Sermons on Hearing the Word (Page 3)
Understand The Sovereignty (Zechariah Part 1)
God starts out the Book of Zechariah by reminding Israel that everything He has said has come to pass. His Word has endured, but the fathers are all gone. He promises to return to Jerusalem to dwell in His people in truth and holiness – if they will hear and obey. That promise endures today and we can escape judgment by taking shelter in Him.
Message of Truth & Hope
When the Spirit and Presence of God is within us, He can get us to the right place at the right time with the right message. Churches are distracted and weak, fighting each other over doctrinal issues while the real enemy rages and is robbing people of peace and hope. Put off the old man and be renewed so if you’re the one person standing between heaven and hell in a…
Tremble At His Word
The Jews didn’t understand the covenant was about to end because they weren’t close enough to God to hear His voice and because they weren’t interested in giving up their kingdoms for His. The Christian Church is in much the same position today. The covenant is about to end, and most Christians have no understanding of that. We’re preoccupied with big buildings and…
Angels Ascending and Descending
Jacob’s ladder was a picture of God’s messengers in communication with Him. If we’re to have truth, we must be in a place where the angels are ascending and descending teaching us about the power and sufficiency of Christ that the world may see Him in us.
Protect Your Oil
The Devil wants to fight against the testimony of God in the real people of God, compromising the witness in a Man of God. Finding fault erodes a person’s ability to hear through the man God sends to bear witness of Him.
Believing
We need to come to the place where we believe, truly believe, the things that God is saying. When we come to that place, God can use us to speak to those around us what He would say to them were He standing there when they need Him. A need specific word straight from Him through the mouth that He has given us. Time with God strips us of the hardness and unbelief that…
Thunder
God speaks like thunder. When you hear thunder, you’re close to the rain. God saves our soul and we doubt that He’ll get us through our Christian experiences, but the sound of thunder throughout the Bible tells us there’s nothing He can’t do, nothing we need that He can’t provide.
Binding the Strong Man (Part 2)
The tool that Jesus used to bind the strong man is the same one we’re to use today – the Word of God. Lies of the strong man bind us up, The truth breaks the power of the strong man and sets us free. The strong man in us could be anger, fear, addiction; whatever it is, we can pray about it. God knows how to get us to the place where the Word stops the strong man. He that…
Binding the Strong Man (Part 1)
Pastor Ricley is asked to explain what it means in Matthew and Mark to “bind the strong man”. He explains the meaning of those Scriptures by talking about how Jesus undermined the strong man in His day, how the church needs to bind the strong man today and how we each make choices about who the strong man is in our homes.