LESSONS FROM 1 TIMOTHY

 

Lessons From 1 Timothy 4:12

 

Do not let anyone look down at you because of age, gender, economic and physical circumstances.

 

Set an example for all believers.  Be a showcase and ambassador for the Lord.

 

Be an example in your speech.  Your talk must line up with the word of God.  Let no idle, coarse or vain speaking be found in you conversation.  Are you a friendly family person?  Your speech reflects who you really are and what is in your hearts. 

 

Be an example in love.  Do you love God with every fibre of your being? Does this reflect in the way you love and treat others?

 

Be an example in faith.  Do you trust God and does it show in the way you conduct and live?  People can see faith in action.

 

Be an example in purity.  Purity is seen by God and others.  Is your private world and public world the same?  Purity is not just a state of being but a decision of choice.   

 

 

 

 

QUOTES FROM JULY 12, 2026

 

LESSONS FROM CHRISTMAS

 

Lessons From Christmas

 

Intro:  Here we are again another year has almost come and gone and we are again on the Eve of one of one the two most important dates of the year.  Christmas and Easter,  Today we are going to spend a few moments in Matt 1:18-25

 

 I want to thank all of you coming tonight and trust that you have enjoyed our service so far.  Tonight we are looking at the lessons we can learn from Joseph about

Obedience to the will of God in spite how it looks like from outward appearance.

 

Vs 18-19

 

1.  We see that Joseph was engaged or pledge to Mary.  Before their wedding he found

     out that she was with child from the Holy Spirit.  Now we learned how that happened

     in Luke 1, when the angel Gabriel came to Mary.  In Matthew’s gospel we see

     Joseph’s side of the story.  I love the gospels because they give a good picture of

     All the participants.

2.  Joseph was a righteous man, so he did not want to disgrace Mary publicly so he

     thinking about divorcing her quietly.  His dilemma was, did he believe her story.

     In the natural it was unbelievable.  Our first lesson here is that things are not always

     As they seem.  God works in people’s lives differently.  My story is not your story.

     The will of God, His plans, destiny and dreams for me is different than yours.  Don’t

     Judge my story and analyze my story until you walk in my shoes.  Talk about

     Kechican walking in another mocassions.

3..Joseph was facing a decision.  Doing the will of God is not always easy.  It can is

     Often uncomfortable and hard.  Talk about Corrie Ten Boone and the Fleas

 

Vs 20-21

 

1.  As Joseph is considering what to do.  An angel of the Lord appears to him in a dream

     And told him not to be afraid to take Mary as his wife.  He then verified Mary’s story.

     It was clear the motivation behind Joseph’s decision was his reputation and

     Appearance in the community.  He was worried about what people would think of

     Him and Mary. 

2.  The angel then made it clear that this child was unusual.  First, He was virgin born,

     A fulfillment of Isaiah 7:14.  Secondly, He was to be called Jesus, who name means

     Saviour.  Thirdly, right from the beginning His mission, calling and destiny are clear.

     He came to save His people from their sins.  Sin separates mankind from God and

     This child about to be born to Mary was God’s answer.  Talk about the Global poll.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vs 22

 

1.  As we learned yesterday, Matthew wrote his gospel to a Jewish audience so his

     Account would show Joseph’s involvement, dilemma and God’s answer.  That is

     Why Matthew included so many O.T. scriptures.  To prove to His audience by

     Scripture how Jesus fulfilled Messianic prophecy. 

2.  Matthew quotes Is 7:14, and says that Jesus was the fulfillment of this prophecy

     From Isaiah.  A little note.  Isaiah talks about the Messiah more than any other

     O.T. prophet. 

3.  Matthew supports and clarifies two basic doctrines of the church.  The virgin

    Birth and the incarnation or as Matthew put it, “Immanuel, God with us.”  Gordon

    Franklin, professor of Johanine studies at Vanguard College calls, Jesus, God with

    A face. 

4.  Matthew by this account puts to rest any controversy about who Jesus is or His

     mission.  Matthew believe in Jesus Christ so much he would later go to Ethiopia

     to help the church started by the Eunuch Philip met that he would be martyred there.

