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Apr 30, 2023

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April 30, 2023 | Tim Keith
"Marriage: Created by God"

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭3‬-‭9‬‬
Some Pharisees approached him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife on any grounds?” “Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female, and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.” “Why then,” they asked him, “did Moses command us to give divorce papers and to send her away?” He told them, “Moses permitted you to divorce your wives because of the hardness of your hearts, but it was not like that from the beginning. I tell you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another commits adultery.”

God Created Mankind

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭4‬‬
“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that he who created them in the beginning made them male and female,

God Created Marriage

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭5‬-‭6‬‬
and he also said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’? So they are no longer two, but one flesh. Therefore, what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Marriage is a relationship where one man and one woman enter into a lifetime covenant before Creator God.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭25‬‬
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself for her

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭28‬‬
In the same way, husbands are to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭22‬-‭24‬‬
Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord, because the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church. He is the Savior of the body. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭5‬:‭31‬-‭33‬‬
For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh. This mystery is profound, but I am talking about Christ and the church. To sum up, each one of you is to love his wife as himself, and the wife is to respect her husband.

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God’s Design for Marriage
Matthew 19:1-8

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭19‬:‭1‬-‭8‬‬
Now when Jesus had finished these sayings, he went away from Galilee and entered the region of Judea beyond the Jordan. And large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so.

1. How does Jesus respond?

2. How does God define marriage?

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭1‬:‭27‬-‭28‬‬
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. And God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

‭‭Genesis‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬‬
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.

3. What are God's purposes for marriage?
a. Procreation
b. Companionship
c. Picture his love and faithfulness to us

Istrouma Baptist Church (BR)
Apr 23, 2023

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April 23
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April 23, 2023 | Tim Keith

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‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3‬:‭11‬‬
He has made everything appropriate in its time. He has also put eternity in their hearts, but no one can discover the work God has done from beginning to end.

1. God created you and me to live forever.


2. God created 2 forever places.

‭‭John‬ ‭14‬:‭2‬-‭3‬‬
In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you? If I go away and prepare a place for you, I will come again and take you to myself, so that where I am you may be also.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭25‬:‭41‬‬
“Then he will also say to those on the left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels!

3. You choose your forever place.

‭‭Deuteronomy‬ ‭30‬:‭19‬‬
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,

4. You must make your choice now.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭3‬:‭23‬‬
For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God;

For all have sinned

‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭2‬:‭8‬-‭9‬‬
For you are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from yourselves; it is God’s gift —  not from works, so that no one can boast.

‭‭Romans‬ ‭6‬:‭23‬‬
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

The wages/payment of sin is death

How can a sinful person enter Heaven where God allows no Sin?

‭‭Romans‬ ‭5‬:‭8‬‬
But God proves his own love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Christ died for us

‭‭Romans‬ ‭10‬:‭9‬-‭10‬, ‭13‬‬
If you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. One believes with the heart, resulting in righteousness, and one confesses with the mouth, resulting in salvation. For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.

A commitment is required
- Confess
- Believe
- Receive


How to receive Christ:
- Realize your sinfulness – (Romans 3:23)
- Realize sin’s penalty – (Romans 6:23)
- Realize what Jesus did for you – (Romans 5:8)
- Receive Jesus as your Savior & Lord – (Romans 10:9-10)


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That Day
Acts 2:36-41

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭41‬‬
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭36‬-‭41‬‬
Let all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.” Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.” And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬‬
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

1. What did they hear?

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭22‬-‭24‬‬
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭29‬‬
“Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about the patriarch David that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭32‬‬
This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

2. How did they respond?

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬‬
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭38‬‬
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭41‬‬
So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.

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Apr 23 – 25, 2023

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23 de Abril, 2023
Ciudadanos del Cielo en la Tierra
Daniel 1:1-8
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‭‭S. Juan‬ ‭17‬:‭15‬-‭16‬‬
No ruego que los quites del mundo, sino que los guardes del mal. No son del mundo, como tampoco yo soy del mundo.

