Main idea: Trust God for grace as we live in a painful, sin-cursed world.  In the midst of conflict and hostility, trust in Jesus who crushes the head of the serpent. (v. 14-15)Revelation 12:1-121 Corinthians 15:...

Introduction Trusting God’s Grace in a Fallen World We saw in Genesis 1-2 the glory of God at creation. He created a very good heavens and earth where he chose to dwell with the man and woman he cr...

One of my favorite things about doing home projects or repairing a car is when I have a good excuse to go buy a tool. There is great joy in procuring the tool, learning how to use it, and then having that tool and the acquired skills for the futur...

Main idea: God created everything! Worship the Creator God, who is Father, Son and Spirit, for His goodness and greatness. Worship the Creator God: He is great and good! (v. 1) Isaiah 45:7-8, 18...

Introduction It is our privilege and joy to study God’s Word together. God reveals himself to us through his Word so that we can know, love, worship and obey him! Genesis is the first of five books we call ...

Main idea: Seek and serve the Lord, fueled by rejoicing in the great salvation of the Lord and His joy in loving His people! 1. Seek and serve the Lord who gives such a great salvation by creating humble, holy worsh...

We are finishing up with our three-week series in Zephaniah this Sunday, July 14. Hopefully, you have been encouraged and challenged by this prophetic book. I encourage you to take some time to read other prophetic books. There is so ...

Main idea: Humbly worship the sovereign Lord of Lords who will judge the nations and will establish His kingdom forever! ...

Main idea: Behold the wrath of the Lord and humbly seek Him. Behold the wrath of the Lord toward all humanity (1:2-3). Behold the wrath of the Lord toward wicked Judah (1:4-18). Seek the Lord with humility! (2:1-3)...

1. Certain Resurrection: Be certain that you will be resurrected because Christ was raised from the dead (1 Corinthians 15:12-16). The Corinthians’ problemEvidence of Christ’s resurrection...

In these three chapters Paul is focused on how truly spiritual people will love each other because their lives are submitted to Christ as Lord and they are using the gifts given to each Christian by the Holy Spirit. Paul is answering the questio...

Backstory of the Lord’s Supper: The Passover Meal (Exodus 12) Main idea: The Lord’s Supper is a meal that the church takes together to remember Christ, to renew our commitment to Him and each other, and to proclaim His death until He c...

Paul is giving instructions about how to live a life that pleases the Lord, in this case regarding meat sacrificed to idols. He is continuing the theme of the need we all have to pursue undivided devotion to the Lord and to glorify God with our bo...

Main idea: The Word of God is the true and powerful Word of our good King; come to Him and receive life! The Bible is inerrant, without error, and it is infallible, unfailing in accomplishing what God intends....

Introduction What is our hope and stability in a world that is constantly shifting and changing? How do we make sense of a world of chaos? Which way is up and which is down and how do we know what is true? ...

As we continue to study 1 Corinthians, we see more teaching about how to live a pure, holy life that is marked by the gospel. Paul unpacks in chapter 7 how to have relationships that are marked by the gospel of Christ, whether you are single or ma...

Main idea: Live out the holy calling of the church by representing Christ to the world and the church.  1 Corinthians 1:2, 9 Revelation 4 1. Associate with sinners like Jesus did. Be salt and light in the world. (1 Cor...

In 1 Corinthians 5-6, Paul continues to exhort and teach the Corinthians what it means to be a church that is marked by the Gospel, not the sinful flesh or the culture around them. He focuses on their need to protect the purity of the church ...

In 1 Corinthians 3-4, Paul continues his rebuke of the pride that led the Corinthians to create divisions and factions based on their pursuit of worldly status. He shows them the right way to think about how God uses servants of the Lord as His st...

As part of the Faith in Five Initiative, the elders are praying that everyone who lives within five minutes of Faith Bible Church will know where our church gathers and why we gather. We want them to know that we have forgiveness, power to change,...

Main Idea: Give thanks to God for His grace that enriches, equips, and establishes you in covenant fellowship with the Lord Jesus. Three reasons to give thanks for the grace of God: 1. Enriched: The grace of God has enriched u...

Many pressures and influences all around us seek to form and shape us. Our own way of thinking and living can oftentimes be shaped by our old sin nature. This results in deformed Christianity that does not reflect Christ. Paul sought to address al...

Introduction Dominion describes God’s sovereignty and rule. However, the Sovereign One has also given dominion to humanity (Psalm 8:6, Genesis 1:28) who are made in His image. As we seek to be a loving commu...

Ephesians 4:16 teaches us that every member of the body of Christ is used by Christ to supply the other members what they need to become like Christ. That means that every member of Faith Bible Church has a vital ministry to others. We ar...

Wisdom – it’s what we need! (Proverbs 1:1-6)The path of wisdom: fear the Lord! (Proverbs 1:7, 9:10) ...

Every Faith Bible church member is also a minister in the church with vital gifts and needed input for each other’s lives. This month’s sermon series, “Side by Side,” will focus on examples in Scripture of how people lived life side by sid...

Main idea: Pursue peace by turning to God from sin with godly grief Humbly submit to the God who gives greater grace (James 4:6-7)Resist the devil (and the world system and the flesh) and he ...

What does God do during the 97 hours of UGM Camp? Each member of Faith who is serving at the camp gets to know the love of God better as we each depend on the Spirit to empower us to love the 70 or so kids at the camp. We get to speak abo...

Main Idea: Those who believe in Christ are overcomers who love and obey God by loving other believers. Introduction 1. What is true of all of God’s children? All of God’s children love God by loving each othe...

Our prayer is that as we study the letter of 1 John, we would grow in our enjoyment of fellowship with God and with each other. What a wonderful reality that God wants us to share in His life, the life that the Father, the Son and the Spirit share...

Our study of 1 John continually raises the idea of assurance of eternal life: How do we know we are truly in Christ? There are two errors into which we might fall as we read: (1) looking at our sin and doubting our position...