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Sunday Sermons from Mountain View Church of the Nazarene
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Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Sunday Aug 02, 2020
Pastor Chuck Ryan
Jesus asked, “Who do you say that I am?”
Text: Mark 8:27-30
Thesis: God is calling believers to have a mature understanding of the nature of Jesus Christ so that they can be His “Ambassadors” to a lost world.
- Jesus is concerned that people have correct knowledge of who he is. (vss27-18).
- Jesus asked, “Who do they say that I am?”
- Jesus was concerned about people in general knowing who He was.
- Christians should ask, “do the people I am visiting with know that Jesus is God and why he came?”
- Jesus is God!
- “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” (John 1:1)
- Jesus became flesh and blood!
- “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
- Jesus came to seek and save!
- “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost." (Luke 19:10)
- God has called all Christians to be His “ambassadors”.
- “We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ's behalf: Be reconciled to God.” (2 Cor. 5:20)
- Because God is calling us, it is a high calling!
- God himself, is “making his appeal through us.”
- Jesus is concerned that his disciples have a correct understanding of who he is. (vs29)
- Jesus asked a second question, “Who do you say that I am.”
- Peter answered the question correctly.
- “You are the Christ (or Messiah)”
- Jesus’ primary concern for his disciples was for them to have a clear understanding of who he was and why he came. (See answer above)
- Jesus would be leaving in a few short years and it was vital that his disciples have a clear understanding of his divine nature and his desire to be the savior of the world.
- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John14:6)
- Jesus desires for his disciples to grow in the knowledge of him. (See Ephesians 4:1-16)
- “until we all reach unity in the faith and in the knowledge of the Son of God and become mature, attaining to the whole measure of the fullness of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:13)
- “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 1:6)
- Not being immature and being tossed about.
- “Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown here and there by every wind of teaching and by the cunning and craftiness of people in their deceitful scheming.” (Ephesians 4:14)
- “Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness.” (Hebrews 5:13)
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Sunday Jul 26, 2020
Pastor Chuck Ryan
God Loves YOU!
Text: Mark 8:22-26
Thesis: Jesus restores sight to a blind man in stages because of this man’s individual needs!
- Jesus was considerate to this blind man by healing him in two stages.
- “Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village.” (23a)
- The “people begged Jesus to touch the blind man.” (vs1)
- There is something powerful in the act of touching.
- Practice the art of affection where it is deemed appropriate.
- Your family members should know your touch.
- In an appropriate manner be affectionate with your Church family.
- “Greet one another with a holy kiss.” (2 cor. 13:12)
- “Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but exhort him as if he were your father. Treat younger men as brothers, older women as mothers, and younger women as sisters, with absolute purity.” (1 Timothy 5:1-2)
- Jesus possibly recognized a weakness in the man that required him to be healed in two stages.
“That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Cor.12:10)
1. If in our weaknesses we turn to Jesus, then we will be strong.
“I can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives me strength.”
(Philippians 4:13)
- Jesus did not heal everyone in the same manner because he sees us as unique individuals.
- God loves YOU!
“I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful; I know that full well.” (Psalms 139:14)
- God tells Jeremiah “"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations." (Jeremiah 1:5)
- The hymn writer writes, “While you were on the cross, I was on your mind.
- God may bless us according to our uniqueness.
- God may discipline us according to our uniqueness.
III. Jesus demonstrates that “God’s Grace is sufficient in the time of need!
- God taught this principle to the Apostle Paul.
“But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.” (2 Cor.12:9)
- The greater the need, the greater the grace.
- So, do not fear the present day or the future.
- This is a Biblical principle that God wants us to apply to our lives.
“But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.” (Matthew 6:33-34)
- God has the power to heal both physical and Spiritual blindness.
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
Sunday Jul 19, 2020
“Do You Have Eyes to See?”
Pastor Chuck Ryan
Text: Mark 8: 14-21
Thesis: God desires for His disciples to be keenly aware of the realities of life on this side of heaven in preparation of Christ’s return!
- “The disciples had forgotten…” (vs14)
- The disciple’s minds were focused on temporal things, their next meal.
- Jesus was concerned about His disciple’s minds being perverted by the false doctrine being taught by the Pharisees.
- “Jesus warned, ‘Be careful, watch out for the yeast of the Pharisees and that of Herod.” (vs vs15)
- The Apostle Paul warns young Timothy, “Watch your life and doctrine closely.” (1 Timothy 4:16)
- For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.” (2 Timothy 4:3)
- The disciples were confused and failed to remember that Jesus had just demonstrated he had the power to feed the multitudes.
- “Do not Fear”!
- Jesus was alarmed at the disciple’s dull mindedness. (Read vs. 17-18)
Jesus asked, “Do you have eyes but fail to see?”