‭‭Daniel‬ ‭1‬:‭1‬-‭8‬‬
En el año tercero del reinado de Joacim rey de Judá, vino Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia a Jerusalén, y la sitió. Y el Señor entregó en sus manos a Joacim rey de Judá, y parte de los utensilios de la casa de Dios; y los trajo a tierra de Sinar, a la casa de su dios, y colocó los utensilios en la casa del tesoro de su dios. Y dijo el rey a Aspenaz, jefe de sus eunucos, que trajese de los hijos de Israel, del linaje real de los príncipes, muchachos en quienes no hubiese tacha alguna, de buen parecer, enseñados en toda sabiduría, sabios en ciencia y de buen entendimiento, e idóneos para estar en el palacio del rey; y que les enseñase las letras y la lengua de los caldeos. Y les señaló el rey ración para cada día, de la provisión de la comida del rey, y del vino que él bebía; y que los criase tres años, para que al fin de ellos se presentasen delante del rey. Entre estos estaban Daniel, Ananías, Misael y Azarías, de los hijos de Judá. A estos el jefe de los eunucos puso nombres: puso a Daniel, Beltsasar; a Ananías, Sadrac; a Misael, Mesac; y a Azarías, Abed-nego. Y Daniel propuso en su corazón no contaminarse con la porción de la comida del rey, ni con el vino que él bebía; pidió, por tanto, al jefe de los eunucos que no se le obligase a contaminarse.

1. Presión para cambiar mi forma de pensar sobre el mundo (Daniel 1:3-8)

Podemos ser diferentes... Negándonos a comprometer nuestra integridad.

2. Presión para cambiar la forma de vivir mi fe (Daniel 1:5, 8)

Podemos ser diferentes... al ajustarnos a las Escrituras, no a la cultura.

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April 9, 2023 | Micah Cating

Can I Trust the Church?

7 Signs of a Trustworthy Church

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭42‬-‭47‬‬
And they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. And awe came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were being done through the apostles. And all who believed were together and had all things in common. And they were selling their possessions and belongings and distributing the proceeds to all, as any had need. And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.

1) Preaching and Teaching
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching — Acts 2:42

2) Fellowship
They devoted themselves to… fellowship. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts — Acts 2:42, 46

3) Membership
All the believers were together. — Acts 2:44

4) Stewardship
They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. – Acts 2:45

5) Worship
Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, 47 praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. Acts 2:46, 47

6) Obedience
They devoted themselves— Acts 2:42

7) Mission
Everyone was filled with awe at the many wonders and signs performed by the apostles... And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved. — Acts 2:43, 47

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Can I Trust the Bible?
Hebrews 10:23-25

‭‭Hebrews‬ ‭10‬:‭23‬-‭25‬‬
Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.

1. The Bible is RELIABLE. 2 Peter 1:21
* The UNIQUENESS of the Bible.
* The HISTORICAL ACCURACY of the Bible.
* There are HISTORICAL SECULAR writers that confirm the events of Scripture.

2. The Bible is INSPIRED by God. 2 Timothy 3:16
* The INERRANCY of the Bible.
* The PROPHECIES of the Bible.

3. The Biblical church was ESTABLISHED by God!
* Hold to the HOPE we PROFESS.
* INSPIRE one another to LOVE & GOOD DEEDS.
* Congregate to ENCOURAGE one another.

16 de Abril, 2023
La Revelacion del Reino
Mateo 6:9-10
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‭‭S. Mateo‬ ‭6‬:‭9‬-‭10‬‬
Vosotros, pues, oraréis así: Padre nuestro que estás en los cielos, santificado sea tu nombre. Venga tu reino. Hágase tu voluntad, como en el cielo, así también en la tierra.

¿Qué es cultura?
Se refiere a un grupo de la comunidad que comparte experiencias comunes que moldean la manera en que sus integrantes entienden el mundo.

¿Por qué es importante la cultura?
Porque Influencia sus puntos de vista, sus valores, su humor, sus esperanzas, sus lealtades, sus preocupaciones y sus miedos.

Implicaciones de una cultura
- Toda evaluación de una cultura depende de un conjunto de valores.
- Desde la perspectiva cristiana, todo lo que está aislado de la centralidad de Dios es malo.
- Desde el paradigma cristiano, Dios mediante su gracia derrama cosas buenas sobre todos.
- Algunas posturas culturales son más reprensibles que otras.
- El ser humano es propenso a corromper todas las cosas buenas.
- Toda cultura es cambiante.

