UCG Raleigh

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Listen to weekly sermons from the United Church of God congregation in Raleigh NC. We observe the 4th commandment to conduct a sacred assembly on the 7th day of the week to worship God and receive instruction in the word of God.

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The Gospel of the Kingdom - A Sign of God's Church

Among the multiple defining characteristics of the Church of God is the ongoing work of the Church in preaching the “gospel of the Kingdom of God”. It’s a phrase that means many things to many people. So, we are going to look into what preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God means. Because if we accept that it can mean many things to many people then it doesn’t belong in

How To Recognize the Church of God

Today, many churches professing Christianity are out there... yet teaching all kinds of different doctrines. If truth matters then they can't all be right. How can a person recognize God's Church in such a sea of confusion? Today, we will look at the essential characteristics of God’s Church? What does it teach? What does it do? Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens A

Bible Study is Essential For Spiritual Growth

We cannot properly honor and serve out Father God or Jesus Christ unless we have accurate and informed knowledge of His will. We learn His will through diligent study of His word... the bible. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "What Really Happens After Death?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/ddB0yb Photos by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC. https://creativ

Jesus' Youth and Family Life

We don't know a lot of details about Jesus growing up. But, today we are going to look at what we do know. This will serve as a conclusion to the previous two messages about Jesus' conception and birth. Of all the things that could have been said about Jesus as a pre-teen, or teen... we are only told what is most important... He actively sought out understanding of God in His youth

Born in Bethlehem

The circumstances of Jesus' birth tell us about how God sees life. Humanly devised systems of status, power, and wealth mean nothing to God. So we should ask, why do they mean so much to us? God has a plan for you... salvation from death... resurrection... placement within His family... participation in the universal rule of God. And, it is not based on your material achievements,

Born of a Humble Virgin

God's great plan of salvation is worked out through the humble: Israel a nation formed out of lowly slaves... David the shepherd exalted to rule... and God's selection of a humble teenage girl from a remote farming village to give birth to Jesus... God with us. Get a FREE copy of our eBook "Who Was Jesus?" Full details are at this link: http://eepurl.com/glCjCD Photos by Unknown au

Immortality Through Better Technology

Today, we expect and anticipate an answer to every limitation or problem to come through technology. Our idolatrous faith in technology even extends into the realm of life after death.What human scientists have started to conceptualize God has been talking about from the beginning. God says: I can do this. I proved it through the resurrection of my son Jesus (witnessed and explaine

Curses of the Law - The Ceremony on Mount Ebal and God's Curse on Secret Sins

In May 2023, archaeologist Scott Stipling published his discovery of an altar on Mount Ebal which proves to be the very one mentioned in Deuteronomy 27 and Joshua 8. Within the covenant there were blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. This is the curse of the law Paul referenced in Galatians 3:10. What does the ceremony of blessing and cursing teach us today? Get a F

The Ethical Core - The Virtue List of 2 Peter

The bible is filled with: prophecy, history, miracles, theology, discussions of God's nature. futurism etc. All these various types of instruction are built upon (or revolve around) an ethical core. That core is based on concepts like equal justice, honesty, loyalty, non-violence, avoiding destructive thought patterns. Simple (not simplistic) concepts that don't require a Phd to le

The Promised Land & Our Eternal Inheritance

The possession of the “promised land” as an enduring inheritance passed from generation to generation is an object lesson about the permanence (and the conditions) of our eternal inheritance ahead. When God's people will be given life itself as a permanent possession. Today, we will look at the "promised land" within the covenant, and the spiritual reality it points to. Get a F