The UnSafe Bible

It’s hard to let someone else be in charge sometimes; especially if they are in charge of us. We don’t like giving up control. In his message today, Pastor Ken will teach about how God will rule over the nation of Israel when the remnant returns, and we know how Israel struggled with obeying God. Are you willing to let God rule over your life? Can you give over control of your finances, your family, and your future? It’s a matter of laying the crown of your life at the feet of Jesus and saying, “I give it all to You.”

Pride isn’t a new problem. We can easily ignore our faults and choose to puff ourselves up. We know the problem with that though. Pride comes before the fall. In today’s message, Pastor Ken will teach about a people in Israel who were prideful. They didn’t think they needed to turn to God to save them. They thought they had it under control. Don’t let yourself get prideful. Don’t think you can handle the trouble and trials that may come your way on your own. Turn to God and let Him take care of you.

We’ve all heard of Sunday Christians, right? A Christian who comes to church on Sunday, but doesn’t live like a Christian the rest of the week. It sounds like this isn’t a new phenomenon! This was happening in the nation of Israel long before Jesus came. In his message today, Pastor Ken will challenge you to not be a Sunday Christian. Don’t just read the Bible or hear a sermon one day a week, and ignore what it says. Put the teachings of God into practice in your life. God wants you to worship Him all week.

We are all seeking peace. We live in a hectic, busy world where peace is hard to find. Some try to find it in drugs or spiritualism, but those can’t comfort us the way true peace with God can. In today’s message, Pastor Ken will challenge you to make peace with God. Without Jesus, your very nature is at war with God. You are separated from Him and are His enemy, but Jesus made a way for you to reconcile with God and restore peace to your relationship with Him. Let Jesus transform your life and give you peace.

No one likes being out of control. It’s very hard to have something happen in our lives that we can’t control, but having control over anything is really just an illusion. We can’t control the weather. We can’t truly control our finances. In his message today, Pastor Ken will remind you that the only One Who has control is God. Instead of trusting in your own power to control your circumstances, trust in the One who has control over the whole universe. He cares about you, so let go and give Him control.

There are no longer any prophecies that need to be fulfilled, for Jesus to take His Church home to be with Him. His Second Coming should be treated as imminent, and your life should reflect your belief that He’s coming quickly. Today, Pastor Ken will be challenging you to examine your life and see if your actions reveal that you truly believe He’s coming at any moment. The Bible makes it clear that those who actually believe these things will keep themselves pure, just as the Lord is pure. 

As Pastor Ken continues his teaching series, he’ll be explaining that there are more prophecies regarding the Lord's Second Coming, than His First Coming. The Hebrew Scriptures indicate that the Promised One would appear, be cut off, and then reappear in victory. The first advent has occurred; the second is still in the future. Both the New and Old Testaments predict a second advent of the Messiah. If Jesus fulfilled all the prophecies of His First Coming, He’ll fulfill the ones regarding His Second Coming also.  

The Bible is clear that resurrection is a reality, and this life is not all that there is. While death is the end of physical life, it’s not the end of human existence. Many have believed in error that there is one general resurrection at the end of the age, but the Bible teaches that there will be not one resurrection, but a series of resurrections, some to eternal life in heaven and some to eternal damnation. Today, Pastor Ken will be encouraging you that if you believe these truths, then be pure, just as Jesus is pure. 

Sexual sin is extremely prevalent in our society today, and sadly, even the church is guilty of participating in these ungodly acts. In the New Testament, the original wording for sexual immorality is translated from the word “porneia.” It means “a surrendering of sexual purity,” and it’s primarily used to describe premarital sexual relations. Today, Pastor Ken will be explaining that sexual immorality is the “selling off” of sexual purity and involves any type of sexual expression outside the boundaries of a biblical marriage.

As Pastor Ken continues his teaching series through the book of Isaiah, he’ll be reminding you that the Lord requires repentance and that one day you’ll see Him face to face. The first thing to understand about the final judgment is that it cannot be avoided. Regardless of how you may choose to interpret prophecy on the end times, the Bible says, “It is appointed to men once to die but after this the judgment”. Each person has a divine appointment with the Creator. You should be excited to see the Lord, not ashamed.