03-28-10 PM - Building Lasting Relationships: Facing the Hidden Dangers that Threaten the Home

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Ruth1:1-5
1. Facing the Hidden Dangers that Threaten the Home, Ruth 1:1-5
2. Why Do Some Walk Away? Ruth 1:4, 11-15
3. The Burden and Bitterness of a Barren Life, Ruth 1:6 - 22
4. Holding the Family Together When Your World is Falling Apart, Ruth 1:9 - 21
5. Virtuous Realities, Part 1, Ruth 1:22 - 2:5
6. Virtuous Realities Part 2 Ruth 2
7. Love is in the Air, Ruth 3
8. A Heritage Builder, Ruth 4

In James Dobson’s book, “Love must be tough,” he tells of the grave impact that is occurring as families disintegrate. He writes, “…the most vulnerable victims of family instability are the children who are too young to understand what has happened to their parents.

Ruth 1:1 “Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehem judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.”

I. Problems from cultural sources.

Ruth 1:1 “in the days when the judges ruled”
Judges 21:25 provides the best commentary on that time: “…everyone did that which was right in his own eyes.”
Their message of morality was simple: conform to non-conformity, and tolerate everything except intolerance.

II. Problems from natural forces.

Ruth 1:1 “…there was a famine”
[1] They strike indiscriminately:  “…it rains on the just, and the unjust alike. (Matthew 5:45).

[2] They are beyond our control.
Elimeleck, which means “God is my king”,
Naomi, which means “pleasant one or sweet one”.
Mahlon, “sickly”.
Chilion, “pining” or “wasting away” (v.1:1-2).

III. Problems from personal choices.

Ruth 1:1 went to dwell in the country of Moab”
Notice the full consequence of this decision.

[1] He disobeyed a direct command of God.
(v.2 “remained there”, and v.4 “about ten years”).

[2] He devalued his spiritual heritage in the sight of his family.

He didn’t discern the spiritual significance of this “faith inheritance.”

[3] He positioned his family for great and grave temptations.

I Kings 11:1-2 1 Now King Solomon loved many foreign women along with the daughter of Pharaoh: Moabite, Ammonite, Edomite, Sidonian, and Hittite women,  2 from the nations concerning which the LORD had said to the sons of Israel, "You shall not associate with them, neither shall they associate with you, for they will surely turn your heart away after their gods."

[4] Though well intended (moving to feed his family), his disobedience did not alleviate their problems but aggravated them.

I’m convinced that the Lord is not opposed to prosperity, but he is opposed to prosperity that costs a compromise of your faith.

The premise that will test the home.

The Premise: You can leave God out of the home and still have it all.

We apply this premise several ways.

a. Totally disregard God
b. Limit your commitment to God
c. Compartmentalize God

Hidden in this story are two redeeming promises.
1. The Promise regarding God: He has not moved and still desires to have an intimate relationship with you.
2. The Promise regarding your inheritance.

With God, and only with God, can you have a full and satisfying life. And then, when you die, your true inheritance will await you.

03-28-10 AM - I BELIEVE THAT JESUS LITERALLY ROSE FROM THE DEAD

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Now let me remind you, dear brothers and sisters, of the Good News I preached to you before. You welcomed it then and still do now, for your faith is built on this wonderful message. And it is this Good News that saves you if you firmly believe it—unless, of course, you believed something that was never true in the first place. I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me—that Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, as the Scriptures said. He was seen by Peter and then by the twelve apostles. After that, he was seen by more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have died by now. Then he was seen by James and later by all the apostles. Last of all, I saw him, too, long after the others, as though I had been born at the wrong time - 1 Corinthians 15:1-20

1 Corinthians 15:14-15
And if Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless. And we apostles would all be lying about God, for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave, but that can't be true if there is no resurrection of the dead.

1Cor.15:17-18
And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still under condemnation for your sins. In that case, all who have died believing in Christ have perished (lost)!

v. 20:
But the fact is that Christ has been raised from the dead. He has become the first of a great harvest of those who will be raised to life again.

