MAY 30, 2021 | PASTORN JOHN BAYLES | THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP: A CALL TO HUMILITY | MARK 9:30-40

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MAY 31, 2021 | PASTORN JOHN BAYLES | THE CALL TO DISCIPLESHIP: A CALL TO HUMILITY | MARK 9:30-40

The Call to Discipleship: A Call to Humility
Mark 9:30-40

Our text picks up today as Jesus and His disciples continue their journey around the area between the city of Bethsaida and the region south of Caesarea Philippi – the lands of the Gentiles (note: 8:22-27). Recently, during this trip Peter declared that Jesus was the Messiah, in one breath. In the next breath, Peter rebuked Jesus for making the claim that He would soon suffer, die and be raised from the dead in Jerusalem. To which Jesus said to him, “Get behind me Satan. You do not have in mind the concerns of God, but merely human concerns.” Soon after this event, Jesus took Peter, James and John with Him to the top of a high mountain and was transfigured before them, speaking with Elijah and Moses. After suggesting that they build three shrines, Peter was again corrected, this time by the Almighty with the words, “This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” Coming down from the mountain, they found the other disciples arguing with the Pharisees and with a man whose son had an impure spirit, which they could not cast out. After casting out the demon, Jesus decided to bring the disciples home from the journey. It was time for some rest and needed, concentrated instruction.

MAY 23, 2021 | PASTOR ROGER MELSON | HE BELIEVED THE LORD (PART 2) | GENESIS 15:1-6

 

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MAY 23, 2021 | PASTOR ROGER MELSON | HE BELIEVED THE LORD (PART 2) | GENESIS 15:1-6

    In Genesis 14 Abram, with an army of 318, overwhelms an army of possibly 10,000 in number, as he rescues Lot from his captivity. As the chapter closes, he is reminded by Melchizedek that it was the Lord who gave him this great victory. As Chapter 15 opens, "the word of the Lord" comes to Abram as he has questions regarding the fulfillment of the Lord's promise that he and Sara will have a son. The Lord affirms His promise will be fulfilled by giving him a visual sign. Upon this confirmation given, it is said "he believed the Lord."

    For the first time in Scriptures, this word "believe" (having faith) is used. In today's message we will explore why this word is used here in this context. We will explore the word "believe," considering its meaning and the characteristics of faith. Finally, we will briefly explore how it came to pass in Abram's life and how it is birthed in the lives of those who believe.

I hope that this message bring glory to God and is an encouragement to you!

                                                    Roger and Marsha Melson

MAY 16, 2021 | PASTOR ROGER MELSON | THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS | LUKE 11:1-4

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MAY 16, 2021 | PASTOR ROGER MELSON | THE GLORY OF GOD IN THE PRAYERS OF HIS SAINTS | LUKE 11:1-4

The Westminster Larger Catechism has as its first question, "What is the chief and highest end of man?" The answer is: "Man's chief and highest end is to glorify God and fully to enjoy Him forever." That which is mentioned foremost is to glorify God. This theme, to glorify God, is mentioned in the Old Testament in Psalms 86:9. The Apostle Paul states that his focus was to glorify God in all things. The driving passion of the Lord Jesus, our chief example, was to glorify the Father. If in our daily lives that is also to be our chief end/goal, then how much more should that be true of our communications with God in prayer?

In Luke 11, when Jesus was asked by his disciples to teach them how to pray, the Lord taught them what we call the Lord's Prayer. Jesus began his instruction by teaching them to have the glory of God foremost in their minds. It is not just His glory that we should first mention in protracted prayer, but it is His glory that should be the over-arching principle in all of prayer itself.

In today's message, we will attempt to briefly consider the different divisions found in the Lord's Prayer considering the glory of God and how our prayers should be framed by that mindset.

                                                 
                                               Roger and Marsha Melson

MAY 02, 2021 | PASTOR JOHN BAYLES | THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST | JOHN 17:20-26

 

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MAY 02, 2021 | PASTOR JOHN BAYLES | THE MESSAGE OF CHRIST | JOHN 17:20-26

What Jesus is praying for in this text is of the greatest importance.  He is praying for those who will carry the message to others and, in turn, for those who will carry the message throughout the ages.  What is the substance of their message, and our message today?  The message which Jesus is underscoring is a powerful message of love and redemption.

