Posts by Lakeside Fellowship (Page 9)

Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge. ~James 4:11 Our corrupted and sinful nature is expressed in many forms and in many ways, but perhaps none are so widespread and prevalent slander and evil speaking. To defame and tear down others with…

Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. ~Romans 5:1 In the fifth chapter of Romans, Paul points out some benefits and results of being justified by faith; not the least of which is we are at peace with God. He goes on to explain how we also have access into the grace of God (v. 2), we now rejoice in the prospect of sharing in God’s glory (v. 2),…

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. ~James 4:1,2 This letter written by James has been a call to examine your life for evidence of true salvation. The title of the sermon series Pastor chose couldn’t have been…

What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? ~James 4:1 Part of James’ purpose for this letter is to call professing Christians to test their faith to see if it is a genuine saving faith. It is also a warning for true believers against worldliness creeping in and influencing their lives. The issue James addresses in these opening verses of chapter 4 are an indicator of the…

But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial and sincere. And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace. ~James 3:17,18 Mankind is capable of great intellectual accomplishment, but seeing through the cloud of our own desires, biases, presumptions, and sin comes not from within, but without; it takes wisdom. Wisdom is being able to see from God’s perspective and then using…

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, ~Romans 2:23,24 When once our hearts are awakened to the truth of our own sin against God and our need for salvation, understanding we can be made right and reconciled to God as a free gift certainly comes as “Good News.” Salvation and forgiveness of sin is indeed a precious gift…

but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ~James 3:8 There have been times when I have said something which I immediately regretted. Every so often my old sin nature will rise to the surface and in the heat of the moment I will say something that I must apologize for later. How is it the same tongue which we use to praise God and to read aloud the Holy Scriptures…

Ladies Summer Dessert Social “Let us think of ways to motivate one another to acts of love and good works.  And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.” Heb. 10:24-25  Many ladies of Lakeside Fellowship had the opportunity to share at our summer dessert social how they have been encouraged by other believers or how they have encouraged others. One of…

I will sing of the steadfast love of the Lord, forever; with my mouth I will make known your faithfulness to all generations. ~Psalm 89:1 It was a blessing that Pastor Dave and Deb could take some time off this past month and just get away, but it was great to have him back preaching again Sunday morning! I was very eager to hear what he was going to bring back from his sabbatical and pointing us towards the eighty-ninth…

In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. ~1 John 4:10 In our ongoing series for Communion Sunday, Big Words – Deep Truths, Nathan preached on the word “propitiation.” On the day we remember the body and blood of Jesus being given to save sinners, you couldn’t have picked a better word to spend time meditating on and getting a better grasp…

I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish. So I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome. ~Romans 1:14,15 I pray you heard from the message I preached on Sunday that as recipients of God’s undeserved grace we are in debt, not to God, but to people. What the Apostle Paul realized was that it was his un-deservedness and his non-qualification for God’s grace…

“Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’” ~John 3:7 For Christians, there are few things that are more misunderstood than the work of regeneration and the new birth. Pastor Nemmers explained how this passage in John chapter 3 is perhaps one of the most misunderstood passages in the Bible. Why? I believe the reason so many misunderstand or look past the clear teaching in this passage is because it lays the responsibility and act…

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” ~Matthew 3:13,14 There are times when we read Scripture and wonder about what was said or done because we do not immediately understand God’s point in it. As we read of the account of the baptism of Jesus, we see that sometimes those people involved in…