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"WE WERE ONCE ... BUT GOD!" Titus 3:3-8 - Pastor Nathan Deisem - FATHOM CHURCH #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #ButGod WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"WHEN LIFE HURTS" - Psalm 142:1-7 Pastor Nathan Deisem - FATHOM CHURCH BIG IDEA: WHEN I AM TRAPPED AND ALL ALONE THE LORD IS STILL MY ESCAPE ROUTE INTRODUCTION: Have you ever felt trapped and cornered; no way out; no possible escape? Have you been lonely and isolated? Thinking that no one cares about you and no one is available to help you? I. (v1-4) WHEN I AM TRAPPED AND ALL ALONE I CAN STILL CRY OUT TO THE LORD II. (v5-7) DESPITE THE STRENGTH OF MY ENEMIES, THE LORD IS STILL ABLE TO RESCUE ME * * * * * * * * * DEVOTIONAL QUESTIONS: 1) What type of cave experiences have we suffered? What are some of the temptations that face us when we are cornered? 2) Do we find it helpful to pray out loud at times? Do we pray from our hearts and pour out our troubles at the Lord’s feet? 3) Do we take comfort in the fact that the Lord knows all about the difficulties we face? He knows our paths and our future so we can trust in His leading. 4) What type of a friend are we to those who are in low spirits? Are we sensitive to the loneliness they are feeling? Do we make that extra effort to try to provide what companionship and help we can? Are we fair-weather friends … abandoning our friends when they are suffering? #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #WhenLifeHurts WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

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"Satan's Strategies" (Genesis 3:1-7) Pastor Nathan Deisem of Fathom Church Genesis 3:1-7 “1 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit from the trees in the garden. 3 But about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God said, ‘You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die.’” 4 “No! You will certainly not die,” the serpent said to the woman. 5 “In fact, God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew they were naked; so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves. 1. Take something good and warp it for evil 2. Undermine God’s Authority and Relationship a. Turn God into a Consultant b. Invite personal/human interpretation 3. Make you think God is holding out on you a. God’s restrictions are meant to enhance freedom 4. Make you think God’s Word cannot be trusted a. Romans 3:4 “Let God be true, even though everyone is a liar, …” b. John 8:44 “You are of your father the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desires. When he tells a lie, he speaks from his own nature, because he is a liar and the father of lies.” i. You’re not going to have any consequences… ii. Play with sin – soon it plays with you! 5. Make you think God is Selfish a. Isaiah 14:12-15 (Fall of King of Babylon = Satan ‘I will be above God’) b. Michael Jordan “I want to be like Mike!” c. “Like God knowing(deciding) God and Evil” i. Proverbs 14:12 “There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way to death.” 6. “If it feels Good then do it” a. Increased Her Physical Appetites b. Increased Her Emotional Appetites c. Increased Her Intellectual Appetites #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #SatansStrategies WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

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"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 11) -|- 1 Corinthians 4:14-21 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church Please Remember to Subscribe to my Channel! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 10) -|- 1 Corinthians 4:6-13 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church Please Remember to Subscribe to my Channel! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 9) -|- 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church Please Remember to Subscribe to my Channel! 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 [ESV] 1 This is how one should regard US, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. • US: Paul, Apollos, Cephas (Peter) … Certainly the Apostles  (w/ application to pastor/elders as well)! o Servants of Christ – No one should be held in higher regard than Jesus  Stewards of the Mysteries of God – Taking Care of His Truth! • Mysteries – Paul talks about this in Ephesians also! [CROSS] o [No new “Mysteries” will be revealed today] 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. o Stewards: Those to whom this has been entrusted!  Faithful: To whom? – To God Alone! [ 1&2 Timothy 3 ] • Not faithful to worldly wisdom, trends, public opinion, personal opinion, peer pressure, media, - TO GOD! 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. • Judge: ἀνακρίνω – to investigate or examine o This is different from κρίνω (Which we will examine in verse 5)  I am not aware… – Conscience – Not all consciences work! • Paul has a mature conscience [Romans 7:15-20] o No longer struggling with the don’t-s 5 Therefore do not PRONOUNCE JUDGMENT before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. • Pronounce Judgment… κρίνω – (Against People – we do κρίνω deeds)  Think SENTENCING - (Not Assessment) o Before the time – Jesus is returning to pronounce judgment!  