Confide | Pastor Chris | 4.21.24

Confide:

Living with confidence in God

“Rather than believing in confidence without faith……. We say we have faith but live without

confidence”

Definition of confidence:

The feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something.

The state of feeling certain about the truth of something.

But the word says his about trusting in the lord

Jeremiah 17:5-8

5 Thus says the LORD: "Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his

strength, whose heart turns away from the LORD.

6 He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the

parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land.

7 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose trust is the LORD.

8 He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear

when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it

does not cease to bear fruit."

God says through Jeremiah

Don't trust in man….. Trust in God!!!!

In other words act like you know who he is!!!!!!

Did you forget all he’s done for you!!!!!?!?!?!?

Psalm 103:1-5

1Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and all that is within me,

    bless his holy name!

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,

    and forget not all his benefits,

3 who forgives all your iniquity,

    who heals all your diseases,

4 who redeems your life from the pit,

    who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,

5 who satisfies you with good

    so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.

But even if you don’t have a history with God!!! If you’re a brand new believer……..

The word gives us Biblical examples of God coming through

Noah

Abraham

Moses

Exodus 10:3-11

The Macro:

Justification; resurrection; return

The Micro:

Promises and prophecies

Philippians 4:19 (ESV): "And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches

in glory in Christ Jesus."

James 1:5 (ESV): "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all

without reproach, and it will be given him."

1 John 5:14-15 (ESV): "And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask

anything according to his will he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask,

we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him."

James 4:7-8 (ESV): "Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee

from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners,

and purify your hearts, you double-minded."

True Darkness | Pastor Chris Searcy | 4.14.24

Darkness

Woe to those who call good evil and evil good.

Isaiah 5:20. (NIV):

"Woe to those who call evil good

and good evil,

who put darkness for light

and light for darkness,

who put bitter for sweet

and sweet for bitter.”

2 Timothy 3:1-5 (ESV):

"But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.”

THEY WILL LOOK GODLY!

!!!!The sin will be sanitized!!!!

THE WORLD AND ITS FOLLOWERS PREACH:

not lover of self… just…self lovers…

not lovers of money… just… bag chasers…

not proud… just… bosses…

not arrogant… just… unapologetic…

not ungrateful… just… deserving….

not unholy… just… in my hoe phase….

not lacking self control… just… Turning up…

not being a lover of pleasure… just… having fun…

John 3:19-21

19 And this is the judgment: the light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the light because their works were evil. 20 For everyone who does wicked things hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his works should be exposed. 21 But whoever does what is true comes to the light, so that it may be clearly seen that his works have been carried out in God.”

Jesus came into the world to expose the sinfulness of man and provide a way of escape!

But men refused his way of escape because they love the dark!

Romans 1 says: 

they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.”

Timothy 2 3:13

But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.

Deuteronomy 11:16

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;

Corinthians 1 6:9

Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,

James 1:22 - "Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says."

Matthew 24:36-41

36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father. 37 As it was in the days of Noah, so will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 38 For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. 39 And they were oblivious, until the flood came and swept them all away. So will it be at the coming of the Son of Man. 40 Two men will be in the field: one will be taken and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and the other left.

They will deceive themselves to the grave.

Proverbs 16:25 (ESV):

"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."

What is our way out!

1 John 1:6-10

6 If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 10 If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

We must walk in the light which is understanding the darkness of our sins confessing sins and turning from them!

Luke 8:9-14

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector

9 He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Acts 2:40 (ESV):

"And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, 'Save yourselves from this crooked generation.’”

Is Anyone Worthy? Part III : What Now? | 4.7.24 | Pastor Chris Searcy

Is Anyone Worthy 

pt 3

What Now?!

Recap:

Matthew 28:5

5 “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.

Intro:

Jesus meets the 11 disciples after resurrecting:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Rising from the grave did a few instantaneous things for us:

Justification -  Romans 4:25 (ESV): "Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification."

Newness of life - Romans 6:4 (ESV): "We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life."

Victory over death and sin - 1 Corinthians 15:55-57 (ESV): "O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."

1. Go and make disciples of all nations.
2. Baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
3. Teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.

What are we to share?:

John 3:16

God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

Acts 13:38-39

Through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the Law of Moses 

Romans. 4:25

He was delivered over to death for our sins and was raised to life for our justification.

Titus 3:4-7

But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. 

Who are we to share it to?:

All nations all peoples all ethnicities all races.

Why should we share it?:

Romans 10:14-15 (ESV):

"How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, 'How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!'"

And because he is worthy!

Two hinderances:

Fear of man and Hypocrisy

If you are new in your walk you you can say come meet the man who told me everything about myself. 

End with the beauty of the man that we are talking about….. It is because He is WORTHY!!!!!!

