Since the time of the first Advent of the Messiah, and the days of the 1st and 2nd generation Church, there have been many words spoken and books written (both good and bad) about the second coming of Jesus. There have been plenty heretics, false teachers, and divisive spiritual leaders who were more like spiritual predators than caring shepherds. The greatest threat to the community of Christ in all of this is the turning and shifting of focus away from Christ the Messiah and the biblical fulfillment.
Category Archives: Sermons
Worship God as Sovereign
As God’s creation we will inevitably come realize that many of our struggles are often the result of a collision between our plans and God’s plans. Although you knew exactly what you wanted to accomplish and those things that you were determined to avoid, your life didn’t unfold as you planned. In some scenarios, it seems as if life is totally out of your control. But, you must rest in the fact that every situation, circumstance, location, experience, and relationship of your life has been under the wise and careful administration of the Lord God Almighty. He has known from the beginning exactly what He was going to do and exactly why He would do it.
What is Man’s Purpose?
What is man’s purpose? Why did God create us in His image and likeness? The answers unlock the key to why life is worth living. Dr. Stephen Isaac begins his teaching on God the Creator.
Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Why does God allow suffering? It’s a question asked by many. A careful, biblically sound answer is crucial for faith in the face of suffering. Senior Pastor Dr. Stephen Isaac presents in-depth, biblical teaching on the concept and reality of human suffering.
The Foreknowledge Of God – Petros; Πέτρος, Week 5
Many biblical worldview theologians advise that the sovereign foreknowledge of God destroys the biblical principles of human freedom (free will) and personal responsibility. So, they wrongly respond to their critics that God does not know future events either with certainty or to their completion.
Think about that for a moment – does that not sound like a God with limitations?
Unfortunately, in present-day, the theological arguments regarding the foreknowledge of God continue to deconstruct and digress only to become even more unreliable and sketchy. For example, some modern theologians and influencers have conceived of God as growing and developing along with nature and man (kind of like a Discovery Channel). That argument leads only one place – “man ascends to be more like God, and God descends to become more like man.” This ideology of man does not match the Word of God.
John 8:23-29
“Jesus said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. 24 I told you that you would die in your sins, for unless you believe that I am He you will die in your sins.” 25 So they said to Him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. 26 I have much to say about you and much to judge, but He who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from Him.” 27 They did not understand that He had been speaking to them about the Father. 28 So Jesus said to them, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on my own authority, but speak just as the Father taught Me. 29 And He who sent Me is with Me. He has not left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” ESV