Harvest Bible Chapel-Woodhull

Spiritually Disabled pt. 1
John 5:1-9
Sunday, 6/12/22

1.  Being disabled just isn’t physical but it can also be spiritual v.1-5
2 Corinthians 4:3-4, “ If our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.  The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ.”
2.  Jesus offers us an opportunity to admit we need spiritual healing v.6
Psalm 142:1-2, “With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.  I pour out my complaint before him; I tell my trouble before him.”
3.  Hearing and responding to what Jesus says brings spiritual healing v.7-9
Isaiah 55:1-3, “Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. Why do you spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labor for that which does not satisfy? Listen diligently to me, and eat what is good, and delight yourselves in rich food. Incline your ear, and come to me; hear, that your soul may live.”
Jeremiah 15:16, “Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart.”
Hebrews 4:12, “For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.”

Questions and Answers in a time of suffering?
Various Scriptures
Sunday, 5/29/22

1.  Because God sovereignly and willfully causes or sovereignly and willfully allows suffering
2.  Because of the freedom to choose
Joshua 24:14, “Now fear the LORD and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your ancestors worshiped beyond the Euphrates River and in Egypt, and serve the LORD. But if serving the LORD seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve.”
Galatians 6:7-8, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”
3.  Because of sin and the curse
Romans 5:12, “Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all have sinned.”

Romans 1:28-32, “And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done.  They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, and malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips,  slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents,  foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless.  Though they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.” 
Genesis 3:17, God said to Adam “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it, cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you”
Romans 8:20-22, “All of creation was subjected to God’s curse, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption.  For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.”
So what do we do for now…
1.  Everyday entrust all you have and all you are into the hands of God
Psalm 46:1, “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear though the earth gives way, though the mountains be moved into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains tremble at its swelling.
Psalm 121:1, “I lift up my eyes to the mountains. From where does my help come? My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.”
2.  Everyday remember this is not my permanent home
Revelation 21:1-4, “Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth.  For the first heaven and earth had passed away.  Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.  He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.” 
And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making all things new!”

Essential Worship
John 4:20-24
Sunday, 5/15/22

1.  Worship isn’t about us nor for us but is for God to ascribe honor to him v.20-21
Romans 12:1, “I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God, this is your true spiritual worship.”
2.  Worship is about an intimate relationship with God v.22
3.  Worship is connecting both intellect and spirit to God v.23-24

Psalm 62:5-8

Effective Witnessing pt.2
John 4
Sunday, 5/1/22

1.  Avoid meaningless controversy
2.  Seek opportunities to have a spiritual conversation
3.  Be compassionate despite who they are or what they do
4.  Connect with someone right where they are at v. 10-12
5.  Stir their curiosity for what you have v.13-15
1 Peter 3:15, “But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.”
6.  Take a chance and present the gospel v.25-26
7.  Continuously realize spiritual opportunities are all around you v.28-35

Effective Witnessing pt.1
John 4
Sunday, 5/1/22

How to be an effective witness…
1.  Avoid meaningless controversy v.1-3
Titus 3:9, “But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, dissensions, and quarrels about the law, for they are unprofitable and worthless.”
2 Timothy 2:16, “But avoid irreverent babble, for it will lead people into more and more ungodliness, and their talk will spread like gangrene.”
2.  Seek opportunities to have a spiritual conversation v.4-7
3.  Be compassionate despite who they are or what they do v.7-9

John 4:1-15

Eternal Life pt.3
John 3:22-36
Sunday, 4/17/22

1.  If you want eternal life you have to get out of the way v.22-31
Genesis 3:18-19, “Cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life; thorns and thistles it shall bring forth for you; and you shall eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your face       you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
2.  If you want eternal life you have to accept the words of Christ as truth v.32-35
Titus 3:4, “When God our savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.”
Ephesians 2:8-9, “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.”
Galatians 2:15, “Yet we know that a person is made right with God by faith in Jesus Christ, not by works of the law. And we have believed in Christ Jesus, so that we might be made right with God because of our faith in Christ, not because of works of the law. For no one will ever be made right with God by works of the law.”
3.  If you want eternal life you have to believe in Jesus alone v.36