Pastor Lowell looks at Mark 1:12-13 “Tested in the Wilderness“ on 7/13/2025 for our Sunday Service.

Mark 1:12 -13

12 Immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness.

13 He was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to Him.

Mark has used the three witnesses. 1) Prophecy: The scripture. The validation of the Past. 2) John the Baptist: The Messenger. The validation of the Present. 3) The Trinity. The validation of all future ministry of Jesus to prove the veracity and authority of what Mark declared in Mark 1:1 the invitation to the Gospel ( The Good News) of Jesus Christ the son of God.

After the identity and saving ministry of Jesus is stated and validated by the three witnesses, immediately, His identity and ministry is tested by Satan in the wilderness for forty days.

Join us as Deacon Tim Mortag shares a message from Psalm 91 "My Refuge and My Fortress" on 7/9/2025 for our Wednesday night service.

1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High

Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

2 I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress;

My God, in Him I will trust.”

3 Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler

And from the perilous pestilence.

4 He shall cover you with His feathers,

And under His wings you shall take refuge;

His truth shall be your shield and buckler.

5 You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,

Nor of the arrow that flies by day,

6 Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,

Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.

7 A thousand may fall at your side,

And ten thousand at your right hand;

But it shall not come near you.

8 Only with your eyes shall you look,

And see the reward of the wicked.

9 Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,

Even the Most High, your dwelling place,

10 No evil shall befall you,

Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;

11 For He shall give His angels charge over you,

To keep you in all your ways.

12 In their hands they shall bear you up,

Lest you dash your foot against a stone.

13 You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra,

The young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

14 “Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;

I will set him on high, because he has known My name.

15 He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;

I will be with him in trouble;

I will deliver him and honor him.

16 With long life I will satisfy him,

And show him My salvation.”

Join us as we welcome Pastor Robert Nettles as he shares a message from 2 Chronicles 16: 7-12 "Rely on the Lord" on 7/6/2025 for our Sunday service.

2 Chronicles 16:7-12

Asa's Last Years

7 And at that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king of Judah, and said to him: "Because you have relied on the king of Syria, and have not relied on the LORD your God, therefore the army of the king of Syria has escaped from your hand. 8 "Were the Ethiopians and the Lubim not a huge army with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand. 9 "For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is loyal to Him. In this you have done foolishly; therefore from now on you shall have wars." 10 Then Asa was angry with the seer, and put him in prison, for he was enraged at him because of this. And Asa oppressed some of the people at that time.

11 Note that the acts of Asa, first and last, are indeed written in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel. 12 And in the thirty-ninth year of his reign, Asa became diseased in his feet, and his malady was severe; yet in his disease he did not seek the LORD, but the physicians.

Join us as we welcome Deacon Tim Mortag as he shares a message from Psalm 9: 1-20 "The Lord is a Refuge, in Whom we put our trust" on 7/2/2025 for our Wednesday service.

Psalm 9:1-20

I Will Recount Your Wonderful Deeds

1 I will praise You, O LORD, with my whole heart;

I will tell of all Your marvelous works. 2 I will be glad and rejoice in You;

I will sing praise to Your name, O Most High.

3 When my enemies turn back,

They shall fall and perish at Your presence. 4 For You have maintained my right and my cause;

You sat on the throne judging in righteousness.

5 You have rebuked the nations,

You have destroyed the wicked;

You have blotted out their name forever and ever. 6 O enemy, destructions are finished forever!

And you have destroyed cities;

Even their memory has perished.

7 But the LORD shall endure forever;

He has prepared His throne for judgment. 8 He shall judge the world in righteousness,

And He shall administer judgment for the peoples in uprightness.

9 The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,

A refuge in times of trouble. 10 And those who know Your name will put their trust in You;

For You, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

11 Sing praises to the LORD, who dwells in Zion!

Declare His deeds among the people. 12 When He avenges blood, He remembers them;

He does not forget the cry of the humble.

13 Have mercy on me, O LORD!

Consider my trouble from those who hate me,

You who lift me up from the gates of death, 14 That I may tell of all Your praise

In the gates of the daughter of Zion.

I will rejoice in Your salvation.

15 The nations have sunk down in the pit which they made;

In the net which they hid, their own foot is caught. 16 The LORD is known by the judgment He executes;

The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands.

Meditation. Selah

17 The wicked shall be turned into hell,

And all the nations that forget God.

18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten;

The expectation of the poor shall not perish forever.

19 Arise, O LORD,

Do not let man prevail;

Let the nations be judged in Your sight. 20 Put them in fear, O LORD,

That the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah

Join us as we welcome Pastor Terrie Beede as he shares a message from 2 Corinthians 10: 3-6 and Deuteronomy 32: 36-43 “The Power of a Holy People“ on 6/29/2025 for our Sunday service.

2 Corinthians 10:3-6

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,

5 casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

6 and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled

Deuteronomy 32:36-43

The Song of Moses

36 "For the LORD will judge His people

And have compassion on His servants,

When He sees that their power is gone,

And there is no one remaining, bond or free. 37 He will say: 'Where are their gods,

The rock in which they sought refuge? 38 Who ate the fat of their sacrifices,

And drank the wine of their drink offering?

Let them rise and help you,

And be your refuge.

39 'Now see that I, even I, am He,

And there is no God besides Me;

I kill and I make alive;

I wound and I heal;

Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand. 40 For I raise My hand to heaven,

And say, "As I live forever, 41 If I whet My glittering sword,

And My hand takes hold on judgment,

I will render vengeance to My enemies,

And repay those who hate Me. 42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood,

And My sword shall devour flesh,

With the blood of the slain and the captives,

From the heads of the leaders of the enemy." '

43 "Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people;

For He will avenge the blood of His servants,

And render vengeance to His adversaries;

He will provide atonement for His land and His people."

Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Mark 1: 9-11 "The Trinity: The Divine third witness" on 6/25/2025 for our Wednesday service.

Mark 1: 9-11

9 It came to pas in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

10 And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.

11 Then a voice came from heaven, "You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

Mark brings his third witness to bear witness of the truth and authority of the declaration he made in Mark 1:1 The invitation to the gospel (Good News) of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

After the ancient witness of Prophecy validating Mark's declaration with the authority of the past. Then the second witness of the John the Baptist validating Mark's declaration with the authority of the present. Mark now brings forward his third witness of the entire God Head, the Trinity, validating Marks declaration with the authority of all that would come, (The future.)

Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches about Romans 4: 9-15 "The Promise Realized Through Faith" on 6/23/2025 for our Monday Upper Room Bible Study.

Romans 4:9-15

Abraham Justified by Faith

9 Does this blessedness then come upon the circumcised only, or upon the uncircumcised also? For we say that faith was accounted to Abraham for righteousness. 10 How then was it accounted? While he was circumcised, or uncircumcised? Not while circumcised, but while uncircumcised. 11 And he received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while still uncircumcised, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they are uncircumcised, that righteousness might be imputed to them also, 12 and the father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of the faith which our father Abraham had while still uncircumcised.

The Promise Realized Through Faith

13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith. 14 For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void and the promise made of no effect, 15 because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.

Pastor Lowell Nelson teaches on Mark 1: 4-8 "John the Baptist: The second witness" on 6/22/2025 for our Sunday service.

Mark 1: 4-8

4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. 5 Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, "There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. 8 "I indeed baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."