Thanksgiving Eve Service 11/23/22

11/20/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: The Word in the Beginning - John 1:1-18

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11/20/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Matt Lambert
Speaker: Steve Estes Scripture: John 1:1-18
Title: The Word in the Beginning

Notes:

1. In the beginning...
A. The Word existed
B. The Word was with God
C. The Word was God

2. The "Logos" (Word)
A. Pagan understanding of "The Logos"
i. John: "Let me tell you about this Word"
B. Jewish understanding of "The Logos"
i. John: "Through the Word all things were made"

3. Summary

4. Applications
1. God smiles on creativity in presenting the gospel to non-Christians
2. You cannot reach God except through Jesus
3. Your savior is mysterious
4. To stand before him...
i. in judgment: indescribably awful
ii. accepted: thrilling beyond words

#John #theWord #JesusChrist

11/13/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Help with Being Holy: When My Sanctification is Stuck - Psalm 130

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11/13/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Psalm 130
Title: Help with Being Holy: When My Sanctification is Stuck
Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes

Notes:

1. Psalmist's situation: "Out of the depths..."
A. Description of depths
B. Result of depths

2. Psalmist "cries out"

3. Psalmist waits for the Lord

4. What waiting looks like
A. Psalmist waits intensely
B. Psalmist reminds himself of what he knows of God
i. Forgiveness
ii. Unfailing love

C. Psalmist helps others before he gets relief

Closing song: "Tired" by Linda Rich

Benediction: "Now to him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood,...to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen." -Revelation 1:5-6

#Psalms #sanctification #waitingforGod

11/6/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Son of David, have mercy on me! - Mark 10:46-52

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11/6/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Mark 10:46-52
Title: Son of David, have mercy on me!
Worship Leader: John Sletta
Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus

Notes:

1. Previously in Mark...
A. Jesus predicts His betrayal, humiliation, death, and resurrection
B. James and John request the most honorable spots

2. Bartimaeus, son of Timaeus
A. Not given his own name
i. Bar means "son"
B. Begged for a living because of his blindness
C. Invisible to society

3. Jesus, Son of David
A. Came to serve
B. Bartimaeus knew he had nothing to offer Jesus
C. James and John thought they had something to offer Jesus
D. Bartimaeus calls, Jesus hears. Jesus calls, Bartimaeus runs to Him

4. Conclusion
A. When God calls, He creates in us what He's looking for
B. When people around us overhear our conversations, do they hear about Jesus?
C. If you are unsaved, run to Jesus, for He is calling

#Mark #Bartimaeus #Jesuscalling

10/30/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: The Sheep and the Goats - Matthew 25:31-46

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10/30/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Matthew 25:31-46
Title: The Sheep and the Goats
Worship Leader: Dave Stoltzfus
Speaker: Steve Estes

Notes:

1. Scene of the last day of the world
A. A great bringing together of all nations
B. Angels
C. The Son of Man (Jesus Christ)
D. All will sense what's happening

2. Purpose of the gathering
A. Two groups
B. Gathered as nations, divided as individuals
C. All will sense the purpose and the results of the event

3. Sheep are addressed first
A. The King speaks directly to them
B. "You who are blessed by my Father"
C. Element of surprise
D. Destiny of the sheep

4. Goats are addressed next
A. The King speaks directly to them
B. "You who are cursed"
C. Element of surprise
D. Destiny of the goats

5. Applications

Benediction

"Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him." -Revelation 1:7

"Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come." -Matthew 24:42

Grace to all who love his appearing. Amen.

#endtimes #Matthew #sheepandgoats

10/23/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: A Gift to Groaning and Growing Christians - Romans 7:14-25

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Worship Leader: Mike Culbert
Speaker: Matt Carter
Scripture: Romans 7:14-25
Title: A Gift to Groaning and Growing Christians

Notes:

1. Paul discusses the biggest barrier to our Christian growth
A. We believe God's standards are very good
B. We grieve as we recognize how far short we fall of those standards

2. Paul is talking about himself as a Christian in this passage
A. How Paul describes his pre-Christian life is different from how he describes himself here
B. Paul expresses genuine delight in God's law throughout this passage
C. Paul uses the present tense when describing his conflict with sin

3. The gift in the passage
A. Every Christian experiences conviction over their sin

4. The struggle with our sinful nature
A. We delight in the nourishment we get from scripture
B. As we grow in our relationship with Christ, we begin rejecting what He despises
C. As scripture reveals the depths of our sin, we grieve our revealed predicament
D. Christ's sacrifice on the cross is enough to atone for all our sins, not just the sins we're currently aware of
E. Through Christ's sacrifice, we are made righteous. Our sinful nature is now foreign to us

Benediction: And now, may the love of God the Father who sent his Son so that you could be made perfect in him. May the love of Jesus Christ, who's cross is sufficient to cover every failure: past, present, and future. And may the sweep presence of the Holy Spirit who takes these things and makes them fully yours be with you all. Amen

#strugglewithsin #Romans #sanctification

10/16/2022 Worship Service & Sermon: Means of Grace: Parents - Deuteronomy 6:1-9

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Title: Means of Grace: Parents
Worship Leader: Andew Hageman
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:1-9

These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. Hear, O Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, promised you.

