Week of 4/12/26, ASL class and Men's Breakfast
Dear Church Family,
Rejoice! To be in Jesus is to be pure, forgiven, counted as righteous because of what he has done! His great love for us directs how we now interact with the world he has made. How we eat, recreate, work, interact with family and others are some basic examples. He is the basis of all of these things, may we give thanks to him for what we have and patiently pray for each of the areas we want to see how he would make new or redeem in our lives. His love for us leads us to eating, recreating, working, interacting with family and others in ways that point to and bring glory to Him as Creator and Savior, not to us or the creation. May that form both our prayers for his help and our actions throughout each day.
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11:36
Wednesday the 22nd there is an ASL class introducing aspects of culture and communicating with the Deaf and hard of hearing. Please call the office to sign up if you are interested.
Men's Breakfast this Saturday at 8am!
Home Enjoyment
Read Titus 1:9-2:1. (The focus will be on verses 15, 16)
Why do you think Paul is so concerned that Titus and the elders teach and correct so thoroughly?
What's at stake if people get distracted by legalistic thinking?
How does someone's trying to hold to the law for justification before God impact their view of Jesus and his work on the cross?
If we aren't purified by our good works, what purifies us? What motivates us to do them? (Titus 2:14, Ephesians 2:4-10, 1 John 4:9-11)
What are some reasons it can be so easy to go back to trying to justify ourselves by works instead of trusting in what Jesus has done?
In the message Sunday I mentioned the problem of looking to food for 'righteousness'. Have you ever been tempted to place your value in your diet, either in a spiritual or physical way, meaning your value as a person before God or to others? What are some other places you are tempted to assess your value apart from your identity in Jesus?
It is important to note that the Judaisers on Crete mentioned in this passage refused to believe that Jesus himself was enough to cleanse them and that meant they were constantly trying to be enough themselves. Paul said in the end they were unclean no matter how hard they tried because they didn't believe in Jesus' finished work on the cross. For some of them that meant they were not saved, but for the believers among them it was a concerning distraction from the truth that tempted them to an 'unsound' or unhealthy place.
Have you ever been around someone who you felt like you could never add up to their expectations of behavior? If you fall into that thinking how does it affect your view of yourself and others who 'don't add up'? How does it affect your mind and conscience?
Why does Paul say those who are justifying themselves by the law detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work? (hint - vs 14)
Why is measuring people by outward appearance and behavior a wrong start in the first place?
What is God looking at? (1 Samuel 16:7, Galatians 5:6)
How does John 15:3-4 help us to understand this passage in Titus?
Personal Application - Are you currently doing the good things God has called you to do out of a desire to keep up appearances and expectations with others or from a thankful and trusting heart towards God?
If you need to stop and ask God for a reset on motivation coming from the pure heart you have been given through faith in Jesus, do that now.
Jude 1
17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
May you be reminded dear ones that we 'keep [ourselves] in the love of God' not by earning it, but by faith, trusting and acting daily on His promises.
In the Love of God,
Pastor Phillip
Rejoice! To be in Jesus is to be pure, forgiven, counted as righteous because of what he has done! His great love for us directs how we now interact with the world he has made. How we eat, recreate, work, interact with family and others are some basic examples. He is the basis of all of these things, may we give thanks to him for what we have and patiently pray for each of the areas we want to see how he would make new or redeem in our lives. His love for us leads us to eating, recreating, working, interacting with family and others in ways that point to and bring glory to Him as Creator and Savior, not to us or the creation. May that form both our prayers for his help and our actions throughout each day.
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. - Romans 11:36
Wednesday the 22nd there is an ASL class introducing aspects of culture and communicating with the Deaf and hard of hearing. Please call the office to sign up if you are interested.
Men's Breakfast this Saturday at 8am!
Home Enjoyment
Read Titus 1:9-2:1. (The focus will be on verses 15, 16)
Why do you think Paul is so concerned that Titus and the elders teach and correct so thoroughly?
What's at stake if people get distracted by legalistic thinking?
How does someone's trying to hold to the law for justification before God impact their view of Jesus and his work on the cross?
If we aren't purified by our good works, what purifies us? What motivates us to do them? (Titus 2:14, Ephesians 2:4-10, 1 John 4:9-11)
What are some reasons it can be so easy to go back to trying to justify ourselves by works instead of trusting in what Jesus has done?
In the message Sunday I mentioned the problem of looking to food for 'righteousness'. Have you ever been tempted to place your value in your diet, either in a spiritual or physical way, meaning your value as a person before God or to others? What are some other places you are tempted to assess your value apart from your identity in Jesus?
It is important to note that the Judaisers on Crete mentioned in this passage refused to believe that Jesus himself was enough to cleanse them and that meant they were constantly trying to be enough themselves. Paul said in the end they were unclean no matter how hard they tried because they didn't believe in Jesus' finished work on the cross. For some of them that meant they were not saved, but for the believers among them it was a concerning distraction from the truth that tempted them to an 'unsound' or unhealthy place.
Have you ever been around someone who you felt like you could never add up to their expectations of behavior? If you fall into that thinking how does it affect your view of yourself and others who 'don't add up'? How does it affect your mind and conscience?
Why does Paul say those who are justifying themselves by the law detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work? (hint - vs 14)
Why is measuring people by outward appearance and behavior a wrong start in the first place?
What is God looking at? (1 Samuel 16:7, Galatians 5:6)
How does John 15:3-4 help us to understand this passage in Titus?
Personal Application - Are you currently doing the good things God has called you to do out of a desire to keep up appearances and expectations with others or from a thankful and trusting heart towards God?
If you need to stop and ask God for a reset on motivation coming from the pure heart you have been given through faith in Jesus, do that now.
Jude 1
17 But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. 18 They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” 19 It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit. 20 But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit, 21 keep yourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ that leads to eternal life. 22 And have mercy on those who doubt; 23 save others by snatching them out of the fire; to others show mercy with fear, hating even the garment stained by the flesh.
May you be reminded dear ones that we 'keep [ourselves] in the love of God' not by earning it, but by faith, trusting and acting daily on His promises.
In the Love of God,
Pastor Phillip
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