Gleanings From Grace

TEXT: John 1:35-42

INTRODUCTION: An Ordinary Man That Was Extraordinary.  I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but most of us would be classified as ordinary people. By that I mean, most of us have never been or never will be listed in the Bluebook of society or Who’s Who. Most of us are not even listed in Who’s Not.  There are few of us, if any, Phi Beta Kappa’s, Val Dictorian’s, All-American’s, or Miss America’s. I doubt there are any Nobel Peace Prize winners among us. Most of us were not born with a silver spoon in your mouth. Most are not from the aristocracy. Most of us would be like the fellow who said, ONE OLE BOY SAID “I wasn’t born in a log cabin like some of the great men of our country, but I want you to know that just as soon as my family could afford one, we bought it and moved in!”
Most of us are just plain, old, down-right, everyday ordinary people. But then, most everybody else is ordinary. Now if that is discouraging listen to what ILL. One Writer Said “Most of Christ’s followers must remain unknown to fame. They must live a simple life, a thing of routine. Few take notice of them. Thus they live day by day, not idly or unprofitably, indeed, but in a small place-until the end come. {Read More…}

TEXT:  (Isaiah 9:6) Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace

INTRODUCTION: Christians have struggled with war for centuries.

Before Jesus came, all good people wrestled with war and the existence of evil. The Bible is not silent on this subject. Many people have used the bible to give validity to their Understanding’s of war. {Read More…}

Text: (Matthew 16:13-18)–13. When Jesus came into the coasts of Cae-sa-re-a Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?  14. And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Eli-jah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the phophets.  15. He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?  16. And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.  17. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jo-na: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.  18. And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. {Read More…}