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Download... July 18, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

The hope we have, is in that Great High Priest that was touched in all points as we by our infirmities, and is the only true discerner in all the intents and motives of the heart.

TEXT: HEBREWS 4:12-16

12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

13  Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

14  Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

15  For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

16  Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help, in time of need.

This is an assurance, that Jesus understands better than we even know about our self!

Download... July 11, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

A lot of people are asking the  question,..how do I know that I am a Christian?  The church is not just a physical institution, but made of a body of souls.. truly delivered from sin.  It is important to know whether I am truly a Christian,..a seeker of all God’s truth.

TEXT REVELATIONS 20:11-15

11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

12  And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.

13  And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.

14  And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.

15  And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire.

None of us will be able to hide behind excuses (verse 12),..All will be called into account.   All will be judged by the choices we made “from the heart,”  based on what life “gave” us.  Verse 15 All not found in the book of life, were cast into hell.  But all found in the Book of Life, found their way to heaven.  What does it take to be a Christian?

Download... July 4, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

How glad we should be for the liberty God provides for us!  Our nation was founded upon biblical principals.  No question when studying God’s word, of it’s connection to America’s Constitution, which is intertwined with the principals of the christian life.

TEXT: EZEKIEL 37:21-28

21 And say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land:

22  And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel; and one king shall be king to them all: and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all:

23  Neither shall they defile themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable things, nor with any of their transgressions: but I will save them out of all their dwellingplaces, wherein they have sinned, and will cleanse them: so shall they be my people, and I will be their God.

24  And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.

25  And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and my servant David shall be their prince for ever.

26  Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.

27  My tabernacle also shall be with them: yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

28  And the heathen shall know that I the LORD do sanctify Israel, when my sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for evermore.

God still wants to gather, and cleanse souls so they may be a part of His more perfect union.

Download... June 20, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

TEXT: JAMES 4:1-10

1  From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

2  Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.

3  Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

4  Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

5  Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy?

6  But he giveth more grace. Wherefore he saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the humble.

7  Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

8  Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

9  Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness.

10  Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.

Whether unrighteous or righteous,.... strife does not produce happiness.  We can learn from this.

Download... June 20, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Andy Gallagher.

The idea of father’s day originated in 1909, when Sonora Dodd, of Spokane Washington, listened to a mother’s day sermon, and wanted to honor all fathers like her dad.  He, William Smart  was a widowed civil war veteran who was left to raise his 6 children on a farm.

Two fifths of mankind today, live without their father.  Never before has there been such an abandonment of fathers of their children.  But praise God,..there Are good fathers also, who earn the trust and confidence of their children.  Having faith in our earthly fathers can be sometimes difficult, ...which is entirely human.  How great is your faith in your Heavenly Father? Do you have your total confidence and trust in Him?  On a scale  from 1-10, how does your faith and trust in God measure?   Is it a  2,  or a 5, ..maybe possibly a 7, or great as a 9?   If you picked a low number, it is a good that you can be honest.   How many consider yourself a christian, a follower of Christ who had His trust in the Heavenly Father?  

TEXT:  MATTHEW 8:22-26 22

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.
23  And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24  And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25  And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26  And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

“Oh ye of little faith,” means lacking confidence in Christ,  only trusting Him in a limited amount, or only "so far" on a scale of 1-10.   Do we also lack confidence in Christ, as these disciples?  Do we react the same way at times, when found in the “storms of life?”  Or are we found resting,.. sleeping peacefully in the midst of the tempest?

Download... June 13, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Richard Lehman.

A vocation is too often thought of as only a career, or a calling in an "earthly" sense of the meaning. Spiritually it is not always just our "own choices", but a calling,.. whether we answer it or not.  Are you of that spiritual calling?  Are you,..The Church of God", which is not an earthly organization?   It consist only of a calling of the redeemed souls out of sin and this "world,"(or of going "our own chosen" way.)

TEXT: MATTHEW 22:1-14

1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,

2  The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

3  And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

4  Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.

