Bethesda Christian Church Sermon of the Week

In Jesus, we have received a new heart, spirit, outlook on life, new way of living and that includes how material resources are handled. The early church excelled in the grace of giving. It was in response to what Jesus has done. The generosity of the Holy Spirit resulted in their generosity to one another. An act of worship yielding everything to the Lord.

Jesus told his disciples that he would build his church, and the early churches in the New Testament were organized and built on a solid framework. The church was created with a structure and within that structure is connectivity and community that bestows blessings onto those who are connected with a local church.

In follow up to last week's message, Pastor Pat talks about how even though the world has changed since the first century church, Jesus Christ and His word has not changed. We should love and accept with a zeal that reflects the love and compassion of Jesus. We cannot allow the heart of man to define the heart of God.

How can the church succeed in 2024? Pastor Noah goes back to what the early church in Acts did after Jesus' resurrection.

Our great invisible God became visible to us and for us. The Son, Jesus, is the image of the invisible God. Jesus is the image of the Father, and we are called to be conformed to the image of Jesus, the Son and shine his light.

Focusing on getting the impossible can take our focus off of what God truly desires. God's will for us is to recognize Him in the good and the bad, the possible and the impossible, in the best of times and the lamentable times. The conclusion is "all things are possible" within the context of God's purpose and will for you and for humanity.

The supernatural God entered the natural world so us in the natural could become supernatural. 1 John 1:12 "Yet to all who did receive him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God."

The mortal birth of an immortal God. Christmas made the immortal mortal so that the mortal could become immortal! Christmas then, while it reveals the true nature of our King, reveals also our own destiny.

As we begin the Christmas season, Pastor Pat talks about how our faith is both incredible and credible. It is amazing and extraordinary while also believable and historical.

In Luke 17, Jesus heals 10 lepers, but only one man returns to give thanks to Jesus. Are you one of the nine, or are you the one?