Text: MARK 3:1-6STRETCH OUT YOUR HAND We say we want revival and for God to move and all the Pentecostal things but are we willing to do what it takes for him to move God is restoring back to man what was lost. The religious people were mad that a man that was sick was healed. Religious people can get along better with bound people than they can with free people. Jesus cast the devil out of the ma...

Text: II Kings 5:1-14DONT HIDE WHAT GOD WANTS TO HEALToo many things in our lives we call issues but they are really bondages. Sin – Issue                            Issue – SinNot every issue is a sin.  We need to deal with sin. Well, it’s just the way I am. No, it is sin. You haven’t dealt with the flesh. We think just because we haven’t given in to something in two week we are free from it. Fre...

Text: Revelation 8:1-13v. 1 - This silence is broken only by a heavenly offering and “the prayers of all the saints” (vv. 3, 4). It is an eerie silence before the storm as all of heaven awaits the coming judgment.v. 2 - The sounding of a trumpet had more than one significance in the OT. It was used:- to gather the Lord’s people (see Num. 10:7, 8)- to assemble the Lord’s army (see Num. 10:9)- to an...

THE FIRST SIX SEALSText: Revelation 7:1-17Rev. 6:17 - who will withstand. NO ONE!Revelation 7 stands between the sixth and seventh seal judgments. Keep this in mind as we look at this chapter.1-8 - God’s servants will be able to endure or “stand” because of God’s protective seal. Perhaps this is why the great multitude is later portrayed as “standing” before the throne in 7:9The seal does not exem...

THE THRONE AND THE RAPTUREText: Revelation 4:1-11Something happens to the church between chapters 3 and 4 of Revelation. The word “church” occurs 19 times in chapters 1–3, then not again until chapter 22. Where did we go? We’ve been “beamed up” or “caught up.” The word we use is rapture, and, yes, the rapture is a concept that is in the Bible.1 Thessalonians 4:16–17So far, we have focused on “the ...

Lukewarm ChurchRevelation 3:14-22Do not be deceived by the “good”, God has called us to much more than what is comfortable. We need to be refined and through the refining, we can see the truth and be imitators of ChristWhat do we see Jesus doing in scripture? Miracles!Miracles were mostly to help others believeMiracles of Jesus in Scripture HealingsHealing of a man with leprosy - Matthew 8:1-4; Ma...

PHILADELPHIA   - THE FAITHFUL CHURCHText: Revelation 3:7-13Ephesus - lost first love Smyrna - persecuted church Pergamus - compromising church Thyatira - corrupt church Sardis - dead church Philadelphia - the faithful church In Philadelphia there was also a “synagogue of Satan,” full of people who claimed to be Jews, but who lied (pseudontai in Greek): because they rejected Jesus their Messiah.Phi...

THYATIRA - THE CORRUPT CHURCHText: Revelation 2:18, Acts 16:14Ephesus - lost first love Smyrna - persecuted church Pergamum - compromising church Thyatira - corrupt church Jezebel in the church Christ Himself warned His followers: “Take heed that no one deceives you. For many will come in My name…and will deceive many” (Matthew 24:4-5).BackgroundJezebel was the daughter of a king-priest of Sidon n...

Text: Revelation 2:12-17God is doing something fresh and new: Forrest Franks new song, “Your Way Is Better” and American Idol last Sunday night. Pergamum, located about two miles inland from the Aegean Sea. One of the early city leaders received a large sum of money to build many of the templesIt had a 200,000-volume library. This is interesting because there was no print press so wealthy people w...

Text: Revelation 2Smyrna - Smyrna, was about 35 miles (56 km) north of Ephesus. Founded as a Greek colony more than 1,000 years before Christ, it compared to Ephesus in wealth, beauty and commerce. It was filled with the pagan temples of Apollo, Asclepia, Aphrodite, Cybele, Emperor Tiberius, and Zeus. Although it was a free city, it gave full allegiance to the Roman Empire which ordered Polycarp, ...

Text: Revelation 2the location of the church, the One addressing the church, what Jesus knows about the church, a word of encouragement to all but two churches, a rebuke to all but two churches,a challenge to repent to all but two churches, and a promise to the faithful.Ephesus was located in what is now known as the western part of the nation of Turkey.  It was located along the western coast of ...

Text: Daniel 2 and 9, Revelation 20:4-8There is a lot about eschatology that we can’t know and will never understand. When you die you go to heaven or hell. When Christ returns, we get our glorified bodies back and heaven will last forever. In the meantime, the church will continue to exist on earth. We are living in what is know as the Church Age. This term came really in the last 110 years mainl...

Text: Matthew 24:3-25:46, Revelation 20:4-8The study of end times is ESCHATOLOGY. Terms To Know:There are three main positions regarding the Second Coming:Premillennialism(1) The present age continues to be a mixture of good and evil, believers and unbelievers. (2) Christ returns (the Second Coming). Christians living and dead receive resurrection bodies. There is a judgment on the unbelievers who...

Text: Matthew 18:5-6, Psalm 78:5-8, Proverbs 22:6, Daniel 1:3-4 Matthew 18:5-6William Butler Yeats said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. Education is not about the acquiring of information, facts, or even knowledge. Education is about igniting the soul with a passion to accomplish something yet undone.”In November 1951, the Board of Regents of New York proposed...

Text: Titus 3:14Background - Paul realized that operating in the business mountain while seeking to establish the kingdom of God in a region went hand in hand. This is why he spoke of this endeavor producing fruitfulness for the kingdom purpose. He also said it would meet the urgent needs of the ministry and of their own lives. Paul saw the involvement of his team in the business mountain as a str...

Text: Isaiah 59:14-15speaks of truth failing and justice being ignored. It also says that it greatly displeased the Lord.This is speaking of a society that has forsaken the Lord and His ways and there is no justice and no righteousness. This is so catastrophic that whoever repents and turns from evil becomes the enemy of that society and system. This can only occur when the mindset of a people has...

Background: Is America an Christian nation?We were founded on biblical principles.Some will argue that the Declaration of Independence only mentions God 4 times and the Constitution doesn’t mention God at all. Before we had America as we know it we were colonies. 9 of the 13 original colonies or states required you to be a Bible-believing Christian in order to serve in government. 13 of the 13 req...

Text: Malachi 4:5-6Stats: In a 2021 Gallup survey, 47% of all Americans belonged to some form of a religious congregation (church, synagogue, or mosque). These numbers are down from 70% in 1999. Prior to the 21st Century, the statistics in this area hardly moved. The first year that these statistics were recorded by Gallup was 1937, and in that year, the percentage was 73%. Now, in 21 years this s...

Text: Matthew 6:10Background: where this sermon series was birthed.I heard the Lord say that it was time for the church to arise and be the church.  We have worried about having church and not being church.I believe we, the church, have been commissioned to impact the world (SOCIETY AND CULTURE) around us.Let’s look at the difference between society and culture.The word society is defined as “the ...

Text: Exodus 26:31-33Review- Salvation - Altar - What He did for us! - FIRE AT THE ALTAR- Sanctification - Laver - What He did for us!- Illumination - Candlestick - what He put inside of us! - OIL PROVIDED THE FIRE- Communion With Him - Eat At The Table - His invitation!- We are now at the Table of Incense - Let Praise Arise - What we bring Him!!WE NOW COME TO THE HOLY OF HOLIES - WHERE DID THE FI...