- “Do you have eyes to see” that “Jesus is God the Son” the creator and sustainer of all life.
- This is our Father’s World.
“For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse.”
(Romans 1:20)
- “The fool says, in his heart there is no God.” (Psalms 14:1)
- “Do you have eyes to see” that this world is not heaven.
- Jesus makes is it clear that you will have enemies. (See vs 15)
- However, because of knowing Jesus we can have peace. "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (John 16:33)
- “Do you have eyes to see” that your family is a gift from God to be cherished and prepared for the second coming of Christ.
“Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.” (1 Timothy 5:8)
- Caring for and loving your families is a Spiritual priority
- Place a greater value in your family than your profession and hobbies.
- The love you share with your family in Christ Jesus becomes eternal.
III. Jesus is still asking his disciples today the same question he asked his first disciples, “Do you still not understand?” (vs21)
- Jesus is calling Christians today, prior to his returning, to wake up to the Spiritual realities we face. And to no longer be so “dull minded” that all we can see is temporal needs.
“As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man. For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark; and they knew nothing about what would happen until the flood came and took them all away. That is how it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.” (Matthew 24:37-39)
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church.
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Trust and Go!
Pastor Jayson Martindale
Text: Genesis 12:1-4
Thesis: “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going.”
- Hebrews 11:8
Abraham was called by God to go into the unknown.- The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you (Genesis 12:1).”
Trusting God means following his will without knowing the outcome.- Example: A young pastor at a small town church.
- “By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, even though he did not know where he was going (Hebrews 11:8).”
- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight (Proverbs 3:5-6).”
- “Your faith must extend the lead in your pencil (Quoted by Chuck Ryan).”
Abraham was promised a blessing for following God’s call.- “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing (Genesis 12:2).”
If we are doing God’s will, he will meet all of our needs.- “And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him (Matthew 6:7-8).”
- Example: George Müller.
- “George Müller takes thought of the orphan, and has accomplished in his own way a substantial work that must secure for him the respect of all good men, whatever may be the form of their religious faith.” -Charles Dickens
- “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus (Philippians 4:19).”
III. Abraham chose to follow God, when he had every reason not to.
- “So Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he set out from Harran (Genesis 12:4).”
If we are doing what God asks us to do, we can trust him with the outcome.- Example: Olive Winchester
Abraham Waited 25 years to see the beginning of God’s promise fulfilled.- “Now the Lord was gracious to Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah what he had promised. Sarah became pregnant and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised him. Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore him. When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God commanded him. Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him (Genesis 21:1-4).”
- “Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as it had been said to him, “So shall your offspring be (Romans 4:18).”
Let us trust God and go to the people and places that need his unyielding love!- ...being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus (Philippians 1:6).”
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
WORSHIP SERVICE video and audio recorded live at Mountain View Church on June 28, 2020.
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Sunday Jul 05, 2020
Freedom To Do Good!
Pastor Jayson Martindale
Text: 1 Corinthians 10:23-24
Thesis: “When I accepted Christ in my heart I began to step into the freedom that Christ gives! And now it is my heart’s desire to share this love, this tangible freedom… I have decided to take this time to choose freedom. To show up every day and follow exactly what God is putting down.”
- Dana Seward
Where Does Our Freedom Come From?- Our Freedom comes from the blood of Jesus Christ!
- “You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demon- strates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:6-8).”
- Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit…” (Excerpt from a Prayer of President George Washington)
- We receive liberty from the burden of sin, and relief from the wrath of God!
1. “Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him! (Romans 5:9)”
How do we use our Freedom?- The blood of Jesus does not give us a pass to continue in immorality.
- What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may in - crease? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer (Romans 6:1-2)
- We can use our freedom to help or to harm.
- “Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any ten- derness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind (Philippians 2:1-2).”
- “The happiest people are those who do the most for others. The most miserable are those who do the least.” (Booker T. Washington)
- “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” (Galatians 5:13)
III. Are we willing to Limit our Freedom for the benefit of another?
- Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others (Philippians 2:3-4).”
- “You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love.” (Galatians 5:13)
- Just because I can, doesn’t mean I should!
- “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish what is now being done, the saving of many lives (Genesis 50:20).”
- Is it beneficial? Is it constructive?
- “A freedom which is enjoyed at the expense of detriment to others cannot be really beneficial to oneself. Paul declares that a Christian has the ab- stract and theoretical right to whatever is not itself sinful, but considera- tions of expediency and of the welfare of others place practical limits upon this liberty.” (Beacon Bible Commentary, 1968)
- For no man who lives at all lives unto himself. He either helps or hinders all who are in anywise connected to him.” (Frederick Douglass)
- “Now a slave has no permanent place in the family, but a son belongs to it forever. So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed (John 8:35-36).”