Name: August 24 2025 - Submission to rulers by Jim Sparks
Duration: 25 min 1 s
Description: Rulers, government, the powers that be. They are always with us. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad. Sometimes awful. Sometimes cruel and despotic. But how do we, as followers of Jesus Christ, respond to them? Fight? Rebel? Give in? Conform? These are some of the questions that we will be looking at in this message.

The Book of Revelation in the Bible is one of the most analyzed, debated, and argued about in the Christian Church. 
But what is its fundamental message? What is God trying to say to us through all of these visions of locusts, horsemen, beasts, and everything else? 
In this talk we explore the fundamental "Message of the book of Revelation".

May 18 - The message of the book of Revelation

Jesus regularly spoke about the Kingdom of God/Heaven. He spoke about its importance, and how we should be willing to give up everything to gain it.
But just how valuable is the Kingdom of God to us, and are we willing to pay the price of discipleship? 
That is the challenge we look at in this message.

May 25 How valuable is the kingdom of God to you

The blessings that Jacob gives to his sons in Genesis 49 are strange, mostly because most of them aren't "blessings" at all. Most of them are quite negative and suggest negative consequences for his sons. Why does he do this, and what are the meanings of the blessings here, as well as the blessings of Moses in Deuteronomy 33? We explore that in this message.

June 1 2025 The blessings of Jacob

Who was Peter? What was he like? Why is he important? Was he any different than we are, and what can we learn from his successes, and his failures? As we begin our study of Peter's letters, let's first look at Peter, the man.

June 8 2025 - Peter - the man

Before we begin to look at the "nitty gritty" of 1 Peter, let's first step back and get an overview of the entire book. What was Peter's major theme, and how was he seeking to encourage those who read this letter to respond to the challenges that they were facing? That is what we explore in this message.

Jun 15 2025 - The message of 1 Peter

"Life wasn't meant to be easy", or so a former politician once told us. And we know that life isn't easy. But how do we face the struggles and problems of life. This is one of the things that Peter addresses in his entire letter, and the topic of this message.

July 27 2025 - A life of Praise and struggle

The New Testament writers often talk about how something written in the Old Testament was "fulfilled" in the life and ministry of Jesus. In this message we are going to examine what the prophets knew, didn't know, and wanted to know as they spoke and wrote.

August 3 2025 - The work of the prophets

Peter's letters are not simply to give us information, or to fill our heads with facts. They are, instead, written to help us to know how to live as followers of Jesus Christ. In this message, and over the next few weeks, we will be looking at what Peter says about "living" as followers of Jesus in this world.

August 10 2025 - Living as obedient Children

Why did God save us? Is it merely to make sure that we get into Heaven one day, or does God have something greater in mind for us, and from us? That is what we look at in this message from 1 Peter 2:4-10.

August 17 2025 - A holy priesthood

Rulers, government, the powers that be. They are always with us. Sometimes good. Sometimes bad. Sometimes awful. Sometimes cruel and despotic. But how do we, as followers of Jesus Christ, respond to them? Fight? Rebel? Give in? Conform? These are some of the questions that we will be looking at in this message.

August 24 2025 - Submission to rulers

Jim Sparks

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