As we continue in Genesis Bro. John speaks to us on God changing the names of Abram and Sarai to Abraham and Sarah, the importance of that change and God delivering on his promises exactly as he said he will exactly when he decides to.
Bro. John embarks on a journey with us through the book of Genesis and begins highlighting different forms and pictures of God that we can miss if we aren’t looking closely. Today’s sermon comes from Genesis chapter one and the creation story.
Elder John speaks on what the scripture says about church governance, the role of elders, deacons, and the congregation.
Bro John talks about how we are to not burden ourselves with the cares of the world, but we are to cast our worries on Jesus, because he cares for us.
Bro. John brings us to chapters 20 and 21 of Genesis. First he covers Abraham making the same mistake in deceiving Abimelech in the same fashion he did Pharoah and Abimelech reproving Abraham and Sarah after God visits him. From there we go over the good news of Isaac’s birth and tie in the fact…
Elder Tommy preaches on the topic of love and points out that the source of love is God. If we have the fruit of the Spirit love, it is an evidence that we are born of God and know God.
In John we find a good lesson on how we should evangelize. Nathanael was skeptical and suspicious at first but Jesus knew him, saying “when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.” Nathanael had a complete change in attitude right away. Elder Tommy preaches about what happened to Nathanael under the fig tree…
