Posts Tagged Jesus Christ

Tending the Father’s Sheep – 1 Samuel 17:15

Aug 30

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Friends,

What a beautiful day in the Father’s House today!  God has blessed us tremendously with our new deacons for the upcoming year.  Pray for Jerry, Joses, and Lynn as they begin this new chapter in their lives.

In this one verse, 1 Samuel 17:15, we read that David is tending his father’s sheep, while still going back and forth to Saul and knowing that he has been anointed to be king.  My focus from this chapter was on the interesting thing that in between his anointing and kingship, David was humble and still dedicated to the work he was supposed to do.  Similarly, Jesus Christ kept about His work for His Father in between His anointing and His ascension into Heaven.

Being anointed and called is not something meant to just give us status, but instead in the church it should be something that leads us to be humbled and seek to serve where God puts us.  Both David and Jesus sought not to be served, but to serve others.  We all, like our deacons, should seek to do likewise.

You can listen to or download the sermon here:  Tending the Father’s Sheep – Rev. Bryon LePere

Scriptures Referenced:

  • 1 Samuel 17:15
  • 1 Samuel 16:13
  • 2 Samuel
  • Luke 4:21
  • Mark 1:9-11
  • John 4:24
  • Matthew 5:17
  • 1 Timothy 3:8

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In Obedience to His Command – Genesis 6:9-22

Apr 2

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Friends,

Our journey through the story of Noah and the Flood continues, and this past Sunday we looked at the beginnings of God speaking to Noah and laying out His plan for the flooding of the world.

In this passage, we see the declaration of the righteousness of Noah, God’s righteous judgement, God’s loving faithfulness, and the response/obedience of Noah to God’s command.

As you listen, consider the obedience of Noah, the obedience of Jesus, and the requirements upon Christians to be obedient to God in their life and witness.

God Bless!

Download and listen to the sermon here:  In Obedience to His Command – Rev. Bryon LePere

Scriptures Referenced:

  • Genesis 6:9-22
  • Ephesians 2:8
  • Exodus 2:3
  • God’s loving faithfulness
    • Exodus 32:9ff
    • Numbers 14:10ff
    • Hosea 11:8-9
    • Jeremiah 31:31ff
    • Lamentations 3:22-23
    • Psalm 103:7-13
  • Obedience of Noah
    • Exodus 40:16
  • Obedience of Jesus
    • John 4:34, Mark 14:35-36
  • Obedience of Christians
    • Matthew 28:19-20, John 14:23-25, Acts 5:29, Romans 1:5, 1 Peter 1:14, 2 John 6
  • God’s Response to Our Obedience
    • Psalm 30:1-5, Lamentations 3:22-23

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Ridiculous Love – John 4:13-15

Mar 1

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Friends,

What a great time of worship this morning!  Despite the weather, many came out and were witness to one of our young people coming forward for baptism.  Give God the glory for what He has done this day!

We read through the story of Jesus talking with the woman at the well in John 4.  As you read through the text, notice that he “had to go through Samaria”, a place Jews avoided, yet Jesus was obedient.  He spoke with a woman that likely no one else would, and she was certainly trying to avoid contact with her timing of coming out to the well!  But, in contact with the Messiah, her life was changed as you she was able to drink of the living water that God offers us all in Christ Jesus.

As I examined the text, it brought several questions to mind as we think about our Missions Ministry.  I want to share these questions with you, and I invite your answers and/or response.  God Bless!

  • Is your heart for missions/our direction for missions based on obedience to the leading of God or of our own personal/emotional drive?
  • How often do you/we avoid ministering to someone because of our own biases/feelings?
  • Does anyone avoid worship/other church events to avoid public scrutiny?
  • We’ve grown in the past few years, but how much of our resources have we expended meeting physical needs, and how much on spiritual needs?
  • How many people have we given water to only to leave them thirsty soon after?  What kind of water are we serving?

