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Bethel Church office@bethel-church.org Copyright Bethel Church, Richland, WAbethel,church,sermon,richland,washington,making,disciples,dave,bechtelReligion & Spirituality/ChristianityReligion & Spirituality/Spiritualitynobethel,church,sermon,richland,washington,making,disciples,dave,bechtel Dave Bechtel A sermon on John 4:1-42 <ol><li>People can be ripe.</li><ol><li>Externals don't always reveal ripeness.</li><li> The riple are ready internally.</li></ol><li>Jesus transforms the ripe.</li><ol><li>They have a new life source.</li><li>They become something new.</li></ol><li>Transformed people catalyze transformation in others.</li><ol><li>People will believe a transformed witness.</li><li>Eventually, each person is transformed by believing His Word.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 20 May 2012 00:00:00 PST 51:33 ripe, ready, transforms, life, source, become, new, catalyze believe, His, Word Bethel Churchno Brian Cress A sermon on Matthew 5:14 <ol><li>People are complex.</li><ol><li>God's passion for justice.</li><li>Am I honestly passionate about the things that God is passionate about?</li><li>I have to align my heart with God's heart for the world.</li></ol><li>What is God's plan to reveal his goodness in a world full of suffering?</li> <ol><li>We are the plan.</li><li>People experience the goodness of God.</li><li>Injustice to us is really more an issue of fairness... No one is oppressing me.</li> </ol><li>Listen to the promise in Psalm 10.</li><ol><li>We are the plan.</li><li>Every week at International Justice Mission we see God show up to do miracles.</li> <li>Rediscover God's passion for justice in the Bible.</li><li>Speak up, Stand Up, Show up.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 13 May 2012 00:00:00 PST 48:29 justice, injustice, slavery, trafficking, human, passion, international, agape Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 20:1-26 <ol><li> Authority can come from God or men.</li><ol><li>God-given authority has a sphere.</li><li>He expects us to respond appropriately to His authorities.</li></ol><li>Rejecting God's authorities has consequences.</li><ol><li>Short-term: Regression.</li><li>Long-term: Removal.</li></ol><li>Fulfilling His assignments has consequences too.</li><ol><li>Short-term: Righteousness.</li><li>Long-term: Reward.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 06 May 2012 00:00:00 PST 51:20 authorities, consequences, long-term, reqard, righteousness, reward, regression, sphere Bethel Churchno Dave Hillard A sermon on Luke 18:1-19:10 <ol><li>He favors the faith of the helpless.</li><ol><li>They have no other way out.</li><li>They don't care what people think.</li><li>They cry out in faith.</li> </ol><li>He denounces the deeds of the self-satisfied.</li><ol><li>They trust in what they have done.</li><li>They look down on others.</li><li>They trust in what they have.</li></ol><li> He honors the humility of the repentant.</li><ol><li>They ask for mercy.</li><li>They joyfully adjust.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST 48:34 think, faith, helpless, deeds, self, satisfied, look, mercy, adjust Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 15 <ol><li>God seeks the lost.</li><ol><li>Like sheep and coins can be lost, people can be "lost" too.</li><li>The Father longs for those who are lost.</li></ol><li>When the lost are found, God rejoices.</li><ol><li>Lost people are found when they repent and return.</li><li>When a sinner repents, God welcomes and rejoices, but He doesn't rebuke.</li></ol><li>Some are still lost who think they're not.</li><ol><li>These think they're "with Him" but they're lost too.</li><li>He pleads with these lost ones too.</li></ol></ol></ol> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:11 lost, found, coins, people, sheep, seeks, rejoices, repent, return, welcomes, rebuke, with, pleads, Him Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 14:25-35 <ol><li>Two kinds of people can't be Jesus' disciples.</li><ol><li>Those who don't have.</li><li>Those who won't carry their own cross and follow Him.</li></ol><li> Discipleship is not a "trivial pursuit."</li><ol><li>It's like building a tower.</li><li>It's like leading an army into war.</li></ol><li>Discipleship is excellent, however...</li><ol><li> Discipleship without "saltiness" is useless.</li><li>When salt's saltiness is lost, can it be regained?</li></ol></ol> Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST 57:46 lost, regained, salt, disciple, discipleship Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 10:25-37 <ol><li>Those who love will live.</li><ol><li>We inherit eternal life by loving.</li><li>What we do completes eternal life here and there.