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The Rainbow Belongs to God (P3)

Key Bible Verses: "Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness...God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh." (from Genesis 1:26-28a; 2:25)

Key Bible Verses: "Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, this he will also reap. " Galatians 6: 7

Key Bible Verse: "God said, “This is the sign of the covenant which I am making between Me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all successive generations;" Genesis 9:12

Key Bible Verse: “You are of your father the devil...He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. Whenever he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. John 8:44

Here is the link to the edited version of my message yesterday, The Origin of Demons.
Message #1 of this series we examined what Jesus had to say about and His interactions with satan and demoms
Message #2 we examined the origin of angels and the much-discussed "origin of evil"
This week we did the same with demons. Who are they? Where did they come from? Do they still exist today?
This series is necessary to help people, even Chrhistians, understand and answer the questions people have today as our culture continues to spiral downward deeper into the demonic realm of darkness.

Key Bible Verse: "For you have said in your heart: ‘I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest sides of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.’" Isaiah 14: 13-14

Key Bible Verse: "And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one." Matthew 6: 13a

"Death, be not proud..." Series Finale

Key Bible Verse: "But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep." 1 Corinthians 15:20

Key Bible Verse: "The crowds going ahead of Him, and those who followed, were shouting, "Hosanna to the Son of David; BLESSED IS HE WHO COMES IN THE NAME OF THE LORD; Hosanna in the highest!”" Matthew 21:9

Key Bible Verse: "...I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”  2 Samuel 12:23b

Key Bible Verse: “DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory. “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” 1 Corinthians 15: 54-55

Key Bible Verse: "For thus says the high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, and also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite."" Isaiah 57:17

Key Bible Verses: "And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,"  Hebrews 9:27

Key Bible Verse:  "For the wages of sin is death..." Romans 6:23a

The rest of the title and challenge in this message is those same qualities can and should be applied to and evident in the lives of all who claim to be "born-again" Christians. 

Key Bible Verse:  "This I recall to my mind, Therefore I have hope." Lamentations 3: 21

"But Jesus said to him, “No one, after putting his hand to the plow and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”  Luke 9: 62

In this message we examined five things Christians should know about Jesus Christ. We did this by allowing the Word of God to speak on these five statements:  

• Who Jesus Is 
• Why Jesus Came 
• What Jesus Did 
• Where Jesus is Now (and what He is doing) 
• When Jesus Returns

Key Bible Verse: "Father, if it is Your will, take this cup away from Me; nevertheless not My will, but Yours, be done.” Luke 22:42

When It Comes, When It Does Not, and Why? Did you know God never intended that there would be a need for healing?  Tonight we begin our study by examining what caused the need to arise and examples of biblical healing in the OT and NT. 

Key Bible Verse: "Bear one another's burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ."  Galatians 6:2

Last week I began one of the strongest messages the Holy Spirit ever breathed into mine.  This week we continue to the hard part that shows clearly how this nation has gone well beyond those two cities and how the Christian church must respond biblically. 

The Death of a Nation As Christians Watched in Horror from their Pews 

In the first two messages of this series, the Jewish religious leaders questioned Jesus. His answers pointed them first to the "sign of Jonah" and then "the days of Noah".  In this week's message, the questions came from His disciples. He gave them a lot of insight about the signs of the times - what they were and were not. Again He closed this discussion pointing them to the "days of Noah".  I will also give you a short history lesson on the Temple(s) in Jerusalem, what has come to pass already, and what is yet to come.  Christians need to know these things; otherwise why did Jesus tell them to His disciples?

This is the second message in our new series, The Signs of the Times in Jesus' Own Words.  If you missed last week's message, "The Sign of Jonah", it is available on this channel as well as our website www.onlyjesus.life.  The video and written blog versions may be found there as well. 

Key Bible Verse: "Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.” But He answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation craves a sign; and so no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet;"  Matthew 12: 38-39

A question for the church aka the Christians who fill the pews. Today we close this series that went a lot longer than I thought when I taught the first of these Five "Callings" (actually they were commands).  I briefly review all five and the ONE WORD answer to this question will become self-evident.

This is the fifth of Jesus' five "love" commands as He made His way toward Calvary. This section of the Gospel of John, deemed the Upper Room discourse, was vital information for the eleven disciples that remained.  His words are equally vital for Christians today!

Key Bible Verse: "You have heard that it was said, ‘YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," Matthew 5:43-44

Key Bible Verse: "You shall not take vengeance, nor hold any grudge against the sons of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD... The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and you shall love him as yourself,"  Leviticus 19: 18,34

Key Bible Verse: "but you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the LORD." Leviticus 19: 18b,34; Matthew 19:19; 22:39

Key Bible Verse: "Then Jesus said to His disciples, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me. “For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for My sake will find it." Matthew 16: 24-25

Key Bible Verse: "Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me." John 15:4

Key Bible Verse: Jesus said to him, "Rise, take up your pallet, and walk." John 5: 8

Key Bible Verse:  "Lararus, Come out!" John 11: 43

This week my message is a "fill in the blank" one where we are going to examine a lot of scriptures to see how Moses, David, Isaiah, Mary, Jesus, and Paul filled in these blanks. The words they chose are words we can all identify with. You will be encouraged by them and the explanations I provide that give context to them in our lives today.  WS

Key Bible Verse: "Let everything that has breath praise the LORD; Praise the LORD!"  Psalm 150: 6

This message is a series of prayers that follow the outline I laid out in the last two messages on Prevailing Prayer

Learning how to pray, plead, and persevere from the depths of your soul to the throne of grace, mercy, and love from biblical examples

Key Bible Verse: "If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed." John 8:36

Key Bible Verse: "Your eyes have seen my formless substance; And in Your book were written All the days that were ordained for me, When as yet there was not one of them." Psalm 139:16

Key Bible Verse:  "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness." 1 John 1:9

Today we go deeper in this study to show that the verses decrying these licentious lifestyles - now being flaunted and celebrated in our nation - are not isolated ones, but are found from Genesis to Jude.  I also address what it means to "speak the truth in love."

It is sad that many Christians are afraid to speak up on matters God clearly addressed in His Word. Fear that we will be called haters or not exemplifying the love of God. Neither is true, and we know it.  In Part One of this message, born out of frustration over the constant celebration of these unbiblical, sinful lifestyles, I address many of the verses that speak directly or indirectly to the sins of practicing homosexuality. I am very clear on what God considers sin and what He does not. For example, temptation is not sin. Falling into it or giving in is.  By sitting back and allowing such an agenda to grow and permeate our society as cultural norms, we allow them to affect our children and grandchildren. That is a key piece of their agenda. Christians need to have the courage to "speak the truth in love" and disagree. Disagreement on positions of religion and even political matters is a constitutional right or at least it was. 

Twice Jesus told His disciples the reason for the problems in this world and the persecution and hardships they would face after He left this world. He called satan, “the ruler of this world.”  John 12:31; 16:11

For the weary Christian fighting the battles of spiritual warface, here are four promises of God to encourage you to win and rise above the fray and what we must do to realize them.

Key Bible Verse: "Her children rise up and bless her; her husband also, and he praises her, saying: “Many daughters have done nobly, but you excel them all.” Proverb s 31:28-29"