The Gift of Jesus

Sunday, January 27, 2013 Led by Eric Gintert Review from Last Week Mark 12:29-31 The first commandment is to love God. Then we are to love our neighbor. We tend to put our neighbor before God. How can we love our neighbor without loving God? Just as in a husband / wife relationship, they are one flesh but sometimes love the children more than each other. You can't truly love someone else before you love God. 2 John 1-7 Love is in truth . The Truth is Jesus (John 14:6). Definition of Love: that we walk after His commandments. His commandment is that we love Him with all our heart, mind, and should and them we love one another as ourselves. We must do God's commandments to display love. The neighbor is the non willing to do the will of God (the parable of the Good Samaritan). Should we stay away from evil doers? If so, is that "loving your neighbor"? 2 Corinthians 6:11-18 This is love, that we be not unequally yoked wi...

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus This Week: All Have Sinned Sunday, November 18, 2012 Led by Eric Gintert Romans 1 - All people are wretched and sinful. Romans 2 - The law doesn't redeem the guilty. Romans 3 Paul is a Jew and he is asking what advantage there is in being a Jew. Does it make a person more holy because they are Jewish? Are they more righteous in God's eyes because they are Jews? God uses the Jews to glorify His name but this doesn't make them sinless and any safer from damnation It is their unbelief in Jesus that make their faith in God of none effect. We want God to judge others righteousness and have pure justice, but we don't want Him to use that same judgment and justice on us. We proclaim our unrighteousness to be righteous but God will judge and take vengeance.  Paul (or Saul) believed that by murdering the true believers in Jesus was doing God a service. So, is he justified before God then, because he had good ...

Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus This Week: Darkness Sunday, November 4, 2012 Led by Eric Gintert Who is Jesus to You? Savior? What does that mean? Savior from what? Lord? What does that mean? What does it mean to be Lord? We need to be lightened! Psalm 34:1-5 "They" (in verse 5) are the humble who want to exalt the name of the Lord. "Him" is the Lord. They looked unto the Lord and they were lightened and not ashamed. On judgment day, some will look on Him and be ashamed but others will be able to stand before Him completely unashamed and justified. Are we asking and seeking to be lightened by Him in all issues: politics, relationships, etc? Darkness came before Light... Genesis 1:1-2 Before there was light, there was darkness. Before we can know and understand the great mercy and grace that the Lord has given us, we must first understand all the filth, guile, wickedness, and sin that we have taken part in. We must understa...

Sunday, October 24, 2010 Led by Dennis Jeffries Isaiah 5:8  -  woe unto you who always have to be busy with something or have a bunch of people around you *** Why do people want to be busy? What are people trying to avoid by being busy? *** Matthew 12:43-45  -  the Greek meaning of rest is recreation of reinforcement; ended up getting seven more spirits come back Job 1:7-8  -  Satan is looking for people who will take part in what he wants 1 Peter 5:8  -  clear your mind (be alone with God) because Satan is constantly seeking whom he may devour *** What can you do to clear your mind or be sober? *** Matthew 8:28-29  -  the devils knew the spirit of Jesus; they knew what was coming 1 John 2:11  -  he who hates his brother is walking in darkness John 12:35  -  don't know where you are going if you are walking in darkness *** How can being alone with God help you to be in light instead of darkness? *** P...