</li></ol><li>People try to find life in three basic "styles."</li><ol><li>Some steal.</li><li>Some deal.</li><li>Some heal.</li></ol><li>Jesus says to those who want to live: "Go and do likewise."</li><ol><li>Real life will be found by those who give.</li><li>We shovel out, He shovels in. (He's got a bigger shovel.)</li></ol></ol> Sun, 08 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:11 Style, love, heal, deal, live, inherit, loving, life, steal, heal, go, shovel Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 8:4-15 <ol><li>The purpose of the "partnership" is produce (God wants fruit.)</li><ol><li>Fruit comes in many forms.</li><li>Good fruit glorifies God.</li></ol><li>Each farming "partner" has specific responsibilities.</li><ol><li>The Lord supplies all materials.</li><li>We supply the Labor.</li></ol><li>The condition of the soil determines the success of the seed.</li><ol><li>The four soil conditions bring four different growth patterns.</li><li>It's our responsibility to prepare our own soil (heart).</li></ol><li>Soil Suggestions.</li><ol><li>Monitor your heart.</li><li>Keep your heart exposed to constant seeding.</li><li>Expose your heart to other good things.</li><li>Stay out of situations in which the weed seeds are abundant.</li><li>Keep the birds shooed off of your land.</li></li>Deal immeadiately with weeds and rocks when they are small.</li><li>Deal drastically with the bigger issues.</li></ol> Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:03 Partnership, produce, god, fruit, purpose, partner, responsibilites, forms, material, suppy, labor, heart, montior, expose, keep, stay, out, deal Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Luke 3:21-22 <ol><li>Jesus was baptized.</li><ol><li>He did so to "fulfill all righteousness."</li><ol><li>Inauguration.</li><li>Identification.</li><li>Illustration.</li><li>Identity.</li><li>Empowerment.</li></ol><li>What happened to Him can happen to us.</li><ol><li>Inauguration.</li><li>Identification.</li><li>Illustration.</li><li>Identity.</li><li>Empowerment.</li></ol><li>Jesus is "the Son" of two worlds."</li><ol><li>Jesus is "the Son of Man."</li><li>He is "Son of God."</li></ol><li>Each member of the Trinity has specific work.</li><ol><li>The Father loves.</li><li>The Son fulfills.</li><li>The Holy Spirit empowers.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 25 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:47 baptized, fulfill, inauguaration, identification, empowerment, identity, happened, son, man, world, trinity, holy, spirity, father, loves Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Mark 14:12-31 <ol><li>He stayed connected with His Father.</li><ol><li>He employed God's power.</li><li>He offered thanksgiving and singing.</li></ol><li>He made wise decisions.</li><ol><li>He acted with future in mind.</li><li>He was careful with what He revealed.</li></ol><li>He stayed "on purpose."</li><ol><li>He acted for the benefit of others.</li><li>He gave them truth.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST 50:40 connected, father, employed, power, thanksgiving, giving, acted, future, mind, careful, revealed, purpose, stayed, benefit, truth, decisions Bethel Churchno Seth Hanson A sermon on Mark 12:13-34 <ol><li>Jesus reveals His reign over this world:</li><ol><li>What do we pay to Caesar?</li><ol><li>You use it ... pay for it.</li></ol><li>What do we pay to God?</li><ol><li>We owe Him to our EVERYTHING!</li></ol></ol><li>Jesus reveals His reign over heaven.</li><ol><li>Is the resurrection for real?</li><ol><li>Yes.</li></ol><li>What is the reward of heaven?</li><ol><li>Jesus.</li></ol></ol><li>Jesus reveals His reign over all of humanity.</li><ol><li>Of the 613 laws, which is the most important.</li><ol><li>Love God and love others.</li></ol><li>Who is in the kingdom?</li><ol><li>He KNOWS!</li></ol></ol> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:04 Caesar, world, over, pay, use, everything, heaven, resurrection, real, reward, heaven, humanity, laws, kingdom Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Mark 8:14-38 Sun, 04 Mar 2012 00:00:00 PST 50:25 Blindness, eyes, touch, teach, sight, whole, picture, misleading, complete, clear, restoration, salvation, picture, frames Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Mark 4:35-5:21a <ol><li> Obedience doesn't always mean smooth sailing (no storms).</li><ol><li>The Lord permits "storms" to grow us.</li><li>Disobedience can bring storms too.</li></ol><li>It's not the storms which lead us to fear.</li><ol><li>Jesus wasn't afraid.</li><li>Unbelief leads to fear.</li></ol><li>Jesus does what no one else does.</li><ol><li>He seeks.</li><li>He saves.</li></ol><li>He answers prayer ... wisely.