In the Strength of His Might (part 1) [Ephesians 6:10-11]

August 12, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 08/12/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:10-11

Description: There is so much confusion over the concept of Spiritual Warfare.  Much of it stems from not understanding our position as believers in Christ and not understanding all that Christ has accomplished on our behalf. We need to remember that we fight from a position of victory and the battle has been won.

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Spiritual Warfare [1 Peter 5:8]

August 5, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 08/05/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 5:8

Description: The Bible is very clear about who is behind every bad thing that happens to individuals or families, or even nations. God’s Holy Word is the only absolute source of information on this topic and God has much to say about it.

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Holiness [1 Peter 1:15-16]

July 29, 2012

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Date: 07/29/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: 1 Peter 1:15-16 

Description: We speak of the world spiraling down into depravity but in reality that’s where it has always been. God has an absolute standard of holiness. That call for holiness in our lives is clear in Scripture.

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Slaves of Christ [Ephesians 6:5-9]

July 22, 2012

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Date: 07/22/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:5-9

Description: The single most prevalent description in the Bible of the Christian’s relationship with Christ is the slave/master relationship. If that is the case, why don’t we notice it when we are reading Scripture and what does that view of our Christian status declare about how we should then live?

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Christian Parenting [Ephesians 6:4]

July 15, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/15/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:4

Description: Paul provides parents with two commands:  The first is negative as he tells parents what they are not to do.  The second is positive as Paul instructs Christian parents on their responsibilities and duties before the Lord.

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Following Far Off [Matthew 26:58]

July 8, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/08/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Matthew 26:58

Description: For all of us who follow Jesus, each morning we have the fresh opportunity to draw close to Him. There is always the temptation as we go through our day that we, like Peter, will spend our day following Jesus at a distance — far off.

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Conscience [Romans 2:15]

July 1, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 07/01/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Romans 2:15

Description: God has created and placed in every person an awareness of good and bad.  We all use this marvelous tool daily but we don’t often identify it as conscience.

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God’s Command to Children [Ephesians 6:1-3]

June 24, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/24/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 6:1-3

Description: Paul specifically address children in this epistle and recognizes children as members of the church and accountable to God. Children are commanded to obey their parents.

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Notes:

  • Children Under Instruction
  • Children Under God
  • Children Under Pressure
  • Children Understood
  • Children Under Command
  • Children Under Curse
  • Children Under Promise

Mysterious Unity [Ephesians 5:28-33]

June 17, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/17/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:28-33

Description: In today’s message, we that a look at the second illustration that Paul provides on how a husband is to love his wife.  That is, he is to love his wife as himself.  This is bound up in a special unity that exists between husband and wife that doesn’t exist in any other relationship on earth.  This unity is meant to reflect the unity that we have as the bride of Christ with our Lord and Bridegroom.  What an amazing mystery.

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Notes:

  • A Caring Love
  • A Cleaving Love
  • A Covenantal Love

Believe [John 3:9-15]

June 10, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/10/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:9-15

Description: Even thought he was known as “The Teacher of Israel,” Nicodemus has his ignorance and unbelief of the scriptures exposed by Jesus. The truth that Jesus taught to Nicodemus and teaches the world today is “believe”.

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The Causeway Contractor [Ezekiel 29:18]

June 3, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 06/03/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Ezekiel 29:18

Description: Looking back on recorded history we see the hand of God in all of man’s comings and goings.  The Book of Ezekiel gives a fascinating insight into how our sovereign God deals with us.  Romans 15:4 says, “For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning…”  There is a saying that a wise man seeks old wisdom.  We can find that wisdom studying the book of Ezekiel.

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Our Christian Walk: Already Not Yet [Matthew 5:1-12]

May 27, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/27/2012

Preacher: David Hardin, missionary

Key Text: Matthew 5:1-12

Description: Join us as we welcome back to our pulpit a missionary — who not only has strong ties to our little country church — but speaks from the heart, David Hardin.  David, together with his wife Delia and young growing family, serve our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, as part of the aviation team for Mexico Medical Missions.  In our message today, David walks us through the Beatitudes in the book of Matthew and shows us how they apply to the progression we see in our Christian walk.

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Preparation for the King [Ephesians 5:26-27]

May 20, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/20/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:26-27

Description: God has called Christian husbands to love our wives not only with a sacrificial love but with also a purifying love.  That means that we need to love our wives with her sanctification in view.

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Motherhood: A Calling

May 13, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/15/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 2 Timothy 3:14-15

Description: To be a Christian Mother is a high, holy and crucial calling. It is the highest calling any Christian woman can enter. We must never underestimate the power of God working through a mother to achieve His purposes.

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The Power of Words [Numbers 12:1-16]

May 6, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 05/06/2012

Preacher: Keith Barker, elder

Key Text: Numbers 12

Description: One of the things that God hates is the use of words to cause division in a family, a business, a community or a church.

Moses sister was guilty of speaking when she should have been listening and in today’s message we see how God responded.

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Born Anew of Water and Spirit [John 3:4-8]

April 29, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/29/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:4-8

Description: Nicodemus has his religious world turned upside down as Jesus reinforces His teaching that he must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God!

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The Christian Husband (part 2) [Ephesians 5:25]

April 22, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/22/2012

Preacher: Monty Simao, elder

Series: Ephesians

Key Text: Ephesians 5:25

Description: Paul tells husbands that they are to love their wives as Christ loved the church, this is not only a “high bar” this is an impossibility.  Paul doesn’t tell husbands this to dismay them but rather to point out the Christo-centric aspect of marriage and provide us a view of marriage that is based on the gospel and based specifically in the way that Christ related or ministered to His bride, the church.

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Born Again [John 3:1-3]

April 15, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/15/2012

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Series:  John

Key Text: John 3:1-3

Description: Nicodemus, a Jewish religious leader, came to Jesus with questions. As he complemented Jesus and acknowledged His miracles, wisdom, and that He was from God, Jesus challenged him. He told him that he must be born again to enter the Kingdom of God!

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Our Redeemer Lives [1 Corinthians 15:1-58]

April 8, 2012

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/08/2012, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Frank Acevedo, elder

Key Text: 1 Corinthians 15

Description: Our Redeemer lives. He was victorious over death the grave could not hold Him. Paul presents in 1 Corinthians 15 the facts concerning the resurrection of Christ to those at the church at Cornith.

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Sunrise Service 2012: The Good Shepherd [Psalm 23:1-6]

April 8, 2012

Easter Sunrise Service

Sermon Notes

Date: 04/08/2012, Easter Sunday

Preacher: Lou Bond, brother in Christ

Key Text: Psalm 23

Description: “The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.”  Join us for our Resurrection Sunday Sunrise Service, as brother in Christ, Lou Bond, applies this well known scripture to this most joyous of days.

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Listen to the Easter Sermon Delivered by Elder Frank Acevedo