What We Believe

We rejoice in the fact that “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16; Acts 4:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 1 Peter 3:18).
 
We believe this salvation is a gift of God’s grace, appropriated through faith alone in the Lord Jesus Christ.  This faith is a gift of divine grace, and is not simply knowledge of Jesus Christ, but is an act of personal trust accompanied by the miracles of regeneration and justification, leading to sanctification and glorification.
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Sunday Morning Sermon:

Message: The Preaching of Paul Part 2
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 2: 1-5
Posted: 10/10/21

Sunday Night Theology Class:

Rephidim & Amalek
Exodus 17: 1-16
Posted: 10/10/21
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Wednesday Special:

The Lord Stood With Me
2 Timothy 4: 9-18
Posted: 2/15/21

Weekly Pastor's Pen:

A DISTURBING TREND (Part 2)
To have a healthy church you must have a healthy family.  The importance of the family is stressed all through Scripture.  God began His instructions with the nation of Israel in Exodus 20:12:  “Honor thy father and mother:  that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.”
 
God is serious about the family.  He wants order and respect in the family.  This is serious stuff, so serious, that God said in Exodus 21 and verse 15:  “And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.”  In verse 17 of the same chapter He said, “And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
 
God wants the family to function as a unit.  In the Old Testament economy, to hit one’s father or mother, or, to curse one’s father or mother meant death to the child.
God is serious about the responsibility of family members to each other.  We must learn that God holds each member of the family responsible for their actions.  The family must be healthy before the church can be healthy.
 
The writer of Proverbs 30:11-17 spoke to his generation, as well as to our generation in the twenty-first century.  He noted that there was a generation of evil men that were disrespectful, hypocrites, proud, greedy, and never satisfied. 
 
The text reads like some modern day books that are written on dysfunctional families:  “There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.  There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.  There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.  There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.  The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give.  There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough.  The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.  The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagle shall eat it” (Proverbs 30:11-17).
 
Christians have an obligation to their families.  A strong Christian family should be a high priority.  And there is a high price to pay if we don’t make that a priority.
 
Paul wrote in respect to the same issue that is taught in the Old Testament.  He taught the same principles to the church in Ephesus:  “Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of god.”  “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord.”  “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it.”   “Children, obey your parents in the Lord:  for this is right.  Honour thy father and mother, which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath:  but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (cf. Ephesians 5:21-6:4).
 
We must strive to develop solid families.  And in doing so, we develop a healthy church environment.  Each member of the family has an obligation before God to make the family all that God intended it to be.  And any church, or person, that practices otherwise in is violation of God’s Word!
 
Jerry W. Arnold
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Posed: 10/17/21
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Weekly Bible Study Sermon:
St. John Chapter 14

The Promise of the Holy Spirit Part 1
John 14: 15-26
Posted: 10/17/21
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"Jesus Prays for Me"

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God's Simple Plan of Salvation
(A Message from Lifegate)

My Friend: I am asking you the most important question of life. Your joy or your sorrow for all eternity depends upon your answer. The question is: Are you saved? It is not a question of how good you are, nor if you are a church member, but are you saved? Are you sure you will go to Heaven when you die?

God says in order to go to Heaven, you must be born again. In John 3:7, Jesus said to Nicodemus, “Ye must be born again.”

In the Bible God gives us the plan of how to be born again which means to be saved. His plan is simple! You can be saved today. How?

First, my friend, you must realize you are a sinner. “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23).

Because you are a sinner, you are condemned to death. “For the wages [payment] of sin is death” (Romans 6:23). This includes eternal separation from God in Hell.

“ . . . it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27).

But God loved you so much He gave His only begotten Son, Jesus, to bear your sin and die in your place. “ . . . He hath made Him [Jesus, Who knew no sin] to be sin for us . . . that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him” (2 Corinthians 5:21).

Jesus had to shed His blood and die. “For the life of the flesh is in the blood” (Lev. 17:11). “ . . . without shedding of blood is no remission [pardon]” (Hebrews 9:22).

“ . . . God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Although we cannot understand how, God said my sins and your sins were laid upon Jesus and He died in our place. He became our substitute. It is true. God cannot lie.

My friend, “God . . . commandeth all men everywhere to repent” (Acts 17:30). This repentance is a change of mind that agrees with God that one is a sinner, and also agrees with what Jesus did for us on the Cross.

In Acts 16:30-31, the Philippian jailer asked Paul and Silas: “ . . . ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’ And they said, ‘Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved . . . .’ ”

Simply believe on Him as the one who bore your sin, died in your place, was buried, and whom God resurrected. His resurrection powerfully assures that the believer can claim everlasting life when Jesus is received as Savior.

“But as many as received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name” (John 1:12).

“For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” (Romans 10:13).
Whosoever includes you. Shall be saved means not maybe, nor can, but shall be saved.
Surely, you realize you are a sinner. Right now, wherever you are, repenting, lift your heart to God in prayer.

In Luke 18:13, the sinner prayed: “God be merciful to me a sinner.” Just pray: “Oh God, I know I am a sinner. I believe Jesus was my substitute when He died on the Cross. I believe His shed blood, death, burial, and resurrection were for me. I now receive Him as my Savior. I thank You for the forgiveness of my sins, the gift of salvation and everlasting life, because of Your merciful grace. Amen.”

Just take God at His word and claim His salvation by faith. Believe, and you will be saved. No church, no lodge, no good works can save you. Remember, God does the saving. All of it!

God’s simple plan of salvation is: You are a sinner. Therefore, unless you believe on Jesus Who died in your place, you will spend eternity in Hell. If you believe on Him as your crucified, buried, and risen Savior, you receive forgiveness for all of your sins and His gift of eternal salvation by faith.

You say, “Surely, it cannot be that simple.” Yes, that simple! It is scriptural. It is God’s plan. My friend, believe on Jesus and receive Him as Savior today.

If His plan is not perfectly clear, read this tract over and over, without laying it down, until you understand it. Your soul is worth more than all the world.

“For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” (Mark 8:36).
Be sure you are saved. If you lose your soul, you miss Heaven and lose all. Please! Let God save you this very moment.

God’s power will save you, keep you saved, and enable you to live a victorious Christian life. “There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, Who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it” (1 Corinthians 10:13).

Do not trust your feelings. They change. Stand on God’s promises. They never change. After you are saved, there are three things to practice daily for spiritual growth:
  • Pray -- you talk to God.
  • Read your Bible -- God talks to you.
  • Witness -- you talk for God.
You should be baptized in obedience to the Lord Jesus Christ as a public testimony of your salvation, and then unite with a Bible-believing church without delay. “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord . . . .” (2 Timothy 1:8)

“Whosoever therefore shall confess [testify of] Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 10:32).

Copyright: Robert Ford Porter, 1991
Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.  All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them.  I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.  The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.  I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep.                                                                                                          John 10:7-11
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