Bethel Church Temple TX Podcast (Sermons)

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  • Courageous Faith Part 5: Deborah, Barak, & Jael
    Courageous Faith part 5: Deborah, Barak, & Jael
    June 25 2023 Elwyn Johnston
    Judges 4 & 5
    Verse of the Week: “this is the day in which the LORD has given
    Sisera into your hands; behold, the LORD has gone out before you.”
    Judges 4:14
    1. God will place people in your path who will help you.
    “the sons of Israel came up to her for judgment.” Judges 4:5
    “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, commands you” Jdg. 4:6
    “Behold, the LORD, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and march
    to Mount Tabor, and take with you ten thousand men….I will draw out
    to you Sisera, the commander of Jabin’s army, with his chariots and
    his many troops to the river Kishon, and I will give him into your
    hand.’” Judges 4:6 & 7
    “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I
    will not go.” Judges 4:8
    “Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael” Judges 4:17
    “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other
    succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But
    someone who falls alone is in real trouble.” Ecclesiastes 4:9 & 10
    2. Join in the game rather than sit on the sideline
    “But in the tribe of Reuben there was great indecision.” Judges 5:15
    “‘Let the people of Meroz be cursed,’ said the angel of the LORD. ‘Let
    them be utterly cursed, because they did not come to help the
    LORD—to help the LORD against the mighty warriors.’” Judges
    5:23
    “I was hungry, and you didn’t feed Me. I was thirsty, and you didn’t
    give Me a drink. I was a stranger, and you didn’t invite Me into your
    home. I was naked, and you didn’t give Me clothing. I was sick and in
    prison, and you didn’t visit Me.” Matthew 25:42 & 43
    “when you refused to help the least of these, you were refusing to
    help Me.” Matthew 25:45
    “Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael” Judges 4:17
    “Sisera fell sound asleep from exhaustion, Jael quietly crept up to him
    with a hammer and tent peg in her hand. Then she drove the tent peg
    through his temple and into the ground, and so he died.” Judges 4:21
    “Most blessed of women” Judges 5:24
    3. God will fight for you
    “nine hundred iron chariots, and he oppressed the sons of Israel
    severely for twenty years.” Judges 4:3
    “the cloudy skies poured down rain.” Judges 5:4
    “None of the rulers of this age recognized and understood God’s
    wisdom; for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of
    glory” 1 Corinthians 2:8
    “Sisera leaped down from his chariot and escaped on foot.”
    Judges 4:15
    “this is the day in which the LORD has given Sisera into your hands;
    behold, the LORD has gone out before you.” Judges 4:14
    “The Kishon River swept them away….March on with courage, my
    soul!” Judges 5:21
    “Deborah used to sit under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah
    and Bethel” Judges 4:5
    “Awake, awake, Deborah; awake, awake, sing a song! Arise, Barak,
    and take away your captives, O son of Abinoam.” Judges 5:12
    “Abinoam” – father of delight
    “the land was undisturbed for forty years.” Judges 5:31
    48 min
  • Courageous Faith Part 3: Gideon
    Courageous Faith part 3: Gideon
    Judges 6

    Verse of the Week: “Surely I will be with you, and you shall defeat
    Midian as one man.” Judges 6:16

    1. You are God’s choice for this generation.
    “Then Gideon said to him, ‘O my lord, if the LORD is with us, why then
    has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our
    fathers told us”’ Judges 6:13
    “The LORD looked at Gideon and said, ‘Go in this your strength and
    deliver Israel from the hand of Midian. I am sending you.”’
    Judges 6:14
    “mighty man of valor.” Judges 6:12
    “Gideon was beating out wheat in the wine press” Judges 6:11

