Wayside Bible Chapel

What does communion have to do with staying free from idolatry? This passage at first glance doesn't seem to continue with Paul's flow of thought unless we look a little deeper. Our participation in the New Covenant makes us one family that is to love the Lord our God with our whole hearts!

Listen to Jory as he talks about the riches found in the word of the Lord. He delves into psalm 119 to sincerely take apart the text by going verse by verse. Going through each verse we learn the differences in Hebrew and take words apart to reveal the vastness of the meaning behind the text. How blessed are those who walk in the ways of the Lord? Join in as he takes you through the acrostic poem that is psalm 119 letter by letter.

Join Kip as takes us through an age-old question, "Who Do You Say I Am". We all need to ask ourselves this, who is Jesus Christ? A truly great teacher with a crazy god complex, or the true Living God. Ask your friends, your relatives, and even your co-worker. Be open-minded in your listening to their responses for we will be more readily apt to respond in love if listening with openness.

The Hebrews see the natural world as pictures of divine things. In this passage Paul points out some of those pictures and I bring up some of the obvious extensions of those pictures. The Apostle is warning us to learn from the Israelite's mistakes. He tells us these accounts were recorded for our benefit, so that we might not fall into the same errors and their consequences.

Jesus said that because He lives we too will live. We live now with resurrection power, and we will live eternally in resurrected life. In this sermon, we explore some of the wonders of the resurrected life to come.

This year's Good Friday message was an overview of the war of the ages, the only war that really counts in eternity. We skim through history and see how this war culminated in the final battle that was won on the cross. The paradox was that through defeat and death, Jesus actually won the war. "It is finished!" was a victory shout.

Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem was filled with intrigue. There were different powers and political views that all factored into that day. There were also numerous prophecies, some of which the crowd was singing. But Jesus knew things would not turn out as the crowd hoped. Nevertheless, he wept for them and what He could see coming. The message concludes with how this account brought two different men to salvation.

The Apostle Paul knew he was a steward of the good news to the Gentiles. Because of the abundant grace he received, he was obligated to carry out that ministry. But Paul went above and beyond by not accepting support from the church of Corinth. He fought through tiredness and pain to labor to support himself and Barnabas while teaching and preaching the rest of each day. Paul's examples challenge us to give our all to our individual callings and go above and beyond for the reward of sharing the blessings of those to whom we minister and a heavenly reward as well.

In this passage, Paul gives multiple reasons full-time ministers should be supported. Then he declares he is free to deny himself that privilege. Paul did not want anything to interfere with the message of the gospel, so he poured himself out into teaching and working for the sake of the Corinthians. His zeal challenges us to give our all and to let no personal freedom interfere with communicating the message of salvation and growing in Christ.

In this chapter, Paul instructs us that knowledge without love can be harmful to weaker believers. We need to set aside our freedoms to not offend our weaker brothers and sisters. Paul went to a great extent to not stumble those who were weak in the faith because of his concern for their eternal souls. If we stumble them because of our "knowledge" we can destroy someone for whom Jesus died!