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11/26/2023
THE APOSTLES’ CREED – I BELIEVE:  “In The Holy Christian Church,
The Communion of Saints”
Mark 12:28-31
 
THEME: The Holy Christian Church is the communion of Saints.
 
INTRODUCTION: 
1. Mark 12:28-31: And one of the scribes came up and heard them disputing with one another, and seeing that he answered them well, asked him, “Which commandment is the most important of all?” Jesus answered, “The most important is, ‘Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.  And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no other commandment greater than these.”
2. The Image of God on earth is the ___________________.
Ephesians 2:19-22: So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole  structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
The Church is ______________________.
Ephesians 4:4-6: There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
 
I. THE HOLY CHRISTIAN (CATHOLIC) CHURCH:
1. The Church is _________________ than anything on earth! 
Revelation 7:9-10: After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the     throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 
2. The Church gathers around God’s _____________  ___ and ________________________. Matthew 18:20: For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”
 
II. THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS:
1. The church is Jesus’ ___________________ applied among Believers.
John 13:35: By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Hebrews 10:24-25: And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
2. The Church is the ____________________ of Christ.
1 Corinthians 12:12: For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. 
 
III. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN?
1. The Church’s foundation is _________________. 
John 15:5: I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 
2. The Church must seek ___________________.
1 Corinthians 1:10: I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 
 
CONCLUSION: Matthew 16:18:  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
 
WORDS:  bigger, body, church, Gospel, Jesus, sacraments, unity, universal, word.


11/22/2023
THANKSGIVING:  “Quit Your Complaining”
Philippians 4:4-7
 
THEME:  Give God thanks in all things and His peace will guard your heart.
 
INTRODUCTION: 
1. Philippians 4:4-7: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your  reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
2. Proverbs 15:13: A glad heart makes a cheerful face, but by sorrow of heart the spirit is crushed.
 
I. DON’T                                __           , INSTEAD GIVE                        .  (vv. 4-6)
1. We are ___________________ to rejoice!
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.
2. Even in the “_____________________” times.
Romans 8:28: And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose. 
3. Because of God’s _____________________.
Ephesians 2:4-9: But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.  For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 
 
II. THEN                                        WILL BE YOUR                                   .  (v. 7)
1. We are promised ___________________ peace.
Isaiah 26:3-4: You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you. Trust in the Lord forever, for the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
2. Peace beyond our __________________________.
Isaiah 55:8:  For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord.
 
CONCLUSION: Philippians 4:8: Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. 
 
WORDS: commanded, complain, difficult, grace, guard, peace, perfect, thanks, understanding.



11/19/2023
THE APOSTLES’ CREED – I BELIEVE:  “In The Holy Spirit”
John 14:18-26
 
THEME: The Holy Spirit brings us to and keeps us safely in the Family of God.
 
INTRODUCTION: 
1. John 14:18-26: “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 
2. John 3:5-8: “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear its sound, but you do not know where it comes from or where it goes. So it is with everyone who is born of the Spirit.”
 
I. I CAN’T DO IT MYSELF:
1. My _________________ or _________________ is inadequate.
1 Corinthians 2:14: The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 12:3: Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking in the Spirit of God ever says “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say “Jesus is Lord” except in the Holy Spirit.
2. The harder I ________________, the __________________ I become.
Romans 7:15: For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate.
 
II. I NEED OUTSIDE HELP:
1. The Holy Spirit  _________________ me.
Romans 8:14-17: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
2. My life is motivated by  ____________________.
2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
3. My life is guided by God’s ________________.
Peter 1:22-23: Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God.
 
CONCLUSION: John 14:23: Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
 
WORDS:  adopts, love, reason, strength, try, word, worse.