You feel you should follow God. Have you proven that God exists? Should you? Can you prove that Jesus was the prophesied Messiah as opposed to being one of many religious leaders throughout history? What is truth? What about the Bible? Can you have religious certainty? If the Bible is true, what books should be in it? If God is calling you, will you respond to that call? How are you supposed to live as a Christian? Can you get assistance on the ten commandments, holy day, prayer, and faith? What about the Gospel of the Kingdom of God? What about life’s biggest questions? …
Counting Down to the Great Tribulation
With all that is going on in the world in the 21st century, people want to know about the Great Tribulation. They want to know when it is, what signs to look for, and how to be spared from it. This sermon addresses seals, troubles, the beginning of sorrows, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse, wars and rumors of war, food inflation, famines, modern agricultural practices, engineered food, the relevance of the nation of Israel, the peace deal of Daniel 9:27, the "prince,' the King of the North, the King of the South, US debt, …
Happiness: 15 Biblical Keys
Do you want to be happy? Most people do. Is it possible to be happy in this world? Most people aren’t happy, because they don’t know what real happiness according to the Bible is. There sermon goes over many scriptures about what happiness is and also what it is not. Christians should not focus on temporal pleasures, seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, strive to obey God’s …
Forgiveness For your physical and spiritual health
Evolution is NOT the Origin of Life
Is the evolutionary explanation of spontaneous generation, also known as abiogenesis, possibly the origin of life? What about the Drake equation and the Fermi paradox? Does mathematics support the view that RNA. Did RNA come from something alive or did the first living organism come from non-living RNA? Do proteins and DNA need to be present together for cells to work? Did Nobel prize-winning scientist Dr. George Wald admit that spontaneous generation of life is impossible? …
Sorrows and the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Revelation 6:1-8 shows the opening of four seals and discusses the rides of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. Each of which appears to be associated with aspects of the "beginning of sorrows" that Jesus mentions in the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. What do each of the horsemen represent? Did the old Worldwide Church of God teach that these rides were still in the future in the late 21st century? Could any have began in the 21st century? …
10 Steps to Be a Member of the CCOG
Are you interested in being part of the most faithful Christian church? Could God be calling you? Will you "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good"? Do you have an attitude to be like the Bereans of old who "searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so" (Acts 17:11)? Do you believe you should participate in the work of the continuation of the Philadelphia (cf. Hebrews 13:1) portion of the true Church (Revelation 3:7-13)? Are there scriptures and any steps involved? …
Ecumenism, Rome, and CCOG Differences
This is the final sermon of a series of messages on how the Continuing Church of God differs from Protestantism. The Lutheran World Federation, as well as many Protestants, are interested in ecumenical unity with the Church of Rome. The Roman Catholics consider themselves to be the 'Mother Church' as can also be shown in an inscription on St. John's Lateran Cathedral. Did early Protestant Reformers such as Martin Luther and John Calvin consider that the pope was the Antichrist? Does the Bible endorse ecumenical unity as the 'latter rain' during this age? …
Fleeing or Rapture?
Are any Christians going to be protected from the Beast during 42 months of the Great Tribulation and Day of the Lord? Did Jesus tell Christians that they would need to flee or that they would be part of a secret rapture? Does Jesus come before the Great Tribulation or after the Day of the Lord? Which trumpet does the Bible say that Jesus returns with? Is the Church mentioned in Revelation 4-18? Are Christians subject to persecution from the Beast and Antichrist? …
The Godhead and the Trinity
The Bible teaches God is one. How? Unitarians claim one means only one Divine Being, normally known to Christians as the Father. Trinitarians claim that the Godhead consists of three co-equal parts, being the Father, the Son (Jesus) and the Holy Spirit. Binitarians (sometimes called Semi-Arians) teach that the Father (Ancient of Days) and the Son (Jesus) are God, that the Holy Spirit is the power of God (like an effluence or finger), and that after the resurrection Christians will be born again into the very family of God. What does the New Testament teach? …