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:

The Fall of Babylon
Part 3
​Revelation 18: 1-24
Posted: 11/30/22

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Sunday Night Sermon:

The Existence of Angels
Theology
Posted: 11/30/22

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Weekly Pastor's Pen:

A TROUBLED HEART

Jesus had said many things to His disciples prior to His crucifixion, and many of these things had troubled His disciples deeply.  Jesus had said to the disciple that He was going away:  “Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that send me.  Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me:  and where I am, thither ye cannot come” (John 7:33-34). 

Now He says to them, He is going to die:  “Now is the judgment of this world:  now shall the prince of this world be cast out.  And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.  This he said, signifying what death he should die” (John 12:31-33). 

Then He told the apostles that one of them would betray Him.  John tells us that when Jesus made this announcement “… he was troubled in spirit …” (John 13:21).  Being human, Jesus was troubled over Judas’ betrayal – what troubled Him so deeply in Judas’ betrayal was the fact that Judas betrayed His love and friendship. 

But, in Jesus’ divinity He knew in advance that it would happen.  Plus, He knew the spiritual hardness and deadness which sin had produced in Judas, and this troubled Him deeply. 

Furthermore, Jesus makes this announcement about Peter:  “… Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:  But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not:  and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.” 

Then Peter said unto Jesus, “… Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death.” 

Jesus no doubt, looked at Peter with a heart of love and compassion and said, “… I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before that thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me” (ref. Luke 22:31-34). 

Jesus then made this announcement to all the disciple:  “… All ye shall be offended because of me this night ….”  What Jesus is saying here is this:  that all the disciples would desert Him before the night was over.  And desert Him they did:  “… all the disciples forsook him, and fled” (ref. Matthew 26:31, 56). 

With all the news that the disciples had heard, they must have been in a state of shock and dismay at this time.  Judas would betray their Lord, their leader and spokesman (Peter) would soon deny his Lord, and not only that, they all would desert Jesus. 

At this point the disciples were completely bewildered and discouraged.  And unknown to the disciples at that time, in a very short time their world was going to collapse in chaos around them.   

But Jesus, would not, and did not leave them without any comfort.  He simply said, “Let not your heart be troubled:  ye believe in God, believe also in me” (John 14:1).  As the end drew nearer, once again, Jesus said unto them: 
“And ye now therefore have sorrow:  but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you” (John 16:22). 

The Scottish writer Barclay once said, 
“There comes a time when we have to believe where we cannot prove and to accept where we cannot understand.  If, in the darkest hour, we believe that somehow there is a purpose in life and that purpose is love, even the unbearable becomes bearable and even in the darkness there is a glimmer of light. 

If we believe that in Jesus we see the picture of God, then, in face of that amazing love, it becomes, not easy, but at least possible, to accept even what we cannot understand, and in the storms of life to retain a faith that is serene.” 

Jerry W. Arnold 
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​Posted: 11/30/22

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Weekly Bible Study Sermon:
St. John Chapter 19

The Crucifixion
Lesson 2: Part 3
John 19: 17-30 
​Posted: 11/1/22

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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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