Brixham Community Church Podcast

Paul Black, Sunday 16th July 2023

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https://youtu.be/zjSKazER_NM Notes: Hebrews 13:1-21 Things we should never forget Introduction Why Hebrews was written Main theme: BETTER. For example read 12:18-24. More later Now, in the final chapter, the writer wants to emphasise things that Christians should never forget. Vv. 2, 3, 7, 16. A DON’T FORGET WHAT GOD HAS DONE FOR YOU V12 Jesus has died for us (as a sin offering v 11), to make us holy, fit for heaven V9 This is by his grace, not by religious ceremony. What we have is BETTER. We have: A better sacrifice (9:23), a better covenant (8:6), better promises (8:6), a better hope (7:19), a better country (11:16), and better and lasting possessions (10:34). B WHAT GOD EXPECTS OF YOU VV 15-16 To offer sacrifices of praise, confessing his name, doing good (to strangers [2], to sufferers [3], to spouses [4]) Vv 7+17-19 To remember your leaders – imitate them (7), obey them (17), pray for them (18-19) V5 To be content with what you have C WHAT

https://youtu.be/XRItDu1WQP4 25-Jun-2023 Ephesians 2:20-22 19 Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and strangers, but fellow citizens with God’s people and also members of his household, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the chief cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building is joined together and rises to become a holy temple in the Lord. 22 And in him you too are being built together to become a dwelling in which God lives by his Spirit. I have been spending some time looking at the re-built temple in the Old Testament; how the returning exiles from Babylon had to rebuild a derelict temple. I have reminded us of the New Testament imagery of the temple as depicting both Christian individuals (1 Corinthians 6:19 – your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit) and the church: 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will

https://youtu.be/RWiQsPMHEOo SERMON NOTES RECAP FROM 21ST MAY 2023 SERMON - WE ALL NEED OUR OWN PERSONAL CALL AND ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. Romans 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. I highlighted some of the hindrances to that happening – Our Fears; Not listening to God; and the way we can come with ‘Confirmation Bias’, only wanting to hear what we have decided we want to hear.   Last time I briefly spoke about NEAGATIVE THINKING - Most of us have used the phrase ‘what is the worst that can happen’ in relation to something we might be trying for the first time. Verity mentioned a few weeks ago at one of our Leadership Meetings, ‘what’s the best that can happen’. I mentioned the game of bowls?  Where the Bowling Ball – is not a perfect sphere – and has an inbuilt bias, which always turns away – like our thoughts seem to turn to worry and negativit

https://youtu.be/xJ15pEqaaA8 Weak is the new strong I’ve heard a few phrases with ‘is the new’ inserted into them. It’s used to say something is the new fashion or has replaced something else. Fish is the new meat, hair is the new hat, brown is the new black, in this office, jeans and a t-shirt are the new business suit. Age 50 is the new 40. Paul McCartney said that meat-free is the new rock n roll! I prefer the old! When I started working four days a week at school instead of five, I loved Thursdays. Thursday was the new Friday. Today we will learn that for the Christian, weak is the new strong. But first, let’s lead into this from the context of some previous talks. Returning and rebuilding We have been looking at the first 6 chapters of Ezra which depict a returning remnant from Babylon rebuilding the altar and the temple under the governance of a man called Zerubbabel. We have seen that there has been opposition to the build. I have drawn parallels between the Old Testament templ

https://youtu.be/tL5s0KXXLiI Sermon notes: Should have gone to Specsavers! Reading: 2 Kings 6 v 8-17 Text: Eph 6 v 12 Intro: We are at war! We have transferred from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of light Col1v13 How-ever are we bystanders or in the front line? Link to Jon’s sermons on Ezra. Power of God: Demonstrations- words of knowledge He knows everything spoken. We need to see gifts in operation in our lives and in the life of the church. Engaging: They are surrounded but different reactions Elisha is cool as a cucumber the servant is not. You can’t live off someone else’s experiences. You need your own! Perspective: Open his eyes. The need for God’s perspective on situations- My Chicago air flight experience. Soar above – see through the mist and fog as he sees them! Invisible kingdom: Col1v16 There is a kingdom or realm that we cannot see. Here is where the war takes place The evil forces operate in the heavenly realms Eph6v12 Mention Frank Peretti boo

https://youtu.be/Mbo4t5qo5pw EZRA 6 – A DECREE AND A DEDICATION – Part 2 In Ezra 5 we found the Jews attempting to build the temple again after the building had stopped by the powers of Babylon. The resumption of the build of course gained attention from the enemy. But we then saw what happens when a king or government recognises something of the power and greatness of God – there was a new freedom to build! – and we drew parallels with the temple the Jews built back then and the temple God is building today – his church. We prayed for our government to recognise the power of the Church to heal and help in society today. Now we will complete this chapter and discover what it looks like when God is on the move. 6 HALLMARKS OF A MOVE OF GOD in EZRA 6 You may be familiar with the quotation in the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, “They say Aslan is on the move.” It was a cold and depressing time in Narnia. But Mr Beaver, who had never even seen Aslan in his life, was full of hope and expect

https://youtu.be/I_kB66ehvEI Sermon notes: WE ALL NEED OUR OWN PERSONAL CALL AND ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS. 21ST MAY 2023 The last few times I have spoken about the need for each one of us to be, “Transformed by the renewing of our minds”. Romans 12:2 - Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of God. I highlighted some of the hindrances to that happening – Our Fears; Not listening to God; and the way we can come with ‘Confirmation Bias’, only wanting to hear what we have decided we want to hear.   I would like to look briefly, at what I think can be another problem area, and that is:-   NEAGATIVE THINKING Most of us have used the phrase ‘what is the worst that can happen’ in relation to something we might be trying for the first time. Verity mentioned a few weeks ago at one of our Leadership Meetings, ‘what’s the best that can happen’. I remember growing up

