December 15, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Angels We Have Heard on High | Luke 2:1-15

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December 15, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Angels We Have Heard on High | Luke 2:1-15

Angels We Have Heard on High
Luke 2:1-15

December 08, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | The Bread of Life From the City of Bread | Matthew 2:1-21

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December 08, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | The Bread of Life From the City of Bread | Matthew 2:1-21

2nd Sunday of Advent: The Bread of Life From the City of Bread
Matthew 2:1-21

December 01, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Joseph - The Chain of Bondage is Broken | Matthew 1:18-25

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December 01, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Joseph - The Chain of Bondage is Broken | Matthew 1:18-25

1st Sunday of Advent | Joseph – The Chain of Bondage is Broken
Matthew 1:18-25

Was the virgin birth a demonstration the great power of God? Does a virgin birth show us that Jesus' birth was a prophetic miracle? These two views are often referenced by many as the primary reason for this strange and awesome phenomena. No matter what evidence can be produced, the virgin origin of Jesus’ birth will never be repeated, because it is not a simple freak of nature or simply a miracle. Jesus birth had to be of a virgin and of a seed that is divine. The great significance of Jesus’ virgin birth lies in how this physical event fulfilled a spiritual need which exists in all mankind. We see Joseph acting in a highly righteous manner toward Mary. Though his actions were noble from a human viewpoint, this would not bring about a remedy to the need of all mankind. Only a complete, God/man, a “New Adam,” could fulfill God’s great plan of redemption. Only by a virgin birth could God break the chain of sin and engage the chain of redemption.

November 24, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Sitting at Table with the Master | Mark 8:1-13

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November 24, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | Sitting at Table with the Master | Mark 8:1-13

Ministry to the Gentiles
Revealing the Kingdom of God Context | Mark 7:1 to 8:21

Sitting at Table with the Master
Mark 8:1–13

November 17, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | My Sheep Hear My Voice: Healed to Hear the Master | Mark 7:31-37

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November 17, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | My Sheep Hear My Voice: Healed to Hear the Master | Mark 7:31-37

The Gentile Campaign | Revealing the Kingdom of God Context | Mark 7:1 to 8:13

My Sheep Hear My Voice: Healed to Hear the Master
Mark 7:31-37

In his synoptic parallel Matthew gives a summary of this same missionary journey into the regions of Tyre and Sidon, Phoenicia, the land of the Gentiles. The people were amazed by the miracles and hearings that Jesus performed – upon Gentiles Mark links these verses chronologically with the previous section, both taking place in the regions of Tyre and Sidon. A great purpose being revealed by the Lord - Jesus is caring for the Gentiles by His words and His actions. And the fact that the Jewish Healer is healing them is the more strange and troubling part to them and to those following Jesus. As with the Syrian woman before, Jesus seems to be looking for something before He responds to the needs of these people. Mark specifically quotes Isaiah 35 which states: "The glory of Lebanon (this exact region) will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon; they will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God. Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped. Then will the lame leap like a deer, and the mute tongue shout for joy" (Isa.35:2-6). Jesus is not in the land of the Gentiles to find some time away from the Jews, He is there to seek and to save His people, those who will hear His voice. A new age is dawning, a new people is being formed, in Christ! The new covenant context is literally opening before this man’s ears and speech. He is being healed to hear his Master!

November 10, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Pilgrimage of Faith and the Faithfulness of God

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November 10, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Pilgrimage of Faith and the Faithfulness of God

                                               Roger and Marsha Melson

November 03, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Pilgrimage of Faith | Genesis 11:31-12:9

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November 03, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Pilgrimage of Faith | Genesis 11:31-12:9

                                               Roger and Marsha Melson

October 27, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Judgement Seat of Christ | 2 Corinthians 5:1-11a

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October 27, 2019 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Judgement Seat of Christ | 2 Corinthians 5:1-11a

                                               Roger and Marsha Melson

October 20, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | My Sheep Hear My Voice: The Children’s Bread | Mark 7:24-30

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October 20, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | My Sheep Hear My Voice: The Children’s Bread | Mark 7:24-30

The Gentile Campaign | Revealing the Kingdom of God Context | Mark 7:1 to 8:13

My Sheep Hear My Voice: The Children’s Bread
Mark 7:24-30

In this section Mark reflects upon Jesus' sudden exit from Galilee northward into the land of the Gentiles. The one hundred and fifty mile campaign began in the regions of Tyre and Sidon and then looped southeast through Caesarea and continued down into the region of the Decapolis, the ten cities. Here Jesus shocked his whole team of disciples as he ministered to the Gentiles and even conferred salvation upon them. Noteworthy is the Apostle John’s description of Jesus’ description of those who were His sheep: “I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me – just as the Father knows me and I know the Father – and I lay down my life for the sheep. I have other sheep that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock and one shepherd” (Joh.10:14-17). Jesus goes on to further clarify: “My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand” (Jon.10:27). As Jesus ministers to a Gentile woman, the words “I have other sheep” comes to an illumined clarity.

October 6, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | The Tradition of the Elders: Jesus Breaks Down an Ancient Citadel | Mark 7:1-23

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October 6, 2019 | Pastor John Bayles | The Tradition of the Elders: Jesus Breaks Down an Ancient Citadel | Mark 7:1-23

The Tradition of the Elders: Jesus Breaks Down an Ancient Citadel
Mark 7:1-23

After the feeding of five thousand in our last lesson, we watched Jesus quickly send His disciples away ahead of him (Mark 6:45). Jesus did this because He did not want the crowd, who was proclaiming Him being a worker of miracles, to seek to make Him a king by force (John 6:15). We noted that this was also an important event because it demonstrated that Jesus was confronting an eschatological issue as well. Namely that God’s Rule, The Kingdom of God was the central force of His mission. He was not coming to fulfill a Jewish Eschatological Hope. That hope was centered in the belief that one day the Messiah, the One whom Moses spoke about, would come and throw off Satan, the oppressor, (in this case Rome) from the political neck of Israel and rule the world from Jerusalem forever. Yes, Jesus, the Messiah was coming to bring about a great change, but a change initiated by God alone, not by the force of men. It would indeed include defeating Satan, but the oppressor Jesus came to defeat was not an earthly power, but Lucifer, the Prince and Power of the Air. Yes, Jesus came to establish a rule over His people, but a people redeemed buy the power of His destruction of sin and death at the cross. In this text of Scripture Jesus will confront a massive citadel of the Jewish tradition, the teaching of the elders of Israel, the great citadel of the Mishnah.