March 15, 2020 | Pastor Roger Melson | He Believed the Lord | Genesis 14:17-15:6

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March 15, 2020 | Pastor Roger Melson | He Believed the Lord | Genesis 14:17-15:6

                                               Roger and Marsha Melson

March 8, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Down the Mountain: Wait for Jesus to Arrive | Mark 9:14-29

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March 8, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Down the Mountain: Wait for Jesus to Arrive | Mark 9:14-29

Down the Mountain: Wait for Jesus to Arrive
Mark 9:14–29.

Jesus and His disciples are still in the region of Caesarea Philippi, the land of the Gentiles. They had been to the mountaintop, the “sacred mountain” (2Pet.1:17, 18), as Peter would later call it. They had seen the Lord transfigured and heard the voice of God. In contrast, now they were coming down from the mountaintop into a familiar world, a fallen world of sin, sickness, hopelessness and death. The contrast will continue to heighten as they are reunited with the other disciples who they find entangled in a great struggle with the Pharisees and the people. The disciples have no power or remedy for what they are facing – until Jesus arrives. This is the key to the passage and to all of life for believers. Wait for Jesus to arrive!

March 1, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Down the Mountain: Clarifying the Eschatological Players | Mark 9:9-13

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March 1, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Down the Mountain: Clarifying the Eschatological Players | Mark 9:9-13

Down the Mountain: Clarifying the Eschatological Players
Mark 9:9-13

From the moment of Peter’s confess: “You are the Messiah” (Mar.8:29), the disciples’ world began to change. In reality, the view of world they had lived in began to change. They had lived in a world of false teaching and deception. That world was controlled by an “adulterous and sinful generation” (Mar.8:38). They are witnessing the coming of the Kingdom of God in the coming of the Jesus, the Messiah. The disciples had misunderstood the person of the messiah and a proper understanding of the Kingdom (Rule) of God; they had misunderstood the cost of their calling to be disciples of Christ; and they had especially missed the mission and method of the Messiah’s coming. In this text today, Jesus will clarify the two main persons in God’s eschatological plan: John the Baptist and Himself.

February 23, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Revelation from the Holy Mountain | Mark 9:2-10

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February 23, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | Revelation from the Holy Mountain | Mark 9:2-10

Revelation from the Holy Mountain
Mark 9:2-10

February 16, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | The Coming of the End | Mark 9:1

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February 16, 2020 | Pastor John Bayles | The Coming of the End | Mark 9:1

The Coming of the End
Mark 9:1

Eschatology is the study of the end. Today it is largely viewed as the end of our current world. In recent years past, especially since WW2, it was pictured for us in terms of total nuclear annihilation – the end of our world and that of all mankind by global nuclear war. This view lasted about fifty years and in some places continues to be the view of the end of the world. More recently, in the last twenty year a new trend has risen – global warming in being presented as the terminal enemy of all mankind. For twenty years, we have been told daily that “in the next ten to twelve years, the earth will cease to exist” – because of global warming. Global warming in the the focus of our lesson today.

Since time began, people of all ages have held strong views of the end of the world. In Jesus’ day the Jewish people had a very simple view of the end of the world. It was a powerful and universally held view by the Jewish people. It was believed consistently for over a thousand years. And, it was simple. From creation and the fall Satan had ruled the earth. One day, God would send His Messiah, destroy Satan's rule, and the Kingdom of God would begin. The Messiah would rule the entire world through the Messiah and every enemy of God would yield to His power forever. In this text today, Jesus introduces this subject to His small band of disciples and states to them in no uncertain terms that this rule would begin “immediately, “during their lifetimes” “and as visible as a flash of lightning from one end of the sky to the other.”

February 9, 2020 | Pastor Roger Melson | Christians in Conflict | Genesis 14:8-19

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February 9, 2020 | Pastor Roger Melson | Christians in Conflict | Genesis 14:8-19

                                               Roger and Marsha Melson