1. THE 1st PROOF IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF THE DISCIPLES

Acts 3:14-15 – You rejected this holy, righteous one and instead demanded the release of a murderer. You killed the author of life, but God raised him to life. And we are witnesses of this fact!

They had eaten with Him (John 21:12-13), and had touched Him    (1 John 1:1-2).

2. THE 2nd PROOF IS THE ABSENCE OF CHRIST'S BODY

"Father, I entrust my spirit into your hands"! And with those words he breathed his last. – Luke 23:46
Yet, on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women came to the tomb and found the large stone that covered the tomb opening rolled away, and an angel declared, "Do not be so surprised. You are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who was crucified. He isn't here! He has been raised from the dead! Look, this is where they laid his body.”   – Mark 16:6

The grave was empty. The women saw for themselves that His body was not there.

Alexander Maclaren observed that Christ's empty grave shatters all attempts, ancient and modern, to deny His bodily resurrection.

We know where the bodies of Mohammed and other great religious leaders are.

In John 20:2 Mary Magdalene declared, "They have taken the Lord's body out of the tomb, and I don't know where they have put him!"

If Jesus' enemies had His body, why didn't they bring it forth and put to silence the disciple's claim that He had been raised from the dead?

Romans 6:4: Christ was raised from the dead by the glorious power of the Father.

3. THE 3RD PROOF IS THE GOSPEL RECORDS

All four gospels testify to:

1. The empty tomb;
2. The disappearance of Christ's body;
3. Christ's appearances to His disciples on the 3rd day after His death and burial;
4. The numerous appearances during the following 40 days.

4. THE 4th PROOF OF CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS THE EXISTENCE OF THE CHURCH

But it is actually best for you that I go away, because if I don't, the Counselor won't come. If I do go away, he will come because I will send him to you.”  John 16:7

Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said. He was buried, and he was raised from the dead on the third day, as the Scriptures said. (15:3-4)

With God all things are possible!!!!

03-21-10 PM - Spiritual Seed

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03-21-10 AM - The Ex Factor In The Jar

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The “EX” FACTOR IN THE JAR

MATTHEW 26:6-13 3/7/10 PM

6 While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper,7 a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.9 "This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."10 Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me.11 The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me.12 When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial.13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

1. THE EXTRAVAGANSE OF WORSHIP (7)
7. a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

Worship is action that puts the object of worship in its rightful place.

Matthew 12:40
For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

2.THE EXASPERATION OF THE DISCIPLES

8 When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked.

When we only look through the natural eye we miss the intentions of the spirit.

Matthew 5:21-22
"You have heard that it was said to the people long ago, 'Do not murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.'22 But I tell you that anyone who is angry (to provoke or enrage) with his brother will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother, 'Raca, (“moros”-worthless)' is answerable to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool (blockhead)' will be in danger of the fire of hell.

There is a refining that takes place in the spiritual realm. And it always exposes the motive of the heart.

Mt. 16:23. "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling block to me; you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

3. THE EXPANSE OF THE GOSPEL (13)

13 I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

Let your kingdom come and your will… (finish)

Col 3:17
And whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.

The Kingdom is not so much about Jesus as it is His righteous rule. The atmosphere, climate, culture, and way of life that God intends for His people to walk in.

Romans 14:17
For the kingdom of God is not eating and drinking, but righteousness (equity of character) and peace (prosperity) and joy (cheerfulness, calm delight) in (that is a relation of rest) the Holy Spirit.
18 For he who in this way serves Christ is acceptable to God and approved by men.

03-14-10 PM - Missionary David Stanislaus

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03-14-10 AM - Missionary Jack Belin

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Rev. Jack Belin from Convoy of Hope

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03-07-10 AM - Launch Out For God

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Rev. Will Bridges from Bridges to Life Ministries

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03-07-10 AM - Does Hell Know Your Name? pt. 1.5

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Rev. Will Bridges from Bridges to Life Ministries

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