Aletheia Fellowship

In this sermon, we dive back into Matthew chapter 10 and talk about who we confess. We learn there is no middle ground, you either confess Christ or you deny. We learn that the true confession is the confession that we are not righteous and we cannot obtain salvation apart from His grace! As the cost for confessing Christ gets higher, the genuine continue to stand because He is the one holding us! "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 10:28-33

In this sermon, we dive back into Matthew chapter 10 and talk about who we confess and who we fear. "Do not fear those who kill the body but are unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows. Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father who is in heaven. But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father who is in heaven." Matthew 10-28-33

In this sermon, we dive back into Matthew chapter 10 and learn about the true cost of being Christ's disciple and follower.

In this sermon, we learn what it means to be a true disciple of Christ! We are all slaves, but who is our master? We are all sons, but who is our father? There are only two options, a slave to Christ or a slave to the devil. It is our ambition to be like our Master and it is enough to be like him, even in persecution!

In this sermon, we dive back into our study in Matthew 10.24 “A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a slave above his master. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he become like his teacher, and the slave like his master. If they have called the head of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they malign the members of his household! 26 “Therefore do not fear them, for there is nothing concealed that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known."We learn that we are not above our master who is Christ. If we are slaves of Christ, we no longer live for ourselves, but for Him, and in the same way that they treated Christ, they will treat His followers. The question is, are we truly Christ followers?A disciple is a learner, but we do not merely learn to know what is pleasing to Him, but also to practice what we've learned. Evidence of a genuine believer is that they will practice what they learn, by the grace of the Holy Spirit indwelling them. The Christian is known for their submission, first and foremost to God, and likewise in the institutions that He has called us to in this life. Government, employment, marriage, etc.

In this sermon, we dive back into Matthew 7:15. “Beware of the false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravenous wolves.". We learn how deceptive the false prophet and teacher can be and how they use miraculous signs to deceive the masses. We learn not to be an experience or sign seeker, but to verify the words are from God. Looking to the future, we learn that this will happen in the end, and it could be far more deceptive than we think.

In this sermon, Doug continues our study in Matthew 7:15 talking about false prophets and teachers. We learn that we are all under the influence of something and we need to be very aware and on our guard about our influences.

In this sermon, Doug dives deeper into our study on false prophets, specifically the greed of false prophets. He takes us through the story of the false prophet Balaam and warns us to be aware of the false teachers and prophets around us today.

In this sermon, Doug continues to teach us how to identify both the true and false prophets according to scripture. Last week we focused on true prophets, and this week, we study the false prophet and false teacher. A timely study for all of us in a day where lies outweigh the truth and the truth speaker is hard to come by.

In this sermon, Doug teaches us what prophecy is and then shows us how to identify both the true and false prophets according to scripture.

In this sermon, Doug teaches on the command to enter through the narrow gate, but he warns that the cost is high. The cost is everything. Only the humble will make sure they seek and find this narrow gate to the kingdom.

In this sermon, Doug teaches further on the Golden Rule, or rather the Golden Reality as we learned last week. We are to love our neighbor as ourselves, but that first comes from loving God with all our heart, soul, strength, and mind. We love because God first loved us. He is love and we produce the fruit of His Spirit in us. Love is an action! Love that works is the evidence of the genuine believer.

In this sermon, Doug recaps last week's sermon on verses 7-11. Either Christ is your stumbling stone or your cornerstone! Then we dive into The Golden Rule, or would it be better called The Golden Reality?

In this sermon, Doug takes a deep dive into Matthew 6 verse 9, and we learn what the "Stone" represents and why it's so important to have a good Father who will give you what is good!

In this sermon, Doug recaps what it means to ask, seek, and knock continually for the Lord to give you Himself and grant salvation. We then learn what snakes and scorpions are and why it's so important to have a good Father who will give you what is good!

This week we continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on Matthew 7:6. Pastor Doug leads us through scripture in order to understand what Jesus is referring to when He says, "Do not give what is holy to dogs".

This week we continue our study of the Sermon on the Mount, focusing on Matthew 7:1-5. Doug begins by defining what a cult truly is in order to provide greater context into first-century Judaism. We also define who false teachers are and ask the question: should Christians judge? And if so, by what standard?

This week Doug continues our Sermon on the Mount study, focusing on Matthew 6:25-34. He continues to teach us what it means to seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and he clearly defines what scripture tells us our expectations should be in this life. He answers the question, will God provide for our every need and want in this life?

