Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, November 7, 2021

Scripture Reading: Psalm 119:17-24 “Be good to your servant, that I may live and obey your word. Open my eyes to see the wonderful truths in your instructions. I am only a foreigner in the land.
Don’t hide your commands from me! I am always overwhelmed with a desire for your regulations.
 You rebuke the arrogant; those who wander from your commands are cursed. Don’t let them scorn and insult me, for I have obeyed your laws. Even princes sit and speak against me, but I will meditate on your decrees. Your laws please me; they give me wise advice.” (NLT)

Text: 2 Timothy 1:7

Timothy—Paul’s spiritual son

Spirit of Fear—

          Being timid—

          Blurred Vision—

          Slaves to Circumstances—

          Paralysis–

          Romans 8:37—More than Conquerors

Power—

          Acts 1:8—

          Romans 8:11—

          Ephesians 3:20-21–

Not only have we been given power to say no to sin, but we have also been granted the power to say “yes” to the things of God. The more we say “yes” to the things of God, the less sin will have a place in our lives. Saying “yes” to the things of God is the key to victory over sin!

Love—

          Romans 5:5—

          Galatians 5:22–

Sound Mind—

          1 John 5:4–

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, October 31, 2021

Bible Reading: Psalm 119:9-16 “How can a young person stay pure? By obeying your word.
 I have tried hard to find you—don’t let me wander from your commands.  I have hidden your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you. I praise you, O Lord; teach me your decrees.  I have recited aloud all the regulations you have given us.  I have rejoiced in your laws as much as in riches. I will study your commandments and reflect on your ways. I will delight in your decrees and not forget your word.” (NLT)

Text: Job 23:10-12

• The story of Job–

Fake News Item #1—Christianity has changed

• John 10:10
• Ephesians 3:20-21
• Numbers 23:19
• Proverbs 14:12

Fake News Item #2—All good people go to heaven

• John 3:3

Fake News Item #3—A good God, wouldn’t send anyone to hell

• John 3:16-17
• 2 Peter 3:9

Fake New Items #4—Christianity is a brainless religion

• Mark 12:30

Fake News Item #5—There are many roads to God/heaven

• John 14:6

• The rest of Job’s story

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, October 17, 2021

Bible Reading: Psalm 121 “I look up to the mountains—does my help come from there? My help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth! ³ He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber. Indeed, he who watches over Israel never slumbers or sleeps. The Lord himself watches over you! The Lord stands beside you as your protective shade.The sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon at night.

The Lord keeps you from all harm and watches over your life. The Lord keeps watch over you as you come and go, both now and forever.” (NLT)

Text: 1 Corinthians 15:1-8

The Resurrection of Christ is the basis for all of Christianity. Without the resurrection, nothing really matters. It is the foundation of our faith.

Three Fake News Items:

#1—The Swoon Theory

            A Flagrum—

            Simon, a Cyrenian (Mark 15:21-22)

            Certified by a Roman Centurion to be dead (Mark 15:44-45)

#2—The Wrong Tomb Theory

            The women

            Peter & John

            An angel

            A known tomb

            A secured tomb

#3—The Stolen Body Theory

            Matthew 28:11-15

The TRUTH is that Jesus died and was resurrected on the THIRD DAY, according to the Scriptures. He was resurrected to save you, not to condemn you. He was resurrected to set you free from sin, from guilt, from shame, from disease and from death. He was resurrected so you could have a rich and satisfying like, both here on the earth and with Him through eternity.

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, October 10, 2021

Scripture Reading: (From the writings of John. John 1:14, John 3:16-18; 1 John 4:9)

“So, the Word became human and made his home among us. He was full of unfailing love and faithfulness. And we have seen his glory, the glory of the Father’s one and only Son. “For this is how God loved the world: He gave his one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life. God sent his Son into the world not to judge the world, but to save the world through him. “There is no judgment against anyone who believes in him. But anyone who does not believe in him has already been judged for not believing in God’s one and only Son. God showed how much he loved us by sending his one and only Son into the world so that we might have eternal life through him.”

