Sunday Messages - Sheboygan eFree Church Sunday Messages

It’s not hard to see that our world has become increasingly harsh, critical, and judgmental. Often, where a difference of opinion exists, it seems that our ultimate objective is to crush the opposition. So, as we try to make a difference in a culture where the norm is to “yell louder” in order to be heard, why would God call us to gentleness?

Together, we’ll examine Daniel 3 and be reminded that trusting God means trusting Him always, even when we are unsure of the outcome.

In Mark 10:17-22, Jesus confronts a man about his understanding of true goodness. No one is good but God alone. Therefore, there is no work that a person could do on their own to inherit eternal life.

Jesus calls us to follow Him wholly as His disciples on the road to the cross. Only in a relationship with Jesus will we find the eternal life we seek. Only in a relationship with Jesus can we produce good works by the Holy Spirit.

As we commemorate the Lord’s Supper today, we will do so through the lens of God’s kindness to us in Christ Jesus. His kindness has a specific aim, and Paul says it best:

“Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?”  Romans 2:4

In this passage, James exhorts believers to remain patient in the face of suffering and contention. Patience is a fruit of the Spirit that often takes “patience” to produce.

Worldly wisdom tells us that to achieve peace, we must secure power, wealth, and influence. Ironically, countless wars have been fought over those things!

God’s Word reveals the true nature of peace. And as it turns out, when we allow God to work through our own unrest, He will also touch those around us with His real and lasting peace.

What is joy, and what does it look like? Pastor Jacob tackles these questions and more in today’s message.

The Corinthian church had an incorrect view of what it meant to be a mature Christian. They seemed to think that the essential mark of a mature Christian was prominent gifts from the Holy Spirit. In contrast, Paul wrote that the essential mark of a mature Christian is Christ-patterned love. So, in 1 Corinthians 13, Paul wrote about the necessity of love, the description of love, and the permanence of love, to point us to practice a life of Christ-patterned love.

Galatians 5:22-23, the maturing character of everyone “who  belong[s] to Christ Jesus” (24), is described as the “fruit of the Spirit.” There are nine flavors (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control) to this singular “fruit.”

This summer, we will learn how each of the aspects of the fruit of the Spirit contributes to the unity and edification of the church and therefore empowers us to accomplish Jesus’ mission: we are here to multiply committed followers of Jesus Christ.

The theme of Joshua is God’s covenant faithfulness to provide an “inheritance” (used 58 times in Joshua) of Promised Land for his faithful people in the sight of all the nations of the earth. In every generation, the people of God must learn to treasure the fundamental inheritance: the Lord himself. We are called to “fear the Lord and serve him in sincerity and faithfulness” (24:14). On this Father’s Day weekend, we look to the example of Joshua and honor the men who lead us in our fundamental task: “As for me and my house, we shall serve the Lord” (24:15).