Is Anyone Worthy? Part II : The Serpent Crusher | 3.31.24 | Pastor Chris Searcy

IS ANYONE WORTHY

Part 2

The Serpent Crusher

Adam and Eve (Genesis 1-3) - Covenant

Cain and Abel (Genesis 4)

Noah (Genesis 6-9) - Covenant

Abraham & Sarah - Covenant

Moses (Exodus 2,34) Covenant 

David - Covenant

Solomon

IS ANYONE WORTHY?

Malachi 3:1

1“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

THE OLD TESTAMENT ENDS!!!!!

The New testament begins with the Gospels……. Matthew Mark Luke John

Which introduce us to this man named Jesus.

Who met all the tangible requirements to be messiah! 

But will he fail? 

Matthew 4:8-11

Mark 3:21

21 And when his family heard it, they went out to seize him, for they were saying, “He is out of his mind.”

Matthew 28:5

5 “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. 6 He is not here; he has risen, just as he said.

Jesus meets the 11 disciples:

Matthew 28:18-20

18 Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Through his sacrifice he has redeemed man!

Revelation 5:1-5

1 Then I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. 2 And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” 3 And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, 4 and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. 5 And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Bible Class | 3.27.24 | Pastor Chris

Bible Class week 4 Notes  

Genesis 1:  

The Creation of the World  

Genesis 2:  

The Seventh Day, God Rests  

The Creation of Man and Woman  

Genesis 3:  

The Fall  

Genesis 4:  

Cain and Abel  

Genesis 5:  

Genealogy: Adam’s Descendants to Noah  

Genesis 6,7:  

Increasing Corruption on Earth  

Noah and the Flood  

Genesis 8,9:  

The Flood Subsides  

God’s Covenant with Noah  

Noah’s Descendants  

Genesis 10:  

Geneology: Nations Descended from Noah  

Genesis 11:  

The Tower of Babel  

Geneology: Shem’s Descendants  

Geneology: Terah’s Descendants 

Genesis 12:  

The Call of Abram  

Abram and Sarai in Egypt  

Plagues brought on Egypt to return the bride  

Genesis 13: 

Abram and Lot Separate  

Genesis 14:  

Abram Rescues Lot  

Abram Blessed by Melchizedek  

Genesis 15:  

God’s Covenant with Abram  

Genesis 16: 

Sarai and Hagar  

Genesis 17,18:  

Abraham and the Covenant of Circumcision  Isaac’s Birth Promised  

Abraham Intercedes for Sodom  

Genesis 19:  

God Rescues Lot  

God Destroys Sodom  

Lot and His Daughters  

Genesis 20:  

Abraham and Abimelech  

Genesis 21:  

The Birth of Isaac  

God Protects Hagar and Ishmael  

A Treaty with Abimelech 

Genesis 22:  

The Sacrifice of Isaac  

Genesis 23:  

Sarah’s Death and Burial  

Genesis 24:  

Isaac and Rebekah  

Questions: 

1. Why didn't anything happen when eve ate the fruit: 

Genesis 2:5-9 

5 When no bush of the field a was yet in the land and no small plant of the field had yet  sprung up—for the LORD God had not caused it to rain on the land, and there was no  man to work the ground, 6 and a mist was going up from the land and was watering the  whole face of the ground— 7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the  ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a  living creature. 8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there  he put the man whom he had formed. 9 And out of the ground the LORD God made  to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of  life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and  evil. 

Genesis 2:15-18 

15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep  it. 16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every  tree of the garden, 17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall  not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.” 

18Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will  make him a helper fit fore him.” 

1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God  had made. 

He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the  garden’?” 2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in  the garden, 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the  midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.’”

Ex. No you cant have it…. If you even look at it ima whoop your behind 

Possible ANSWER: 

Eve was not present when God gave the command. The responsibility to ensure the  command was followed fell on the one who received it Adam. 

2. It lucifer was kicked out of heaven for having evil thoughts and thinking himself like  God, how did that evil thought spirit reach the devil? If the devil wasn't the devil yet, who  planted The thought in his head?  

Ezekiel 28: 13-19 

13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you:  carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise  and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were  created they were prepared. 14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I  ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery  stones. 15 You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created till  wickedness was found in you. 16 Through your widespread trade you were filled with  violence, and you sinned. So I drove you in disgrace from the mount of God, and I  expelled you, guardian cherub, from among the fiery stones. 17 Your heart became  proud on account of your beauty, and you corrupted your wisdom because of  your splendor. So I threw you to the earth; I made a spectacle of you before  kings. 18 By your many sins and dishonest trade you have desecrated your  sanctuaries. So I made a fire come out from you, and it consumed you, and I reduced  you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. 19 All the nations who  knew you are appalled at you; you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.' “ 

This is under the assumption that sin is an external force.  

Sin especially the sin of pride is created entirely by us.  

James 1:12-15 

12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive  the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be  tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man: 

14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished,  bringeth forth death.