5  But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise:

6  And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

7  But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

8  Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy.

9  Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.

10  So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests.

11  And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12  And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13  Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14  For many are called, but few are chosen.

We need to know what God's calling,.. is really all about.

Download... June 6, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

Is your life producing the results you want?  The decisions you are making, are they leaving you short of your desired results? God wants His people to be satisfied!  A "critical" opinion or "measure" of someone elses' life is often an indication of one's dissatisfaction of their own life, and unwise. II Corinthians 10:12b..."but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise." We only have one life/path to account for the decisions that we have made.  I alone can answer for my decisions.  Just as a temporal crop needs all the tools maintained for it's best production, so it is with spiritual tools for the production of contentment or satisfaction. Spiritual productivity requires my best!

TEXT; LUKE 16:19-31

19  There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:

20  And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,

21  And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.

22  And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;

23  And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

24  And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

25  But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.

26  And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.

27  Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:

28  For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

29  Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.

30  And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

31  And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

Who today is the "rich" man or who today is the "poor" man?

Download... May 30, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Danny Sanders.

We can be so "caught up" in the daily burdens of life that we forget where our hope and help is.  Colossians 3:2  exhorts us "Set your affections on things above".....

SUB-TEXT Ecclesiastes 9:1-3

1For all this I considered in my heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth either love or hatred by all that is before them.
2All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
3This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead.

v.2  All things come to all.  v.3  Things that happen both to the good and evil, may seem unfair (or evil) yet that is the way life is decreed.  What will we do with that knowledge?  Too often we can get so cumbered down with the overwhelming cares, we can forget how to fight in this spiritual battle.  Our spiritual battle is right out on the "front line."  We must not forget in the midst of those spiritual battles, that we are supposed to continue the work of the Lord.  This is not a time to draw back in our spiritual warfare.  None of us gets a "free pass,"  with nothing bad coming our way.  Yet every child of God can attest to the facts of God "intervening," on their behalf!   That is one of the differences we will learn about this morning.   Solomon recognized these seeming "imbalances" of life, portrayed in the above scripture.  God and God alone is our hope!

Download... May 23, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

TEXT: ROMANS 8:6-17

1 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

7  Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.

8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.

9  But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

10  And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

11  But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

12  Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh.

13  For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

15  For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

16  The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God:

17  And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be also glorified together.

There's a very practical side in living for Christ.  It is so worth it, to follow this better and more profitable way!

Download... May 16, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Gary Kelly from Paradise Montana.

TEXT: EXODUS 25: 1, 22

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

God spoke to Moses concerning the ark of the tabernacle.  This is where He said He would meet and commune with Moses.  Commune means that there is a place of conversing, or talking together, an interchange of intimate communication.  This is what God had ordained for all that are washed by the blood of the Lamb.  Conversing with God, who knows all our past, present, and future, and always what is best for us.

Download... May 9, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

We appreciate the hand of God through a mother, that without, we all are less than we should be.  A good mother is the glue that holds her children together. To honor mothers, goes back throughout the centuries of time, if not always a day set aside.

Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

The first commandment with promise is to those who honor their father and mother, that your days will be long in praise to Him.

Download... May 2, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

We serve a mighty God of justice and mercy!  No where else but in God almighty, can we find a more fair and consistent way of living!  God has a lot to say and consider about His true balance of justice and mercy.  Each soul must be vigilant to examine their heart, to ensure that they are weighing their actions by God's pure word,.. for His justice.

In a courthouse you often will see a statue of justice holding a scale of balance.  A lady statue of justice is many times depicted as blindfolded to illustrate a "blind justice," of virtue,...or of impartiality.  Two "parties" come for justice to be "weighed."  When a sword is depicted, it is to represent the power of justice.  Society has throughout time, esteemed and considered what is a fair justice. The founding fathers of America had a Christian motive or justice, albeit it is often not popular now to acknowledge that factor.

TEXT: Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

God hates a false balance.

