Church Of The Lost Sheep

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...

 The Last Supper "When the hour had come, Jesus reclined at the table with His apostles. And He said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering. For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.” After taking the cup, He gave thanks and said, “Take this and divide it among yourselves. For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.” And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you." Luke 22:14-20 [18th message of the New Believer Series] So much of what religious people have done and still doing today are based on human tradition or human made rules and regulations. If we don't do our own s...

 Jesus Presented at the Temple "When the eight days until His circumcision had passed, He was named Jesus, the name the angel had given Him before He had been conceived. And when the time of purification according to the Law of Moses was complete, His parents brought Him to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord (as it is written in the Law of the Lord: “Every firstborn male shall be consecrated to the Lord”), and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Luke 2:21-24 The Jewish people of old lived their lives according to the Law of the Lord (the Law given to Moses plus the ones they made up themselves). Baptism The gospels tell us that when John the Baptist started his ministry, he baptized people by immersing them in the Jordan River, baptizing even Jesus, Himself, who was his cousin. While water baptism is still being practiced today, it has evolved to different forms, manner and conditions, as me...