http://www.georgetownbible.org Georgetown Bible Church Podcasts en Georgetown Bible Church Podcasts Georgetown Bible Church no Georgetown Bible Church tamalvaso@aol.com ℗ & © 2010 Georgetown Bible Church 720 Jul 4, 2010Newtown Bible ChurchColossians 3:4-7 Beware the Slippery Slide When you begin to look at the New Testament, one thing becomes very clear quickly, God desires the church to be pure. Yet, during my four years in school in California many of the leaders of Christianity fell into adultery; these included Jim Baker, Ed Hindson, David Hocking, Jimmy Swaggart, Truman Dollar, And Gordon MacDonald. We went through a period of about two years, where a week would not go by where we heard of another pastor had fell into adultery. Recently, we’ve seen names like Ted Haggart fall from grace. • How does one fall into adultery? • Can it happen to us? Warning: 1 Cor. 10:12 "Therefore let him who thinks he stands... take heed lest he fall." Paul addresses this question when he wrote to the church at Colossae. He tells us the process which takes place that leads a person into an adulterous act. I liken it to a slippery slide. Once you get on it, it is almost impossible to get off. How does a believer live in such a way which is contrary to the position they have in Christ? Is there a way in which we can have victory in or walk in Christ? Paul answers these question in Colossians 3 to show us not only how a Christian gets into such a place, but how to avoid it all together. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/beware-the-slippery-slide http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/beware.mp3 Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:07:32 GMT Timothy Malvaso Jul 4, 2010Newtown Bible ChurchColossians 3:4-7 Beware the Slippery Slide When you begin to look at the New Testament, one thing becomes very clear quickly, God desires the church to be pure. Yet, during my four years in school in ... immorality,purity,holiness “Living in the here & now” The believer is one who lives their lives’ in two different worlds. We should feelings the tension of that paradox. I’m sure you have heard the saying that “One can be so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.” I think that cliché is a misnomer. I’ve never met a person like that. But I have met many people that are ‘So earthly minded that they are no heavenly good.’ As a matter of fact, the problem isn’t being heavenly minded is the problem. The problem is that on can be constantly earthly minded. Paul is going to emphasize that for the believer that they need to live focused ON heaven. His point is that we need to live more heavenly minded, so that we’re more earthly good. Being heavenly minded will change every facet of your life. The problem begins for all of us is that earthly or temporal things consumes us- paying the mtg, job, or the lack of a job, ordinary life pressures, stresses, state of our economy, state of the world to mention a few. We now live in an environment which people are terrified on what will happen tomorrow. Situation: false teachers were infiltrating the church. Teaching that ere were 2 classes of Christians: lower & Elite 1 & 2 Focused in on who Christ is. Danger of adding to the gospel Christ + philosophy (2:8)- humanism, higher learning Christ + legalism (vv. 16-17)- external standards. “You’re a Christian if you do or don’t do certain things. Christ+ mysticism- (vv. 18-19)- putting a priority on having certain experiences. A ‘feel’ good experience. Placing emphasis on our feelings as the center of our walk. Christ + asceticism- self- denial. Monk—life You’re not incomplete in Christ rather Christ has made you complete. We are circumcised with a circumcision made without hands. In Colossains 3 Paul gives us We are buried with Him. “ raised up with Him. You are dead>>>now alive. We have the forgiveness of our sins. Our debt towards God has been paid and canceled out, placed on Christ’s account. We were hostile, now we have peace with God. Chapters 1& 2- Supremacy of Christ Doctrinal What Christ Did For Us 3 & 4- Submission to Christ Practical What Christ Does Through Us Doctrine without application = confusion. Paul is trying to tell the Colossians that we are to walk & live complete in Christ. Our focus on Christ is the basis of how we live! 2:8-23 We died with Christ, were circumcised, were buried, and were completely forgiven all according to the work of Christ. The new life we are to live does not come by depending on a self-motivated and energized keeping of religious activities, but comes through faith in the fact of Christ and His work on the cross. Paul now turns very practical. He begins by calling the Colossians to that preoccupation with heavenly reality that is the hallmark of true spirituality, and the starting point of practical holiness. There are 4 features, that Paul brings out, to help unfold the power of heavenly living on earth: Our Reminder/Our Responsibility/Our Resource/Our Reason. