Emmanuel: God of Glory and Grace Forever

I. God with us; His presence is eternal for His family.

II. Glory to God in the highest; His praise is eternal by His family.

III. God is gracious; His poured out love is eternal with His family.

Sermon preached on 12/29/24 PM by Pastor Tim Allen

“THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD”
(A CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICE MEDITATION”

INTRO: The purpose of our service tonight is to focus on what God did for us through the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. All of the congregational hymns, special music and scripture reading was designed and appropriately placed to draw attention to and exalt God for what He did for the human race through Christ’s birth. The theme of our evening has been “THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD” for truly when Christ was born the course of history in the world was changed. Think of it for a bit…WITHOUT THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST THERE WOULD BE NO HISTORY OF THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST ON THE CROSS, NO HISTROY OF THE BIRTH OF THE CHURCH, NO HISTORY OF WORLD-WIDE MISSIONS, NO HISTORY OF GREAT AWAKENINGS AND REVIVALS, NO HISTORY OF AMERICA BECOMING A NATION BASED UPON BIBLICAL CHRIST-LIKE PRINCIPLES. TRULY THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST CHANGED THE PROGRESSIVE HISTORY OF THE WORLD.

Sermon preached on 12/24/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

CHRISTMAS SERIES
“THE UNFOLDING TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST”
PART FOUR
“THE TESTAMENT OF CHRIST’S PRESENTATIONS”
LUKE 2:21-39

INTRO: Over the past three weeks we have been involved in a CHRISTMAS SERIES entitled “THE UNFOLDING TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.” The purpose of the series has been to lay the biblical foundation of the incarnation of our Lord by studying a familiar passage of scripture concerning Christ’s birth, Luke chapter 2. Theoretically, we are very familiar with this chapter, but practically I believe there are many “golden nuggets” within the text that we often overlook and thus we miss out on a lot of truth concerning Christ’s birth. It has been the purpose of this study to bring out some of those “golden nuggets.” Today we will conclude the series by observing “THE TESTAMENT OF CHRIST’S PRESENTATIONS,” and will note from Luke 2:21-39 the three times Christ was presented after His birth and what each presentation reveals about our Lord and how we should respond.

Sermon preached on 12/22/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

CHRISTMAS SERIES 
“THE UNFOLDING TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST” 
PART THREE 
“THE TESTAMENT OF THE SHEPHERDS” 
LUKE 2:8-20

 INTRO: In reading the Word of God it is significant for us to acknowledge that every account, every illustration, 
every sentence, and every word is in the scripture for a purpose. Everything we read in the Bible is there to either 
show the expectation and the work of God or to teach us how to live to honor God. The same is with the account 
of the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Even though we are familiar with the presence of the angels, the shepherds 
and the other characters surrounding the birth of Christ, we often fail to see or understand the spiritual relevance 
of them in the purpose of God. We read and sing about the various characters, but we often overlook why they 
are included in the tapestry of the unfolding of Christ’s birth. Last week in our Christmas series we studied the 
significance of the Angels in announcing Christ’s birth. Today we shall look at the role of the shepherds played in 
our Lord’s incarnation. The spiritual lessons that are connected with the shepherds are to be learned and applied 
to the overall ministry of Christ which we will attempt to reveal today.

Sermon preached on 12/15/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

CHRISTMAS SERIES 
“THE UNFOLDING TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST” 
PART TWO 
“THE TESTAMENT OF THE HEAVENLY HOSTS” 
LUKE 2:8-14 
 

INTRO: For most Christians, the narrative of the birth of Jesus Christ as revealed in the scriptures is 
a precious text that never tires. We love to read it, we love to hear it read, we love to sing the songs 
regarding the birth of Christ, and we even like to share the message of the birth of Christ with others. 
But unfortunately, we have become so familiar with the scriptural teaching about the birth of Christ 
that we either overlook or forget some of the significant details which reveal the Divine depths of the 
incarnation. Thus, in our Christmas Series we are taking time to study a very familiar text of the Word 
of God so as to look into some of the finer specifics of the account of Christ’s birth that we may have 
overlooked or have forgotten.  The text is Luke chapter 2, and the series title is: “THE UNFOLDING 
TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.”  Last week we studied verses 1-7 of Luke 2 and noted 
“THE TESTAMENT OF THE LORD’S BIRTH.” Today for a few minutes we are going to observe Luke 2:8
14 and study “THE TESTAMENT OF THE HEAVENLY HOSTS.”  Let’s approach this text like we have 
never read it before and allow the Holy Spirit to reveal to us some precious golden nuggets 
about the ministry of the Heavenly Hosts to the Shepherds on the night that Christ was born 
which will give us a greater appreciation of what God the Father did through God the Son in His 
incarnation. 