Text: 1 Peter 3:15; Ephesians 4:22-32

What does it look like to “sanctify the Lord in your heart?”—

Jesus clears the Temple—Matthew 14:12-13

          Verse 14—Look what happens next

Jesus came for Samaritan women—John 4:4-26

Jesus came for a Roman centurion—Matthew 8:5-13

Jesus came for a Canaanite woman—Matthew 15:21-28

Jesus came for hated tax collectors—Luke 19:1-10

Jesus came for diseased lepers—Mark 1:40-42

Jesus came to be a “friend of sinner”—Luke 5:31-32

Jesus did not, nor does He see our differences—Galatians 3:26-28

Jesus came for you—John 3:16

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, October 3, 2021

Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:15-20 “Christ is the visible image of the invisible God. He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation, ¹⁶ for through him God created everything in the heavenly realms and on earth. He made the things we can see and the things we can’t see—such as thrones, kingdoms, rulers, and authorities in the unseen world. Everything was created through him and for him. ¹⁷ He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together. ¹⁸ Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body. He is the beginning, supreme over all who rise from the dead.  So, he is first in everything. ¹⁹ For God in all his fullness was pleased to live in Christ, ²⁰ and through him God reconciled everything to himself. He made peace with everything in heaven and on earth by means of Christ’s blood on the cross.”

Text: 1 Peter 3:15

The Fake News items:

• Jesus was only a good teacher
• Jesus was only a prophet

#1—Jesus is God with us (Immanuel)

          Isaiah 7:14

          Jesus is fully God—Colossians 2:9

          John 14:7

#2—Jesus was fully man and fully God

Philippians 2:5-8

#3—Jesus was God’s “one and only Son”

          John 3:14-17

#4—Jesus is the only way to the Father

          Acts 4:12; John 3:36

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 19, 2021

 Bible Reading: Psalm 139:7-12 “I can never escape from your Spirit! I can never get away from your presence! ⁸ If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I go down to the grave, you are there. ⁹ If I ride the wings of the morning, if I dwell by the farthest oceans, ¹⁰ even there your hand will guide me, and your strength will support me. ¹¹ I could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night—¹² but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you.” (NLT)

Text: 1 Peter 3:15 “But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;” (NKJV)

Fake News Item #1: God is a kill joy.

John 10:10

1 Peter 5:8

Fake News Item #2: God is distant and cannot be known.

Proverbs 8:17

Jeremiah 29:12-13

Fake News Item #3: God is like a vending machine.

2 Chronicles 7:14

Jeremiah 29:13

James 5:16

1 John 5:14

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, September 12, 2021

Scripture Reading: “So, obey the commands of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better. We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy.” (Deuteronomy 8:6 and Colossians 1:10-11 NLT)

Text:  Hebrews 12:

Five Warnings:

#1—Hebrews 2:1-4—Warning against drifting away

#2—Hebrews 3:7-8—Warning against unbelief

#3—Hebrews 6:4-5—Warning against falling away

#4—Hebrews 10:26-27—Warning against willfully sinning

#5—Hebrews 12:15—Warning against falling short of God’s grace

Hebrews 13:1-19

What it looks like to live under God’s grace

V1—Love One another

V2—Be Hospitable

V3—Remember those in prison

V4—Honor your marriage

V5—Don’t allow things to possess you

V6—Have confidence in the Lord

V7—Remember your leaders

V9—Don’t tolerate strange teachings

V13—Be willing to bear disgrace for the sake of Christ

V16—Do good and share

V17—Obey & Submit

A final blessing: Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, ²¹ make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Troy Mills Christian Church

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Bible Reading: “How great is the goodness you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection, blessing them before the watching world.” “For the Lord God is our sun and our shield. He gives us grace and glory.
The Lord will withhold no good thing from those who do what is right.” “The Lord is good and does what is right; he shows the proper path to those who go astray.” “Taste and see that the Lord is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!” “O Lord, you are so good, so ready to forgive, so full of unfailing love for all who ask for your help.”

(Psalm 31:19; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 25:8; Psalm 34:8; Psalm 86:5)

Text: Habakkuk 2:4

What does Habakkuk 2:4 have to do with the book of Hebrews?

Romans—What it means to be righteous

Galatians—What it means to live

Hebrews—What it means to have faith

#1–God’s Loving Discipline—Hebrews 12:5-6

            Proverbs 3:11-12–

            Isaiah 54:9—

            Zephaniah 3:17—

#2—New (Superior) Life Means New (Superior) Relationships

            Hebrews 12:14—Live at peace

            Hebrews 12:15—Don’t become the “bitter root”

                        Deuteronomy 29:18

            Hebrews 12:16—Stay godly

                        Ephesians 5:3

#3-Run the Race—Hebrews 12:1-2

            Philippians 1:6; 2 Timothy 4:7