Martin Luther once wrote: “Faith is a LIVING, busy, active, mighty thing...It is impossible for it not to be doing good works incessantly. It does not ask whether good works are to be done, but before the question is asked, it has already done them, and is constantly doing them.” Join us today as we study where he got this idea from in Romans 4 and James 2!
In the third part of our study on Faith, we come to the part of the story where a desperate father asks Jesus "IF" He can help. This reveals a condition in which we all find ourselves: When we come to Jesus we know we must rely upon Him but at the same time we discover we cannot stop relying upon ourselves. This paradox is what we are calling: "Faithing". You are invited to join us as we walk in this reality together!
Faith is never something that comes from us, from our efforts, or from our gumption. On our own, we would never seek God. Instead, it is a gift that God puts inside of us and enables us to receive Him, seek after Him and trust Him. Because faith is a gift, we are able to immeasurably GROW in the assurance and conviction that God put in us...leading us to tremendous action! All of this happens by His power, as we continuously are relying upon Him! Join us as we discover all of this by studying His promises!
What is faith? Bible students love to hurry to Hebrews 11:1 to answer this question. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.” This is Scripture’s true answer, but now compare it with another Scripture: “And Jesus said to her, ‘Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease,’” --Mark 5:34. Jesus was talking to the woman who had been bleeding for twelve years. Does this mean it was her “assurance” and “conviction” that made her well? Does this then also mean that people who are NOT healed of their diseases then LACK such conviction? Before you answer, consider carefully and join us for a study of Scripture’s answer to “What is Faith?”
What sort of KING is Jesus? His arrival teaches us much. He is not like any other king. Ever. He is humble. He is gentle. He is the KING of KINGS and His POWER is expressed through LOVE because He IS love.
Join us for this special Palm Sunday celebration as the KING of KINGS arrives…not just on that day 1,990 years ago…but also…today.
What is your calling? Each of us has different callings, to be sure. But there is a foundation to each of them. No matter if we are the baker, the brick-layer, or the candlestick maker, we have an underlying calling. No matter if we are son or daughter, father or mother, sister or brother, we have an underlying calling. Join us as Pastor Dar leads us in growing in that underlying calling: “Our Calling — Co-missioned by Jesus!”
Have you ever wondered WHAT you need to bring with you if you were to follow Jesus? Today’s message is about answering that question as we read Matthew 5:2-16 and several companion texts. We are zooming in on Matthew 5:3 in particular and discovering exactly what we have to offer the Lord and what it will look like for us to be counting our blessings!
The earliest church grew through the sharing of WORDS…specifically, through God’s Words! Those words of “the Scriptures” were the words of (what we call) the Old Testament! The apostles would REASON with and PROVE from the Scriptures that Jesus was the Messiah! Join us as we study this and learn for ourselves how to emulate CHURCH 1.0 in our midst as God works through us to proclaim forgiveness and restoration for all who would hear!
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