You can download the sermon here: Ridiculous Love, pt. 2 by Rev. Bryon LePere (~30 mb)

Scriptures Referenced:

  • John 4:4-15
  • John 4:4-6
    • Nehemiah 13:28
    • Exodus 34:6, Deuteronomy 4:31, Luke 1:50, 19:1-10, John 8:3-11, Ephesians 2:1-6
  • John 4:7-12
    • John 4:17-18
    • Genesis 33:18-19, Joshua 24:32
  • John 4:13-15
    • John 7:38
    • Ezekiel 36:25-26
    • Psalm 42:1, Isaiah 12:2-3, 44:3, 55:1, Zechariah 13:1
    • Psalm 36:9, Isaiah 35:7, 49:10
    • Jeremiah 2:13, 17:13
    • John 4:28
    • Revelation 7:17, 21:6

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Ridiculous Love – Romans 3.21-26

Feb 22

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Friends,

Another great day to be in the House of the Lord!  Last week I talked about “Ridiculous Faith”, and today I looked at the story of Christ on the Cross and spoke of “Ridiculous Love.”  When we look at the story of how the Creator of the entire universe could be so concerned that He would send part of His very essence in order to redeem us to Him…well, that’s pretty out there by itself.  But the way He would do it, to allow His Son to be beaten, tortured, and killed in such a way – well, to call that a story of love is absurd.

And yet, that is exactly what scripture says to us.  It invites us into an understanding of how deep the Master’s love is for us, and how much much we are in need of it.  It is the greatest love story ever told, and though our world today cannot understand it, we still stake our faith on it, because we know that it is through the sacrificial atonement of Christ on the cross that we are redeemed, that our sins are canceled, that the debt of sin is paid.

And you?  What does this great story mean for you?  How has it moved you into a real, deeper relationship with God through an understanding of what He has done for you in and through Jesus Christ?

You can listen to/download my sermon here: Ridiculous Love – Rev. Bryon LePere

Scriptures Referenced:

  • Romans 3:21-26
  • (Romans 3:21-22)
    • Matthew 5:17, Romans 10:4
    • Hebrews 10:10
  • (Romans 3:23)
    • Job 15:14-16
    • 1 Peter 4:5, Colossians 1:13-14
  • (Romans 3:24)
    • Romans 5:6-8
    • Jeremiah 44:4, Psalm 5:4-5
    • John 3:16, 1 John 4:10, Romans 8:22-23
    • Ephesians 1:4, Genesis 1:27ff, Psalm 139:1ff
    • Galatians 4:4-5, 1 Peter 3:18
  • (Romans 3:25-26)
    • Colossians 1:20-22, Acts 9:1
    • Colossians 2:14, Galatians 3:13
    • 2 Kings 4:1-7
      • Psalm 23:5, Matthew 20:28, Mark 10:45
      • Philippians 2:7

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Six Feet Under – Romans 6.1-14

Jan 25

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Friends,

What a great time in worship this morning!  Of course, I’m biased because any baptism service is a great service.  In my sermon I looked at the symbolic act of baptism and reminded of that in our baptism we are buried with Christ and His death and than raised up with Christ and His Resurrection.

Jesus, when He died, was fully dead.  As scripture tells us, he “emptied himself.”  We also, when we become Christians, must strive to make our sinful nature fully dead and buried.  In the same way, just as Christ in His Resurrection was fully alive, we should strive to allow the Holy Spirit to be fully alive within us.

But I realize that nobody’s perfect, so let’s be honest.  This doesn’t happen over night; but we should work and pray in a way that we grow closer and closer into the image of Christ.  This is called sanctification and is what should strive for until our time of glorification when we are taken up to be with God in Heaven.  May God bless you as you seek to live this out each and every day.  Your thoughts?

Click below to listen/download this sermon.  (File size = ~20mb)

Six Feet Under – Romans 6.1-14 by Pastor Bryon

Scriptures Referenced:

  • Romans 6.1-14
  • 1 Corinthians 15.3-4
  • Isaiah 25.8, Revelations 1.18
  • Philippians 2.8-9
  • 2 Corinthians 5.17
  • Galatians 5.19-21
  • Galatians 5.22-23
  • 1 Peter 5.8
  • 2 Peter 3.18, Philippians 2.12
  • 1 Peter 4.1-3, 1 Corinthians 6.9-11
  • 1 Thessalonians 5.23-24

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