    Frank Thompson calls Matthews account a sure word. 

 

Vs 24

 

1.  Joseph woke up and he took Mary as his wife.  He obeyed.  There is nothing like

     Doing the will of God.  Obedience separates the hearers from the doers.  It is the

     Mark of the true child of God.  That is why James says, “Be ye doers of the word

     And not hearers.”  People who do the will of God get rewarded.  Hearers are useless

     To the Kingdom.  Hearers never get saved and if they do, they never do anything

     With what they have.

2.  Joseph had no union with her until after Jesus was born and he did name Him Jesus.

     Joseph is such an example.  Righteous, able to hear God and obedient to the will of

     God no matter what.  My prayer for this year and the next is God, gives us more

     Joseph’s. 

3.  As I close this message.  My prayer that you have caught the meaning of what

     Christmas is about.  That you will make Him the centre of your Christmas and

     Through the year.    

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

]COMMUNION

 

Sunday - May 6 - Communion

 

Intro:  I am so excited to be back again after a three week lay off to be sharing the Word of God with you this morning.  Today we will be looking at three truths revealed in our passage of scripture this morning. 

 

1.   In vs 15, John gives a command or statement of truth.  Do not love the world or

      anything in the world. As a Christian you have three enemies. 

     The world which we will talk about in a moment. 

 

a.  The devil, who works through accusation, temptation and deception. 

b.  The flesh which is the sinful nature within us.  This is the living force within our

      DNA that makes us sin.  It is influenced by what we see, taste, touch, smell and

      hear.

c.  John says do not love the world.  This is an act of the will.  Before you were a

     Christian loving the world was as natural as breathing.  As a Christian choosing not

     to love the world is an act of the will.  Christ redeemed us and gave us freedom from

     the power of the world.

d..  Someone may ask this morning what is this world you are talking about?  First,

     when we as believerS talk about the world we are not talking about our physical

     planet.  We are talking about the standards, morals, ideas, teachings,

     influences of society.  This society is ruled by satan.  Which we gave him when

     Adam fell. 

e.   Paul calls, satan the God of this world, who has blinded people from the knowledge

      of the truth.  (2Cor 4:4)

f.  The world is an advesary of the Christian.  John makes it clear that if a person

    loves the world, the love of the Father is not in them.  Jesus says in Mt 6:24, you

     cannot serve two masters.   Church we cannot love and serve Christ and love or

     serve the world.  It is impossible.  You cannot have divided loyalties and truly

     serve God.

g.  The Bible contains these warnings about being friends of the world.

 

I.  Jesus said in Matt 16, that a person may gain the whole world, yet will forfeit his soul.

II. Jesus stated in Lk 21:34, that the anxieties of life will close on you unexpectedly.

III. Paul exhorts the believer to set their hearts on the things above and not earthly

    things in Col 3:2

IV. Paul again says that we must say no to ungodly passions and worldly passions and

     live self controlled, upright and godly lives.  Tit 2:12

V. James is more blunt in James 4:4 when he states that friendship with the world is

    hatred towards God.  Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an

    enemy of God.  It is time the church look more like Christ than anyone else. 

 

2.  John in vs 16, then reveals the three ways the world attacks or influences people.

 

a.  First, Lust of flesh or as the NIV puts it.  The cravings of sinful man.  Lust of the

     Flesh is the pursuit of pleasure and self centreness.  It is all about what you

     want, need, or desire.  You will do anything, pay any price or give anything to be

     loved, accepted, understood.  You want significance and security.  The world

     provides this in a warp and perverted way. 

b.  The world system tries to channel these basic human needs in different ways.  John

      states that world does it  through, Lust of the Eyes.  This is materialism.  Thinking

      that money, which 1 Tim 6:10 says the love of it, is the root of all evil or 

      Thinking possessions or things will bring security.  Our whole society operates on

       trying to get things.  Yet it is foolish to pursue this because it does nothing to extend

       life, create true happiness and secure everlasting life.So many in our society

       believe that if I get enough money I will be happy.  Just look at Britney Spears or

       Howard Hughes.

c.    Lastly the world attacks by the Pride of Life.  This is man measuring his self

       worth by religious pursuits, self discipline, social, economic or ecological activism.