Destroys the Temple (church) – Division/Factionalism • Explicitly OT Language – Direct Comparison • Bring to Light things Hidden in Darkness: [1 Samuel 16:7] o Remember the “Bema Seat” Judgment – The Building Materials  Tested by fire to determine their worth! • Jesus will judge our motivation to assess “Commendation!” *** SO WHAT *** - Spiritual leaders are primarily Servants of Christ Jesus! o Do not revere them above Jesus  Respect and emulate those to serve Jesus humbly, righteously, zealously… - Do not “Pronounce Judgment” on brothers and sisters in Christ o (Which is to say sentence them or condemn them)  We may need to examine out own actions and motives • We all benefit from time-to-time from righteous input from loving Brothers and Sisters (Judgment of Deeds)! - An element of spiritual maturity is to grow beyond struggles with the Don’t-s (Sin) o And graduate to primarily be concerned with the DO-s (righteous deeds)  Sanctification #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED - by Rev. A. B. Simpson Read By Pastor Nathan Deisem (Chapter 5 - Preserved Blameless) vvv LINK TO THE PDF HERE vvv https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzsMDNsZ_7AhX5MlkFHchTCDQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadelikechrist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fwholly-sanctified.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0z1o7__qkXDOT6iQYjfAz9 #NathanDeisem #freeaudiobooks #WhollySanctified WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED - by Rev. A. B. Simpson Read By Pastor Nathan Deisem (Chapter 4 - A Sanctified Body) vvv LINK TO THE PDF HERE vvv https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzsMDNsZ_7AhX5MlkFHchTCDQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadelikechrist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fwholly-sanctified.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0z1o7__qkXDOT6iQYjfAz9 #NathanDeisem #freeaudiobooks #WhollySanctified WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED - by Rev. A. B. Simpson Read By Pastor Nathan Deisem (Chapter 3 - A Sanctified Soul) vvv LINK TO THE PDF HERE vvv https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzsMDNsZ_7AhX5MlkFHchTCDQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadelikechrist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fwholly-sanctified.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0z1o7__qkXDOT6iQYjfAz9 #NathanDeisem #freeaudiobooks WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED - by Rev. A. B. Simpson Read By Pastor Nathan Deisem (Chapter 2 - A Sanctified Spirit) vvv LINK TO THE PDF HERE vvv https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzsMDNsZ_7AhX5MlkFHchTCDQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadelikechrist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fwholly-sanctified.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0z1o7__qkXDOT6iQYjfAz9 #NathanDeisem #freeaudiobooks WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

WHOLLY SANCTIFIED - by Rev. A. B. Simpson Read By Pastor Nathan Deisem (Chapter 1 - Wholly Sanctified) vvv LINK TO THE PDF HERE vvv https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwjzsMDNsZ_7AhX5MlkFHchTCDQQFnoECA4QAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmadelikechrist.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F04%2Fwholly-sanctified.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0z1o7__qkXDOT6iQYjfAz9 #NathanDeisem #freeaudiobooks WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 8) -|- 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 [ESV] 16 Do you not know that you [y’all] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. o DO YOU NOT KNOW… first of ten in this book (let’s keep track)!  ALL PLURAL – Collective – The Church! • Destroys the Temple (church) – Division/Factionalism o Explicitly OT Language – Direct Comparison 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” [Job 5:13] 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” [Psalm 94:11] o Deceive Himself: The destroyer can be doing it unwittingly!  Wise in this age: The wisdom of this age is trash • (Pod Casts – News – Celebrity – Personal Opinion) o Become a fool… (Forget everything you know…) 21 So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. o SO… Not done with unity – but beginning to wrap up this part of it  “ALL THINGS ARE YOURS” – this is a mixed bag! • “You better talk to your son …” o Every brother and sister in Christ belongs to everyone else! We are responsible for one another!  No need for competitive rivalry  No place for pride/arrogance  And No tolerance for dissension • [[[ DOGMA is the exception ]]] *** SO WHAT *** - Everything belongs to us (we are responsible for it as stewards) because it belongs to Jesus Christ (Redeemer King), because it was given to Him by God the Father! o Matthew 28:18-20 “18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” o Psalm 24:1 “A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” - Do not destroy/tear down/blemish God’s Holy Church! For He has promised destruction to those who do! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 7) -|- 1 Corinthians 3:10-15 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 [ESV] 16 Do you not know that you [y’all] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy him. For God's temple is holy, and you are that temple. o DO YOU NOT KNOW… first of ten in this book (let’s keep track)!  ALL PLURAL – Collective – The Church! • Destroys the Temple (church) – Division/Factionalism o Explicitly OT Language – Direct Comparison 18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” [Job 5:13] 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” [Psalm 94:11] o Deceive Himself: The destroyer can be doing it unwittingly!  