Download... April 25, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

TEXT 1 TIMOTHY 4:1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

The implication in this verse is those departing, were once in the faith.  Therefore the warning for those still in the faith, ...to take heed. The nature of those seducing spirits will lead to doctrines of devils, causing a departing from the faith, and all spiritual authority.

Download... April 18, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

God was with His people, both when they left the land of their captivity, and before they came to the Red Sea.  Sometimes we find ourselves on a "journey" in life,.. that God is leading us through.

TEXT: Exodus 13:17-22

17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

18  But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

19  And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

20  And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21  And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

22  He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

The spiritual "type" of the land of Egypt is as spiritually being in bondage to sin, and a need to be delivered as did the Israelites, from that taskmaster and it's whip. The Israelites had had a hard way of suffering.  It was a time of feeling the pain of the whip,(as sin is), when God had something better.

Download... April 11, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

We have such an inheritance through Christ death and His resurrection!  There is a need at times to resurrect collectively a people, just as with individuals.  Throughout biblical history when God's people were in bondage, God directed His prophets to stir them to a resurrection spiritually.  God desires our worship and is still resurrecting people in this way, in our current times.  The enemy is seeking whom he may devour.  Consequently throughout the ages, there have often been a people that have "fallen away."  What will resurrect a people?

TEXT Revelations 2:4-6
[4] Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love.
[5] Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
[6] But this thou hast, that thou hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

This scripture was speaking of the church of Ephesus which had been a faithful congregation. Yet God saw fit to reprove them for their lack of keeping Him first. They were being reproved because other teachings were being allowed which God hated as with the deeds of the Nicolaitans.  Too often today, this message has become largely irrelevant. When people spiritually lose their first love, God will remove the candlestick or their spiritual light.  Churches or congregations of worshipers have been established then were fractured in their unity, when other teachings came in putting out their spiritual light.  As this church in Revelation, we must have a memory of our first love.  The loss of that first love written about in this 2nd chapter of Revelation, is the reason for this scripture's exhortation and the basis for this mornings text message... The Need To Resurrect A People.

Download... April 4, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

Easter is like the Christian's New Year, All things have become New because God has changed our life. True worship of God comes from a resurrection in Christ or personal experience in Him.  It matters not the humble outward worship surroundings, when the worship comes from a spiritually resurrected soul.

TEXT: I CORINTHIANS 15:1-12

1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;

2  By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.

3  For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;

4  And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures:

5  And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:

6  After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

7  After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles.

8  And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.

9  For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

10  But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

11  Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

12  Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Many were having trouble in this day (as today) in comprehending Christ' death and resurrection.

Download... March 28, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

TEXT JOHN 17:6-11, 12-21

6  I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

7  Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.

8  For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.

9  I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.

10  And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.

11  And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.

Jesus was on the road to "somewhere", to an end point,.. and end to His earthly existence.  Here Christ found Himself praying for His disciples to be kept as one.

Download... March 21, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

There is an analogy in the children's book The Velveteen Rabbit (by Margery Williams) to this morning's message.  Just as when a child's love brought the shabby toy rabbit to life through a fairy, so the miracle of love's working faith gives our ragged fleshly life,  linkages to new true life through Jesus.  Our close connections then is translated into our daily life. It is all about having links of faith expressed in our everyday living, making that connection, unmovable.  It often seems hard for people to comprehend that living for the world in this earth is to live in the land of shadows, whereas living for the spirit, is to live in the land of light.  Living in the faith of Jesus, is to live as strangers and pilgrims, daily passing through only, in this life on earth.

TEXT:Psalm 15:1-5

1  A Psalm of David. LORD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle? who shall dwell in thy holy hill?

2  He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart.

3  He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour.

4  In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the LORD. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not.

5  He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.

If we cannot take up a reproach against our neighbor, then neither can we take up reproach against our own family.  A practical guide in salvation from this Psalms, translated into everyday living.

Download... March 14, 2010. Sunday Morning Service. Bro. Dave Goble.

1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.

Paul is instructing here  to always be unmovable in God, in His work, in spite of our laboring against the enormity of obstacles.