There are many things in life that we do not control at all. There are other things in life that we have some control and influence on. However, there are very few things that we have total control over and one of them is being faithful. We control our faithfulness to God, but we do…
Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ
This is the essence of the Great Commission to every obedient believer in every biblical church. Jesus made His instructions to us very clear in His message to His disciples before He returned to Heaven and to each of the apostles who recorded it in Holy Scripture for us. The first step in the matter…
Any human can love with human love. Since we humans are created in the image of God, we have the capacity to be loving because God is love as stated in I John 4:8. However, due to our sinful nature in our lost condition and our sinfulness as sinners, our capacity to express God’s love…
This month we have been spending much time talking about God’s love available to us through faith in Christ and a personal relationship with Him. We are told to receive the gift of His love and continue in His love and abide in His love to fully enjoy the benefit of His love for us…
God has much to say to us in His Word in regards to this vital truth of loving one another. If you were to do a word study on the phrase “one another” you would find some very interesting truths in Scripture of how God wants us to relate to each other for His glory.…
Twenty times in nineteen verses in nine books of the New Testament in the King James Bible, these words are used together. God has repeated this statement so many times for us humans to get the understanding of how seriously He wants us to take this command in His Word. Everywhere we go, every single…
In our staff meeting this past week, we looked at this truth just as we did last Sunday evening in our evening worship service. It is my prayer, and I hope the prayer of us all, that we will continue in the work of the Lord here on this earth in the ministry He has…
In the beginning, God created mankind in His image. God sent His only begotten Son into the world to make redemption possible for mankind in paying the debt of their sins against God for them. Every life has value because it is created by God and for God’s glory. Sin brings destruction into our lives…
As individual followers of Jesus Christ who are gathering together in this assembly, it is my prayer that we will all continue in God’s Word this year. That is part of what God is inspiring Paul to record here for the benefit of young Timothy. It is clear when Paul reminds Timothy that he knows…
II Timothy 3:14 “But continue thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them;” Welcome to the first Lord’s Day worship of Summerville Baptist Church for this new year of 2025. This year our ministry theme is “CONTINUE” and that is our goal; to continue…