Highway Christian Church

08/29/2023

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08/26/2023

Finally a password I can remember!

08/26/2023

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Excellent explanation. Perfect for this Sunday's Message

In this video I dig into Scripture's teaching on justification and sanctification. One of my main goals is to show that justification and sanctification must...

08/20/2023

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𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝘄𝗮𝘆:➤𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐍𝐄𝐑 (𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐲)https://www.patre...

08/18/2023

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08/17/2023

No Art Lessons this Sunday, but we are having Sunday School at 10 am and Worship at 11 am. This Sunday's Message - "Blood is Thicker than Water" Come Sunday to find out more. Hope to see you there.

08/17/2023

Bulletin for Sunday, August 20, 2023

08/17/2023

THE “LETTUCE” (Let Us) PASSAGES
Let us not be like others, who are asleep, but Let us be awake and sober. Let us put aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy. Rather, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh.
Let us purify ourselves from everything that contaminates body and spirit, perfecting holiness out of reverence for God. Since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, Let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful.
Let us draw near to God with a sincere heart and with the full assurance that faith brings, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and having our bodies washed with pure water. Since the promise of entering his rest still stands, Let us be careful that none be found to have fallen short of it. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest. Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Let us move beyond the elementary teachings about Christ and be taken forward to maturity. Let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And Let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith.
Since we live by the Spirit, Let us keep in step with the Spirit. Since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, Let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.
Through Jesus, therefore, Let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
Let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. Let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth. Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Therefore, as we have opportunity, Let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers. Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification.

[Romans 13:12-14; 14:13, 19; 2 Corinthians 7:1;
Galatians 5:25-26; 6:9-10; 1 Thessalonians 5:6;
Hebrews 4:1, 11, 14, 16; 6:1-2; 10:22-25; 12:1-2, 28-29; 13:15; 1 John 4:7]

08/07/2023

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Sunday Sermon for August 6th, 2023
"The Normal Christian Life/ Story of Watchman Nee"

The Story of Watchman Nee and a Study on SanctificationSunday Sermons of Highway Christian Church in Bethany, MO presented by Pastor Darian Catron.

08/01/2023

From devotions this morning: Men traipsed irreverently through the graveyard on a cold English morning in 1428. One of them, finely dressed in religious robes, said, “Here it is. Dig it up. Let’s get this over with.”

When the shovels finally hit something solid, the man in fine clothes stood by, idly watching, and said, “Open it.”

“But, sir, he’s been in there fifty years!” replied one of the diggers. “There can’t be much left!”

The religious leader shuddered and then shrugged off his irritation. “Then pull the whole thing out. We’ll burn it all.”

What could have angered this man so much? Why dig up the man’s body fifty years after his death to ceremoniously burn him as a heretic?
Around 1376, John Wycliffe published the doctrine of “dominion as founded in grace.” This highly controversial message states, “The gospel alone is sufficient to rule the lives of Christians everywhere.”

Wycliffe had also begun translating the Latin Vulgate Bible into English and distributing it secretly in pamphlets and books. He continued this work until he died in 1384, one hundred thirty-three years before the Reformation.

“Dump the ashes in the river,” the man ordered as the fire died down. “That should be the last we hear of John Wycliffe and his teachings.” One hundred more years would pass before it was legal to read an English Bible.
The religious officials tried their best to do away with the “last” of John Wycliffe. Instead, it appears that every bit of ash from John’s burnt body carried a new thirst for God’s Word across Europe. Their efforts not only missed their target, but they actually aided the cause of Christ. Likewise, we may often see our enemy, Satan, going to great lengths to dispose of Christianity. Yet his attempts result in a backfire at best. God allows persecution to inspire believers and drive them toward greater commitment.

07/25/2023

[From The Normal Christian Life by Watchman Nee]
The Son of God died instead of us for our forgiveness: He lives instead of us for our deliverance. So we can speak of two substitutions—a Substitute on the Cross who secures our forgiveness and a Substitute within who secures our victory.
No matter how many sins I commit, it is always the one sin principle that leads to them. I need forgiveness for my sins, but I need also deliverance from the power of sin. When God’s light first shines into my heart my one cry is for forgiveness, for I realize I have committed sins before Him; but when once I have received forgiveness of sins I make a new discovery, namely, the discovery of sin, and I realize not only that I have committed sins before God but that there is something wrong within. I discover that I have the nature of a sinner. There is an inward inclination to sin, a power within that draws to sin. When that power breaks out I commit sins. I may seek and receive forgiveness, but then I sin once more. So life goes on in a vicious circle of sinning and being forgiven and then sinning again.I appreciate the blessed fact of God’s forgiveness, but I want something more than that: I want deliverance. I need forgiveness for what I have done, but I need also deliverance from what I am.
Our Dual Problem: Sins and Sin

07/24/2023

https://youtu.be/NZ-N9244Bng

Sunday Sermons of Highway Christian Church in Bethany, MO presented by Pastor Darian Catron.Title- "God Bearer"Acts 11