Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Wives submit to your husbands

I. Biblical Passages To Consider
Miscellaneous Proverbs Passages
Genesis 3
Ephesians Passages
Colossians Passages
1 Peter Passages

II. “Submission Defined”
Websters
submit: to surrender, to yield oneself to another

Greek
submit: hupotasso
Two parts: hupo- under
tasso- orderly manner
This term is primarily used in reference to the military.

III. “Submission” Summarized
Submission refers to a wife’s divine calling to honor and affirm her husband’s leadership and help carry it through according to her gifts. It is not an absolute surrender of her will. Rather, we speak of her disposition to yield to her husband’s guidance and her inclination to follow his leadership.

What Submission is NOT:
Submission is not putting the husband in the place of Christ as if the husband is some sort of absolute authority.
Submission does not mean giving up independent thought.
Submission does not mean that a wife should give up her efforts to influence and guide her husband.
Submission does not mean that a wife should give into every demand of her husband.
Submission is not based on a woman having less intelligence or competence.
Submission does not mean being fearful and timid
Submission is not inconsistent with equality in Christ.

What is Submission
A. It’s an inner quality; it’s a disposition; it’s an attitude.
B. It means three things:
1. It means the recognition of a divinely given household order.
2. She respects her husband’s spiritual authority
3. She makes an active effort to foster and appropriately respond to that authority

If I give all I possess to the poor and surrender my body to the flames, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.

1 Corinthians 13:3-8a

Wednesday, November 15,2006

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Worship and RLCC

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Wednesday, November 1, 2006

Ephesians 5:25-33
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church— for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery — but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

What is the one thing women cannot live without?

AFFECTION

A. Affection to women symbolizes . . .
1. Security
2. Protection
3. Comfort
4. Approval.

B. A woman cannot receive to much affection!

C. The Deposit Called Affection
Hugging!!!
A note or a card (handwritten is best)
An invitation to dinner
Open the door for her
Holding hands
Walks after dinner
Back rubs, foot rubs (yuck!)
Phone calls
Be spontaneous

D. Ask your wife what communicates affection.

Important Notes for Men:
Sex begins with affection.
Affection is the environment of the marriage and sex is an event within it.
Men need to learn sexless affection.
When it comes to sex and affection, you can’t have one without the other.

1 Peter 3:7
Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.

Wednesday, October 25

Wednesday, October 25
I. We all have a need for POWER.
“God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Genesis 1:28

A. The five basic commands for us:
Be Fruitful
Multiply
Replenish
Subdue (Conquer)
Dominate (Control)

B. The first thing for a man to conquer and control is himself.
Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control. Proverbs 25:28

You will not get to a right place in a wrong way.


II. Two major Biblical terms for POWER
A. exusia= Authority
Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.” Matthew 28:18

"Everything is permissible for me"--but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible for me"--but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12


1. Don’t look at your circumstances, look to the book and the Spirit that lives inside of you!

2. You have the authority to arrest those things in your life:
In the name of Jesus

Not based on you, but on the authority vested in you!

B. dunamis= Explosive Power
"Yes, it is as you say," Jesus replied. "But I say to all of you: In the future you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Mighty One and coming on the clouds of heaven.” Matthew 26:64

I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. Romans 1:16

“If you don’t respect the exusia,
you will have to deal with the dunamis!”

III. The Results of a God Given Power
If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever. 1 Timothy 5:8

You will never be able to provide for your family without first conquering and controlling your own life.

See Luke 11:21-26

IV. The Source of This Power & the Means to Receive it
Now I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God. 1 Corinthians 11:3

Submission to God frees God to give you power.
Why? You know what it’s like to be vulnerable!

A. If you are not submitted to God, why would He cause her to submit to you!

B. You cannot demand what you have forfeited!

Is it time for you to quit being a victim of your life and circumstances and begin to conquer and control your life through the Spirit?

Sunday Oct 22 2006

Sunday Oct 22 2006 Sermon

In all places, in all times- Sunday, November 5

In all places, in all times

Sunday Oct 29 2006

Sunday Oct 29 2006
In a world where Christianity is marketed and sold under the guise of “life enhancement,” there is a basic truth that strikes at the heart of the issue. That truth is simple yet profound.

In Paul’s defense before Festus in Acts 25:1-22, we get a glimpse of that truth being defended.

The Storyline
Festus becomes governor of the region, taking over for Felix
Festus came into power and immediately began righting Felix’s wrongs, including this situation with Paul.
The Jews are still committed to seeing Paul dead (vs. 3)
Festus convenes the court in Caesarea (vs. 6-8)
Paul appeals to Caesar (9-12)
Festus confers with Agrippa for council (13-22)

KEY VERSE: “Instead, they [the Jews] had some points of dispute with him about their own religion and about a dead man named Jesus who Paul claimed was alive.” vs. 19

At the heart of Christianity is the belief that Jesus died on the cross and in three days came back to life. (1 Cor. 15:3-4)

Like Paul, we must give a defense for why we believe Jesus is alive. In doing so, we must appeal to three the basic parts to faith:

The Mind- The most intelligent decision to make is to believe in the resurrection
1. It allows for a “open universe” philosophy while staying true to the earthly science of today.
2. The evidence points to a resurrection
3. We have a book that gives us reliable testimony of others who experienced the resurrected Jesus.
4. We have an empty tomb.

Change Lives- Those who believe in the resurrection are never the same.
1. People are spiritually healed
2. People are given purpose and passion
3. People are set free from guilt, shame and addictions
4. Example: the Disciples

Personal Knowledge- My intimacy with God
And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. God is love; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16