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Sunday Sermons from Mountain View Church of the Nazarene
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Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Stand Firm In your Faith
Part II
Text: Ephesians 6:1-20 (vs 13-17)
Thesis: God has been calling believers to “Stand Firm” from the beginning and not to panic and run.
- Stand Firm in your Faith in God through Jesus Christ. (Vs 14)
“By keeping themselves ‘strong in the Lord’, that is equipping themselves with God’s armor, Christians can successfully win the fight against the forces of evil. This is Paul’s assurance.” (BBC, Eph. Page 262)
- With God and keeping His battle strategy, we can win!
“I have read the last chapter of the Bible and we win” (Unknown)
* “If God is for us, who can be against us?” (Romans 8:31)
* “I can do all things through Christ who gives us strength.” (Philippians 4:13)
- Paul proclaims that God commands all Christians to “put on the full armor of God.” (Vs 13)
- “The Belt of Truth” (vs14a)
- Philosophies, traditions, reason, and creeds fail but the Truth of God will withstand all opposition and the test of time.
* “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isaiah 55:9)
* “In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.” (Judges 21:25)
- Be aware of those who teach “situational ethics.”
- Be aware of those who no longer teach the “Absolutes of God”
- Be aware of those who teach “secular humanism.”
* “Jesus said, But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.” (John 16:13)
- “The Breastplate of Righteousness.”
- The only real righteousness we have is due to our relationship with Christ.
* “All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.” (Isaiah 64:6)
“William Barclay writes, ‘When a man (person) is clothed in righteousness he Is impregnable. Words are no defense in accusation, but a good live is.”
- Guard your heart, it is a vital organ, by putting on the “Breastplate”.
- Religious leaders in Paul’s day had great head knowledge but hard hearts.
* Jesus told the religious leaders, “But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire
mercy, not sacrifice.’ (Matthew 9:13)
* “Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold,”
(Mathew 24:12)
- “The Sandals of the Gospel” (vs 15)
- A well fit sandal (shoe or boot) gave the soldier a stability that produced peace in battle. (Do not be caught bare footed in battle.)
- The peace of the Gospel allows you to live in a state of readiness and not panic when you are called upon to share the “Good News”.
* “How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings, who proclaim salvation, who say to Zion, “Your God reigns!” (Isaiah 52:7)
* “And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!” (Romans 10:15)
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Jayson Martindale
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
Wednesday Oct 20, 2021
by Pastor Jayson Martindale
The God of the Mulligan
Text: Luke 19:1-10
Thesis: “Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope: Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. (Lamentations 3:21-23).”
- Zacchaeus had notoriety in Jericho.
- “A man was there by the name of Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy (Luke 19:2).”
- Zacchaeus had a poor reputation as a tax collector and sinner.
- “All the people saw this and began to mutter, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner (Luke 19:7).”
- From the beginning of his ministry, Jesus dealt with misrepresentation and notoriety.
- “Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in the Law, and about whom the prophets also wrote—Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.” “Nazareth! Can anything good come from there?” Nathanael asked. “Come and see,” said Philip (John 1:44-46).”
- Jesus saw beyond Zacchaeus’ sins and shortcomings.
- Jesus invited himself over to dinner!
- “When Jesus reached the spot, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, come down immediately. I must stay at your house today (Luke 19:5).”
- Jesus saw Zacchaeus not for who he was, but who he had the potential to be.
- “But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart (1 Samuel 16:7).”
- Zacchaeus was changed by his encounter with Jesus.
- “So he came down at once and welcomed him gladly (Luke 10:6).”
- Zacchaeus was given a Mulligan, an opportunity to make things right!
- “But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord! Here and now I give half of my possessions to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody out of anything, I will pay back four times the amount (Luke 10:8).”
- Zacchaeus went above and beyond what was expected to bring reconciliation.
- Zacchaeus’ sincere heart of repentance led him to Salvation.
- “A seeking sinner had met a seeking Saviour.” Beacon Bible Commentary
- “Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man, too, is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
- When we partner with Jesus, we help fulfill his mission to save people like Zacchaeus.
- “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor (Luke 4:18-19).”
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
Sunday Oct 10, 2021
By Pastor Chuck Ryan
“Finally, Be Strong in the Lord”
Part I
TEXT: Ephesians 6:10-13
ACTION STEP: Do an inventory of your Spiritual readiness so that you will be a mighty warrior for Christ.
I. The Christian must rely upon the strength of the Lord to defeat Satan” (vs 10)
A. “Finally”, means not in conclusion, but from this time on.
1. To succeed spiritually we must consciously choose to be pro-active in our faith – with conviction.
2. Practical Steps:
a. Enroll in a Sunday School class, deception is on the rise.
b. Commit to a specific prayer time, prayer is the key to power.
c. Be actively involved in a ministry, don’t soak and sour.
Worship together as a family, the family is in crisis.
