January 28, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Joyful Hope | Philippians 1:20-26

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January 28, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Joyful Hope | Philippians 1:20-26

The Joyful Hope
Philippians 1:20-26

Joy is the product of Paul’s assurance to the Phillipian church that he is more than safe in Rome. Ultimately, by the strength of their prayers and the presence of the Holy Spirit of Christ, His circumstances have brought him into the very bowels of the imperial palace. His imprisonment has given him the unique opportunity to preach the Gospel to the entire Praetorian guard and the word of this has spread throughout the entire imperial network. Paul is filled with joy over what has taken place in his recent past.

And Paul continues to be filled with joy because his heart is set on a continued deliverance with the view toward even returning to Philippi and coming into reunion with his dear friends, sharing the victories of the past and pressing on to even more fruitfulness of the Gospel in the future. But Paul’s trial and final sentence by Rome is the Elephant in the room. He goes on in today’s text to carefully express his joyful hope for an ultimate reunion with the Philippian believers, weather in this life or in the life to come.

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January 21, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Joyful Dilemma | Philippians 1:19-26

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January 21, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Joyful Dilemma | Philippians 1:19-26

The Joyful Dilemma
Philippians 1:19-26

Paul transitions to a new thought, but it is built upon what he has already discussed. It is built upon a renewal of joy within the apostle, because of the fruit his message has produced during his imprisonment in Rome. He is even more filled with joy, for the clarity, conviction and courage his message has produced in his disciples. They have come into a new relevance of their message and a calling, with boldness, to share the Gospel. Here is the fruit of his calling: That he might see disciples of Christ rise up an grow in personal belief and be fortified to share what they have received. As he stated in the letter to the Corinthians: “14 For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died. 15 And he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again. 16 So from now on we regard no one from a worldly point of view. Though we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! 18 All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: 19 that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation. 20 We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God. 21 God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:14-21). 

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January 14, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | For the Love of the Gospel | Philippians 1:12-18

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January 14, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | For the Love of the Gospel | Philippians 1:12-18

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January 7, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Bonds of Partnership | Philippians 1:1-11

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January 7, 2018 | Pastor John Bayles | The Bonds of Partnership | Philippians 1:1-11

December 31, 2017 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Triumphant Display of God's Gracious Covenant | Genesis 9:18-29

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December 31, 2017 | Pastor Roger Melson | The Triumphant Display of God's Gracious Covenant | Genesis 9:18-29

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December 24, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Accepting God's Plan | Matthew 1:18-25

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December 24, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Accepting God's Plan | Matthew 1:18-25


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December 17, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | The Prayers of St. Paul: Fanning the Flame of Your Calling - Part 4:“Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you” | 2 Timothy 1:12b - 14

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December 17, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | The Prayers of St. Paul: Fanning the Flame of Your Calling - Part 4:“Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you” | 2 Timothy 1:12b - 14


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December 10, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling - Part 3 | 2 Timothy 1:9-12

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December 3, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling - Part 2 | 2 Timothy 1:8-14

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December 3, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling - Part 2 | 2 Timothy 1:8-14

Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling | Part 2
2 Timothy 1:8-12

As before noted, Paul is writing to Timothy in Ephesus from a Roman prison. The tone from his first letter has changed dramatically. Paul has been in prison for up to 7 years. He has languished for this long time without any dramatic changes in his status. He has become weary and sick. There is trouble in Ephesus. Several of the elders and other preeminent persons have, in Paul’s absences begun to alter the message of the Gospel. This is not a hard thing to understand for the true nature of the Gospel is offensive. The Gospel’s message would be more acceptable if it were not for the need to admit ones utter sinfulness and the need for a Savior. This is highly true even for those who claim to be followers of he Way. From his own context of weakness, Paul draws from the calling he has received to stir up the calling in Timothy. What is the way to correction of error? Preach the Word with clarity and without compromise. Magnificent words for Timothy to hear and magnificent words for us today.

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November 26, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling - Part 1 | 2 Timothy 1:1-7

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November 26, 2017 | Pastor John Bayles | Prayers of St. Paul: To Fan the Flame of Your Calling - Part 1 | 2 Timothy 1:1-7

This is the last letter that the Apostle Paul will ever write (that has survived). The letters to Titus and Philemon follow the writing of Paul’s first letter to Timothy. Paul is writing to Timothy in Ephesus from a Roman prison. The tone from his first letter has changed dramatically. Paul has been in prison for up to 7 years. He has languished for this long time without any dramatic changes in his status. He has become weary and sick. He recognizes that his time is nearly over on the earth. He is reflective yet determined to finish his life in a firm faith and has tried to affirm, encourage, correct and warn those whom he has left to the work in the churches he established. His last letter is to Timothy shows us the Paul’s – weary, but not broken. This is his last letter to a dear son. What will he say? What will he leave with him? Paul rises to the occasion as he draws not from his current condition, but from his calling. He presses upon Timothy the importance of what resources he already has at his disposal: most critically, his inner calling to the ministry. From here Paul will continue to impress upon his young son in the Lord the foundations of calling to ministry.

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