By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
To God be the glory - Romans 16:27; Galatians 1:5; Ephesians 3:21; Philippians 4:20; 1 Timothy 1:17; 2 Timothy 4:18; Hebrews 13:21; 1 Peter 4:11; 5:11
God is not who we want Him to be; rather, He is who He says He ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Susy DiCecco"]
Ephesians 4:1
NIV: As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received.
CEV: As a prisoner of the Lord, I beg you to live in a way that is worthy of the people God ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Philippians 3:10 — Paul desired to experience the “power of his [Jesus’] resurrection.” While certainly he looked forward to being raised to an immortal life at Christ’s return, there is a dimension of ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Death is our biggest problem. Many of us actively avoid behaviors that will shorten our lives while cultivating habits that are good for us. Others put their hope in scientific breakthroughs to lengthen their lives. ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Hebrews 4:14-15 We will look at some of the many events that led up to the death and resurrection of our Lord and acknowledge how he felt.
John 11:33-35 Jesus wept as he was conscious of the suffering hearts ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Genesis 2:21–25 As Bible-believing Christians, we ground our understanding of sexuality in creation. Before the Fall, God gave Adam and Eve marriage as a beautiful gift. This is the standard or pattern for all of ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Galatians 5:13-18
For you, brothers and sisters, were called to freedom; only do not use the freedom for an opportunity to indulge the flesh, but through love serve one another. 14For the whole law is fulfilled ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Romans 11:33-36 Today, we understand in part.
Genesis 18:25; Psalm 58:11; Psalm 89:13-14; Psalm 97:1-2; Deuteronomy 32:3-4; Deuteronomy 10:17-18; 2 Chronicles 19:17 God is righteous and has the just plan to ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Genesis 2:8-9 God’s original habitat for humanity was a luscious garden full of delightful food. There were two special trees: the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Genesis 2:15-17 ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Brian Kelly"]
Psalm 27:14; Psalm 37:7-9 “the Lord” = “YHWH”
1 Thessalonians 1:9b-10a
Revelation 21:1-4 …"Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Matthew 6:33 Jesus told us to seek first God’s Kingdom and righteousness. What does this mean? What is God’s Kingdom?
Amos 9:13-15 Amos envisioned a day full of such abundance that the plowman would overtake ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Ephesians 2:1-3; Romans 3:10-18 Sin is a problem for everyone.
Acts 2:38; 3:19-26 The only antidote for the sin problem is our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 3:22-26 Jesus paid the price for our redemption and ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Fellowship comes from the verb koinoneo, which means “to share” or “to take part in a thing with another.” Fellowship is a community encounter wherein the participants experience companionship, comradery, and a ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
John 13:12-17 — Jesus left us the ultimate example of being a servant and commanded that we do likewise for each other. If we follow these instructions, he said that we will be blessed.
Matthew 25:31-46 — When ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
John 8:31-36 The word “continue” is from the Greek “meno” which is also translated stay, remain, abide, dwell. Jesus’ disciple is one who stays in his word.
Luke 8:11-15 There are four responses to our Lord’s ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Isaiah 53:3-5 Jesus lived a life of self-sacrifice.
Luke 4:38-44 Jesus ministered all night long.
Matthew 8:23-28 He slept because he was exhausted.
Matthew 15:29-38 He laid hands on each one, so it took ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
“Self-awareness” (also known as self-knowledge) is the capacity to understand our personal desires, feelings, motivations, thought patterns, and tendencies. Being self-aware (i.e., knowing yourself) is critical ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Luke 1:5-25 Zachariah and Elizabeth
Luke 1: 26-38 Gabriel and Mary
Matthew 1:18-25 Joseph and the angel
Luke 1:39-56 Mary visits Elizabeth.
Luke 1:57-80 John is born.
Luke 2:1-7 Jesus’ birth in ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Ephesians 6:10-11 The devil has been a schemer right from the beginning when he deceived our first parents that they should doubt, then disobey God. We must be on guard so that we are not tricked by his wiles.
12 ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
1-3 One of the first verses you want your children to learn and memorize
Colossians 3:20 This is well-pleasing to the Lord.
6:1 “In the Lord” implies a believer family. Children, if you want your life to be ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Ephesians 5:22-24 Although in certain exceptional circumstances when they should do otherwise, wives are to be in subjection to their husbands as the church submits to Christ. Such a posture is radically ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
1 “Therefore” relates to 4:32. God wants us to be like Him. Matthew 5:43-48
2 Jesus is our great example of how to imitate God.
3 “Immorality” is Greek porneia, also translated fornication, which is ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Eph 4:17-29
Without Christ, things go very wrong in life. Paul lists 4 problems for those who do not know Christ.
They walk in the futility of their minds.
They are darkened in their understanding.
They ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
The book of Ephesians breaks evenly into two halves: chapters 1-3 are theological, and 4-6 are practical. Today begins our focus on the practical.
