February 8th, 2026

"Do I associate with sinners like Pharisees or Jesus?"

Bro. Scott Vaughn

Mark 2:1-17

1. Pharisees avoided sinners. - Jesus sought out sinners.
2. Sinners avoided Pharisees.  -   sinners sought out Jesus.
3. Pharisees made their reputation by avoiding sinners. - Jesus made His rep by associating with sinners.
4. Pharisees said; "Become good, and we might accept you!" Jesus said: "Come as you are, and I will help you to become good."
5. Pharisees keeping God's law was more important than sinners. Jesus believed keeping God's law was best done by seeking out sinners.
6. Pharisees might welcome sinners who confessed to sin. Jesus welcomed sinners into confession and forgiveness!

"The Man with the Withered Hand"

Bro. Jacob Howell

Luke 6:6-11

Series: The Book of Acts: To the Ends of the Earth

Title: The First Christian Sermon

Text: Acts 2:14-36

I. The Meaning of the Moment.

a. Acts 2:14-21

II. The Message about the Messiah

a. Acts 2:22-24

b. Acts 2:25-32

III. The Meaning of the Resurrection

a. Acts 2:33-36

b. Romans 10:14

Series: The Book of Acts: To the Ends of the Earth

Title: Amazed

Text: Acts 2:1-13

Acts 2:1-13

I. Amazed at a Promise Fulfilled

a. Acts 1:4-5

b. Acts 2:1-3

c. John 3:8

II. Amazed at a People Filled

a. Acts 2:4

b. Ephesians 5:18, “... be filled with the Spirit”

III. Amazed at a Power Revealed

a. Acts 2:4-13

b. Galatians 3:28

c. Ephesians 4:3

d. Philippians 2:2

e. Colossians 3:14-15

Series: The Book of Acts: To the Ends of the Earth

Title: Preparing for the Promise

Text: Acts 1:12-26

Acts 1:12-26

I. The Disciples Prayed for the Promise of God.

a. Acts 1:12-14

b. Acts 1:4-5

c. 1 Thessalonians 5:17, “pray without ceasing;”

d. Colossians 4:2, “Devote yourselves to prayer,”

e. James 5:16, “The effective [a]prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much

II. The Disciples Prepared with the Word of God.

a. Acts 1:16

b. Psalm 69:25, let his Homestead be made desolate and let no one dwell in it

c. Psalm 109:8, let another man take his office

d. Mat 19:27-28

e. Luke 22:29-30

f. Acts 1:25 “Judas turned aside to go to his own place,”

III. The Disciples Trusted in the Will of God.

a. Acts 1:26

b. Proverbs 16:33

c. Acts 13:2

Title: 3 Keys to Removing Doubt

Text: Mat. 11:1-6

Mat. 11:1-6

I. The Testimony of Changed Lives

a. Mat 11:4-5

II. Go Back to the Bible.

a. Mat 11:5

b. Write these texts down. Isaiah 26:19, 29:18, 35:5, 61:1

III. The Offense of Christ

a. Mat. 11:6

Series: The Book of Acts: To the Ends of the Earth

Title: Waiting, Witnessing, and Watching

Text: Acts 1:1-11

Acts 1 Mission Statement: “We exist to wait on the power of the Holy Spirit, to walk faithfully in

the mission of Christ, and to work expectantly in light of His promised return.”

Acts 1:1

Acts 1:2-3

Important Interpretive Question: Is Acts descriptive or prescriptive?

I. The Promise of His Power

a. Acts 1:4-8

b. Quote: “It’s when the demands on you exceed the resources that are inside of you

that’s when you tap out, check out, and burn out.”

c. Gal 5:16-17

II. The Proclamation of His Mission

a. Vs8 “...and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and

Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

b. Acts 1:8 = Table of Contents

i. Chapters 1-8, Jerusalem

ii. Chapters 8-12, Judea and Samaria

iii. Chapters 13-28 Ends of the Earth

III. The Prediction of His Return

a. Acts 1:9-11

b. John 16:7

Series: The Signs of Christmas

Title: The Virgin Birth

Text: Luke 1:26-38

Luke 1:26-38

I. The Virgin Birth points to the Divine Nature of Jesus.

a. Isaiah 7:14

b. Matthew 1:18

c. Mat 1:20

d. Mat 1:24-25

e. The Apostles Creed, “Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by

the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary.”

f. The Nicene Creed, “For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven,

and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary,”

g. Mat 1:24-25

h. Mat 13:55-56

i. Matthew 22:41-46

j. Don Stewart, “The most important reason to hold the belief in the virgin birth

concerns Jesus’s identity as God the Son, the second person of the Trinity. If

Joseph were his true father, then Jesus would only be a human being. He would

not be the son of God as scripture clearly states. He would have had his beginning

in time rather than eternally existing.”

II. The Virgin Birth was Absolutely Necessary for our Salvation.

a. The 5 Fundamentals of the Christian Faith:

i. The inerrancy of scripture

ii. Substitutionary death atonement

iii. Bodily resurrection of Christ

iv. The authenticity of miracles

v. And the virgin birth

b. Hebrews 2:17

c. Romans 5:12

d. Gal 4:4

e. Romans 5:17

III. Nothing is Impossible with God

a. Luke 1:38