Sun Garden Church of Christ, Fresno, CA

Welcome!

We believe it is the work of this church to share the message of spiritual rejuvenation through Jesus Christ to every person, and we want you to receive the blessing that is found in that message. Please join us this week and enjoy what the Spirit of God will give to you!

Sunday Morning's Sermon

Personal Encounters With Jesus
“We've Got You This Time”

Introduction
Jesus was the Messiah, He was the Savior, He was of course the Son of God, but what was He like when the people in the first centruy would meet Him on the street. You may have never wondered about that, but I have. What kind of man was He? Overbearing? Outgoing? Friendly? Withdrawn? An angelic being who walked around with His halo on too tight? In the book of Luke, there are several instances of people meeting Him in various places... perhaps we can learn what kind of man He was, even as we underscore His nature as God.

Teaching early in the morning, Jesus was confronted with a test that could ruin His reputation.
The Pharisees believed they had an unanswerable question.
This episode in the life of Jesus supplies us with what He did when folks were out to get Him AND what He did with sinners we would quic

Conclusion
Jesus is the perfect illustration of what our lives should look like. I hope that we learn who He was in every circumstance He faced. Then we can mirror that in our life.

Love and Marriage

How should our behavior toward one another in our marriages differ from those who don’t have a relationship with Christ?

“People spend a lot of time and energy pursuing love. There is a difference, however, between God’s love and the love that the world knows. If we are not careful, Christians can begin to adopt the world’s way of loving instead of God’s.The world says love is a feeling. When you stop feeling love for someone it means you no longer love them.…

”Jesus commanded those who wanted to be his disciples to follow his standard for loving people rather than the world’s standard. Jesus directs us to love others in exactly the same way he loves us. When Jesus saw us hopelessly enslaved to sin, he didn’t say, ‘I don’t feel like dying on a cross for them. I think I’ll wait until the feeling comes.’ He didn’t say, ‘I have tried and tried to love them, but they always reject me. I give up!’“

Jesus saw that without him we would perish, and he acted lovingly toward us despite our rejecting him. His love did not depend on what we did to deserve it, or even on whether we accepted it. Jesus freely and unconditionally gave us his love. This is how God wants us to love others (especially our spouses). Not with strings attached, as the world loves. Not just love as long as they are lovable. Not just love as long as they appreciate it. God wants us to give our love freely and unconditionally. Only God can help us to love people in this way.”

About Us...

We are a group of Christians who use the New Testament as the pattern and guide for all we do. Our goal as a congregation is to worship, exalt, and glorify Jesus Christ, not ourselves or any other person or thing. Therefore, our efforts are directed toward promoting commitment to Christ, not to any man or institution.

Our worship is simple, consisting of singing, praying, sharing in the communion, teaching and preaching from God's word and giving a free-will offering for the work of the church.

We do not ask for or require any contributions from our visitors. Contributing to the church is a responsibility of the church's members. Following the pattern for the church given in the New Testament, these contributions are used for the spiritual growth of this congregation, for the support of preachers around the world, and to aid our members who may be suffering hardship. The funds collected are not used for social programs or the support of any human institution. Any other "good work" is the responsibility of individual Christians.