Listen to messages recorded during weekly Saturday Sabbath services from various United Church of God congregations. These sermonettes, sermons and Bible studies are available at UCG.org within the local congregation section of the website. Search for additional messages at http://www.ucg.org/sermons/
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This sermonette looks at four important qualities of a good shepherd. While these are qualities of God as our shepherd, they also instruct us as shepherds-in-training so that we can grow to become like our elder brother, Jesus Christ.
This message focuses on the concept of unfinished spiritual business, examining three aspects of this concept. We as individual Christians have unfinished spiritual business. The Church of God has unfinished spiritual business. And God the Father and Jesus Christ also have unfinished spiritual
The book of Obadiah contains some yet to be fulfilled prophecies, as well as lessons for us today.
To build a healthy church you need an action plan. Studying Acts 2:40 - 47 to help build that plan.
During His last Passover, Christ prayed to the Father (John 17). He prayed for His 12 disciples who would soon become Apostles, and He also prayed for us, and for the health of the true Church of God down through the ages. Satan attacks the Church constantly, trying to foment division and enmity
We all experience the pain of a broken heart, whether due to sin, loss, or the struggles of the world. This message explores the profound work of Christ, who came not just to heal, but to gently bind up our deepest wounds. Learn the practical steps of self-examination, prayer, and community support
The New Covenant Church is described as a Body with various needs. How does God intend for its needs to be filled? Let's examine our role in providing care for each member of the Body of Christ.
When was Hebrews written? Who wrote Hebrews? Background of the Epistle. Six warnings. God now speaks through His Son!
Three principles of a free-will offering. What does it mean for the new covenant church?
God is perfect in all His works, completing everything He begins with absolute certainty. Christ's sacrifice was completely pure, God's promises never fail, and through repentance He offers complete forgiveness. As God faithfully finishes His work in us, are we giving our whole heart to the process
To live by every word of God, we must know what the words mean in the correct context. Every word must be based in truth and love, and we must understand how to determine what is true and what love means.
Drawing on a hike along Ireland's Cliffs of Moher, this message asks a simple but piercing question: are we fleeing from sin, or testing how close we can get to it without falling? Through the accounts of David and Joseph, we're reminded that sin never announces its true cost up front — and that the
In a few weeks, we will be observing the biblical festival known as the Feast of Tabernacles. What does it actually mean to keep the Feast, and what can we do to make sure we do so in a way that honors God and glorifies our coming King?
God’s appointments require deliberate preparation, especially as we approach the Feast of Trumpets and reflect on the coming return of Jesus Christ, a pivotal, monumental turning point in human history. Rather than being lulled into a spiritual stupor by the anxieties, violence, distractions, and
As followers of Jesus Christ, we are privileged to rehearse for a new world and a new way of life now. God is not only preparing for a world without war, but He is also preparing His people to build it with Him.
The youth are the future of the Church. We have a great responsibility to raise our children, so they continue growing in the Church. We are raising our children to be members of the Kingdom.
This message connects scientific observations of order and design in the universe with the biblical revelation that the designer is the living God revealed in Scripture. It argues that creation is not accidental but purposeful, authored and sustained by God through Jesus Christ. Ultimately, it calls
Mankind rejected God’s plan to dwell with Him for eternity. The good news is that was not the end of the story! God has put in place a plan that by increments will allow humans to draw close to God and ultimately reach the point where God will dwell with men.
The Bible is a gift from God which convicts one to the truth. But it is sealed from understanding to those without God's other gift, His Spirit. In Part 1 of this series of eight comparisons, we look at the first four comparisons with scriptural references in how God's Word, the Bible is a
Seven points to run the Christian race.
What does it really mean to be good? True goodness is more than simply avoiding wrong actions or appearing good on the outside; it comes from a changed heart. Just as a good tree naturally produces good fruit, a heart that is being shaped by God will increasingly reflect His character in words
We are only prepared to keep God’s Fall Holy Days in this age when we are preparing for their future fulfillment in the age to come.
We all have weaknesses. We all have aspects of our faith that don't come as easily as others. In this message we walk through Psalm 51 and see how, when we surrender our weaknesses to God, He can take those weaknesses and use them to make our faith stronger and our relationship with Him even deeper.
A three part process of stepping through infirmity, pain and suffering. And it all hinges around being well with my soul. And the first part is “it is not well with my soul”.
This message explains why the Millennium will still need teachers even after Christ returns, Satan is bound, and God’s government is established. He connects this future role to Christian growth today, showing that those who hope to teach in the world tomorrow must first become teachable students