¿Qué es el Reino de Dios?
El Reino de Dios es, su gobierno, su autoridad, sobre toda su creación, no tiene límite de frontera, todo el universo es el Reino de Dios, es la voluntad y dominio que Dios ejerce sobre lo que Él mismo ha creado.

¿Por qué es importante el Reino de Dios?
Jesús dijo: “Padre nuestro que está en el cielo (en otras palabras, Rey nuestro que está en el cielo, en tu trono de gloria), venga tu reino, hágase tu voluntad en nuestras vidas…

¿Quién ejerce autoridad en el Reino de Dios?
Dios quiere ejercer autoridad sobre tu vida, sobre tu matrimonio, noviazgo, sobre tu vida laboral, en tus estudios, en tu Familia.

¿Cómo se establece la Cultura del Reino?
- A través de la iglesia de Cristo.
- No se puede vivir en una nueva cultura y disfrutar de ella si no renuncia a la cultura de la cual procede.
- Nuestro testimonio tendrá una razón de ser, porque el Reino de Dios va a permear todas las estructuras, culturas y valores.
- El Evangelio del Reino confronta la cultura, y establece principios y propuestas que transforman esa cultura. “oíste que fue dicho… pero yo os digo”.

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April 9 l Easter at Istrouma
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April 9, 2023 | Tim Keith

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭22‬-‭24‬‬
“Fellow Israelites, listen to these words: This Jesus of Nazareth was a man attested to you by God with miracles, wonders, and signs that God did among you through him, just as you yourselves know. Though he was delivered up according to God’s determined plan and foreknowledge, you used lawless people to nail him to a cross and kill him. God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭32‬-‭41‬‬
“God has raised this Jesus; we are all witnesses of this. Therefore, since he has been exalted to the right hand of God and has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit, he has poured out what you both see and hear. For it was not David who ascended into the heavens, but he himself says: The Lord declared to my Lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool.’ “Therefore let all the house of Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Messiah.” When they heard this, they were pierced to the heart and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what should we do?” Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call.” With many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, “Be saved from this corrupt generation!” So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added to them.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭24‬‬
God raised him up, ending the pains of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by death.

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭28‬:‭13‬‬
and told them, “Say this, ‘His disciples came during the night and stole him while we were sleeping.’

They Were Eye Witnesses

‭‭Acts‬ ‭1‬:‭3‬‬
After he had suffered, he also presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭6‬‬
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬-‭6‬‬
For I passed on to you as most important what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the Twelve. Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers and sisters at one time; most of them are still alive, but some have fallen asleep.

‭‭2 Peter‬ ‭1‬:‭16‬‬
For we did not follow cleverly contrived myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ; instead, we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

They Were Transformed

‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭19‬-‭20‬‬
When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord.

The Tomb Was Empty

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April 9 l Easter at Istrouma
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The Event That Changed Everything
Acts 2:22-24

‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭21‬‬
But we had hoped that he was the one to redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

‭‭Luke‬ ‭24‬:‭24‬‬
Some of those who were with us went to the tomb and found it just as the women had said, but him they did not see.”

‭‭John‬ ‭20‬:‭4‬-‭9‬‬
Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus’ head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭22‬-‭24‬‬
“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know— this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.

Christianity was an event before it was a religion, philosophy, or ideology.

‭‭Acts‬ ‭2‬:‭37‬-‭38‬‬
Now when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭3‬-‭7‬‬
For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭14‬-‭15‬‬
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified about God that he raised Christ, whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.

‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭15‬:‭17‬-‭19‬‬
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.

