Treasured Truth

Rumors are dangerous because they change our focus.  Pastor Ford reminds us today that instead of our focus being on idle rumors, our focus should always be on the goodness of God and the glorious victory that He has given us through His Son, Jesus Christ.

Today, Pastor Ford asks us to consider these questions—What are people learning from our example at our church?  Are new believers who are getting saved and coming to our church learning from us and the other members of our congregation? We’ll hear more about the process of discipleship and just how important it is in the life of the churchon Treasured Truth.

When we consider the importance of discipleship, it’s not at the expense of salvation.  Salvation shouldn’t be minimized or relegated as something that is not important.  But it’s really just the beginning, not the end.  And so we need to understand that discipleship is like taking a step further beyond salvation.

As we continue to look at discipleship, we’ll consider the fact that when people met Jesus’ disciples, they knew that those men had been in the presence of Jesus Christ because of the lifestyle that they were living and because of the message that they were giving.  And that’s because Jesus discipled them.  He accomplished what He wanted to in the lives of those men through discipleship.

There are people in the church who are not mature believers. But if you are mature, then what’s your job as a mature believer?  Today we’ll see in 1 Corinthians 4 that it says you ought to be discipling those who are less mature and making sure they are firmly rooted in the truth of the Word so that they’re not shaken by every wind of doctrine that comes along.

As Christians, we are all called to make disciples.  But how do we know that we’re being effective in our discipleship?  Pastor Ford will explain that we know we’re effective when we have a fourth generation disciple.  Find out more about what it means to disciple generationally on today’s Treasured Truth.

Pastor Ford explains that a rumor is just second hand gossip.  It’s hearsay.  It’s reporting something to someone without consulting the original source to validate or to substantiate what's being said.  It’s giving all the details without having all the facts.  And it’s definitely something we should all avoid spreading.

Today on Treasured Truth, we’ll see how easy it was for Jephthah to assign the blame of his own mistake to his daughter and how that negatively affected a situation that was already terrible.  And Pastor Ford will help us understand how our actions and reactions to situations in our lives can have severe affects on our relationships.

As we continue to look at the story of Jephthah’s vow, we’ll discover how other choices he made in his life had adverse effects on his daughter.  And Pastor Ford will help us take a look at how we, as parents today, can begin to turn things around if we’ve made decisions that have negatively affected our children.

In Judges 11, We read about Jephthah’s foolish vow.  And Pastor Ford will begin to explain today how Jephthah came to make such a rash statement and to what extent it affected his daughter and his own life and ministry.