Church On The Rock-Abilene
Sunday Morning Service - 2/22/2026
  • SEE A VICTORY
  • Abide
  • When Wind Meets Fire
  • Thank You Jesus For The Blood
  • Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)
  • GREAT ARE YOU LORD
  • Introduction:
    Text:
    Matthew 28:17–20 NKJV
    17 When they saw Him, they worshiped Him; but some doubted. 18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
    James 2:14–26 NKJV
    14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? 15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, 16 and one of you says to them, “Depart in peace, be warmed and filled,” but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? 17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18 But someone will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. 19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! 20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead? 21 Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar? 22 Do you see that faith was working together with his works, and by works faith was made perfect? 23 And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” And he was called the friend of God. 24 You see then that a man is justified by works, and not by faith only. 25 Likewise, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out another way? 26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
    John 3:18 (NKJV) 18 “He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

    Love Is an Action, Not an Idea.

    Love is a verb. A verb requires movement.
    If we say we love God, that love must move us.
    John 14:18 NKJV
    18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
    Duty can accomplish tasks.
    But love transforms lives.
    Duty will get it done.
    Love will give it power.
    When love fuels obedience, the Great Commission becomes a privilege, not a burden.

    Real Love Sees the Lost

    If we love God the way we say we do, the lost cannot be optional.
    Our love for God fuels our understanding of the lost.
    Matthew 28:19–20 NKJV
    19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
    James 2:17 NKJV
    17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.
    Faith that loves God will move toward people.
    You can say:
    If we truly remember where we came from, we will not look at the lost with irritation—but with gratitude.
    We were once:
    blind
    wandering
    far from God
    God did not leave us out.
    So how can we leave others out?

    Love Surrenders to the Will of God.

    2 Corinthians 5:14–15 NKJV
    14 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves, but for Him who died for them and rose again.
    Love compels. It pushes. It drives surrender.
    You can frame it like this:
    We do not protect God.
    He protects us.
    We are not defending His reputation.
    We are participating in His redemption.
    God’s love is big enough for all of us.
    And when we surrender to His will:
    we don’t lose ourselves,
    we find ourselves.

      • Matthew 28:17–20NKJV

      • James 2:14–26NKJV

      • John 14:18NKJV

      • Matthew 28:19–20NKJV

      • James 2:17NKJV

      • 2 Corinthians 5:14–15NKJV

Church On The Rock-Abilene
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