Sermon preached on 12/8/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

INTRO: During the Christmas Season, those of us who are believers in Jesus Christ will spend a lot of time around 
the church singing Christmas Carols and reading scriptures about the His Birth, which is good. But in doing so, we 
often become very familiar with the songs and the scriptures that we overlook some of the fine details of the 
narrative of Christ’s birth, to the point that we miss out on a blessing and perhaps will even miss out on honoring 
God as we should. So today we are going to begin a 4-part Christmas series that will be filled with a lot of familiar 
verses of scripture about the birth of Jesus Christ so that we can rehearse and review in our spiritual thinking the 
facts that changed the everlasting history of the universe from the divine perspective.  The series title is: “THE 
UNFOLDING TESTAMENT OF THE BIRTH OF JESUS CHRIST.”  This series will basically be a study of the second 
chapter of the Gospel of Luke.  Today we are going to begin by noting “THE TESTAMENT OF THE LORD’S BIRTH.” 
NOTE: In Luke chapter 2, we have the record of the time of the birth of Jesus Christ until he was presented in the 
temple at the Passover at the age of 12.  There is a lot we can learn about Christ in this chapter of God’s Word.  

Sermon preached on 12/1/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

“THE OUTWORKING OF GOD’S GRACE IN OUR LIVES”
TITUS 2:11-15
INTRO: As Christians so often we speak of God’s GRACE and sing of God’s GRACE, but it is probable that we do not really COMPREHEND GOD’S GRACE as we should. In fact, Ephesians 2:7 indicates that throughout THE AGES TO COME we will be learning of the GRACE OF GOD. Titus 2:11-15 is a short text that gives us a LOT OF INFORMATION about the GRACE OF GOD that is necessary to study and refreshing to learn. So, let’s take a look at it in our lesson.

Sermon preached on 11/10/24 PM by Pastor Gary Dull

“THE REALITY OF REVIVAL”
PSALM 85:1-13

INTRO: REVIVAL is a term that is known to most of us who have been associated with a Bible-believing and preaching church for any period of time. For those who have studied church history, they know that at certain times God has sent great REVIVALS that turned large segments of whole nations around. In the United States, many are familiar with the revival called THE GREAT AWAKENING that took place under the preaching of William Tennet, Gilbert Tennet, Jonathan Edwards, and George Whitefield between 1740 and 1742. The preaching of THE GREAT AWAKENING emphasized the essential reality of biblical doctrine, and it is estimated that out of the total of 3 million people who lived in the American colonies at that time, over 250,000 people, including some preachers, were converted to Christ. In fact, in some communities, over 20% of the population were converted to Christ. In addition, many more were challenged to new dedication and service unto the Lord in personal revival. Because many people were converted to Christ and Christians got spiritually revived God wrought great spiritual things:

Sermon preached on 10/27/24 AM by Pastor Gary Dull

Part #2 preached on 11/3/24 AM by Pastor Gary Dull

Part #3 preached on 11/10/24 AM by Pastor Gary Dull

“THE BIBLICAL APPROACH TO VOTING”
(AN ELECTION DAY SERMON)
1 PETER 2:9-15
INTRO: Coming up in just a little over two weeks, we in America will have another opportunity to vote for the next President of the USA. By way of application from the text we have just read, CHRISTIANS HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE GOD TO VOTE and yet in recent elections only one out of every five professed Christians were registered and only two out of every five professed Christians voted. When our text says in verse 13 “SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO EVERY ORDINANCE OF MAN FOR THE LORD’S SAKE,” and verse 15 which says, “FOR SO IS THE WILL OF GOD, THAT WITH WELL DOING YE MAY PUT TO SILENCE THE IGNORANCE OF FOOLISH MEN,” we must observe that according to the “ORDINANCE OF MAN,” which is a reference to the US CONSTITUTION, that has given us the right to vote, ALL OF US AS CHRISTIANS MUST VOTE AND VOTE BIBLICALLY IN ORDER TO OBEY GOD AND TO SILENCE THOSE “FOOLISH ONES” WHO DO NOT KNOW BIBLICAL TRUTH!

Sermon preached on 10/20/24 AM by Pastor Gary Dull

INTRO: It is very significant that every born-again believer has a BIBLICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST if they want to honor God in effective service and worship. THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS HIS REDEMPTIVE REPRESENTATIVE ON EARTH which is revealed through the ministry of the LOCAL CHURCH AND THE INDIVIDUAL CHRISTIAN. To enable us to understand the CHURCH more thoroughly, in our last study we noted “THE PROSPECT OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.” Today as we continue in our series, we shall study “THE SACRED SECRET OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST.” What am I talking about and why do I use the words “SACRED SECRET?” Well, a study of Ephesians 3 today will enable you to understand why those terms are used and why they MUST BE UNDERSTOOD BY ALL BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS.

Sermon preached on 9/29/24 AM by Pastor Gary Dull