Lenexa church of Christ

04/25/2025

Do you tire of the difference in the teaching you hear from religious organizations?
Would you like to know what God thinks about religion?
The answer is to be found in what He has spoken in His word, the Bible.
We study the Bible to learn what God teaches us regarding salvation
We study the Bible to learn what God teaches us about the church.
We have learned He speaks clearly and communicates one single message about one plan of salvation and about one church, He purchased with His own blood (Matthew 16:18; Acts 20:28).
We have a Gospel Meeting scheduled for April 27-30. Please feel welcome to attend and hear the truth of the gospel. Also come to worship with us at any of our regular assemblies.

03/25/2025

Study the Bible
First, we must answer the question, “Do I believe the Bible is the word of God?” If we do, will we accept what is says as truth since it claims to be the truth (John 17:17)? Did you know the Bible does not teach a man can be saved by faith alone? Many men teach this today, yet the Bible does not. Would you like to see what the Bible teaches? Would you study the Bible to learn from it? If so, 913-620-0563.

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04/20/2024

01/10/2024

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01/10/2024

COMPREHENSIVE REVERENCE
Jim Stauffer
An appropriate recognition of the work of Jesus regarding the salvation of man should result in man having a complete and thorough reverence for what He has said and done.

There are two very distinctive things Jesus did that are necessary to the salvation of the souls of men. First, He died on Calvary for our sins and then authored salvation by way of the gospel to guide us through the process of redemption. He taught the apostles while he was on the earth and then sent the Comforter, the Holy Spirit to guide them into all truth and bring to their remembrance what He taught them. They, in turn carried the message of Jesus as delivered by the Holy Spirit to the known world during their lives. God has preserved that message for us in the form of the Bible as the completed work of the Holy Spirit.

During the time they preached the gospel, they were given the power to perform miracles to confirm the word so men could understand they were sent from God (Acts 2:1-4; Mark 16:15-18; Hebrews 2:1-4). The words they spoke and wrote were given to them by the Holy Spirit as the revealed mind of God (1 Corinthians 2:10-13).

We understand He was given …all authority in heaven and on earth. We know God has elevated Him above all rule and authority (Ephesians 1:20-23). He is the prophet Moses promised in Deuteronomy 18:18,19 and was verified by the apostle Peter Acts 3:22-26.

Being aware of these things revealed to us in His word, it is very surprising to see people turn worship according to concepts that originate in the minds of men.

Why would anyone decide their worship or claim of salvation was valid in the eyes of the Savior when it is not authorized in Scripture. It is very important to the honest heart to be responding to the truth when he attempts to obey the Lord. It is not rude nor should it be offensive when someone asks if religion is practiced according to the authority of the Son of God. Can we expect salvation when we disrespect the author (Hebrews 5:8,9).

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01/10/2024

Study the Bible
Did you know that in the Bible it states....
That Jesus Christ built just one church that He is the head of? Read: Matthew 16:18; Ephesians 4:4; Ephesians 1:22-23.
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11/21/2023

THE ETERNAL NATURE OF GOD’S KINGDOM
Jim Stauffer
God’s people have always had a beneficent Monarch ruling over them. Even under the Law of Moses when they decided to have a king like the nations around them, God explained to Samuel they had not rejected him but rather they rejected God, Himself (1 Samuel 8). Even though God allowed them to have an earthly king, their history is filled with acts of the Almighty either blessing or cursing them for faithfulness or infidelity.

The prophets began to formulate the concept of God’s eternal kingdom as they spoke of the Messianic Age, when God’s Son would rule on His throne (Isaiah 9:6,7). Isaiah told us of a time when all nations would flow into the mountain of the house of the Lord (Isaiah 2:1-4). From this house of the Lord would go forth the law for those in it to obey.

Daniel then speaks of this same thing in terms of a kingdom. He tells us it will be a kingdom more powerful than all kingdoms. One that rules over them all (Daniel 2:44,45). Later he shows us the king reigning on the throne of this kingdom is the Son of God (Daniel 7:13,14). This kingdom and this king will never be destroyed according to Daniel. This we see coming to pass when Jesus Who is raised from the dead ascends into heaven to sit on God’s throne at God’s right hand (Acts 2:33-36; Ephesians 1:20-23). He now reigns over all rule and authority.

Do not be deceived. These prophecies and their fulfillment never said there would not be authority on earth. They are telling us earthly powers are subject to the authority of Christ. You see, He rules over a kingdom they cannot touch with their power. His kingdom offers benefits they cannot alter in any way. This is what Jesus told Pilate in John 18:36,37. His kingdom is not of this realm. It is an eternal kingdom, spiritual in nature and therefore outside the realm and power of any earthly kingdom.

When we speak of an eternal kingdom we see the illustration by the writer of Hebrews. (See 12:18-29) Here he contrasts the two kingdoms arranged by covenant with God. First he explains the physical nature of the kingdom enacted at Mount Sinai. They witnessed a mountain on fire and a powerful voice out of heaven that frightened them so they pleaded with Moses to intervene between them and God. He contrasts this with the kingdom where Jesus reigns, But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the Judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood, which speaks better than the blood of Abel. (Hebrews 12:22–24) He then explains the eternal nature of this kingdom mediated by Christ as a kingdom that cannot be shaken as will all those earthly, created kingdoms. This, you see was what Jesus came to provide for you and me. Eternal security. We are citizens in the kingdom that is indestructible due to its spiritual and eternal nature (Philippians 3:20,21). An eternal (spiritual) kingdom then deals with the eternal nature of its citizens. The blessings we receive are spiritual, not physical. Oh yes, God does provide for us if and when we seek Him and His kingdom first (Matthew 6:33), but those blessings that were promised through the seed of Abraham (Genesis 12:1-3; 22:18) and realized through Christ the Messiah (Galatians 3:16) are spiritual in nature (Ephesians 1:3).