</li><ol><li>Sometimes a "yes" answer is not a long-term good thing.</li><li>Sometimes His "no" gives us what we really wanted.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 26 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST 55:33 obedience, smooth, sailing, storms, grow, disobedience, fear, afraid, unbelief, seeks, does, saves, prayer, wisely, yes, good, no, wanted Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 27:51-54 <ol><li> Jesus' death tore the curtain.</li><ol><li> The two events are casually connected.</li><li> God did it. </li></ol><li>Now brothers can enter the Holy of Holies. </li><ol><li> Believers have been made holy by His sacrifice.</li><li> We have confidence to enter and we have a great high priest.</li></ol><li> Draw near to God.</li><ol><li> A sincere heart full of faith.</li><li> A heart sprinkled and cleansed from a guilty conscience.</li><li> Our bodies washed with pure water. </li><li>Clean up and go in</li></ol> Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST 55:09 death, tore, curtain, casual, connected, brothers, holy, holies, sacrifice, believers, draw, near, sincere, heart, cleansed, guilty, sprinkled, heart, bodies, washed, pure Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 22:1-14 Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST 52:42 wedding, king, banquet, son, grace, refused, invitation, group, cease, destroyed, city, anyone, called, kinds, attendance, dress Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 20:1-16 <ol><li>The Lord calls His vineyard workers to unequal "shifts."</li><ol><li>Some work hard and long.</li><li>Some have it relatively easy.</li></ol><li>A worker's pay will not correspond to his circumstances.</li><ol><li>In His vineyard the workers get similar earthly benefits.</li><li>He does no one wrong.</li></ol><li>Watch out for "what's in it for me?</li><ol><li>Such a focus reveals "an evil eye."</li><li>The last shall be first and the first shall be last.</li><li>The antidote: fix our eyes on Him.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PST 48:59 shifts, unequal, worker, pay, correspond, benefits, wrong, watch, focus, evil, eye, last, first, antidote, fix Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 13:13-24, 36-44 <ol><li>Until the end of age, two crops will grow in the field.</li><ol><li>There is one field, and it's His.</li><li>Two sowers work the field: the Son of Man and the devil.</li><li>They sow different seeds.</li></ol><li>The good sower has a strategy.</li><ol><li>He will sow the sons of light in His field.</li><li>He commands, "Don't try to pull the weeds."</li></ol><li>We, believer/disciples, are the sons of light.</li><ol><li>He has placed us strategically.</li><li>He wants us to sow the good seed where He has planted us.</li><li>He wants us to shine.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 48:34 sine, sower, devil, field, weeds, crops, work, son, man,disciples, light, sun, placed Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 13:12 <ol><li>Every servant gets stuff to steward.</li><ol><li>Truth is God's most important gift for us to steward.</li><li>Everybody gets some truth.</li></ol><li>The King lets us choose how we'll handle the gifts He gives us.</li><ol><li>Receive or reject.</li><li>Use it or lose it. </li></ol><li>What we do with what we've been given determines what He will do with us.</li><ol><li>From some, He will take away. </li><li>To some, He will give more. </li><li>Application: Do something with the truth He has given.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 56:22 truth, steward, servant, recieve, reject, use, lose, take, away, given, give given, determine,choose, gifts Bethel Churchno Dave Dawson A sermon on Matthew 4:1-11 <ol><li>You will face a devil of a test.</li><ol><li>It will have a wilderness feel. </li><li>It will challenge your relationship with God.</li></ol><li>It may be an "I need this to live" test. </li><ol><li>We have many needs. </li><li>Our deepest need is for the Word of God.</li></ol><li>It may be a "God obligated to do this "test.</li><ol><li>We can twist the truth to serve our needs.</li><li>Don't try to force God to do you bidding.</li></ol><li>It may be a "Who will you serve?" test.</li><ol><li>We may do the right thing in the wrong way.</li><li>Serve the Lord your God.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 50:03 devil, wilderness, relationship, challenge, live, test, needs,word, deepest, obligated, twist, serve, force, bidding Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Matthew 3:1-13a <ol><li> Without the Lords presence, each of us dwells in a spiritual desert.</li><ol><li>Thats what happens when the wrong one rules. </li><li>The King wants to come into our desert.