Book: John

Who is qualified to come to Jesus and be saved? What does it mean to actually be a Christian? If you come to Jesus, will He ever refuse to save you? We might not say it out loud, but often our hearts doubt the answers the Bible gives to these questions.

The Lord has given us seven “sayings” that Jesus uttered while He was on the cross. Some are very understandable, such as, “I thirst.” And some are beyond our finite minds to fully comprehend especially when he cried out to His Father, “why have You forsaken Me?” As Martin Luther said, “God forsakes God! How can it be?” Join us for our Good Friday service and find out more about these seven sayings and how they can powerfully enhance your worship as you consider the last words of our Savior before committing His spirit into the Father’s hands.

It is a self-evident axiom that “as the leadership of a church goes, so goes the church.” That is true for just about anything that requires someone, or someone’s at the helm, taking the ship, or business, or nation, or a local church in one direction or another. It is also true that a fast way to destroy a church is to install the wrong men into the two primary offices of the church, which are her elders and deacons. Some wise sage once said, “All leadership works; good leadership works well, and bad leadership works badly.” The most important factor for church leadership is men who are walking in the Spirit and deeply dependent upon Christ’s power, by His Spirit within, to lead biblically and take the church in the direction that God would have it go. This message on this occasion has to do with that very issue. God’s men leading God’s church for God’s glory.