       They try to prove to God, others or themselves that they are worth something.  This

       is where religion, activism, intellectism, satanism, new age, withcraft, false beliefs,

       self help and so many other things fall under.  Man wants self worth, signficance

       and security.  Where they fail is they begin with the premise that it starts with them

       when in reality it starts with God.  John statess that pride of life is boasting in

      what a person has or does comes from the world.  It does not come from God or

       the Father.

 

3.   John then closes this paragraph with a statement of fact.  The world and its

      desires are passing away.  They will not last.  Your will never be fulfilled with

      pleasure, possessions or things you have or do.  They never last.  Houses crumble,

      cars rust, people leave, things change.  All that is not of God will pass away.

 

a.  The second statement of fact John says.  The person who does the will of the

     God lives forever.  God is our security, self worth and signficance.  When we

     put our trust in the Lord we will never suffer shame. 

b.  John at age 90, writing this letter had saw the folly of pleasure, possesions and pride.

     These three leave a hollowness to life. 

c.  Paul in 1 Cor 13:1-2, states that without Godly love, we produce, receive and are of

     no real value.  This morning let us as we prepare for communion choose to do the

     will of God and live forever.  Jesus did and because He did we can live forever. 

   

 

    

 

 

  

July 12 – The Coastlands - Isaiah 41:5-10

 

July 12 – The Coastlands - Isaiah 41:5-10

 

     The coastlands because of this message are afraid and tremble.  They try to encourage each other to

be strong.  The craftsman begins to create a idol or god to protect them but it will fail and fall.  Idols are

nothing but deaf and dumb things set up to worship demons.  

     Israel however has been chosen by the Lord.  Abraham and Jacob are God’s friend.  The Lord has

Placed them in the remotest parts of the earth and call them back.  They are His servants and have not

Been rejected by the Lord.  A great promise for all God’s people for all generations.

LESSONS FROM HOSEA

 

Lessons From Hosea  - Hos 10:12 – May 3, 2009

 

Intro:  I love how the Bible is so applicable for today.  Israel like our nation was in spiritual decline and Hosea comes along with a message of hope.  We need Hosea types today who will plead for and plead with this nation.  As Hosea was so we must be committed to the task of saving a sinful nation.  Canada needs salvation and it is the responsibility of the Canadian church to do this task.

 

Background.

 

-  Hosea was the son of Beeri.  Hosea was from the Northern Kingdom and was familiar

    With the evil condition existing in Israel at the time.  He was a contemporary of Amos

    A man who strongly influenced his life and Isaiah.  The book is written between 781

    And 740 B.C.  He ministered during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, Hezekiah and

    Jeroboam II.

-  Hosea married a woman named Gomer who turned out to be unfaithful.  They had three

    Children each named for a particular spiritual condition Israel suffered from.  God uses

    Hosea as a personal example.  Through his life and marriage God’s attitude is vividly

    Portrayed, 

 

1.  Sow for yourself righteousness.  Hosea pleads with his readers to turn from their

     Sinful ways and sow righteousness.  Israel during Hosea’s life was in a time of

     Economic and social stability which actually breeds apostasy, lethargy, and

     Complacency.  Hosea told Israel she was dying for lack of knowledge.  (4:6)

 

a.  Amos in his book tells us that Israel suffered from three sins.  Idolatry, lack of mercy

     And a corrupt justice system.     

b.  Hosea as a true evangelist with a burden of souls on his heart gives them God’s

     Formula and method of restoration and healing.  Change you ways and sow

     Righteousness.  Be a right thinking, living and talking person.  God wants his people

     to come home, away from sin and find love, forgiveness and repentance for these

     are the essentials of true religion.

c.  Reap the fruit of unfailing love.  Hosea reveals that God’s full forgiveness to all who

     Truly want it and find His love.  John 3 !6, powerfully states this.  God is merciful

      And grace runs plenty.  He works in every area where we hear the call.

d.  The problem is that sin and lack of knowledge about God has destroy many people’s

      Ability to hear God.  Self reliance, focus and selfishness has dimmed our ability to

      Hear God’s voice.  It has been drowned out by wealth, material possession, business,

      Idolatry, pleasure and so many other distractions. 

e.  Hosea says you must repent to find real joy.

