Church Of The Lost Sheep

"And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded both Jews and Greeks. When Silas and Timothy had come from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, and testified to the Jews that  Jesus  is  the Christ. But when they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook his  garments and said to them, “Your blood  be  upon your  own  heads; I  am  clean.  From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” And he departed from there and entered the house of a certain man named  Justus,  one  who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue. Then Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his household. And many of the Corinthians, hearing, believed and were baptized . Now the Lord spoke to Paul in the night by a vision, “Do not be afraid, but speak, and do not keep silent; for I am with you, and no one will attack you to hurt you; for I...

Jesus Washes His Disciples’ Feet 'Before the Passover celebration, Jesus knew that his hour had come to leave this world and return to his Father. He had loved his disciples during his ministry on earth, and now he loved them to the very end. It was time for supper, and the devil had already prompted Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. Jesus knew that the Father had given him authority over everything and that he had come from God and would return to God. So he got up from the table, took off his robe, wrapped a towel around his waist, and poured water into a basin. Then he began to wash the disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel he had around him. When Jesus came to Simon Peter, Peter said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus replied, “You don’t understand now what I am doing, but someday you will.” “No,” Peter protested, “you will never ever wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “Unless I wash you, you won’t belong to me.” Simon Pe...

The Baptism of Jesus 'While everyone else was being baptized, Jesus himself was baptized. Then as he prayed, the sky opened up, and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in the form of a dove. A voice from heaven said, “You are my own dear Son, and I am pleased with you.”' Luke 3:22-22 [21st message of the New Believer Series] On two previous messages of this series we have discussed about the ordinances of the church. These are about things that (new and old) believers should do as a follower of Christ. In the 18th message of this series, we mentioned that believers are to participate in the communion of the bread and the cup as Jesus told His disciples to do in remembrance of Him. Think of this as like how we would have a meal together to celebrate the birthday of a loved one who have passed away, coming together, breaking bread in remembrance of that day, that person and what that person did.  In the preceding message (the 20th ) we spoke of how through the years believ...