    2. The answer to fear is “God is with you!”
    “The angel of the LORD appeared to Gideon and said to him, ‘The LORD
    is with you”’ Judges 6:12
    “I will be with you, and you shall defeat Midian as one man.”
    Judges 6:16
    “Do not fear, for I am with you; do not anxiously look about you, for I
    am your God. I will strengthen you, surely I will help you, surely I will
    uphold you with My righteous right hand.” Isaiah 41:10
    “I will never [under any circumstances] desert you [nor give you up nor
    leave you without support, nor will I in any degree leave you helpless],
    nor will I forsake or let you down or relax My hold on you” Heb. 13:5
    “Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for
    the LORD your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or
    forsake you.” Deuteronomy 31:6

    3. Obedience opens the door for God to move
    “pull down the altar of Baal which belongs to your father, and cut
    down the Asherah pole that is beside it; and build an altar to the Lord
    your God on top of this stronghold” Judges 6:25 & 26
    “Gideon took ten men of his servants and did as the LORD had spoken
    to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and
    the men of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.” Judges 6:27
    “Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and named it Jehovah-
    shalom.” Judges 6:24
    27 min
  • Courageous Faith Part 1: Moses

    Hebrews 11:23 - 29

    Verse of the Week: “I delight to do Your will, O God” Psalm 40:8

    1. Choose faith over fear

    “they were not afraid of the king’s edict” Hebrews 11:23

    “not fearing the wrath of the king” Hebrews 11:27

    “By faith, Moses when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter” Hebrews 11:24

    2. Choose short-term pain over long-term gain.

    “choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin” Hebrews 11:25

    “do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind” Romans 12:2

    “You must not follow the crowd in doing evil” Exodus 23:2

    3. Choose God’s principles over culture’s possessions

    “considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.” Hebrews 11:26

    4. Choose deliverance over destruction

    “By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.” Heb. 11:28

    5. Choose the miraculous over the mundane

    “By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land” Hebrews 11:29

    47 min
  • Bethel's DNA
    Bethel’s DNA
    June 4, 2023   Elwyn Johnston


    Acts 2:46 & 47  

    Verse of the Week: “I will build My church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”                                            Matthew 16:18

    1.  Know God                      
    “I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings”                                           Philippians 3:10

    “Continue earnestly in prayer”                                    Colossians 4:2

    “Study to show yourself approved unto God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”   
    2 Timothy 2:15

    “inhabits the praises of His people”                            Psalm 22:3

    “walk in the Spirit, and you will not carry out the desire of the flesh.”                                                                                   Galatians 5:16

    “you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you”  
    Acts 1:8

    “where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”  
    Matthew 6:21

    “this poor widow put in more than all of them; for they all out of their surplus put into the offering; but she out of her poverty put in all she had”                                                                    Luke 21:3 & 4


    2.  Grow in relationships
    “It is not good for the man to be alone”                      Genesis 2:20

    • Deep relationships take time and trust.

      • “one another”
      • Love – John 13:34
      • Accept – Rom. 15:7
      • Forgive – Eph. 4:32
      • Kind – Eph. 4:32
      • Serve – 1 Peter 4:10
      • Comfort – 1 Thess. 4:18
      • Submit – Eph. 5:21
      • Prefer – Rom. 12:10
      • Speak truth – Eph. 4:25
      • Encourage – 1 Thess. 5:11
      • Pray – James 5:16


        • Real people living real life

          • Be authentic with everyone.

            • Be transparent with people you trust.

              • “two are better than one”                                            Eccl. 4:9


              3.  Go with God to reach people
              “go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teaching them to obey all the commands I have given you. And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”   Matthew 28:19 & 20

              “You are the salt of the earth….You are the light of the world.”                                                                                Matthew 5:13 & 14

              “Your kingdom come. Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.”                                                                                  Matthew 6:10

              “not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.”                                                                                          2 Peter 3:9

