Preacher: Pastor Ray Text: Matt 9:9-13 Jesus is our Great Physician. Go to Him, receive healing from Him, and learn from Him 2 things — steadfast love and mercy.
sin
Fierce Like a Lion, Gentle Like a Lamb
Preacher: Pastor Ray Text: Matt 18:1-20 Since Jesus is both the Lion of Judah and the Lamb of God, as followers of Christ, we ought to be fierce like lions toward sin and gentle like lambs toward the little ones in the body of Christ.
Cain and Abel: Overcoming Sin Before It Overcomes You (1 John 3)
Preacher: Pastor Ray Cain is mentioned in 1 John 3 and is used as a case study in darkness. Apostle John makes the shocking claim that the heart of someone who sees a brother in financial need and deliberately closes his heart to him is the same heart that hates a brother enough to […]
John 15-16: The Dual Ministry of the Holy Spirit
Preacher: Pastor Ray The Holy Spirit is the least familiar Person of the Trinity. Why was the Holy Spirit sent and what did He accomplish? Does the Holy Spirit minister in the same way to the believer and to the non-believer (i.e. the “world”)? Listen as we attempt to answer these questions.
Communing: Clearing, Confessing and Crushing
Preacher: Pastor Ray In order to COMMUNE with the Lord in prayer, we need to 1) CLEAR away the clutter, 2) CONFESS sin and 3) CRUSH everything at the feet of Jesus.
Rom 8: Our Father is Sovereign and Good
Preacher: Pastor Ray The sovereignty of God has become like a spam bucket to catch all of our junk and in the process God’s goodness is put in question. At worst, we blame God for everything that goes wrong. Discussion Questions The sovereignty of God is a tricky subject. We have to factor in human […]
Rom 6: The Presence of Sin, The Potential to Sin and The Powerlessness of Sin
Preacher: Pastor Ray We live in the presence of sin, which means all of us, Christians included, have the potential to sin. However, for the believer, the power of sin has been broken and sin is therefore powerless over us. Discussion Questions I understand doctrinally that I am dead to sin and free in Christ […]
Training to be Godly: The Necessity of a Healed Conscience (1 Timothy)
Preacher: Pastor Ray In order to become a godly person, you need a good conscience. A conscience that is functioning properly will serve as a filter against sin and idolatry trying to enter and lodge itself in our hearts. Discussion Questions Read 1 Thess 5:22-24. The promise is that God can sanctify us completely and […]