Come to the Well (Full Service)
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Transformational Power – John 1:3
READ: John 3:1
CHALLENGE: Experience a New Life
A. WE NEED SPIRIT FILLING BECAUSE WE’RE EMPTY (vv1-2)
Vv1-2 – Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs you are doing if God were not with him.”
1. Empty of Good
John 2:23-25- Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name. . It’s interesting that in the immediate context of Nicodemus visiting Jesus, we have Jesus saying that he entrusted himself to no one. He didn’t because he knew what was in their hearts already and because of that, He couldn’t entrust Himself to them.
Paul said this, Romans 7:18 – For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature. For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out.
Romans 3:9-12 – What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one; there is no one who understands;there is no one who seeks God.12 All have turned away, not even one.”
2. Empty of True Satisfaction
Who is Nicodemus? He’s a Pharisee!
3. Empty of Deep Meaning
B. WE NEED TO OPEN UP TO SPIRITUAL THINGS
1. Seek Jesus in the Dark
2. Respect Christ’s Teachings
2 Timothy 2:15 – Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Do we see Christ as a source of truth?
3. Don’t Ignore the Spiritual Signs
C. WE NEED A SPIRITUAL REBIRTH
V3 – Jesus replied, .
1. Born Again Is Entrance into God’s Kingdom
2. Religion Isn’t Salvation
Vv4-7 – “How can someone be born when they are old?” Nicodemus asked. “Surely they cannot enter a second time into their mother’s womb to be born!”5 “Very truly I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless they are born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to spirit.[c] must be born again.’
According to Ephesians 2, we’re spiritually dead and we need this birth from above. We need a heavenly intervention.
3. Spiritually Directed
V8 – The wind blows wherever it pleases. You hear its sound, but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going. So, it is with everyone born of the Spirit.
The Holy Spirit is compared to the wind. The wind blows wherever it pleases.
We NEED the Holy Spirit to help us through. We need the influence to move people. It’s also a way that God can be felt in a way that we can sense His presence. God is Spirit and the Spirit is moving. There’s a steady Spirit influence in life for the believer. Think of it like wind – constant influence. ·
Transformational Power (Full Service)
Thank you for joining Eagleville Bible Church. We are so glad that you have decided to spend some time with us, and we hope that as a result you will be drawn closer to God as you worship with us today. God bless.
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Staying Strong In A Crisis – Isaiah 7:1-2
READ: Isaiah 7:1-2 CHALLENGE: Stand Strong in Faith
A.FACE YOUR PROBLEMS BRAVELY
Vv1-2 – When Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, King Rezin of Aram and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel marched up to fight against Jerusalem, but they could not overpower it. 2 Now the house of David was told, “Aram has allied itself with[a] Ephraim”;
B.KEEP CALM
Vv3-4 – Then the Lord said to Isaiah, “Go out, you and your son Shear-Jashub,[b] to meet Ahaz at the end of the aqueduct of the Upper Pool, on the road to the Launderer’s Field. 4 Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.
1.Be Careful
2 Chronicles 28:20-21 – Tiglath-Pileser[c] king of Assyria came to him, but he gave him trouble instead of help. 21 Ahaz took some of the things from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace and from the officials and presented them to the king of Assyria, but that did not help him.
2.Keep Calm
2 Peter 2:23 – When they hurled their insults at him,.
3.Don’t Be Afraid
Isaiah 40:29 – He gives strength to the wearyand increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,.
4.Don’t Lose Heart
C. FACE FEARS WITH FAITH
Vv6-8 – Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying, 6 “Let us invade Judah; let us tear it apart and divide it among ourselves, and make the son of Tabeel king over it.”
Within sixty-five years.
1.Don’t Fear What People Are Saying
People say a lot of things and they may want to trip you up. But God is sovereign. I love God saying “It will not take place, it will not happen”. People say a lot of things, what does God say?
· People might say you’re not beautiful enough, God says you’re wonderfully and fearfully made!
