by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 4, 2016) In today’s message, we continue looking at the sins of the priests in Malachi’s day. They were not only questioning God’s love for them, but also bringing the lame and the halt and the blind as sacrifices, instead of the best of the herds. In…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 4, 2016) As we began to see yesterday, the priests were committing grave sins in Malachi’s day. The first questioned the love of God for His people, and then when worshiping Him in tithes and offerings, they brought the lame and sick of the flock instead of…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 4, 2016) As we get into the heart of the problems in Judah in the time of Malachi, we find that there were issues that went all the way to the top. We have already seen that they were questioning whether God even loved them! God had…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 28, 2016) In this series from 2016, we read about the final prophecy sent by God to the Jews before the incarnation of Christ. One of the problems during His day was that the people had even begun to question God’s love for them! Truly this was…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on August 28, 2016) Back in 2016, we engaged in a series on the Book of Malachi entitled, “A Final Warning”. Malachi’s prophecy was, indeed, the final warning to the Israelites before the initial advent of Christ. After this final book of the Old Testament, God was silent for…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 13, 2024) As we began to see in the first half of this sermon, there are at least three different types of justification taught in Scripture: justification by grace, justification by works, and justification by faith. Since “justification” is a legal term meaning “not guilty,” we are…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 13, 2024) In the sermons leading up to this message, we have been laying the groundwork for Paul’s examination of Justification by Faith in Chapter 4 of the Book of Romans. As we move on into this chapter, we find Paul using the example of Faithful Abraham…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 6, 2024) As we began to see yesterday, it is extremely important for us to place our faith in the finished work of Christ. Belief of the gospel message gives us the rest, assurance, and hope that we need to serve the Lord profitably here in this…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on October 6, 2024) In the last message from the book of Romans, we saw that our eternal salvation does not depend on whether or not we believe the gospel message. But does that mean that believing the gospel is not important? The answer is a resounding “NO!” It…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 22, 2024) We began yesterday reviewing a couple of verses we have already discussed in Romans 3:3-4. The question of whether unbelief keeps us out of heaven has been argued about since the early days of Christianity. But the Bible answer is clear: it is the faithfulness…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 22, 2024) As we continue our study in the Book of Romans, we want to go back today and review a couple of verses that we have already discussed. These verses are found in the first part of Chapter 3, where the question is asked, “What if…
by Elder Chris McCool, Pastor (preached on September 15, 2024) Today we conclude our study of the doctrine of “total depravity” as set forth in Chapter 3. We have seen what total depravity is, and how it separates us from God. Today we finish up by looking at the solution for the human condition of…