 

2.  Hosea then says, “Break up your fallow ground.   Hosea was exposing a spiritual

     Problem in Israel., their prosperity and materialism made then lazy and complacent.

     They loved the bountiful harvests they were having but they hated to work or break

     Up the dirt lumps or clods necessary to have a good soil.

 

 

a.  The principle of sowing and reaping runs through out the Bible.  What you sow is       

     What you reap.  Sow righteous and you reap it.  Sow love you reap love.  Sow sin

     And you reap sin.  J. Vernon McGee wrote. “You cannot sow by the devil standards

     And then expect to reap a reward from God.

b.  In the book of Hosea, Israel is portrayed as an adulterous wife that needs redemption.

c.  As we learned from our outline.  Hosea’s creative and artistic mind is used by God to

     Illustrate 8 evil conditions of Israel.

 

1.  Joined to idols. 4:17

2.  Mixes with nations, they are no longer a separated and holy nation.  7:8

3.  A flat caked not turned over.  Dough on one side expressing half heartedness.

4.  Foreigners have sap their strength.  Weakened by evil association.  7:9

5.  Hair is sprinkled with grey.  Pre-mature old age and unconscious deterioration.  7:9

6.  Israel is swallowed up.  They have lost their national identity.  We learned that from

     Mike Warnke last week.  8:8

7.  The worthless thing.  Israel had become a marred and useless vessel to the Lord. 

     8:8

8.  Loves o defraud.  Dishonesty in business.  That is so prevalent today.  12:7

 

3.  For it is time to seek the Lord.  Hosea in a creative way uses the Valley of Achor as a

     Door of hope.  Hosea says, “It is time to seek the Lord.  Don’t wait, come now.  Hosea

     Is pleading with Israel, to not think that they have all the time in the world.  As the

     Poignant pleader he says, “Now is the time to seek the Lord.”  Heb 11:6 & Matt 6:33

     Are two scriptures that strongly advise this.  The blessing revealed in them is the Lord

     Rewards and adds all things to the sincere seeker. 

 

a.  Until He comes and showers righteousness on you.  Hosea tells his readers that the

     Results or consequences of seeking the Lord is Showers of righteousness.  God will

     Bestow and impart his righteousness on you.  Hosea writes in this book that where

     There is true repentance and penitence is blessing.  God loves to reward sincerity and

     Wholeheartness.  Jesus reminded us that we cannot serve two masters.  Love of

     Money, riches, fame, popularity etc and God do not mix.  This was Israel’s problem

     They thought they could mix with the world.  The results was spiritual adultery, no

     Longer a separate and holy nation, half heartedness, weak because of evil associations,

     They had lost their national identity and had become marred and useless to the Lord.

b.  There is a powerful illustration in 3:1-3 that shows God’s love.  Hosea’s wife Gomer

     Had left him for another man.  He abandoned her and she found herself on the slave

     Block about to be sold.  Hosea comes along and buys her off the slave block for 15

     Shekels.  He takes her home and tells her that if she is faithful to him, he would live

     With her.  This illustration and example shows if Israel returns to the Lord, He would

     Be faithful and restore her.

 

 

 

 

 

QUOTES FOR JULY 11, 2026

 

BELIEVE

 

Mark 9:23 -  Dec 13, 2009

 

Intro:  This morning we are looking at the book of Mark and the lessons we can learn from it.  I love the book of Mark because it is quick in movement, active and impulsive in its main characteristics.  A little like me. 

 

Background

 

1.  The book of Mark was written by Mark who was the cousin of Barnabus and an associate of Paul and Peter.  Most say that Peter was his mentor.  It was written somewhere between 50 and 70 a.d.  Most scholars believe it was the first gospel written.

