Acts 23: Hard Ground
March 12, 2023 • Pastor Isaiah Fern • Acts 23, Matthew 13:18–23
1. Some hard hearts will never become soft. Matthew 13 - Which soil are you? hard, shallow, thorny, soft soil. Following Jesus does not remove your problems on this earth and make everything OK today. Following Jesus removes your sin and makes your eternal soul OK with God. 2. You cannot throw in the towel right now. Dont give up. 3. God will use ungodly leaders to carry out His future plans
Acts 20: Narcolepsy
February 26, 2023 • Pastor Isaiah Fern • Acts 20, 2 Kings 4, 1 Kings 17
Pastor Isaiah preaches from Acts 20 about lessons learned from Paul's ALL NIGHT sermon that put a young man to sleep who then feel out of a window! We pulled three main things from this chapter including: 1. Solid teaching is always confirmed by powerful fruit. (although truth is truth....eventually lack of fruit catches up to knock teachers off course) 2. Stop trying to rush away from long conversations. 3. Pour into the people God has placed around you this school year because you don’t know when it will be your last chance.
Acts 17: Confronting the Culture
January 22, 2023 • Liam Baker • Acts 17
This message challenges you to be confrontational in the different areas of your life and shows the consequences of not confronting the culture of the world, church, and self. 1. Confronting the World 2. Confronting the Church 3. Do not seek the Platform 4. Confronting yourself
Acts 12: Killed & Persecuted
December 4, 2022 • Pastor Isaiah Fern • Acts 12, Matthew 5:10–12
Website to Pray for Persecuted Christians Pastor Isaiah shares about the persecution the early church went through with the Apostle James being executed then Peter being imprisoned. He shares 3 main points: 1. As the GOSPEL of Jesus spreads, so does the HATE of the people of Jesus. Three reasons why you will be persecuted as a Christian: a. Your presence exposes darkness and sin. When people realize you don’t do the things they do because it’s wrong and you love differently, it makes them realize the darkness and sin they are living in. b. Followers of Jesus stand up for righteousness and justice & this threatens people who benefit from taking advantage of people. c. Followers of Jesus speak the truth, even when it’s not popular, and this makes people angry. 2. Christians don’t stand by and do nothing when persecuted. 3. The Gospel cannot be stopped by anything, even violence.
Acts 11: Antioch Christians
November 13, 2022 • Pastor Isaiah Fern • Acts 11
Pastor Isaiah shared about the Church of Antioch where believers were first called Christians (meaning belonging to Christ) He landed on 3 main points: 1. Everyone needs a Barnabas 2. Use your influence (like Peter) 3. God will accomplish his purposes against ALL odds
Acts 10: Cornelius and Peter have a vision
November 6, 2022 • Caleb Carter • Acts 10
Caleb share about how the Lord gets our attention just like he got Cornelius and Peter's through a vision. He shares about the little boy Samuel who heard the voice of God and how we are to listen for His voice as well.
Acts 9: Saul the Murderer
October 30, 2022 • Pastor Isaiah Fern • Acts 9:3–31
Pastor Isaiah introduces us to one of the most influential murderers turned Christians the world has ever known: Saul (Paul). We learn 3 main things from Acts 9: 1. Some of us will never have our own story worth telling, but we might be a part of another story worth telling. 2. You MUST separate yourself from your old life or you risk sliding backwards from your new life. 3. When you give your life to Jesus, your present circumstances won’t change but your final destination will.
Acts 8: Simon the Sorcerer
October 23, 2022 • Gerardo Macias • Acts 8:4–25, Proverbs 4:23
Pastor Gerardo discusses the cool story of a magician/sorcerer named Simon in Acts 8 and pulls out these three points: 1. Be careful what you let into your heart and mind! 2. Being around the church does not mean you are saved! 3. You cannot buy or earn the gifts of God, Focus on Him and he will provide!
Acts 5: Accountability
October 9, 2022 • Tommie Graff • Acts 5:1–16
We learn from Acts 5 the story of Ananias and Sapphire and how they lied to the Holy Spirit. Peter Called them out for their deceit and the Lord judged them harshly. What if they would have instead, as a godly couple, said "We cannot lie to God!" What if Peter would have just ignored their sin? Accountability is important as believers as shown by God and Peter.