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/living-beyond-the-here-and-now http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/living-beyond.mp3 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:06:43 GMT Timothy Malvaso “Living in the here & now” The believer is one who lives their lives’ in two different worlds. We should feelings the tension of that paradox. I’m sure you have heard the saying that “One can be so heavenly minded that they ... Christian suffering is a part of God's means of breaking our sense of self-sufficiency and driving us to find our full sufficiency in Christ. It is for this reason that Paul could say he rejoiced in his weaknesses for then he found strength perfected in Christ. It is why James could say, "Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials." And in the current passage Paul rejoices because he experienced God's comfort that he was then able to pass on to others, and he learned the continual lesson to rest completely in the Father's care. It seems like the older I get, the more I realize that life never goes smoothly. If things are calm, there is some kind of storm brewing over the horizon somewhere about to hit us. Everyone experiences problems/afflictions/difficulties. •Why me? •Why now? •Why this? Things could be smooth sailing until something torpedo's your feet right out from under you. OR Your ship may be filling with water and you are bailing the water out to keep her afloat; when another hole appears and lets in twice amount of water. • Have you ever felt that your ship was going down? • How did you feel? - out of control. - stressed out. - helpless. - alone. - not knowing where to turn. D. The Question. Why does the Lord bring trials into our life? Why can't things always be smooth sailing for the believer? There are two things that we must keep in mind concerning trials. 1. The first is found in: James 1:2 "Consider it all joy, when you suddenly fall into the midst of many multicolored, variegated trials." All shapes, All Sizes, All Colors. The trials are coming!!! We need to be prepared now for when these trials come. •• We cannot prepare for a crisis after the crisis has occurred; preparation must take place before we are nose-to-nose with crisis. These trails will come in many shades and sizes. • Family Issues. • Problems at work. • Health Issues. • Car Problems. • Computer Issues. • Money Issues. • Marriage Issues. • Unresolved Issues- issues from the past. Some bother us more than others. But if they all hit at once, we feel like we might go over the edge. With me, car issues hit me hard. ‘Okay Lord, if you want me to pay out all this money, just to keep going, then that’s fine.” “Consider it all joy” Scripture has much to say about getting ready for trials: As we see the first things that we must keep in mind is that -We need to be prepared now for trials. 2. The second thing we must keep in mind is found in: Rom. 8:28 "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Trials are divinely appointed. Summary: Two facts that we can say: • We should be prepared for suffering before the suffering occurs. • Whatever the affliction is has been appointed or approved by God, for our good. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/why-christians-suffer http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/why-christians-suffer.mp3 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 00:32:02 GMT Timothy Malvaso Christian suffering is a part of God's means of breaking our sense of self-sufficiency and driving us to find our full sufficiency in Christ. It is for this reason that Paul could say he rejoiced in his weaknesses for then he found strength perfected ... faith,sovereignty,trials,providence,suffering In this last chapter, he will reveal his love for the community of believers, his mutual accountability with them before God, and his dependence on them for his own ministry. In these last few verses of the book of Romans, here in Romans 16, Paul is going to reveal his love towards God’s people in 4 ways: In vv. 1-2, Paul reveals his love through His Commendation. In vv. 3-16, through His Cordiality. In vv. 17-20, through His Caution. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/ministry-made-personal http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/ministry-made-personal.wma Sun, 28 Feb 2010 01:40:38 GMT Timothy Malvaso Romans 15-16 women,service http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/a-glimpse-of-gods-holiness http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/holiness.wma Sun, 21 Feb 2010 12:36:47 GMT Timothy Malvaso holiness,santification,angels,holy_spirit,Theology_Proper I remember my days beck in seminary when Dick Mayhue was speaking on expository preach and discussed that you can tell how good of an expository preach one is is how they handle certain passage. In the NT, many preachers consider some verses as ‘throw away passages.’ Those usually at the end on the book in which the author talks about greeting certain people and plans which they plan to do. Dick Mayhue said that if you can mine the depths of the verses to find what gold nuggets there, you can find the core meaning of any passage. Today we come to one of those passages. For many preachers, these are some throw away verses. Paul is beginning to conclude these great epistle and now makes some personal remarks and plans to the believers who are at Roman. Paul have just spend 15 in depths chapter defining and clarifying the powerful and life changing work of the gospel and now he begins by opening up his heart and sharing is his readers what he feels what God wants him to accomplish in the up coming months. I’ve read a number of commentaries and some seem to jump over these verses and others just pull out a couple of thoughts. I felt the best that I’ve seen was how John MacArthur handled these set of verses. Some passages the meaning is explicit. Others passages the meaning is implicit. You have to dig a little deeper and when you do, the entire meaning of what Paul writes outs up and become clear. And I want us to look tonight at verses 22 through 33, a section that basically will deal with ministry in the will of God. At first glance it seems like Paul piles up a number of insignificant things, all of which rather non-life changing. John MacArthur states that the key to this passage is found in verse 32 32 so that I may come to you in joy by the will of God Because of this phrase, it spreads its implications over the whole passage because you see in this passage the attitudes, the perceptions and the viewpoints of a man who functions in the will of God. The rest of the passage leads up to that statement concerning’ the will of God.’ As Paul bares his heart to a group of believers, most of whom he has never met and who loved in a place where he had never been, he provides some valuable principles for us. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/serving-in-gods-will-part-1--a-glimpse-of-gods-sovereignty- http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/sover-rom15a.wma Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:20:19 GMT Timothy Malvaso Romans 15-16 sovereignty,god,rule http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/the-greatness-of-christ http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/supre-of-christ.wma Sun, 03 Jan 2010 12:46:36 GMT Timothy Malvaso Luke 1:5 tells us two of the key characters of the coming Messiah. Most people at sometime in their life have one event, one chance to do an extraordinary thing. When we watch the Olympics, we dream of ourselves participating in certain events for the glory of our country while striving after the gold. Our minds play on these things while we grow up as a part of youthful wonder. May be it is accomplishing something great and we are on the evening news. For Zacharias it would have been to accomplish a special priestly duty in the temple. Being from a priestly family, one day he may have the privilege to offer incense for the Lord. There would be a day that would be the most important day of his life. As we shall see, not only is it the most important day of his life, but the most important moment of his life. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/christmas-through-the-eyes-of-the-relatives http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/christmas-thru-relatives.wma Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:40:31 GMT Timothy Malvaso Luke 1:5 tells us two of the key characters of the coming Messiah. Most people at sometime in their life have one event, one chance to do an extraordinary thing. When we watch the Olympics, we dream of ourselves participating in certain events ... john_the_baptist,zacharias,elizabeth,christmas David nears the end of his life. He's on the run. Now as He endures his current situation in his life. He grows weary and he remembers the lessons on how his God has been faithful in the past. Summary statement: 50"Therefore I will give thanks to You, O LORD He is able to endure his circumstances and able then to gives thanks, because of who God is and how he has worked. This is a song of praise for God’s deliverance and protection for His people. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/a-psalm-of-thanksgiving http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/thanksgiving.wma Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:14:09 GMT Timothy Malvaso David nears the end of his life. He's on the run. Now as He endures his current situation in his life. He grows weary and he remembers the lessons on how his God has been faithful in the past. Summary statement: 50"Therefore I will ... We must take great care not to offend or look down on any other believer. Now I believe that Paul picks this theme up and it brings us now to Romans chapter 14. And Paul's great concern here is that we learn as believers in the church how to get along. We’re all aware of the fact that sin causes a rift in the fellowship. Sin fractures the fellowship of the church. But there is another area that can create great chaos and confusion and struggle and strife and conflict in the church and that's not so much in the area of overt sin as it is in the area of strong and weak believers being in conflict over preferential issues. Not issues that are moral issues or biblical issues that are clear-cut, but preferential issues. And we talked about the fact that in the church you have people who prefer certain things and other people who prefer different things. And the potential for clashing is very great. The church is a mixture of Christians at all levels of spiritual growth, from brand new babies to very, very mature men and women in Christ. People from all kinds of backgrounds, people who come from a wild kind of lawless background and people who come from a very traditional, very rigid, very ritualistic legalistic background. And we all come to Christ and we all wind up in the church and there's a potential clash when our preferences for say external forms of worship, preferential styles of life vary and can create some problems. http://www.sermoncloud.com/georgetown-bible-church/understanding-our-liberty-in-the-midst-of-our-unity-building-up-one-another-pt-3- http://media.monkserve.com/EKK/2519/understanding-our-liberty-in-the-midst-of-our-unity-building-up-one-another-pt-3.mp3 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:45:05 GMT Timothy Malvaso Romans 14 building_up_one_another,love,friction