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Sunday Sermons from Mountain View Church of the Nazarene
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Sunday Jun 19, 2022
Sunday Jun 19, 2022
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
What Nazarenes Believe the Bible Teaches about Healing
Text: James 5:13-18
Thesis: God has the power to heal supernaturally and through medical science.
a
1. It is God who does the work of healing.
A. We believe in “divine healing” not “faith healing”.
1. False teachers put the emphasis of healing more on the faith of the sick person.
2. Jesus said: “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as
small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, “Move from here to
there,” and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Matthew 17:20
B. Not every person who prays to be healed will be healed on this side of heaven.
C. We believe at times God chooses to heal supernaturally and sometimes through a
physician or a combination of both.
1. God gives intellect and abilities to people for the purpose of healing.
2. Luke, the writer of the books of Luke and Acts, was a physician.
“Our dear friend Luke, the doctor, and Demas send greetings.”
Colossians 4:14
3. “In New Testament times ‘oil’ may have been a natural medicinal
treatment used in cooperation with prayer.”
BBC Volume 10, page 246
“We believe in the Bible doctrine of healing and urge our people
to seekto offer the prayer of faith for the healing of the sick. We also believe God
heals through the means of medical science.”
Article XIV - Divine Healing; Nazarene Manual
2. Sickness can be traced indirectly to sin and sometimes directly or both.
A. The sin of Adam brought physical, mental, emotional, relational, and
spiritual damage to all humans.
1. We are born into the world as damaged goods.
2. A sinful lifestyle can bring greater harm to all aspects of our lives, such as
addictions and many other dysfunctional behaviors.
3. The majority of sickness in the world is of no direct fault of anyone.
3. “The Prayer of a righteous man (person) is powerful and effective.”
(Vs. 16b)
A. “Righteous” meaning a “Born-Again” (John 3:16), Spirit-filled believer of Jesus
Christ.
B. Many Christians have power they are not aware of.
1. James is referring to Spirit filled laymen too, not just clergy.
2. So pray, pray, pray! “Prayer is the key to power”, meaning when we pray we release
the power of God.
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
WORSHIP SERVICE
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
The Be-Attitudes in Managing Wealth
Text: James 5:1-6
Thesis: God calls every Christian to manage the wealth he has given them and not to let wealth
control us.
a
1. Be - Generous to others… avoid selfish living!
A. Save but “Don’t hoard wealth.” (Vs. 3)
“Earn all you can, give all you can, save all you can.”
John Wesley
“When a man becomes a Christian, he becomes industrious, trustworthy and prosperous.
| Now, if that man when he gets all he can and saves all he | can, does not give all he can, I have more hope for |
| Judas Iscariot than for | that man!” |
John Wesley
B. Exercise a charitable heart. (See Luke 6:37-38)
“A generous man will prosper; he who refreshes others will himself be
refreshed.”
Proverbs 11:25
“A greedy man brings trouble to his family.”
Proverbs 15:27
C. Selfish living is the opposite of Godliness.
“He who is kind to the poor lends to God.”
Proverbs 19:17
2. Be - Honest in obtaining money… avoid stealing!
3.
“Thou shalt not steal.”
Exodus 20:15
3. Be - Faithful to your employees… avoid withholding pay!
“Do not withhold good from those who deserve it, when it is within your power to give.”
Proverbs 3:27
4. Be - Generous toward God… avoid loving money.
5.
A. Jesus said: “You cannot serve both God and money.”
See Matthew 6:19-24
B. The Apostle Paul states: “The Love of money is the root of all evil.”
1 Timothy 6:10
1. He did not say money was evil. It is only an economic tool.
C. The BIG question: “Not, how much of my money will I give to God, but, how much of
God’s money will I keep for myself?”
John Wesley
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
WORSHIP SERVICE
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
Sunday Jun 05, 2022
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Trusting in the Lord with Your Whole Heart
Text: James 4:13-17
Thesis: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called
according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
1. Do not be overconfident in self, or circumstances or other people.
* “Now listen, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and
make money.” James 4:13
A. Do not be afraid of life, but be careful.
B. Be careful in where you put your trust.
1. Jesus commands us not to build our life upon the sand of life. See Matthew 7:24-27
2. The “sand” of life includes the following popular and dangerous practices:
* The pursuit of money.
* “Do not wear yourself out to get rich…”
Proverbs 23:4
* Rushing into business deals.
* “My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have struck hands in pledge for another…”
Proverbs 6:1-5
* Trusting unstable people.
* “… he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does.” James 1:8
C. The wisest of people cannot predict the future.
* “Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow.” James 4:14
1. We cannot guarantee that we will even be alive tomorrow.
* “What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes.” James 4:14b
2. Humans at best can only make an educated guess about tomorrow’s plans.
2. We can trust in God because he is “omniscient” (He knows all things).
* God knows the future:
* “For those God foreknew…” Romans 8:29
* God knows our thoughts:
* “Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD.” Psalms 139:4
* God knows our lifestyle:
* “For a man’s ways are in full view of the LORD, and he examines all his paths.” Proverbs 5:21
* God knows the number of our days:
* “All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. Psalms 139:16
* God knows the date of Christ’s return:
* “No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.”
Matthew 24:36
3. We must quit trying to convince God to come over to our side and bless our decisions.
A. Instead we must seek to know God and his will, and walk in it.
B. Instead you ought to say the following:
* “If it is the Lord’s will, we will live and do this or that.” As it is, you boast and brag. All such boasting is evil. Anyone,
then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.” James 4:15-17
C. The predecessor of Moses learned this valuable lesson from an Angel. See Joshua 5:13-15
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 29, 2022
WORSHIP SERVICE
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Ryan Schwin
Sunday May 29, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
WORSHIP SERVICE
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Sunday May 22, 2022
Sunday May 22, 2022
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
“The Main Thing...”
Text: James 4:7-10; Romans 13:11
Thesis: James, in keeping with the theme of the other New Testament writers, is calling all
believers, to take their relationship with Christ with the utmost seriousness.
1. “Submit yourselves then, to God. (Vs. 7a)”
A. Submission, to most people, is a repulsive request and very challenging.
B. God is calling believers to surrender their heart, soul, mind, and strength to Him. This
encompasses their will and affections!
* “He answered, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul
and with all your strength and with all your mind…” Luke 10:27
C. Submission to God, through Jesus Christ, is the only path to eternal life.
* “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him
shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
* “Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except
through me.” John 14:6
D. Submission to God is not just a “one time event” but a daily
acknowledgement of our need for God and our allegiance to God.
2. “Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. (Vs. 7b)”
A. The devil is a real being and not a figment of someone’s imagination.
* “Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion
looking for someone to devour.” 1 Peter 5:8
B. The devil is not to be feared but resisted.
* “I can do everything through him (Christ) who gives me strength.”
Philippians 4:13
| C. When we resist the devil, he cannot stand up against the Holy Spirit of God lives within you. He will flee. |
that powerfully |
3. God promises you and I, that if we “come near to God, he will come near to you.” (Vs. 8a)
A. This is a great promise that we need to exercise daily.
1. Stand on the promises of God!
4. “God is calling all Christians to become very serious about their salvation. (Vss. 8b-10)
A. When it comes to repentance, a sense of remorse is a sign of sincerity.
* The Apostle Paul also states: “And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has
already come for you to wake up from your slumber, because our salvation is nearer now
than when we first believed.” Romans 13:11
B. If “we humble ourselves before the Lord, he will lift us up.” (Vs. 10)
“The Main Thing is to keep the Main Thing the Main Thing!”
Sunday May 15, 2022
Sunday May 15, 2022
WORSHIP SERVICE
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan