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June 3, 2018

There is Freedom from Sin

May 27, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

There is Freedom From Sin “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves.” 1 John 1:8 “Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.” 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 1. Freedom from sexual sin is a process. 2. You need a strategy. 3. Steps to healing. Repent “Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body.” 1 Corinthians 6:18 Right Relationships Spiritual Disciplines Counselor “Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.” Proverbs 15:22 Live life to the fullest

Is The Bible True?

May 20, 2018 • Pastor Dustin Rife

Is the Bible true? 1) His Word>Our Experiences 2) Train image with blanks to fill in in bulletin, image with FACTS, FAITH, FEELINGS on screen. 3) The Bible was written through man by God. 4) The Church did not determine but rather discovered which books were inspired by God. 5) Six Testimonies proving the Bible to be true: Eyewitness Testimony Early Testimony Embarrassing Testimony Excruciating Testimony Expecting Testimony Extra-biblical Testimony 6) The Bible defends itself because of promises kept and it's power. 7) We show we believe the Bible by obeying it, not just by having it or reading it.

Women < Men

May 13, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

Women < Men Worth is in Christ “So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” Genesis 1:27 Organize our life’s “ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:28 Made to make a difference “ The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.” Genesis 2:18 “Being a helper means we need God-given discernment to know when to encourage, when to graciously confront, and when to be silent and pray.” Liz Wann Empowered to lead Piper, “For men and women who have a heart to minister — to save souls and heal broken lives and resist evil and meet needs — there are fields of opportunity that are simply endless. God intends for the entire church to be mobilized in ministry, male and female. Nobody is to simply stay at home watching soaps and ballgames while the world burns. Need to Honor

Kissing Cousins

May 6, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

Kissing Cousins “ God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.” Genesis 1:28a   “As for you, be fruitful and increase in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.” Genesis 9:7 1. Answering true questions remove barriers to faith. “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.” 1 Peter 3:15 2. Analyze the case for Cain.  Who did Cain marry?  Is it plausible? “After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.” Genesis 5:4 “These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.” Genesis 9:19  Didn’t God just create another race?  What about birth defects? 3. If we are all not descendants from Adam, then Jesus did not die for everyone. “Through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men” Romans 5:12 “For since by a man came death, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.” 1 Corinthians 15:21-22 “And He has made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth.” Acts 17:26

Oh, the Place You'll Go

April 29, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

Oh, the Places You’ll Go Romans 12:1-2 1. Oh, the places you will go because of God’s plan. “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Jeremiah 1:5 “ For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10 2. Oh, the places you’ll go because of your efforts. “Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.    Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.” Romans 12:1-2 a. Do not conform to the pattern of this world. b. Be renewed. 1. God’s Word. 2. God’s People. 3. God’s Spirit. 4. God’s intrusions. 3. Oh, the places God you’ll go for God’s glory. “ Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!   All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:17-18 “That God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.   We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.   God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” 2 Corinthians 5:19

Is God Bipolar?

April 22, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

Is God Bi-polar Deuteronomy 20:16-17 “ However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes.   Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you.” Deuteronomy 20:16-17 1. God is so far above us, we can’t fully understand. “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the LORD. “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” Isaiah 55:8-9 “All the earth is mine.” Exodus 19:5” 2. God’s wrath is justified. “The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly enter into peace;  they find rest as they lie in death.” Isaiah 57:1-2 3. God’s desire is that none would perish. “The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.” 2 Peter 3:9

How Secure Is Salvation?

April 15, 2018 • Pastor Allen Bonnell

How Secure is Salvation? 1 John 5:13, “I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life.” 1. Is salvation permanent? 1 John 5:11-12, And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.   I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand. My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.   I and the Father are one.” John 10:27-30 Our security is not based finally on our grip on Christ, but his grip on us. ” -John Piper John 1:12,   Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God 1 John 2:19 “They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us.” 1 John 2:19 “ For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—   not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8-9 2. Am I saved?  “Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith.” 2 Corinthians 13:5 “work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.” Philippians 2:12b a. If we confess our sins. “If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God.” 1 John 4:15 “ if we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves and the truth is not in us.    If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:8-9 b. If we change. 1 John 2:29: “Everyone who practices righteousness is born of Him.” 2 “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new” 2 Corinthians 5:17 c. If we obey His commands. 1 John 3:9, “Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him; and he cannot sin, because he has been born of God.” d. If you have compassion toward believers. 1 John 4:7 Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. 1 John 3:14 We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. e. If there is Conflict. 1 John 5:4, “Whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”