In this sermon, Doug dives into the second half of Matthew 6:33 and answers what it means when it says "seek His righteousness". Doug continues to show us how our expectations for this life might be wrong according to the scriptures, and he challenges us to live for eternity!

Worry is a major problem for the world because they love the world and the things of the world, but it's also a problem for a Christian, who still lives in their sinful flesh. In this passage, we are commanded not to worry about the temporal, but rather to seek first His kingdom! We learn that the Greek word for worry (Merimnao) means to be anxious, to be troubled with cares, to seek to promote one's interests, and to be preoccupied with something. Doug shows us that that same Greek word shows up in 1 Corinthians 7 when it's telling us that marriage divides our interests and binds us to be concerned with the temporal. Doug warns us of the dangers of making even the good things, like marriage and children, our main desire and preoccupation, and teaches us the importance of seeking His kingdom first!

In this sermon, Doug folds in a much bigger picture for Matthew 6 than what is typically taught. He focuses on who the Sermon on the Mount was truly being preached to and how the sermon was a warning for their future. We learn who the "bad eye" represents, and why we can't serve two masters. Doug also walks through much of the old testament when God was supernaturally sustaining His people, and talks about the parallel between anxiety and contentment. We learn that God is all we truly need and that He supplies our every need, but not our every want.

In this sermon, Doug recaps verses 19-24, talking about storing up our treasure here on earth, and explains what the "bad eye" represents being our spiritual lens. He then dives into verses 25-32, along with much of the Old Testament, and teaches us about God's supernatural provision and the futility of worry. We learn that we've labeled our wants, needs, and we are shown how faulty our expectations can be for God's provision.

This week Doug continues to dive deeper into the actual meaning of the Sermon on the Mount. He shows us that Jesus was doing more than commanding us not to worry, but was warning His people of their future. Doug ties together the old testament with the future judgment that is still yet to come, showing us that history will repeat itself.

This week, Doug continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount and teaches us what it means to fast. He shows us the correlation between fasting and humbling ourselves, and we study where else fasting comes up in scripture and how it's more about the heart than the action itself.

In this sermon, Doug starts by doing something a little more rare for him and starts speaking to some of the cultural issues we are facing in our world today. He then relates it all to our passage in Matthew 6 and takes us through the reasons for fasting in scripture and the wrong reasons to fast.

In this sermon, we ask the question "do we have free will", we discuss spiritual warfare, and we talk further about where evil came from and if it was always a part of God's plan. We learn that there are only two ways. Good and evil, right and wrong, light and dark, and we learn there is a spiritual realm behind both. We also talk about whether a Christian still struggles with sin and we answer the question "has a Christian been totally set free from sin". 

In this sermon, Doug teaches on verse 13 and teaches us what the evil is that Jesus was warning they would need to be delivered from. We learn that there are only two ways. Good and evil, right and wrong, light and dark, and we learn there is a spiritual realm behind both. We continue to look at the future judgment to find out Satan's role, God's role, Israel's role, and our role.

In this sermon, Doug answers the question did God create evil. We learn that God wasn't blindsided by sin, and we talk about whether or not man has free will. We talk about the spiritual world unseen to us, and we talk about what it means to pray that we are delivered from evil.

In this sermon, we dive into the first half of Matthew 6:13 and learn the true context for the Greek word temptation (peirasmós), which can be translated as a test, trial, or tribulation. In the context of this prayer, we learn the importance of being in constant prayer and the dangers that arise from a prideful heart. "Therefore let him who thinks he stands take heed that he does not fall." (1 Corinthians 10:12)

In this sermon, Doug unpacks what Matthew 6:10 is calling us to do. We learn what it means to pray for God's will to be done, and how we submit our desires to His. We learn that in order to pray for God's will, we first need to listen to God to find out what His will is by reading His word to us. We talk about how Jesus was our perfect example of this. If He had to submit His will to the Father, how much more do we?

In this sermon, Doug unpacks what Matthew 6:10 is calling us to do. We learn what it means to pray for God's will to be done, and how we submit our desires to His. We talk about the false theology of thinking that God's will would never be for us to suffer, taking a look at Job's life, and we end up looking at Jesus as our perfect example. 

In this sermon, Doug unpacks what Matthew 6:10 is calling us to do. We learn what it means to pray for God's will to be done, and how we submit our desires to His. We talk about the false theology of thinking that God's will would never be for us to suffer. We study old testament examples of God pouring out judgment and pestilence in response to forsaking Him, and we talk about the righteous prayer of being able to pray for God's will even if that is judgment.