Sermons tagged #Reliable

Trust is in short supply these days. That makes for lots of problems. Relationships take on a different nature when there is no trust. Love requires that we take a chance on trusting someone, but when that trust is betrayed then that love also takes on a different nature. Mercy and truth must be there for trust to exist. Love + mercy + truth = trust.

Había gran felicidad en el pueblo, viendo la manera en que Dios ha sido fiel a sus promesas. La iglesia morderna pudo aprender mucho de ellos, en su manera de confiar en todo lo que los profetas han dicho.

Paul concludes his letter to the Colossae church, he highlights the value he places on various fellow labourers in the Gospel. They have varied backgrounds yet all pursued a common goal. Some would prove to be a disappointment, others consistent and faithful.

Final study in the book of the Colossians

What exactly is the end of Mark's Gospel? Does Mark 16:9-20 actually belong in our Bibles? And if this text is not original to Mark's Gospel, how can we even know this Gospel (and our Bibles for that matter) are indeed reliable? We explore these questions in this study.

How does the resurrection story relate to you? Romans 10:9 tells us if we confess with our mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in our hearts that God has raised Him from the dead, we will be saved. The offer is free; just repent by asking for Forgiveness of your sins and pick up your cross to follow Christ.

With Jesus in the tomb, the prospect of His disciples going to the cross for Him is hopeless. Only by some miracle could the disciples suddenly gain the faith to take up their own crosses! And yet—history tells us nearly all of the apostles died as martyrs for their faith in Jesus. Today's text explains why that is.

A look at responsibility.

God is truth, thus the preaching of the Gospel of God is always trustworthy. Trust in the Truth.

For God to bless His people in a new covenant would require a) someone to keep his vow, and b) some way to cover disobedience. God ordered a test for the reliability clan. (v.1-5) The clan passed the test, and continued to obey their father. (v.6-11) God compared that clan's obedience to His people's disobedience. (v.12-19) What must happen for God to bless disobedient people? What was different about the Nazirite clan? Num. 6:1-21 How did the lifestyles of Jesus and John differ? Luke 7:31-35 When can God's people vary? 1 Cor.9:19-23, Rom. 14:6

Compared to God's reliability, we notice our sin of unreliability. Facing destruction, the king promised to free the slaves. (v.1-10) When the enemy withdrew, the king changed his mind. (v.11, 21) God punished the king for unreliability and mistreating others. (v.12-22) Since God is consistent, what should godly people be? What about slavery/freedom? Deut. 15:12-18, Rom. 6:17-18 How was freedom fulfilled? Is. 61, Luke 4:16-21 Gal 5:1 How did ancients display intent of loyalty? Genesis 15:9-20

A Willing Father An Able Father

Rely on God because He is reliable to fulfill all of His promises for restoration. To restore right status and behavior to people who did nothing right. (v.14-18) To grant a future to families who do not deserve one. (v.19-22) To provide an unbreakable covenant for people who broke everything. (v.23-26) Applying: The character of God is faithful and trustworthy. So what? How did God fulfill His promise of a king? Luke 1:32, Rev. 22:16 What about God's promise of a priest? Heb. 7:9-11, 14. 1 Peter 2:9 Explain God's covenant to Abraham. Rom. 4:11 Rev. 7:9

Daniel's interaction with King Belshazzar not only points to the sovereign rule of God over history, it also underscores the importance of following through on what God has already taught us. We are to influence the world around us as we live life with the knowledge that we are God's vessels.

In A Jacked Up World of Deception Arming and guarding yourself and others against false teachers and teaching There are TWO—irreplaceable and indispensable—dynamics, that Paul pointed out to Timothy (2 Timothy 3:13-17), that the majority of the people I cross paths with have no clue of their significance or have simply chosen to neglect their value. What are they? • Personally knowing a pastor and continuing in the things they have taught and exemplified. Having an intimate and growing relationship with a pastor, who is compelled by the love of Jesus, that loves the Lord, His word, His people and being a servant of the Lord, a vessel of mercy, on mission to reach people for Jesus, teach people about Jesus and equip people to serve Jesus. • Personally knowing the Scriptures. Having an intimate and growing knowledge and understanding of the living Word of God that makes one wise of the rich blessings of saving grace and thoroughly furnishes and equips every servant of God—for every good work He assigns. They go together... those who equip and the tool of choice they use to equip—the servant assigned by God to shepherded your life—by and through the Scriptures. You see, this is why God gave these principles to us in that order. Know the man, what he teaches, how he lives and measure it all by the Scriptures. God's MAN • can be • should be • must be • MEASURED by the Scriptures. God's man is not perfect, but God's man follows Him, so God's man can be followed. And the more deceptive that men and times become...the more important these principles become to each of us. Deception is deception... whether you're following a deceptive leader or following none, it's still

The Charge and Its Aim Aiming... at the right place, with the right means, the right way, at the right time, normally works a 100% of the time. We usually hit the things that have our attention, affection and aim, regardless if the thing is good or bad. Think about it... if we don't give our attention, affection and AIM to edify and build up the body of Christ, there's a 100% chance we will not hit what we should've been AIMING for the whole time. Paul told Timothy that the very AIM of the charge of all ministry is godly edification. And this charge to build up His servants will be the fruit and overflow of love from a pure heart, a good conscience and sincere faith. But some had swerved and shifted their focus away from this charge. In doing so, they placed their aim, affections and attention on things that generated more questions and problems rather than answers and solutions for edifying the saints to love and live like Jesus, through sound teaching, in agreement with His glorious gospel of redeeming grace. Something has our aim, affection and attention... what is it? #nestingwithjesus #1timothy #2timothy #thecharge #theaimofthecharge #godlyedification #buildingupthebodyofChrist #someswerved #someshiftedtheirfocus #shiftedtheiraim #whatyouaimingfor #ministry #kingdomwork #layholdofeternallife #kingdomminded #nathanielandpawpaw #redriderbbgun #target #bullseye #aiming #purpose #1timothy1and4thru6 #ephesian4

Sometimes we make life complicated! Much can be simplified in our walk with the Lord. Learn from Gideon and see how you can win from Judges 7.

What are we supposed to take away from this odd story about a lying prophet and a weird lion? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 1Kings 13:11–32 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these twenty-two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord often shows some of His Words true in order to stir up our confidence in the other things that He has said.

Jesus does much more than physical healing of the deaf and mute man. He teaches serious truths about serving Him. Watch or listen to learn more.

A person's strength is seen in their ability to endure under adversity. Never Give Up.

The ninth commandment is a clarion call to believers to be genuine, sincere, truthful, reliable people, those whose words can be trusted, thus reflecting the God who cannot lie. Lies to be avoided include slander, gossip, false excuses, giving a false impression of ourselves to others and fake smiles. Here too is lies heard in some churches.

We celebrate Christmas, because of God's mercy. Christ came. Christ came into the world. Christ came into the world to save sinners. Applying: Planning is good and wise, but what attitude turns planning bad? If presumptive planning gains riches, what is forfeited? Mt. 16:26 What was the planning error of the rich fool? Luke 12:13-21 What should Christians live by and plan by? Deut. 8:3, Mt. 4:4

Ahaz was a terrible king. He refused to follow God, refused to have any faith in Him and always looked in all the wrong places for help instead of the only reliable source. The prophecy we love so much today is rooted in a bad time. It was as much a sentence against the king as it was a promise to the people that God is still on His throne.