QUOTES FOR JULY 21, 2026

 

FOLLY OF SIN

 

July 21 – Folly of Sin -

Isaiah 42:18-25

 

     Israel is described as blind and deaf.  He equates the messenger and servants of His as blind and deaf

To the agreements that have been made.  God keeps his side, but His people don’t.  They are blind to

What is seen and deaf to what has been presented.  The law is a delight to the Lord.  His righteousness,

Glory and greatness make the law what it is. 

     The problem is that people are trapped in prisons, dungeons, and hidden places. They are plunder,

Booty, and loot.  No one can rescue them, free them, and send them back.  The reason they are in this

Condition is because of their sin, and it was the Lord who sent there because of that.  Sin is a trap

And prison.  They have sinned, not follow His ways, or obeyed them.  When the Lord punished them

They still did not understand, and they did not take heart.  The folly of sin is that it blinds you to truth

And freedom.

TRUE POWER

 

Jan 17^th – What is True Power – Acts 1:8

 

Intro:  The Question can be asked, what is true power?  The Webster’s dictionary says, it is the ability to act in decisiveness.  It is authority given to a person or thing by others or a place where power is generated.  In some people’s mind it is weaponry, armies, money, brawn or intellect.  President Obama is called the most powerful man on the planet. 

 

1.  For the Christian it is all about connection.  Jesus said in Acts 1:8 that we would receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon us.  An electric cord is useless until connected to a power source.  A garden hose is just a piece of plastic until connected to a water source.  A person is dead in their trespasses and sin until saved by the blood of Jesus Christ. 

 

a.     True power is allowing yourself to be a conduit or vessel through which the Lord can do His work.  Jesus made it clear here true. power comes from one source, the Holy Spirit.  It is from Him and never from you. 

b.    Jesus also made it clear in Acts 1:8 that is was to be used in witnessing.  To tell others in our immediate world and then to broaden our horizons to other spheres of influence.

c.     Frank Thompson describes this verse as the promise of the Spiritual equipment for a world wide campaign.

 

2.   Mark tells us Mark 16 that this power is given to drive out demons, to speak in tongues, handle dangerous situations, have divine protection and heal the sick. 

 

a.      Paul says in 1 Cor 12 that this power enables us to operate in gifts that allow us to discern what is happening in the material and spiritual realms.  To know things that only God could know and choose to reveal.  To be wise enough to see the motives and intentions of others and how to respond with the information that has been revealed.

b.    This power allows us walk in faith and trust that God will back up His promises and His word.  We will see with this power immediate and progressive healings from afflictions and diseases in whatever form they come and from whom or where.  Power given by God enables us to see the suspension of natural, physical laws of the universe and the supernatural intervention of God.  Talk about Jesus and Lazarus according to Carmen.

c.     The power and gifts given by the Holy Spirit described in our text today allows the believer to speak in tongues they never learned and interpret those tongues in a public setting.   Through the power of the Holy Spirit messages of prophecy come to edify, exhort and build up the church or body of Christ in love.   Talk about Larry Lea at His college getting filled with the Holy Spirit.

 

3.  The power described here allows you to walk in love acceptance and forgiveness.  It helps you to overcome habits, attitudes, faults failures and sins.

To say no, to the world, the flesh and the devil.  To triumph over accusation, temptation and deception no matter where it comes from or who is its instrument.           

 

a.      Paul reminds us this morning in Rom 8:11 that we have resurrection power in us.  It will quicken our mortal bodies.  Job says in Job 5:21 that the power of God gives us spiritual life.  John states in John 17:2, that this power gives us eternal life. 

b.    Paul again says that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.

      (Phil 4:13). He also reveals that we are preserved through the power of

     God. (1 Tim 1:12)

c.      In 1 Cor 3:6-8 we learn that the power of God works in and through us.  That it is our foundation and ground of trust.  (Rom 4:21) 

d.    John says in 1 John 3:8, it is the power of God and the authority of Jesus Christ that destroys the works of the devil.  Micah stated in Mic 3:8 that through the power of God we will have courage.  You have all of heaven behind you today.  That is clapping, shouting and general noise ground amen.  You can speak with authority today as the apostles of old as described in Acts 4:55. 

