The Bible and Our Culture

Come to Jesus on His terms, not other Christians'.

Come to Jesus on His terms, not yours.

Jesus' "marketing" campaign is not like anything else in the culture.

Jesus expects everything from us.

Most believers don't understand the glory that we will display after we see Jesus.  There may be even a greater glory after we have been in heaven with Jesus for billions of years.

Without diminishing our growth in faith thus far, God expects us to continue to grow to a new level of faith, glory and strength.  

"Patience" in the KJV might better be translated as "toughness" or "endurance".  

God doesn't test us so He knows if we pass; God knows everything from the end to the beginning.  He test us so we can pass gloriously.   

 

God flatters us by calling us the New Jerusalem. 

If He calls His Church the New Jerusalem then He must love and have plans for the natural Jerusalem as well. 

Who is the New Jerusalem?

How to ascend into the mountain of the LORD.

David talked about a spiritual house of the Lord!

Worshipping together brings a different anointing.

There was no house when David wrote songs about the house of the Lord.  

God's command to party regularly.

Address the elephant in the room: lack of hope!

Focus on the unseen--focus on the eternal!

What hope do we have that the world wants to hear.

Jesus gives us hope in so many different facets. 

Focusing on eternity is hope the world can't boast about.

The world's lack of hope must be addressed.

God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours so we must forsake our thoughts.

Too many believers underestimate the Bible.

Jesus is the Word made flesh.

Don't believe everything you think.

2 Corinthians 4: 7-18.  

We truly have hope in a way the world never could. 

Hope in Jesus is more than positive mental attitude.

Suffering often solidifies our convictions.

 

Beware of the self-righteous Climate Change clowns and other godless propaganda masquerading as science.  

Pastor Jay's address to Spokane City Council regarding "Climate Resiliency" funding.