              “a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb”                                                     Revelation 7:9
              41 min
            • Nothing But Leaves Part 4
              Nothing but Leaves part 4
              May 28, 2023 Elwyn Johnston
              Mark 11:12 – 14, 20 - 24
              Matthew 21:18 - 22
              Verse of the Week: “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing!
              But at Your word I will let down the nets.” Luke 5:5
              1. Faith is seeing from God’s perspective
              “Now faith is…the evidence of things we do not see” Hebrews 11:1
              “I pray that the eyes of your heart will be flooded with light so that you
              can see the wonderful future God has promised to those He called.”
              Ephesians 1:18
              “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger
              into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not
              believe.” John 20:25
              “he was looking for the city which has foundations, whose architect
              and builder is God.” Hebrews 11:10
              “You believe because you have seen Me. Blessed are those who
              believe without seeing Me.” John 20:29
               God-inspired thoughts are essential to faith
              “We set our eyes not on what we see but on what we cannot see.
              What we see will last only a short time, but what we cannot see will
              last forever.” 2 Corinthians 4:18
              “God can do anything, you know – far more than you could ever
              imagine or guess or request in your wildest dreams! He does it not by
              pushing us around but by His Spirit working deeply and gently within
              us.” Ephesians 3:20
               My thoughts shape my actions
              “as one thinks in his heart, so is he.” Proverbs 23:7
              “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your
              life.” Proverbs 4:23
              2. Faith is speaking from God’s perspective
              “whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be removed and be cast into the
              sea,’ and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he
              says will be done, he will have whatever he says.” Mark 11:23
              “you have been snared with the words of your mouth” Proverbs 6:2
              “Death and life are in the power of the tongue.” Proverbs 18:21
              “Now the whole earth used the same language and the same words.”
              Genesis 11:1
              “they are one people, and they all have the same language. And this
              is what they began to do, and now nothing which they purpose to do
              will be impossible for them.” Genesis 11:6
              “In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father
              of many nations according to that which had been spoken”
              Romans 4:18
              “calls into existence the things that do not exist” Romans 4:17
              “Master, we worked all night and caught nothing! But at Your word I
              will let down the nets.” Luke 5:5
              “He sent His Word and healed them” Psalm 107:20
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            • Nothing But Leaves Part 3
              Nothing but Leaves part 3
              May 21, 2023 Elwyn Johnston
              Matthew 21:18 – 22; Mark 11:12 – 14, 20 - 24

              Verse of the Week: “The just shall live by faith.” Romans 1:17

              1. You have been given faith.
              “God has allotted to each a measure of faith.” Romans 12:3
              “faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.”
              Romans 10:17
              “and does not doubt in his heart” Mark 11:23
              “let it be the hidden person of the heart” 1 Peter 3:4
              “heart” - the center and seat of spiritual life
              “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and do not lean on your own
              understanding.” Proverbs 3:5
              2. Your faith must be in God
              “Have faith in God” Mark 11:22
              “If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,
              how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to
              those who ask Him!” Matthew 7:11
              “Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on
              seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door
              will be opened to you.” Matthew 7:7
              “calls into existence the things that do not exist” Romans 4:17
              “greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world.” 1 John 4:4
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            • Nothing But Leaves Part 2
              NOTHING BUT LEAVES part 2
              Matthew 21:18 - 22
              1. Recognize your desperate need for God
              "in your desperate condition, you called out to God. He got you out in the nick of time. He put your feet on a wonderful road that took you straight to a good place to live." Ps. 107:6 & 7 “O God, You are my God; I earnestly search for you. My soul thirsts for you; my whole body longs for you” Psalm 63:1
              2. Realize the will of God
              “we have the mind of Christ” 1 Corinthians 2:16
              “The secret of the Lord is for those who fear Him” Psalm 25:14
              3. Rely on the power of God
              ‘“Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the Lord” Zechariah 4:6
              4. Rest in the promises of God
              “Cease striving and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10
              “there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God.” Hebrews 4:9
              “Sabbath” - to cease

              Verse of the Week: “all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Matthew 21:22
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