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 10/3/2021
John 15:18-16:15 have two important themes
The opposition of the world against God and His people
The ministry of the Holy Spirit
We as followers of Jesus will face opposition in this world
How do we overcome it?
By the presence and power of the Holy Spirit
The world is the society that is apart from God and opposes God – 1 John 2:15-17
The World and Jesus’ Followers
The world’s view of ____________________
John 15:18-19
John 15:20
John 16:2
Why does the world view us like that?
They hated and persecuted Jesus
We are identified with Jesus
We don’t __________ to the world – Hebrews 3:1
The world’ system operates on the basis of conformity
God’s system works on the basis of transformation to newness
Romans 12: 2
2 Corinthians 5:17
The world is spiritually ignorant and blind – John 15:21 & 16:3
The world will not be honest about what is wrong – John 15:22-24 & 16:1
The World and the Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit ______________ about Jesus – John 15:26-27
The Holy Spirit _________ the world – John 16:5-11
Of Sin
Of righteousness
Of Judgment
The Holy Spirit _________ the followers of Jesus into all truth – John 16:12-13
The Holy Spirit _________ Jesus – John 16:14-15
The Holy Spirit does these things by:
Speaking with the authority of God
Speaking all the things of God
The world hated and persecuted Jesus
The world hates and persecutes the followers of Jesus
The Holy Spirit:
Empowers the followers of Jesus
Confronts and convicts the world
We as followers of Jesus are to conform ourselves to the will of the Father
Are you letting the Holy Spirit conform, empower, and lead you?