· People might say you’re not good – God says you’re forgiven!
· People might say give up but God says, don’t grow weary in well doing!
· People might say you’re SO LOST, Jesus says, Follow Me
· Some might say you have no future and you’ll never succeed! God says, “I know the plans I have for you”!
2.Stand in Faith
V9 – The head of Ephraim is Samaria,and the head of Samaria is only Remaliah’s son. If you do not stand firm in your faith,.’”
Isaiah 7:14 – Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign:will conceive and give birth to a son,will call him Immanuel.
Live It Out Church
In this sermon starting in 1 Corinthians 1:2 Pastor Bill McMinn challenges us to “Live it out Church”
-The church is sanctified in Christ
-The Church Is Called to Holiness
-The Church Calls on the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ
Where Is God?
READ: Jeremiah 2
CHALLENGE: Stay in Line with God
A.WHAT ARE YOU SEEKING?
V5 – This is what the Lord says: that they strayed so far from me? They followed worthless idols and became worthless themselves.
· Are We Checking Our Thoughts About God?
· Are We Drifting from Our Spiritual Connection with God?
· Are We Prioritizing the Things that Don’t Matter, Rather Than God?
B. DO WE SEARCH ANSWERS FROM GOD?
V6 – They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord,who brought us up out of Egypt?
V7 – I brought you into a fertile landto eat its fruit and rich produce. But you came and defiled my land.
V8 – The priests did not ask,‘Where is the Lord?’.
C. DO WE GIVE UP BETTER THINGS FOR LESSER THINGS?
V8b –
Does not profit you. There’s no gain. In other words – it’s not helping you. It does you no good to go in the direction you’re going.
V11 – Has a nation ever changed its gods?(Yet they are not gods at all.).
V13 – “My people have committed two sins:They have forsaken me,
and have dug their own cisterns,water
V19 – Your wickedness will punish you;your backsliding will rebuke you..
Where is God? Where is God in all of this. God is calling you back.
Staying Strong in a Crisis (Full Service)
Thank you for joining Eagleville Bible Church. We are so glad that you have decided to spend some time with us, and we hope that as a result you will be drawn closer to God as you worship with us today. God bless.
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Where is God? (Full Service)
Thank you for joining Eagleville Bible Church. We are so glad that you have decided to spend some time with us, and we hope that as a result you will be drawn closer to God as you worship with us today. God bless.
If you want to give in support of this ministry, please click here; http://eagleville.church/give. You can also send a check to 1981 St. Rt. 45 Rock Creek, OH 44084.
Develop Good Friendships
READ: Proverbs 27:6
CHALLENGE: Develop Good Friendships
What is the responsibility of friendship? Let’s look at Proverbs 27 and
A. FRIENDS TELL THE TRUTH
Proverbs 27:6 – Wounds from a friend can be trusted,but an enemy multiplies kisses.
1. Truth Hurts
James 5:19-20 – My brothers and sisters, if one of you should wander from the truth and someone should bring that person back, 20 remember this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of their way will save them from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
2. Truth Comes from Love
Ephesians 4:15 – Instead, speaking the truth in love,.
Jesus said it’s the truth that sets you free. And we have to crave it in order to receive it well. You have to be open to it. You look at the great prophets and they were not here to tickle your ears. Micah 2:11 – If a liar and deceiver comes and says, ‘I will prophesy for you plenty of wine and beer,’that would be just the prophet for this people!
2 Timothy 4:2-4 – For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
3. Truth Comes from Trusted Friends
B. FRIENDS ARE ADVISORS
V9 – Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart, and the pleasantness of a friend.
C. FRIENDS INSPIRE YOU (V17)
V17 – As iron sharpens iron so one friend sharpens another. We make each other better.
True Friends (Full Service)
Thank you for joining Eagleville Bible Church. We are so glad that you have decided to spend some time with us, and we hope that as a result you will be drawn closer to God as you worship with us today. God bless.
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