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.

Notes:

1. General Principle: Major way God blesses kids spiritually is through parents
A. We hear most conversions are by age 12
B. Proverbs 22:6: "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old(comma) he will not turn from it."

2. Kids thrive spiritually only as parents take their own spiritual lives seriously
A. God addresses parents instead of their kids

3. For parents to take spiritual life seriously, they must grow in their understanding of God
A. Gained through the Bible
1. Parents grow to understand the Bible as they gather in church
2. Parents grow to understand the Bible as they study it at home

4. For parents to take spiritual life seriously, they must actually love and fear God
A. Parents must have a fear of God
B. Parents must have a love for God

5. If kids are to thrive spiritually, parents must make their spiritual training at the core of their family life
A. Deeply stamp God's Word on the minds of your children
B. God gets personal about this
C. What "impressing" looks like

10/9/22 Worship Service and Sermon: A Life Transformed by Forgiveness - Luke 7:36-50

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10/9/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50
Title: A Life Transformed by Forgiveness
Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus Speaker:
Andrew Hageman

Notes:

1. The characters
A. The woman
a. Woman of ill repute
b. Genuinely repentant

B. Simon the Pharisee
a. Man of high standing
b. Silently judgemental

2. The interactions
A. Simon: interested, but not committed
a. "interviews" Jesus
b. sacrifices an evening and the cost of a dinner

B. The woman: completely sold out for Jesus
a. places her entire hope on Jesus
b. sacrifices her expensive perfume and her livelihood

3. The parable
A. Simon: no perception of his need for forgiveness
B. The woman: sees her need for forgiveness
C. Both owe a debt they have no hope of paying

4. Application
A. Who do we judge like Simon judges?
B. Do we have this type of embarrassing, overwhelming love through repentance?
C. If you are born again, rejoice in the repayment of your debt by Christ on the cross.

#Luke #Forgiveness

10/2/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: The Means of Grace: Other Christians - Hebrews 10:23-25

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10/2/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Hebrews 10:23-25
Title: The Means of Grace: Other Christians
Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: Steve Estes

Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

Notes:

1. Great danger in Hebrews: Leaving the Christian faith
A. Falling away
B. Objection: I could never drift
C. Objection: True Christians can't lose salvation

2. Great need: Perseverance in the Christian faith

3. How Christians persevere in the faith
A. Encouraging one another
B. Spurring one another
C. Meeting together

4. Why Christians neglect meeting together
A. Persecution
B. Attraction to the world
C. Dissatisfaction with their church
D. Weariness, laziness
E. Prefers private study of scripture
F. Family and/or friends

5. Meeting together grows more urgent as Jesus' return draws nearer

Benediction: So do not throw away your confidence; it will be richly rewarded. You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he was promised. -Hebrews 10:35-36

#perseverance #Hebrews #congregation

9/25/2022 Worship Service & Sermon: Why Did God Give The Ten Commandments - Exodus 19:9, 16-18, 20:1-22

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9/25/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Matt Carter
Speaker: TJ Waldy
Scripture: Exodus 19:9, 16-18, 20:1-22
Title: Why Did God Give The Ten Commandments

Notes:

1. God gave the Ten Commandments to reveal His character
A. God's Holiness
B. God's Goodness
C. God's Humble Immanence

2. God gave the Ten Commandments to expose Human Nature
A. We are unholy
B. We are presumptuous
C. We don't want to be made holy by God

3. God gave the Ten Commandments to exalt His mediator
A. Moses at Mount Sinai
B. Christ at Calvary

Closing Contemplation: And Can it Be, that I should Gain? (Charles Wesley)

And can it be that I should gain an interest in the Savior's blood? Died He for me, who caused His pain? For me, who Him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be that Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

He left His Father's throne above, so free, so infinite His grace; Emptied Himself of all but love, and bleed for Adam's helpless race; 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, for O my God, it found out me!

No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in Him is mine! Alive in Him, my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach the eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ my own.