 

2.  One day I will share the life story of John Mark.  He is a story of failure and restoration.  But that is for another time.  Mark wrote his gospel to a Roman audience so it is fast pace and active.  Jesus is portrayed as the mighty God, the worker of miracles.

 

a.  Mark writes an account that moves from one event to another.  It is a moving picture

     Of Jesus’ ministry.  Mark takes time to explain Jewish customs but omits Jesus’

     Genealogy and childhood. 

b.  Description is one feature and action is the other.  Mark gives considerable attention to

     Jesus’ looks and gestures.  Mark is a master story teller.  You feel that you are right

     There as part of the audience.  You can see yourself as part of the story.

c.  The Romans were more interested in power so we find in Mark’s gospel  Jesus as the

     Conqueror of everything.  He is first the conquering servant but He is also the

     Triumphant servant in His resurrection.   

 

Mark Emphasizes

 

1.  The deity of Jesus Christ is constantly shown.  He is the Son of Man the Messiah and he gave his life for a ransom.  Like John, Mark opens his book with a declaration of the divinity of Jesus Christ but unlike John he does not explain it.  It is apparent that Mark’s aim here is to allow the reader to make up his own mind by the wonderful deeds Jesus does to show His divinity.

 

a.  Jesus for example in Northern Galilee heals a main of being deaf and dumb in Mark 7:30-37.  Have someone read.

b.  Jesus also proved this when he fed the 5000 and 4000.  In this cased he was Jesus the

Provider and the one who can meet any physical need.

 

2.  This is a gospel of Jesus Christ showing his power and glory.  The good news of salvation through His atoning death.

 

 

 

 

 

a.  Mark records 19 miracles and 4 parables.  The book is condensed but these miracles

     Are very dramatic.  Jesus also responded to needs quickly and efficiently.  The word

     Immediate is repeated over and over again.,  Mark gives a vivid, straight forward

     Description of the final hours of Christ.  He then closes with a powerful account of the

     Death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

b.  Mark at the end of his book then gives the believer what the resurrection has

     Accomplished.  The Christian has the same resurrection power available and a

     Mandate from Jesus Himself to carry on His work  

 

In His Name we are to:

 

1.  Bring the good news to all creation.

2.  Those that believe will be saved.

3.  Help others to realize the significance of water baptism

4.  Know that signs and wonders will follow us when we believe.

5.  We can drive out demons.

6.  Speak in new tongues.

7.  Protection from harmful animals, substances and situations.

8.  See the sick healed by the practice of the laying on of hands.

(Mark 16:15-18

 

c.  Jesus’ miracles show his power over all opposition.   Eight of his miracles show His

     Power over disease.  Five show his power over nature.  Four show His power over

    Demons.  Two show His conquest of death.

 

3.  Our scripture shows us that if you can believe, all things are possible.   Faith has been

     Described as knowing something exists or can be done without seeing it.  Faith is also

     Simple trust.  Jesus is the greatest man who ever lived and will ever live and He wants

     To help you and I.  He was also the tireless servant of God and man.  Jesus knew He

     Had a limited time to make an impact so he used His time wisely.  I am reminded of

    This everyday as I get older. 

 

a.  I am also reminded of the Lord continuous word of recognizing the time of our

    Visitation and Paul’s exhortation in Ephesians about redeeming the time.  I do not be-

    lieve we have a lot of time left.  So I want to make the maximum impact for Christ in

    The minimum of time. 

b.  Jesus seemed to have perpetual calls for service which He answered because he knew

     He would only make three ministry tours of Galilee, one tour of Perea, one in Tyre

     And Sidon and three short appearances in Judah. 

c.  Jesus was a man who walk in faith and trust in God.  He knew what His Father could

     Do and what He could do for Him.  Do you?  H.B. London wrote, “I want to live so

     Close to God that people will have confidence to ask me to pray for them to receive a

     Miracle.”  Jesus stated , “Everything is possible for him who believe.”