A PLACE TO BELONG
The Church at the Butte is A Place to Belong. Whether you are a community leader, business owner, retired senior, single adult, or a young family you can find A Place to Belong with us.
Together, we are making a difference in our community through The Shepherd’s Closet, Meals on Wheels, All-Stars for children, WIRED for youth and Legacy for seniors. We also help support church planters throughout the United States, thousands of missionaries in approximately 200 countries.
Several of our members make trips to our mission church in Mexico to support them and strengthen their service. We participate with Franklin Graham’s Operation Christmas Child. This ministry distributes gift-filled shoe boxes to children throughout the world, demonstrating that people matter to God.
Drop in on a Sunday morning just after nine o’clock for Coffee and Conversation. Then stay for Sunday Morning Worship at ten o’clock. Pick up some brochures and make a couple of new friends. You may discover A Place to Belong sooner than you think.
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516 Butte Blvd. PO Box 1346 | Elephant Butte, NM 87935
575-744-4487
catb@valornet.com
Pastor Houston Cano – houstoncano@yahoo.com
Senior Adults/Missions Pastor: Bruce Morrison – bruce@churchatthebutte.com
Youth Pastor: Zebadiah Rose – zeb.rose@churchatthebutte.com
Meals On Wheels – Rae Edenfofer
Shepherd’s Closet – Tami Smith
Sermon 3/20/2022
Oppression and the Old Nature and How to Overcome Them
Oppression: unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power; a sense of being weighed down in body or mind
Oppression in the World
Old Nature – Romans 7:5
In Ecclesiastes 4:1-16 Solomon discusses oppression and the sinful things that come out of our old nature.
____________: Verses 1-3
Oppression comes from many directions
The source of all oppressions is Satan – Matthew 4:24
The Solution – Luke 4:18-19
Matthew 10:28
Philippians 4:13
1 John 3:19-20
Things that Flow from the ____________: Verses 4-16
Verses 4-8: Rivalry and Idleness
Ephesians 4:28
2 Thessalonians 3:11-12
Luke 12:20
Verses 9-12: Loneliness
Verses 13-16: Popularity and Position
John 16:33
We will face oppression in this world
We will have to overcome our old nature
Jesus has overcome everything
Jesus offers us His victory
Will you surrender your life to Jesus a Savior and Lord?