Wise in this age: The wisdom of this age is trash • (Pod Casts – News – Celebrity – Personal Opinion) o Become a fool… (Forget everything you know…)  [Mitch Headberg Joke] 21 So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ's, and Christ is God's. o SO… Not done with unity – but beginning to wrap up this part of it  “ALL THINGS ARE YOURS” – this is a mixed bag! • “You better talk to your son …” o Every brother and sister in Christ belongs to everyone else! We are responsible for one another!  No need for competitive rivalry  No place for pride/arrogance  And No tolerance for dissension • [[[ DOGMA is the exception ]]] *** SO WHAT *** - Everything belongs to us (we are responsible for it as stewards) because it belongs to Jesus Christ (Redeemer King), because it was given to Him by God the Father! o Matthew 28:18-20 “18 And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” o Psalm 24:1 “A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD'S, and the fullness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.” - Do not destroy/tear down/blemish God’s Holy Church! For He has promised destruction to those who do! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 6) -|- 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church 1 Corinthians 3:1-9 [ESV] 1 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, o FLESH AND SPIRITUAL INFANCY  The biggest remaining danger to a Christian/Saved person is living a life not lead by the Holy Spirit. • A life of PRACTICAL ATHEISM. o Brothers and Sisters that aren’t Spiritual People? o MILK vs. SOLID FOOD:  Milk = The Gospel in its simplest terms • 1 Cor. 2:2 “For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” o Gospel 101 – vs. Gospel PHD  FLASH LIGHT 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? o “Still of the FLESH: BEHAVING in a merely human way!  They are believers living fleshly/worldly/Foolish lives • Once again tied into the main criticism of 1 Cor. 1:10-17 . 5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? SERVANTS through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. o SERVANTS: Christianity does not have Gurus,  This is especially true for PASTORS! • Spiritual Gifts – “…As the Lord assigned to each.” 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building. o GARDENING: Planted – Watered – GROWTH  This (once again) is a powerful inoculant against spiritual arrogance and spiritual • Matthew 9:37-38 “ 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” *** SO WHAT *** - It is woefully immature to revere any Human “servant” above God! - Each of us have a task in God’s fields – we are Fellow Workers! - Let’s stay committed to seeking spiritual maturity and not stagnating in spiritual infancy! o LET’S BE LED BY THE SPIRIT! *** Let’s Pray *** #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 5) -|- 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 [ESV] 1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God. o KNOW NOTHING…: Mars Hill - Acts 17:22-31  “I’m going to try this differently…” • 2 Corinthians 10:10 “For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his personal presence is unimpressive and his speech contemptible.” 6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. o RULERS OF THIS AGE: World Leaders or Demons or BOTH  Daniel 10 • “Secret Hidden Wisdom” – Special Revelation 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, “What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, nor the heart of man imagined, what God has prepared for those who love him” [Isaiah 64:4] o Ephesians 3:17-19 “17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; and that you, being rooted and grounded in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled to all the fullness of God.”  Very loose quote/paraphrase • It is beyond human understanding what god has prepared as our reward in heaven! 10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. o ONLY YOU REALLY KNOW YOU: thoughts, motives, etc…  But now we have the Spirit of God in us! • Spiritual truths only understandable to those w/ the SPIRIT! 14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” [Isaiah 40:13] But we have the mind of Christ. o FOLLY TO HIM: Foolishness to the Gentile and Stumbling to Jews…  The answer to both questions is “No One!” • We have the MIND of Christ! *** SO WHAT *** - If nothing ever makes any sense to you – it all makes sense in Christ Jesus! - If you believe in Jesus – Be “Mature!” Accept what the H. Spirit Teaches! - I repeat – Jesus Crucified – Died – Risen – and Coming King is not Christianity 101 (although it it comprehensible to any who would believe) o Commit to getting a PHD in the Gospel of Grace! Transformative! *** Let’s Pray *** #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 4) -|- 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church 1 Corinthians 1:26-31 [CSB] 26 Brothers and sisters, consider your calling: Not many were wise from a human perspective, not many powerful, not many of noble birth. o Wise – Powerful – Noble Birth: Remarkable  Educated/Expert, Influential, Connected, Wealthy, • Christianity didn’t appeal to those people (in large numbers) at first… Because those people [think] they’ve got it all together … From the worldly perspective 27 Instead, God has chosen what is foolish in the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen what is weak in the world to shame the strong. 28 God has chosen what is insignificant and despised in the world—what is viewed as nothing—to bring to nothing what is viewed as something, o CHOSEN: Called  Moses – Stuttering Man-slaughterer  David – least among his brothers  Jesus – Baby, poor, from nowhere special, • Tamar – Rehab – Ruth – Bathsheba – Mary … o It pleases God to show up the world!  