Istrouma en Español
Apr 9 , 2023

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9 de Abril, 2023
Un encuentro con el Cristo Resucitado
Lucas 24:13-35
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‭‭S. Lucas‬ ‭24‬:‭13‬-‭35‬‬
Y he aquí, dos de ellos iban el mismo día a una aldea llamada Emaús, que estaba a sesenta estadios de Jerusalén. E iban hablando entre sí de todas aquellas cosas que habían acontecido. Sucedió que mientras hablaban y discutían entre sí, Jesús mismo se acercó, y caminaba con ellos. Mas los ojos de ellos estaban velados, para que no le conociesen. Y les dijo: ¿Qué pláticas son estas que tenéis entre vosotros mientras camináis, y por qué estáis tristes? Respondiendo uno de ellos, que se llamaba Cleofas, le dijo: ¿Eres tú el único forastero en Jerusalén que no has sabido las cosas que en ella han acontecido en estos días? Entonces él les dijo: ¿Qué cosas? Y ellos le dijeron: De Jesús nazareno, que fue varón profeta, poderoso en obra y en palabra delante de Dios y de todo el pueblo; y cómo le entregaron los principales sacerdotes y nuestros gobernantes a sentencia de muerte, y le crucificaron. Pero nosotros esperábamos que él era el que había de redimir a Israel; y ahora, además de todo esto, hoy es ya el tercer día que esto ha acontecido. Aunque también nos han asombrado unas mujeres de entre nosotros, las que antes del día fueron al sepulcro; y como no hallaron su cuerpo, vinieron diciendo que también habían visto visión de ángeles, quienes dijeron que él vive. Y fueron algunos de los nuestros al sepulcro, y hallaron así como las mujeres habían dicho, pero a él no le vieron. Entonces él les dijo: ¡Oh insensatos, y tardos de corazón para creer todo lo que los profetas han dicho! ¿No era necesario que el Cristo padeciera estas cosas, y que entrara en su gloria? Y comenzando desde Moisés, y siguiendo por todos los profetas, les declaraba en todas las Escrituras lo que de él decían. Llegaron a la aldea adonde iban, y él hizo como que iba más lejos. Mas ellos le obligaron a quedarse, diciendo: Quédate con nosotros, porque se hace tarde, y el día ya ha declinado. Entró, pues, a quedarse con ellos. Y aconteció que estando sentado con ellos a la mesa, tomó el pan y lo bendijo, lo partió, y les dio. Entonces les fueron abiertos los ojos, y le reconocieron; mas él se desapareció de su vista. Y se decían el uno al otro: ¿No ardía nuestro corazón en nosotros, mientras nos hablaba en el camino, y cuando nos abría las Escrituras? Y levantándose en la misma hora, volvieron a Jerusalén, y hallaron a los once reunidos, y a los que estaban con ellos, que decían: Ha resucitado el Señor verdaderamente, y ha aparecido a Simón. Entonces ellos contaban las cosas que les habían acontecido en el camino, y cómo le habían reconocido al partir el pan.

1. Nos muestra la ceguera espiritual de la humanidad (13-16)

2. Nos muestra la falta de esperanza de la humanidad (17-24)

3. Nos muestra el amor de Jesús por la humanidad (25-35)

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Istrouma Baptist Church (ASC)
Apr 2, 2023

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April 2 l Drop Your Nets
Welcome! We're glad you've joined us today for our Sunday morning worship service! For more information about Istrouma, go to istrouma.org or contact us at info@istrouma.org.

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Bear Fruit
John 15:1-8

‭‭John‬ ‭15‬:‭1‬-‭8‬‬
“I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.

1. We bear fruit when we display His character
a. Love
b. Joy
c. Peace
d. Patience
e. Kindness
f. Goodness
g. Faithfulness
h. Gentleness
i. Self-control

2. We bear fruit when we are devoted to His mission

Istrouma en Español
Apr 2 , 2023

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2 de Abril, 2023
Pasando La Fe a La Próxima Generación
2 Timoteo 2:1-7
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‭‭2 Timoteo‬ ‭2‬:‭1‬-‭7‬‬
Tú, pues, hijo mío, esfuérzate en la gracia que es en Cristo Jesús. Lo que has oído de mí ante muchos testigos, esto encarga a hombres fieles que sean idóneos para enseñar también a otros. Tú, pues, sufre penalidades como buen soldado de Jesucristo. Ninguno que milita se enreda en los negocios de la vida, a fin de agradar a aquel que lo tomó por soldado. Y también el que lucha como atleta, no es coronado si no lucha legítimamente. El labrador, para participar de los frutos, debe trabajar primero. Considera lo que digo, y el Señor te dé entendimiento en todo.

1. Esforzándonos en vivir el evangelio (1)

2. Esforzándonos en trasmitir el evangelio (2)

3. Esforzándonos en permanecer en el evangelio (3-7)

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