II. The Christian must put on God’s armor for spiritual battle. (vs. 11&13)
A. “Put on the full armor of God,
so that when the day of evil comes,
you may be able to stand your ground,
after you have done everything to stand,” (vs13)
B. Be alert to the “devil’s schemes.”
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around as a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.” ( I Peter 5:8)
1. The subtle traps of Satan. (Read Ephesians 5: 3-7)
2. Satan has never created anything; he only perverts the things of God.
C. Apostle Paul warns “For Satan himself masquerades as an Angel of light.” (2 Cor. 11:14)
D. Jesus warns about conditions prior to His return.
"Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap. For it will come on all those who live on the face of the whole earth. Be always on the watch, and pray that you may be able to escape all that is about to happen, and that you may be able to stand before the Son of Man." (Luke 21:34-36)
III. The Christian’s struggle is not against their spouse, children, employer, employee, political leadership or their neighbor, but the “devil”. (vs12)
“Pray for those who persecute you.”
-Jesus
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
Saturday Oct 09, 2021
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
by Pastor Chuck Ryan
A Witness in the Workplace
Ephesians: 6: 5-9
Text: “Serve wholeheartedly as if you were serving the Lord, not
men.” (vs7)
I. The Apostle Paul addressed an ancient custom that had the potential for
abuse.
Dr. George Lyons writes, “The slave-master relationship completes Paul’s instruc-
tions for the Christian household (see Col3:22-4:1; 1 Pet 2:18-25). In the ancient
world, slaves were considered as much a part of a family as husbands, wives, chil-
dren, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and other extended family.” (NBBC, Ephesians,
page 206)
A. It was a totally different structure in Paul’s day than the horrors of the type of slavery
that existed in early America.
•“But if your servant says to you, “I do not want to leave you,” because he
loves you and your family and is well off with you, then take an awl and push
it through his earlobe into the door, and he will become your servant for life.
Do the same for your female servant.” (Deuteronomy 15:16-17)
1. The Servant often loved the family structure and chose to stay on as a
servant.
2. It would be closer in description to our “Employer/Employee” relationship.
3. However, Paul addressed the potential for abuse in both these roles.
II. The Apostle Paul told the “employee to obey his employer with respect
and fear and with sincerity of heart as you would obey Christ.” (vs 5)
A. “Obey them not only to win their favor when their eyes are on you.” (Vs 6)
B. “Serve wholeheartedly as if you were serving the Lord, not men.” (Vs 7)
1. “Because you know that the Lord will reward everyone for whatever
good he does, whether he is an employee or employer.” (Vs 8)
III. “And employers, treat your employees in the same way.” (Vs 9a)
A. “Do not threaten them, since you know that He is both their master and yours is
in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him” (vs 9b)
B. God sees the employer and the employee as having the same value. They are
both made in the image of God.
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan, "Involved Fathers"
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
Thursday Oct 07, 2021
by Chuck Ryan
Involved Fathers
Text: Ephesians 6:4
Thesis: The involvement of the father in the child’s life is critical to their spiritual, mental,
emotional, and social development.
I. “Fathers do not exasperate your children”. (vs 4a)
A. Un-kept promises exasperate children.
1. Children love to be with their dads.
2. Children get their hopes up.
B. Children look to their fathers for confirmation. Give them a nod, a smile, a pat on the back or a
verbal compliment for the job well done. This will go a long way in saying, “That’s my girl!!!” or
“That’s my boy!!!”
1. Boys learn how to be men from their dads.
2. Girls learn how to respect themselves as women, from their dads.
II. “Fathers bring your children up in the training and instruction of the Lord”. (vs4b)
A. Children learn to understand and accept God’s love from their father’s involvement in their lives.
1. A child’s self-esteem is developed as they understand that their parents love and adore them.
a. To a child, their parent is larger than life,
b. A child’s assessment of themselves is not determined by what they think of themselves but what
they think the most significant person in their lives think about them.
c. Dad, do your children know that you love and adore them?
B. Fathers verbally instruct your children about the things of God.
1.Do not leave the important things of life up to chance.
(Deuteronomy 6:1-9)
“You must learn to love God more than me.” DAD
C. Fathers instill a Godly value system with your child through example.
D. Fathers let your children hear you pray.
E. Fathers pray with your child and give them an opportunity to pray in your
presence.
1. Affirm their prayers!
F. Fathers take an active role in the disciplining of your children. 1. Do not make mom look like the
“bad guy”.
• “For what son is not disciplined by his father. If you are not disciplined (and everyone undergoes discipline),
then you are illegitimate children and not true sons. Moreover, we have all had human fathers who disciplined
us, and we respected them for it. How much more should we submit to the Father of our spirits and live! 1Our
fathers disciplined us for a little while as they thought best; but God disciplines us for our good, that we may
share in his holiness. 1No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a
harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it”. (Hebrews 12:7-11)
G. Fathers have fun with your children.
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sermon by Pastor Chuck Ryan, "This is a Profound Mystery"