 

 

JEREMIAH'S THOUGHTS

 

His Message

 

Major Points

 

The spring and cistern.                                                                       2:13

The ineradicably stain of sin.                                                             2:22

The search for man.                                                                            5:1

The old ways best.                                                                              6:16

The lost opportunity.                                                                          8:20

The tearful call to repentance.                                                            9:1

Te depravity of the human heart.                                                       17:9

The clay and the potter.                                                                      Ch 18

The false shepherds.                                                                           Ch 23

How to find God.                                                                                29:13

The new covenant                                                                              31:31-34

The mutilation of God’s word.                                                           36:21-24

 

Rejected

 

By his neighbours.                                                                              11:19-21

By his own family.                                                                             12:6

By the priests and prophets.                                                               20:1-2

By his friends.                                                                                    20:10

By all the people.                                                                                26:8

By the King.                                                                                       36:23                                                                                      

JESUS AND DAVID

 

Jesus and David – Matt 22:34-40, Mark 12:35-37 & Luke 20:41-44

 

            Jesus then asked the people who is and if Christ was the Son of David.  In the book of Psalms, David said, “The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for my feet.  David called Him Lord and how can he be his son?”  Jesus then gives a teaching about false teachers and who are the true teachers of the law. 

 

1.    The scribes love to walk around in long flowing gowns and get the best places at banquets.

2.    They love to be greeted with respect in the market place and the best seat in places of worship.

3.    They devour widow’s houses and then make lengthy prayers.

4.    Such men will be judged severely.  When you have been given great responsibility so comes with it great accountability. 

 

The lesson we can learn is humility, honest, integrity and responsibility are the fruit of a life grounded in Christ.

 

QUOTES FOR JULY 20, 2026

 

JESUS' CHALLENGE

 

Jesus’ Challenge – Matt 26:1-5 – Sept 8, 2013

 

Today we are talking about Jesus’ challenge but this is not for us but for Him.  If you knew the date and time of your death how would you prepare?  What would you do?  Who would you want to see?  What last minutes things would you want to accomplish?

 

In this passage we find out several things.

 

Jesus had just giving the disciples an answer to their question about the end of the age and the sign of His coming.

 

 

1.     He tells them that in two days the Passover would be upon them so Matthew 24

      was told on the Wednesday.

2. Then he told them that in two days he was going to be handed over to the religious leaders and crucified.
3. He knew the time, the place, the method of death and the hour He was going to die. 
4. His life purpose was about to be complete.  How does someone handle such detail in advance.  You can prepare but still how do you prepare?  Especially such a horrible means and method of death.  To me this is mind boggling.

 

 

Mean while the chief priests and elders of the people assembled in the home of the high priest who name was Caiaphas.  He had said earlier that only one man had to die for the all. 

 

Their meeting had a two fold purpose

1. To arrest Jesus in some sly or deceitful way.
2. To kill Him.

 

 

They knew it should not be during the Passover because it would cause a riot among the people but we knew God had something else in mind as well as satan.

 

The cosmic battle of the age was about to be played out.  The stakes were high on both sides.  If satan won man would still be in bondage and if God won mankind would be free.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what was Jesus’ challenge? 

 

1. As a man of free will, would He do the will of God.
2. This question would be settled in Gethsame but would take three intense sessions of prayer.
3. Will you do the will of God because it will always cost everything?  Time, talents, resources.  Past, present future.  Your will, dreams, desires and wants.  It will cost you family, friends and relationships.  It will cost your reputation, future employment because of standards and morality.  You will have new enemies such as the world, the flesh and the devil. 
4. But whatever you lose it will be given back to you 30, 60 and 100 fold in this life and the next.  So Jesus challenge is actually is our challenge.  Are you willing to pay it and look at the eternal and abundant life before you in Christ?