making prayer a vital part of our lives. I have found that prayer is the most wonderful gift in God’s great bag of blessings.
Have you ever come home and your spouse says to you "We need to have a family meeting?" I remember growing up and hearing my mom say that to my dad has he walked through the door coming home from work. If fact it has also happened many time with my wife and I. A family meeting was scheduled to address a family matter. That is our intent here to have a family meeting and address "Family Matters"
In a recent poll taken by the Barna Group they discovered that 1 out of 4 Americans now claim to identify themselves as either an atheist or agnostic. 2/3 of those in that group claim to have been at one time affiliated with Christianity. In this series we will look at what brought them to this place that allowed them to say Goodbye to God.