4:1-3 We are to walk in a way that is worthy of our calling, yet ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Acts 20:25 - 38 The final time they saw Paul, he was kneeling in prayer. Now again he is kneeling, usually a posture for prayer. Luke 18:10-13
Ephesians 3:14 – “for this reason – 3:1 relates for all the ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
3:1 Paul wrote Ephesians later in his life when he was in prison.
3:2 Stewardship is a BIG word here. Christ had commissioned Paul to declare what God had done to
the nations.
3:3-6 In the ancient world, ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Eph 2:11-12—Circumcision was a distinguishing mark that separated out the Jewish people from the rest of the world, but it was only a physical mark in their flesh. What God truly wanted was the change/cleansing of ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
1:18-23 Prayer
2:1-3 Trapped: 1) course of this world, 2) prince of the power of the air, and 3) lusts of our flesh and minds. Romans 3:9-18
3 “Lusts of the flesh” are the longings and impulses of the ...
Ephesians 1:11–12 God predestined the church to “be to the praise of his glory.” This is our purpose as a community, to make much of God.
Ephesians 1:13–14 The spirit is God’s seal that we are His and His pledge of our future ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
1:1 Paul made known what God accomplished for us in Christ Jesus.
“Saints” is the Greek word hagios that occurs 15 times in Ephesians (1:1, 4, 13, 15, 18; 2:19, 21; 3:5, 8, 18; 4:12, 30; 5:3, 27; 6:18). “Saint” ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Victor Gluckin"]
The gospel is good “news.”
1 Samuel 31:6-9 - The Philistines spread the “good news.”
Luke 1:11-14, 18-19 - Gabriel announces “good news” to Zacharias.
Luke 2:10-11 - Angel shares “good news” with ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Ephesians 6:10-12 Be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
Luke 4:18-19 The context of this, quoted from Isaiah 61, is what the Messiah will ultimately accomplish when he returns as King of ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Our God Fights for Us!
2 Corinthians 10:1-4
We are in a spiritual war, both outside ourselves and within. Physical weapons are of no use in this battle, but the armor of God is powerful and can defeat our ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Ephesians 6:10-12 Spiritual warfare is the idea that, behind the scenes, spiritual powers are working against God. The devil does not stand in the light for all to see but works through deception and ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Isaiah 53 foretells God’s plan of salvation through Jesus Christ with magnificent clarity. The crux of the revelation is that the sinless Messiah is the sacrificial offering as the substitutionary payment for the ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
John 8:31, 32 and 36 Freedom comes by supernatural power.
2 Corinthians 4:17 The changes that come with the new creation are supernatural.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16 Understanding the Scriptures is ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Ruth 2:1 Boaz, the son of Salmon, was a kinsman to Elimelech (which is important to Ruth’s destiny).
4 Boaz and his workers are spiritually minded people.
12 Ruth was rewarded for living the right way ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Ruth 1:1 The period of the judges was a chaotic time characterized by tribalism, warfare, and lawlessness.
Ruth 1:2 Due to the terrible behavior of the Moabites towards the children of Israel, God had banned ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
Faith is trust. It is having confidence in something and viewing it as reliable and certain. Therefore, how we think about things and our perspective toward them significantly affects our trust in them.
We will ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Romans 3:23-28; Galatians 2:16-17 We are justified through the redemption in Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:10-11 Dead to sin, alive to God in Christ Jesus
Romans 6:23 The free gift of God is eternal life in Christ ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
No one is totally free. We all give up certain freedoms for others. For example, we give up our freedom to eat dessert so we can live longer and feel better. We give up our freedom to stay at home so we can make ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Jerry Wierwille"]
2 Corinthians 5:16-17 So then, from now on we regard no one according to the flesh (even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know him that way no more). So then, if anyone is in union ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"]
Ephesians 2:1-3 This is God’s appraisal of us before Christ. Our spiritual life was nonexistent for we were dead. God’s point of view, regardless of ours, is the truth.
2:11-12 In this state, we groped about ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Matthew 5:10-12 Jesus fully expected that his followers would suffer persecution. The world reviles, persecutes, and utters evil against us because of righteousness’ sake and because of our association with ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Vince Finnegan"] and [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Psalm 36:9 For with You is the fountain of life; In Your light we see light.
Galatians 5:13-14 Love is always the right action.
16 “Flesh” in this context ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
Galatians 2:20 Christianity begins with a death and a birth. We are crucified with Christ with the result that he now lives in us.
Romans 8:7–13 God’s spirit and Christ are interchangeable ways of talking ...
By [wbt_preacher_link preacher="Sean Finnegan"]
In the times of the Bible, there were many kinds of outsiders:
Foreigners (Leviticus 19:33–34)
Widows, orphans (Exodus 22:22–24)
Poor (Proverbs 14:31)
Gentiles (Ephesians 2:11–13)
Outsider 1: Leah
Genesis ...