</li></ol><li>Theres work to be done before the King can come to us. </li><ol><li>Our hearts need to be readied to receive him.</li><li>Obstacles need to be removed. </li><li>His word and His Spirit are His bulldozers.</li></ol> <li>Our repentance prepares for His coming</li><ol><li>Repentance means to change our thinking.</li><li>Repentance brings forgiveness.</li><li>The Spirit moves in to those who repent and believe in Jesus.</li><li>Repent regularly.</li></ol></ol> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 55:34 desert, presence, wrong, rules, king, hearts, removed, readied, recieve, obstacles, bulldoze, spirit, repentance, change, forgiveness, believe Bethel Churchno Dave Hilliard A sermon on Malachi 1:1-14; 2:13-16; 3:1-10 <ol><li>God loves those in covenant relationship with Him.</li><ol><li>Not continual circumstantial blessings.</li><li>Everlasting relationship and love.</li></ol><li>We can respond to His covenant love with contempt.</li><ol><li>Manifestations of contempt:</li><ol><li>Taking it for granted.</li><li>Insincerity</li><li>Hypocrisy</li><li>Self-Centeredness</li><li>Apathy</li><li>Legalism</li></ol><li>In marriage.</li><li>In giving.</li></ol><li>We can respond to His covenant with pleasing sacrifices.</li><ol><li>The only completely pleasing sacrifice is Jesus.</li><li> In Him, we can live as pleasing sacrifices.</li></ol> Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 PST 53:32 relationship, love, continual, circumstantial, insincerity, hyprocisy, apathy, legalism, self-centeredness, marriage, giving, pleasing, sacrifices, live, contempt Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST 39:14 Christmas, baby, jesus, life, gift, salvation Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Obadiah 1-21 <ol><li> God hates pride. </li> <ol><li> Pride makes a person "godless".</li><li> God resists the proud. </li></ol> <li> Pride exhibits some symptoms.</li> <ol><li>It deceives.</li><li>Defensiveness.</li><li>Self-sufficiency.</li><li>Arrogance. </li><li>Indifference.</li><li>Exploitation.</li><li>Gloating/Boasting.</li></ol><li> Pride has two remedies.</li><ol><li>Destruction.</li><li>Humility.</li></ol></ol> Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST 45:54 pride, godless, resists, proud, symptoms, decieves, defensiveness, self-sufficiency, arrogance, indifference, exploitation, gloating, boasting, remedies, destruction, humility Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Hosea 1:1-3 <ol><li>Sometimes the hearts of God's people wander from Him.</li><ol><li>God calls it adultery.</li><li>Wayward hearts manifest themselves. Ingratitude; Hypocrisy; Self-Dependence; Unseemly Behavior; Idolatry.</li></ol><li>God moves to bring His loved ones back. </li><ol><li>He will discipline, because He loves.</li><li>He brings consequences. Loss of some freedoms; Exposure of our sins; Loss of some of the good things he used to give; Loss of children; Loss of favor; Loss of peace; Soul dissatisfaction; Surrounded by death instead of life; Degeneration, decomposition; Change of glory into shame.</li></ol><li>His goal: our hearts returned to Him.</li><ol><li>He doesn't want a forced or false return.</li><li>He wants a real reconciliation from our hearts. Conviction; Contrition; Confession of my sin; Conversion; Confession of the Lord Jesus Christ.</li></ol> Sun, 11 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST 56:09 hearts, wander, adultery, wayward, manifest, hypocrisy, behavior, idolitary, moves, loved, discipline, consequences, freedoms, exposure, good, children, dissatisfaction, degeneration, decomposition, goal, returned, forced, false, reconciliation, conviction, contrition, confession, conversion Bethel Churchno Dave Bechtel A sermon on Daniel 3:1-30 <ol><li> The faithful don't fit in the flow. </li><ol><li>The "world" has a powerful "flow".</li><li>The faithful face fury and fire.</li></ol><li>Disciples determine their decisions before they "face the music".</li> <ol><li>Some disciple decisions require no new thought. </li><li>Listening to the music can fog our faith. </li></ol><li>Good things happen in the furnace.</li><ol><li> That's where the ropes burn off.</li><li> Jesus walks with us there. </li><li> People see what only the Lord can do. </li> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PST 54:37 faithful, flow, fit, world, powerful, fury, fire, decisions, new, fog, faith, ropes, burn, walks, people Bethel Churchno Jonathan Shradar A sermon on Psalm 119:49-56 Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PST 46:55 comfort, promise, hope, sufficient, law, ultimate, nurture, environment, grow, realize, truth, return, sin, rage, retell Bethel Churchno Bethel ChurchnonadultWatch the sermons from Bethel Church in Richland, WA