In our sermon series "Timeless" we take a look at sermons from the past and how that God's word and the preaching of it are timeless. This morning we take a look at my attempt to honor Evangelist/Pastor Lester Roloff who passed away in 1982 by preaching one of his sermons. This is a sermon that I heard many years ago and it gripped my heart, and I hope it does yours as well.

This morning we opened a new sermon series titled, "Timeless" and the sermon was called, "A Nation in Crisis from Isaiah 59:1-5, 12-15. It deals with the parallels between the nation of Israel and America and how that God stopped listening to the prayers of Israel. How close are we to God closing the doors of heaven to our prayers? The series is called "Timeless" because the sermon comes from Adrian Rogers, preached at an unknown time, but he passed away in 2005, it proves that God's Word and the Preaching of it is timeless.

We often live our lives trying to impress the people around us, but our calling is to live our life in a way that honors God. In the second part of Matthew 6:25-34 we take a look at who we are, who we serve and why we are here. As a Church we need to be reminded that this life should be lived as if we are living for an audience of One.

It is easy to say, "don't worry," when there are many things that we can see going on around us that give us multiple things to be anxious about. So, how do we as believers overcome the message that the world is pressing upon us and stay on mission for the Lord? In Matthew 6:25-34, Jesus tells His disciples not to worry 6 times, giving them reasons that they can trust in His providence and power.

Just like a moth to the flame we are often drawn to doing something that we know is harmful to us. In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus had just warned his disciples and the multitude against praying in ways that brought attention to themselves and was repetitive. Yet, here in this classic Scripture known as "The Lord's Prayer" by many we still use it in that same fashion. In this sermon from Matthew 6:9-13 we look at the distinction that Jesus makes in leading us to use this prayer as a "Model Prayer" for our life.

In Matthew Chapter 6 and the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus continues to speak about the higher level of righteousness that He is calling His disciples to live up to. In this sermon we look at three examples of religious practices that were common to the Jews that Jesus pointed out as being used to bring glory to themselves rather than to God. I. Almsgiving (Vs. 1-4). II. Prayer (5-8). III. Fasting (16-18).

In Matthew 5:20 we see that Jesus called His follower to live a lifestyle of higher living, not of just following a set of rules, but of inward righteousness. Throughout the remainder of Matthew 5, He lays out 6 antithesis statements that illustrate that calling. In Matthew 5:21-26 He speaks on the heart issue of murder and how that it isn't just an action that we can create with out hands, but also with our hearts.

If you ask many people today right and wrong can change based upon where you live, what the circumstances are and what a persons background is. We know as Christians this isn't true, because morality is based upon the very nature of God and He doesn't change. As we move forward in the series on the Sermon on the Mount we come to Matthew 5:17-20 where Jesus calls His followers to a higher level of living. Not just following a set of rules, but living a lifestyle of righteousness.

As we continue in our series on the Sermon on the Mount we come to Matthew 5:13-16 where Jesus uses two illustrations to express His disciples salt and light. As we see with the reality of what is happening in our world today are we being those things? Are we standing out in darkness and are we preserving the moral nature to those that need us? We need to do some soul searching and not just go to church, but begin to Be the Church.

In this sermon we take a look at the second part of the Beatitudes in Matthew 5:5-12. We start at the 3rd Beatitude and look at each one and what they mean to the believer.