Spoken Word

Col 1 - Reading
Col 2:8-13;
Col 3:

Aesthetics

Paul was addressing the issues in the church

Christian faith is unique and not based on pagan religions

Any practice away from the Word of God is a religion

Jesus Christ said if you put one away and be married to another then you are an adulterer; an adulterer shall not inherit the kingdom of God

Giving your children access to World Wide Web; have to undrstand the traps, images, messages, pictures; driver of internet business is pornography

What have church picked up from the world
• Easter eggs
• Birth of Christ on Dec 25th
• Pastors marrying person(s) with a living spouse
• Mime dancers (hippocrits in greek) hide your face, true face to be something else

Need to understand why we do what we do and stop trying to be fanciful

Paul wrote to Colossians because things were being added to salvation that did not align with Gods word

People don’t get saved because of things they don’t want to give up
• Church has tried in vain and incorrectly to make it easier for sins to be acceptable in the church
• Cry out against sin, don’t be deceived
• World wants you to think you cant change or be changed from your sinful nature
• God's Word will change you and take your sinful nature

Col 1:23
• Don’t be moved from the Gospel
• You can be moved if your flesh is weak
• You need to correct yourself and follow your own (righteous) advice
• Sins will find you out

My will is to please God and not my flesh

The Daily Pulse (Tuesday, June 3, 2014): Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12 (NIV)

The eldest son was a deeply flawed man and yet the Father still called Him son.Isn't it wonderful to know that the Father in heaven calls us His children despite our failings and fall downs.The Father also said to the eldest son .. " You are ever with Me ".. and that great truth is to us as well.

The Daily Pulse (Monday, June 2, 2014): Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV)

The Daily Pulse (Sunday, June 1, 2014): Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Job 21:7 (NIV)

HOW TO BE SAVED -- https://www.valueoftruth.org/saved.html

The Daily Pulse (Friday, May 30, 2014): Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you, saying, "This is the way; walk in it." Isaiah 30:21 (NIV)

Pastor Doug explains our reading from 1 Peter, an Epistle of hope for when everything around us is going wrong.

The Daily Pulse (Thursday, May 29, 2014): (Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth.) Numbers 12:3 (NIV)

IN ALL THESE THINGS - A message to encourage from Pastor Al Calderon - Barnabas Ministries....
www.BarnabasMinistriesMilwaukee.com

HE IS ALWAYS LOOKING OUT FOR YOU - A message to encourage from Pastor Al Calderon - Barnabas Ministries....
www.BarnabasMinistriesMilwaukee.com

Jesus sent out a sweet melody to the people as thy pressed upon Him to hear the Word of the Lord. Tune in and listen to what they discovered.

The Daily Pulse (Wednesday, May 28, 2014): Again they tried to seize him - but he escaped their grasp. John 10:39 (NIV)

The Daily Pulse (Tuesday, May 27, 2014): The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Psalm 19:1 (NIV)

Bethel’s Youth Band helps lead our Praise service and Guest Preacher, Lailssa Gemechis from Ethiopia, teaches from 1 Peter 2:2-10 explaining that Jesus is the Cornerstone of the people that God has created as a Kingdom of priests. In order for us to grow deeper in our spiritual lives, we need to take time to study, be in community, and stay focused.

All the men twenty years old or more who were able to serve in the army were listed by name, one by one, according to the records of their clans and families. Numbers 1:19-20 (NIV)

The Daily Pulse (Sunday, May 25, 2014): “This is what the Lord says—Israel’s King and Redeemer, the Lord Almighty: I am the first and I am the last; apart from me there is no God. Isaiah 44:6 (NIV)

God's punctuation, pt. 5 ... = waiting on The Lord - The Daily Pulse (Saturday, May 24, 2014): I waited patiently for the Lord; he turned to me and heard my cry. Psalm 40:1 (NIV)

The Daily Pulse (Friday, May 23, 2014): “In your anger do not sin”: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry... Ephesians 4:26 (NIV)

The Daily Pulse (Thursday, May 22, 2014): Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might... 2 Samuel 6:14 (NIV)