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sokayVrTJtM Sermon notes: Ezra 1-5 Recap Ezra 1 God is sovereign, so let God be God!             If God promised it, it will happen – “in order to fulfil prophecy”             God is the king of kings – “the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus” The riches of the world are at God’s disposal – “the peoples are to provide them with silver and gold” Ezra 3 Start at the altar             Sacrifice and celebration             Orderly and messy             Not always the place of presence but it was the gateway to glory (holy of holies) Ezra 4 Building up the temple             The NT temple – Jesus, the Church, the Christian – the place of his presence             Opposition 1 – Infiltration – disrupt from within             Opposition 2 – Discouragement and fear             Opposition 3 – Bring in the big dogs                         We are rebels                         The enemy is threatened by our presence Ezra 5 (& Haggai 1) Buildi

https://youtu.be/RWbvsEPv8no As I was thinking and praying about the message I should bring on the weekend of the coronation of King Charles III, a phrase from Revelation 1:5 came to my mind: JESUS CHRIST, THE RULER OF THE KINGS OF THE EARTH. Of course, the word king is used in a variety of ways, but its general meaning is someone who rules and it’s in that sense that we’ll be looking at it today. But first, let’s read Revelation 1:4-8. 4 John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 6 and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father - to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 7 Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those w

https://youtu.be/lqF4lLZ-DbE Story so far… God is sovereign In the book of Ezra we read of how God miraculously and sovereignly delivers the Jewish nation out of exile in Babylon back to Jerusalem. We learn that the first Jews back find Jerusalem in ruins and once they’ve settled in at home they prioritise rebuilding their place of worship. Building up the… altar! The first thing they rebuilt was not the walls of Jerusalem although that would have protected the city, nor did they start with the temple, but the first thing to be rebuilt was the altar. Worship came first. The altar was the place of both sacrifice and celebration, and this came before any other activity. By the end of chapter 3 we have a fully functioning altar and the foundations of the temple. In our context, we must prioritise worship of Jesus above anything else we wish to build. We offer our lives as living sacrifices and celebrate the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus. Our bodies and our churches are temples to God (1 Cor 3

https://youtu.be/JLXzCaupbsE Sermon notes: Praying for the Persecuted Church Introduction: On average, every 2 hours, a follower of Christ, one of our brothers or sisters in Christ, is martyred for their faith, somewhere in the world, not to mention others around them who may be injured, bereaved or traumatised in the same incident. At our monthly prayer meeting for the Persecuted Church on Thursday evening, using the OpenDoors excellent videos, the six of us heard a story of a young Nigerian boy who survived a shooting by the Boko Harem Islamic extremist group. However 7 members of his family including his father lay dead. He was so full of anger against his family's killers and God that he became very angry, bitter and violent, desperate for revenge. Thankfully an OpenDoors trauma counsellor and her team were able to talk to him in time, and he broke down and wept, and was able to recover his faith in God and forgive the killers.   We also heard the testimony of a teenage girl in East Africa

https://youtu.be/Jvdn1T2EtRI Jen Baker (https://www.jenbaker.co.uk) stopped by for a flying visit so we gave her the mic. Here's what happened...

https://youtu.be/bX9hdJOyOGg FAITH - THE ATHEIST AND GOD - Dr. Charles S Price Sometime ago an atheist sat in a meeting I was conducting. He was extremely hard and cynical. He lived alone in the room of a hotel, and his solitude had only added to his hard, critical, unbelieving nature. I preached that night on the subject “comprehending the incomprehensible”. I declared that it was possible to believe the unbelievable: to know the love of God that passes knowledge. The following morning he came to my room and asked for an interview. He was rather argumentative and I told him, when I did not have time for argument, I would be glad to answer any sincere, honest, question which he might put before me.He said, “I have no faith whatever. I do not believe the Bible, and I do not know if there be a God. I do see a law of order in nature and the universe, but what causes it, or where it came from, I do not know. Now, Dr. Price, your sermon last night was a challenge to my thinking. What I want to know is this:

https://youtu.be/4HD1wREPeRA Paul Black is our leaders at Brixham Community Church. He has a passion for the word and is greatly loved by those he has served in leadership for many decades.

https://youtu.be/Pe4X8_kOUng Building up the temple Remember that song? It was a Sunday school favourite of mine. Building up the Temple of the Lord… The girls had to shout “Boys come and help us!” after which the boys shouted, “Girls come and help us!” and we all sang together, “Building up the temple of the Lord.” It was a bit of fun, and the leader would make it a competition to see which group shouted the loudest. But what did it really mean to us? We had no idea. We just liked the excuse to shout in church as loud as we could. Messing up the temple On Palm Sunday, after Jesus rode into Jerusalem on a donkey, after all the people had cried ‘Hosanna,’ Jesus went into the temple and had a look around at everything that was going on. But because it was late, he went to Bethany where he was staying. When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and st

Mark Goodyear is one of the Trustees at Brixham Community Church and brought this message based on the healing at the pool in John chapter 5. https://youtu.be/5RRQreMyd-w

Dr David Petts preaching to Brixham Community Church on Sunday 19th March 2023. May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 For more great teaching from Dr David Petts, there are literally hundreds of podcast episodes available at www.davidpetts.org/podcast