Fellowship Renewed Church

The Wisdom of God: Part II (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,    nor the heart of man imagined,what God has prepared for those who love him”—
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 ESV
August 6, 2023

The Wisdom of God: Part I (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,
“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard,    nor the heart of man imagined,what God has prepared for those who love him”—
10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.
14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ."
1 Corinthians 2:6-16 ESV
July 30, 2023

Proclaiming the Mystery of God (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God."
1 Corinthians 2:1-5 ESV
July 23, 2023 

Consider Your Calling (1 Corinthians 1:26-31)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"For consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; 28 God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, 29 so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. 30 And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, 31 so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 1:26-31 ESV
July 16, 2023

The Folly of What We Preach (1 Corinthians 1:18-25)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God. 19 For it is written,
“I will destroy the wisdom of the wise,    and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart.”
20 Where is the one who is wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? 21 For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, it pleased God through the folly of what we preach to save those who believe. 22 For Jews demand signs and Greeks seek wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles, 24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God. 25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men."
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 ESV
July 9, 2023 

Is Christ Divided (1 Corinthians 1: 10-17)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power."
1 Corinthians 1: 10-17 ESV
July 2, 2023

The Church in Corinth (1 Corinthians 1:1-3)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes,
2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours:
3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ."
1 Corinthians 1:1-3 ESV
June 18, 2023

You Shall See and Your Heart Shall Rejoice (Isaiah 66)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams 
"Thus says the Lord:“Heaven is my throne,    and the earth is my footstool;what is the house that you would build for me,    and what is the place of my rest?2 All these things my hand has made,    and so all these things came to be,declares the Lord.But this is the one to whom I will look:    he who is humble and contrite in spirit    and trembles at my word.
3 “He who slaughters an ox is like one who kills a man;    he who sacrifices a lamb, like one who breaks a dog's neck;he who presents a grain offering, like one who offers pig's blood;    he who makes a memorial offering of frankincense, like one who blesses an idol.These have chosen their own ways,    and their soul delights in their abominations;4 I also will choose harsh treatment for them    and bring their fears upon them,because when I called, no one answered,    when I spoke, they did not listen;but they did what was evil in my eyes    and chose that in which I did not delight.”
5 Hear the word of the Lord,    you who tremble at his word:“Your brothers who hate you    and cast you out for my name's sakehave said, ‘Let the Lord be glorified,    that we may see your joy’;    but it is they who shall be put to shame.
6 “The sound of an uproar from the city!    A sound from the temple!The sound of the Lord,    rendering recompense to his enemies!
7 “Before she was in labor    she gave birth;before her pain came upon her    she delivered a son.8 Who has heard such a thing?    Who has seen such things?Shall a land be born in one day?    Shall a nation be brought forth in one moment?For as soon as Zion was in labor    she brought forth her children.9 Shall I bring to the point of birth and not cause to bring forth?”    says the Lord;“shall I, who cause to bring forth, shut the womb?”    says your God.
10 “Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her,    all you who love her;rejoice with her in joy,    all you who mourn over her;11 that you may nurse and be satisfied    from her consoling breast;that you may drink deeply with delight    from her glorious abundance.”
12 For thus says the Lord:“Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river,    and the glory of the nations like an overflowing stream;and you shall nurse, you shall be carried upon her hip,    and bounced upon her knees.13 As one whom his mother comforts,    so I will comfort you;    you shall be comforted in Jerusalem.14 You shall see, and your heart shall rejoice;    your bones shall flourish like the grass;and the hand of the Lord shall be known to his servants,    and he shall show his indignation against his enemies.
15 “For behold, the Lord will come in fire,    and his chariots like the whirlwind,to render his anger in fury,    and his rebuke with flames of fire.16 For by fire will the Lord enter into judgment,    and by his sword, with all flesh;    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.
17 “Those who sanctify and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one in the midst, eating pig's flesh and the abomination and mice, shall come to an end together, declares the Lord.
18 “For I know their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. And from them I will send survivors to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the coastlands far away, that have not heard my fame or seen my glory. And they shall declare my glory among the nations. 20 And they shall bring all your brothers from all the nations as an offering to the Lord, on horses and in chariots and in litters and on mules and on dromedaries, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, says the Lord, just as the Israelites bring their grain offering in a clean vessel to the house of the Lord. 21 And some of them also I will take for priests and for Levites, says the Lord.
22 “For as the new heavens and the new earth    that I makeshall remain before me, says the Lord,    so shall your offspring and your name remain.23 From new moon to new moon,    and from Sabbath to Sabbath,all flesh shall come to worship before me,declares the Lord.
24 “And they shall go out and look on the dead bodies of the men who have rebelled against me. For their worm shall not die, their fire shall not be quenched, and they shall be an abhorrence to all flesh.”
Isaiah 66 ESV
June 11, 2023

Joy and Gladness (Isaiah 63-65)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
Isaiah 63-65 ESV
June 4, 2023

A City Not Forsaken (Isaiah 62:1-12)

Preaching/ teaching by Pastor Eric Williams.
"For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,    and for Jerusalem's sake I will not be quiet,until her righteousness goes forth as brightness,    and her salvation as a burning torch.2 The nations shall see your righteousness,    and all the kings your glory,and you shall be called by a new name    that the mouth of the Lord will give.3 You shall be a crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord,    and a royal diadem in the hand of your God.4 You shall no more be termed Forsaken,    and your land shall no more be termed Desolate,but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her,    and your land Married;for the Lord delights in you,    and your land shall be married.5 For as a young man marries a young woman,    so shall your sons marry you,and as the bridegroom rejoices over the bride,    so shall your God rejoice over you.
6 On your walls, O Jerusalem,    I have set watchmen;all the day and all the night    they shall never be silent.You who put the Lord in remembrance,    take no rest,7 and give him no rest    until he establishes Jerusalem    and makes it a praise in the earth.8 The Lord has sworn by his right hand    and by his mighty arm:“I will not again give your grain    to be food for your enemies,and foreigners shall not drink your wine    for which you have labored;9 but those who garner it shall eat it    and praise the Lord,and those who gather it shall drink it    in the courts of my sanctuary.”
10 Go through, go through the gates;    prepare the way for the people;build up, build up the highway;    clear it of stones;    lift up a signal over the peoples.11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed    to the end of the earth:Say to the daughter of Zion,    “Behold, your salvation comes;behold, his reward is with him,    and his recompense before him.”12 And they shall be called The Holy People,    The Redeemed of the Lord;and you shall be called Sought Out,    A City Not Forsaken."
Isaiah 62:1-12 ESV
May 28, 2023