Merkel Church Of Christ

God has offered to us everything we need for life and godliness, and He has offered to us certain qualities of His own divine nature. A continuing and increasing measure of these qualities will keep us from being ineffective and unproductive in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Pet 1:3-4, 5-8). We are to diligently seek to add to our faith, goodness and in that goodness, knowledge, and in that knowledge self control and in that self control, ...

When we make the decision to love, we are making the decision to imitate God. If Christianity can be accomplished by human force then it is empowered by the flesh. Christ does not reign by human force (cf. Jn 6:15). God’s call to us in the gospel is a call for us to choose the way of faith and the Spirit so that we may participate in God’s divine nature and escape the corruption in the world caused by fleshly ...

Participating in His Divine Nature: Knowledge God has offered to us everything we need for life and godliness, and He has offered to us certain qualities of His own divine nature. A continuing and increasing measure of these qualities will keep us from being ineffective and unproductive in our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ (2 Pet 1:3-4, 5-8).

John 6: 1-15, 22-29 John 20: 30-31 Times in our lives where we find ourselves trying to make Jesus more than what He promises, we should remember the work of God.  Believe in Whom God has sent.  Believe that he can take empty purification jars, have someone fill them with water and make from them the choicest wine.  That he fed five thousand with 5 loaves and 2 fish, that he raises the dead, and that he offers us peace. ...

God’s offer is to come out of darkness and into wonderful light. God’s offer is to come into fellowship with His Son, Christ Jesus. God’s offer is for us out of His own goodness. His offer is to show His goodness to the world. Let’s take God up on His offer and be participants in His divine nature. Let’s bring God’s goodness to the world! (2 Peter 1:3-5; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Peter 2:9; Galatians 5:16-25)

  The Bible tells us that what God has to say to us, today, He says in His Son, Jesus Christ, not through various ways or dreams as He did in times past. We need to listen to His voice for us today, in His Son, so that, we may overcome this world and not be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness (Heb 3:1-18; 1 Jn 5:4).

Lev 16; Hebrews 7, 9, 10 The function of a high priest is to bring people to God, Jesus, Himself, is our High Priest.

What is impossible with man is righteousness. Having committed unrighteousness, man cannot justify himself. However, what is impossible with man, with God is possible. God has done the impossible, that is redeem ungodly sinners from their sin and credit them with His own righteousness (Mark 10:27; Rom 3:21-26; 4:1-8; 5:1-11; Ps 107:1-2). 

Labor is a good thing, but labor in the Lord is the best thing. Labor in the Lord is a labor of love and glorifies the God who created it all (1 Thes 1:3; 1 Cor 13:1-8, 13; 15:58).

The Bible says, as Christians, we are priests for God. Priest offer sacrifice, and teach people of their God. As priests, we have a life of sacrifice to live and a message about God to share (1 Peter 2:9; Romans 12:1-2).

Declaring His Power to the Next Generation One of the greatest blessings of faith is that we can pass it along to the next generation, and that by faith we are able to still speak, even though we die (Psa 71:18; Heb 11:4).

Bind Us Together Lord Bind Us Together God’s chosen people in Christ Jesus have all they need in Christ Jesus to bind them together. It is with this bond that we are fortified against this world and winsome to those who need what we have in Him! (Col 3:12-14).

Prayer, Bible Study, and Worship: Spiritual Disciplines And Security Systems For the Christian, Prayer is our honest and humble admission of God’s sovereignty and goodness (Luke 11: 1-11; 1 Jn 5:14-15; Heb 4:14-16). Bible Study is our honest and humble admission that life and truth did not come from man, but were given to man by our Creator (Jer 10:23; Prov 3:5-6; 23:23; Jn 6:63; 17:17). So, life is on God’s terms not ours, and the truth comes from God’s ...

The Real Question of Faith People want to know: When, Where, Why, and How Long or Much? However, the real question that answers the call of faith is: Who? This question holds the key to faith in its answer: Jesus Christ, the Son of God! (Heb 11:1-40; 12:1-2; John 20:30-31; Acts 4:12; 1 Tim 2:5)

God called Abram out of his earthly father’s household (Gen 20:13; 24:7), so that he might become Abraham, the father of the faithful (Rom 4:16-17). Christ Jesus, the Son of God, promised his apostles that He was going to the Father (Jn 14:12), preparing a place for them (Jn 14:3) that they may be in the Father as He is and that the Father may be in them (Jn 14:17, 20, 23). Paul tells Timothy that the church is ...

We enjoy religious freedom in this country, and we are so very thankful for it. We intend to live as free men in that freedom. We are even more thankful for the freedom we have been given in the Son of God, Christ Jesus. We need to consider the freedom given us in the Son, live our lives out of our understanding of that freedom, serve one another in love, and so, bring glory to the God who gives it! ...

Our enemy is far more powerful than we are. The world we live in serves as a constant adversary. Temptation comes and we fail, we sin. These are all true (1 Pet 5:8; Eph 6:12; 1 Jn 2:15-17; Rom 3:23; 1 Jn 1:8), but we still never give up! Why? It is because we remember Who our God is! We have our faith and hope in God (1 Pet 1:21) The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases, His mercies ...

Knowing What We Are Up Against Not knowing what is happening is one of our greatest challenges in physical and emotional lives. When someone is missing or late, we want to know where and how are they. When we are sick, we want to know what is wrong with us. When something breaks down we want to know what is wrong, how can we fix it, or how much it will cost. Our spiritual lives are no different; we want ...