We are not of this world even though we live in it. Our kingdom is spiritual and thus eternal in nature and is ruled over by an eternal King. We receive the blessing of salvation from sin due to the sacrifice He made for us on the cross. Every other blessing we receive from God through Christ are …spiritual blessings in the heavenly places….

When we fail to receive the promotion at work or suffer from illness even unto death, He has not failed to bless us in Christ. These are not things to cause us to doubt His promises or things that should receive the priority in our lives. He has as we would say, doubled down on His promise. In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, interposed with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us. This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, a hope both sure and steadfast and one which enters within the veil, where Jesus has entered as a forerunner for us, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek. (Hebrews 6:17–20)

We, brethren are citizens in the kingdom of God where His Son Jesus Christ sits on the throne over all rule and authority. This kingdom and therefore its citizens cannot be shaken.

11/09/2023

Once Saved Always Saved vs. Salvation by Faith
Jim Stauffer
The basis of each:
Once saved always saved is based on the principle that God directly gave you faith and therefore you cannot abandon it. This position claims further that nothing beyond believing in God is involved in faith. There is no obedience to commands that follows one’s faith.
Salvation by faith is a biblical teaching that is based on your conviction concerning the Christ Who came to save you and your loyalty to Him in search of the inheritance for the faithful. This faith simply means you will obey the One in Whom you believe.
Both doctrines are based on the concept that the faithful will inherit heaven at the end of life on the earth.
The discussion then is what does the Bible say about how faith is obtained and who holds that faith.
First of all the Bible teaches us it is impossible to be pleasing to God without faith, Hebrews 11:6. It also teaches us faith comes from hearing the word of God, Romans 10:17. The hearing mentioned in this verse is an expression of not only the physical hearing of the word, but the understanding. This concept is expressed more clearly as Jesus teaches the parable of the sower. There were 4 types of soil and each physically heard the word. One never heeded it at all while two others heard it and began to heed it but eventually the heat killed one plant because the rocky soil (the condition of the heart) did not allow it to take root. Another began also but allowed the word to be choked out by the cares of the world. These are illustrations of those who hear and understand the word, believe it and accept it but are unable to sustain their faith. Their faith came from hearing and understanding the word and realizing it demanded obedience. Their faith was weakened by their inability to continue to grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord and they left the faith instead of contending for it.
Having established faith comes from hearing the word of the Lord, we now learn it demands obedience. Jesus is described by the writer of Hebrews as the author of eternal salvation. He grants that salvation to those who obey Him (Hebrews 5:8,9). The doctrinal specific that faith leads to obedience is set forth with abundant examples. By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household…… (Hebrews 11:7). By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed by going out to a place which he was to receive for an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was going. (Hebrews 11:8) Abraham is the father of the faithful according to Galatians 3:26-29. Finally, let us notice how Abraham’s faith is defined by his obedience to the commandment of God when he was willing to offer Isaac as a sacrifice to God (James 2:20-26).
In conclusion we have learned our faith comes by hearing, understanding and obeying the word of the Lord. If and when one decides not to continue his obedience to the Lord, he has abandoned his faith and has fallen from grace (Galatians 5:4) and his faith is dead.

11/06/2023

WHAT BURNS IN YOUR HEART?
Jim Stauffer
They said to one another, “Were not our hearts burning within us while He was speaking to us on the road, while He was explaining the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32 ) On this occasion two men had walked with the Lord unaware of who He was as they walked to Emmaus. Jesus had raised from the grave and only a few new it at this time. As they walked, He joined them and their conversation about the recent events in Jerusalem. Their conversation was about …Jesus the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word in the sight of ‘god and all the people, and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered Him to the sentence of death, and crucified Him. (Luke 24:19,20) They were both sad because they thought this Jesus might be the One to redeem Israel. They were confused because they visited his grave and found it empty.

Jesus then began to explain to them from Old Testament prophecy that the plan of God all along was for the Christ, the Anointed One, the Messiah to suffer death and to enter glory following that suffering (Luke 24:25-27). Later as they ate with Him their eyes were opened and they realized it was Jesus with whom they had conversed. That is when they reflected on how it felt to hear Him teach them from the Scriptures. We might ask ourselves how we feel when hearing the word of the Lord as we study Scriptures. It is a special thing to receive communication from God Himself. So special that even when that communication leads us to suffer persecution or any rejection from others, we cling to it more closely.

Conversely, Jeremiah, who suffered greatly at the hands of his contemporaries in Judah lamented God’s use of him to carry a message of punishment for Judah for her sin of rebellion against God. He was treated poorly for the message he carried and yet he found it difficult not to speak the word of the Lord as he had been called to do. Listen to his dilemma, O LORD, You have deceived me and I was deceived; You have overcome me and prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me. For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the LORD has resulted In reproach and derision all day long. But if I say, “I will not remember Him Or speak anymore in His name,” Then in my heart it becomes like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; And I am weary of holding it in, And I cannot endure it. (Jeremiah 20:7–9)

His word is life to each and everyone who will hear it. He is the way, the truth and the life. We should draw closer and closer to Him as we read His word and take it into our hearts. And any temptation to reject it or even fail to speak it to others should create serious pain in our hearts since He loved us and died for us (Ephesians 2:4,5; Romans 5:6-10).