Harvest Community Church of Huntersville

This psalm is a song of thanksgiving, a harvest blessing, written by King David. It celebrates God's goodness to his people. Possibly sung when the first grain of the year's barley harvest was brought to the Lord as an offering.

Today's message celebrates the conclusion of our 2022 Vacation Bible School-

In Psalm 81, God's covenant community was called to celebrate the festivals together. The way God spoke to them then is similar to how He speaks to us today.

Just as painters display their splendid work on canvases, God also has several -canvases- where He displays his glory. Psalm 19 is a song that praises God for this and calls on him in response.

In his letter to Philemon, Paul demonstrates how the gospel impacts our relationships by encouraging Philemon to welcome Onesimus back to him no longer as a slave, but as a brother. We see Paul act like Jesus as he offers to pay Onesimus's debt in order to reconcile him back to Philemon.

In Paul's letter to the Ephesians, we see what God has done to call people into his family and how we should live as followers of Jesus. Because of that calling and all that God, in His grace, has done, we should live in such a way that the echo of our lives leads people to Jesus.

How would you answer someone if they asked you how you knew jesus rose from the dead or why it amttered- Today's Easter message based on 1 Corinthians 15 addresses both of those questions.

Is everyone equal- Is everyone treated equally- Our culture stresses equality a lot. In the first century, the Apostel Paul wrote a letter to the church at Rome stressing that all people, Jewish and Gentile, are equal -under sin- and are saved in exactly the same manner. Romans shares powerful results of this good news, the Gospel.

After one or two other letters not given to us in the Scripture, Paul writes the church in Corinth again, to remind them of some important things and update them as to a situation in the church. He encourages the believers in the Gospel and reminds them of his sincere love for them.

The first-century city of Corinth is often compared to current cities in America--known for trade and wealth but also for immorality. To the church he founded in this city, the Apostle Paul wrote a living letter that twe know as 1 Corinthians, and its 2000-year old advice is still very relevant today-