GOD’S GLORY – [Magnificent God] 29 so that no one may boast in his presence. o Ephesians 2:8-9 “8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”  All Glory Laud and Honor - To You Redeemer King 30 It is from him that you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom from God for us—our righteousness, sanctification, and redemption— o John 6:44 “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”  CHRIST OUR: Savior – Sanctifier – Healer – Coming King 31 in order that, as it is written: Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord. o Jeremiah 9:23-24 “23 Thus says the Lord, “Let not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man boast of his riches; 24 but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things,” declares the Lord. *** SO WHAT *** - If you think you’re Hot Stuff … You Aint! - If you think God can’t use you … He can! - If you’re waiting to get smart enough, strong enough, ready enough BEFORE YOU BEGIN … JUST START NOW! *** Let’s Pray *** #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 2) -|- 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

FIGHT FOR PRO-LIFE - Pastor Nathan Deisem - Overturn Roe vs. Wade! At the moment a human SPERM enters a human Ovum (egg) a new Human entity comes into existence! Human Being: 1) Alive 2) Human 3) Whole/Unique Learn to overcome week arguments against pro-life! S.L.E.D. S – Size/Shape L – Level of Development E – Environment/Location D – Degree of Development SYLLOGISM Premise 1: Intentionally killing an innocent human life is morally wrong Premise 2: Abortion is intentionally killing an innocent human life Conclusion: Therefore, Abortion is morally wrong Abortion is anti-human! Anti-life! Anti-Life! And Abortion is Racist! #NathanDeisem #ProLife WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 2) -|- 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church • INTRODUCTION: Hey Fathom Church! o We are in a sermon series called “FIXER - UPPER”  Paul knew the church in CORINTH really well! • Paul Spent 1.5 years there as a missionary (ACTS 18)  5 AREAS OF CONCERN – (reports of huge problems in Corinth) • Divisions – Factionalism, Sectarianism, Disunity… • Sexual Sin – Perversion in the name of Grace… • Food Disputes – Freedom in Christ, “Stumbling Block”… • The Gathering – Worship Service, Orderliness, Chaos… • The Resurrection – False teaching, HIGHEST PRIORITY! o In every section – Paul Describes the Problem  BUT … then responds to the problem through “Gospel Lens” • Think about every part of life through the “Gospel Lens” o INTIMACY – IDENTITY – IMPACT 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same mind and the same judgment. o Appeal: In the strongest possible terms – IN THE NAME OF JESUS  United – Harmony not Unanimity! “Intentional Diversity” • Dogma – Doctrine – Preferences o “Same Judgment” … ABOUT JESUS! 11 For it has been reported to me by Chloe's people that there is quarreling among you, my brothers. o Quarreling: Contention – Rivalry  Chloe – probably a wealthy Christian woman who was hosting a house church in Corinth! • Again a reference to “Brothers” --- THEY ARE CHRISTIANS 12 What I mean is that each one of you says, “I follow Paul,” or “I follow Apollos,” or “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.” o PAUL – APOLLPS – CEPHAS (which is Peter) CHRIST…  It is possible that these first three names are illustrative… o 1 Corinthians 4:6 “6 Now these things, brethren, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become arrogant in behalf of one against the other.” • Even claiming to Follow Christ in this Context is divisive! o Hebrews 10:24-25 “24 And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, 25 not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another … 13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Or were you baptized in the name of Paul? o Rhetorical Questions: Even structure of questions invites the answer “NO” 14 I thank God that I baptized none of you except Crispus and Gaius, 15 so that no one may say that you were baptized in my name. o “Baptismal Regeneration”: Strong counter text!  People were developing a class of “Super Christian” for having been baptized by a super holy man! • This was a complete aberration of what Baptism is! • John 4:2 “although Jesus Himself was not baptizing, but His disciples were” 16 (I did baptize also the household of Stephanas. Beyond that, I do not know whether I baptized anyone else.) o Amanuensis: Likely Sosthenes from 1 Cor. 1:1  Paul doesn’t want to be fact checked by the ministry of truth! 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel, and not with words of eloquent wisdom, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power. o Preach the Gospel: This doesn’t degrade Baptism – it clarifies Paul’s task!  NOT words of eloquent wisdom! --- (cf. Colossians 3:17 ) • 1 Corinthians 1:25 & 3:19 o “… the foolishness of God is wiser than man's wisdom … the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God …” • I am not here to talk slick!!! I’m here to make disciples!!! SO WHAT? • Ecclesiological: CHURCH o Don’t treat your doctrine or preference like dogma and further fracture the body (Universal Church)  With that said … Somethings require a line in the sand! • Political: MAN o Don’t treat your preferred politicians, public figures, even spiritual leaders like Gurus, Sages, or Idols  Even my most treasured heroes, I keep a constant proviso on! • I’ve been let down by men I’ve looked up to… o [[[ Also Consider Anti-Christ ]]] • Gospel: EVANGELISM o Don’t treat your doctrine or preference like dogma and further fracture the body (Universal Church)  With that said … Somethings require a line in the sand! • Romans 12:18 “If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.” o It dishonors God & hurts our witness to waste time w/ unproductive, gospel hampering, factional quarreling! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"FIXER UPPER" - (Week 1) -|- 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 Pastor Nathan Deisem - Fathom Church • INTRODUCTION: Hey Fathom Church! o We are starting a sermon series called “FIXER - UPPER”  Paul knew the church in CORINTH really well! • Paul Spent 1.5 years there as a missionary (ACTS 18)  5 AREAS OF CONCERN – (reports of huge problems in Corinth) • Divisions – Factionalism, Sectarianism, Disunity… • Sexual Sin – Perversion in the name of Grace… • Food Disputes – Freedom in Christ, “Stumbling Block”… • The Gathering – Worship Service, Orderliness, Chaos… • The Resurrection – False teaching, HIGHEST PRIORITY! o In every section – Paul Describes the Problem  BUT … then responds to the problem through “Gospel Lens” • Think about every part of life through the “Gospel Lens” o INTIMACY – IDENTITY – IMPACT 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 1 Paul, called by the will of God to be an apostle of Christ Jesus, and our brother Sosthenes, o “PAUL”: Name means “little” – Least of the Saints  Paul and Thecla “a man small of stature, with a bald head and crooked legs, in a good state of body, with eyebrows meeting and nose somewhat hooked” o APOSTLE: Apostolic Authority the Right to Write Scripture. To speak with delegated Authority from God! (((Not Merely “Sent”)))  “I have the authority to tell this church (or any gentile church) what to do! He is not a traveling evangelist – he is an apostle! • “CALLED” – Divine/Sovereign o (His Apostolic Authority is Questioned) o SOSTHENES:  Acts 18:17 “And they all seized SOSTHENES, the leader of the synagogue, and beat him in front of the tribunal, but none of these things mattered to Gallio.” • Same Guy? Paul’s Amanuensis/Scribe? One of Chloe’s People? 2 To the church of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints together with all those who in every place call upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, both their Lord and ours: o CHURCH: Called out Group of People Belonging to God!  “… church of God that is in Corinth” – Local Church  “All those who in every place …” – Universal Church o SANCTIFIED – Consecrated – Made Acceptable – Holy – Set Apart o SAINTS – (Plural ) Holy b/c of Jesus – NOT b/c of their deeds!!! 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. o GRACE AND PEACE …  Grace (χάρις - charis) sounds like Greetings (χαιρειν - khaîren) • Greek Greeting and then Jewish greeting? o Grace - then - Peace? o FROM: only 2 preposition “from” with 2 objects God Father and Jesus! o LORD – JESUS – CHRIST  Jesus = Joshua (no J’s in Hebrew – no Y’s in German) • Yeshua – “Yahweh Saves” – Affirms His Humanity by itself  LORD = YHWH (Adonai) • Jesus being called Lord is to equate Him with DIVINITY!  Christ = Messiah (Anointed One) 4 I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, o THANKS …  Bear this in mind when we start reading about all of the problems! 5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge — 6 even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you — o SPEECH and KNOWLEDGE …  Speech – Oratory, public speaking, tongues, preachers (Apollos)  Knowledge – Philosophy (Plato-Aristotle) 7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, o GIFT: … Charismata  God wills that every local church have access to every spiritual gift! 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. o Sustain … some translations say “Guarantee”  Guiltless – some translations say “Vindicated” • Wait until we get into this churches problems … 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. o Faithful … dependable, trustworthy, true!  If God can work with Corinth … I guarantee you He can work with us and He can work with you! #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #FixerUpper WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

"BIBLE GARDENING" Genesis 2:4-25 A Bible Reading by Pastor Nathan Deisem #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #BibleReading Genesis 2:4-25 4 These are the records of the heavens and the earth, concerning their creation. At the time that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens, 5 no shrub of the field had yet grown on the land, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not made it rain on the land, and there was no man to work the ground. 6 But mist would come up from the earth and water all the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed the man out of the dust from the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being. 8 The Lord God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he placed the man he had formed. 9 The Lord God caused to grow out of the ground every tree pleasing in appearance and good for food, including the tree of life in the middle of the garden, as well as the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. 10 A river went out from Eden to water the garden. From there it divided and became the source of four rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon, which flows through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 Gold from that land is pure;[h] bdellium and onyx are also there. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon, which flows through the entire land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is Tigris, which runs east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates. 15 The Lord God took the man and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and watch over it. 16 And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree of the garden, 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for on the day you eat from it, you will certainly die.” 18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper corresponding to him.” 19 The Lord God formed out of the ground every wild animal and every bird of the sky, and brought each to the man to see what he would call it. And whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20 The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the sky, and to every wild animal; but for the man no helper was found corresponding to him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to come over the man, and he slept. God took one of his ribs and closed the flesh at that place. 22 Then the Lord God made the rib he had taken from the man into a woman and brought her to the man. 23 And the man said: This one, at last, is bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called “woman,” for she was taken from man. 24 This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh. 25 Both the man and his wife were naked, yet felt no shame. WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

#NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #GoodFriday "It wasn't the nails that held Him there..." WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem

Resurrection Sunday – HE IS RISEN! Matthew 27 and 28; John 20; 1 Corinthians 15:6  Imagine: You are there at the tomb on the day of the Resurrection! • This is THE DAY that changes everything! • It changes everything in creation, history, etc… • These are the (7) things we would observe: o The Soldiers – 1 unit = 16 soldiers (4 shifts of 4)  Jesus claimed he’d come back from the dead • Matthew 27:63-66 63 and said, “Sir, we remember how that impostor said, while he was still alive, ‘After three days I will rise.’ 64 Therefore order the tomb to be made secure until the third day, lest his disciples go and steal him away and tell the people, ‘He has risen from the dead,’ and the last fraud will be worse than the first.” 65 Pilate said to them, “You have a guard of soldiers. Go, make it as secure as you can.” 66 So they went and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone and setting a guard. • Matthew 28:4,11-15 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men… 11 While they were going, behold, some of the guard went into the city and told the chief priests all that had taken place. 12 And when they had assembled with the elders and taken counsel, they gave a sufficient sum of money to the soldiers 13 and said, “Tell people, ‘His disciples came by night and stole him away while we were asleep.’ 14 And if this comes to the governor's ears, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.” 15 So they took the money and did as they were directed. And this story has been spread among the Jews to this day.  If they were all asleep … • How do they know who stole the body??? o The Missing Seal – a rope secured by wax seal on both sides.  Sealed by roman authority to say its contents are accounted for and shall not be removed. o The Missing Stone – Massive slab of granite (1.5-2 tons).  Keeps out animals and ensures the prolonged dignity of the departed  Cut a groove in front of the tomb – Roll the stone back – Chock it – Finish the Internment – Return the stone – Seal the tomb… • Mathew 28:1-3 “1Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow.” • John 20:1 “1Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb.” o The Burial Clothes – Wrappings and Face Shroud  John 20:3-8 3 So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. 4 Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5 And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. 6 Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, 7 and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus' head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. 8 Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; o The Disciples – Hiding and then emboldened (vs 19)  John 20:24-28 24 Now Thomas, one of the twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 So the other disciples told him, “We have seen the Lord.” But he said to them, “Unless I see in his hands the mark of the nails, and place my finger into the mark of the nails, and place my hand into his side, I will never believe.” 26 Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.” 27 Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.” 28 Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!” o The Sightings – Too numerous – Too Diverse – Too accessible  1 Corinthians 15:6 “6 Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep.” • What does all this matter??? o Because Jesus is Risen … It effects every aspect of your life!  PAST: Forgiveness – Redemption • We are separated from God - He is Holy and we are not! o John 3:16 – Romans 3:23 – Romans 6:23  Jesus paid the penalty for your sin!  PRESENT: Justification – Sanctification • Because He is Risen – We are filled with His power! o The same power  FUTURE: Salvation – Glorification • Can I KNOW that I am going to go to heaven when I die? o YES – I KNOW I AM! • 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 #NathanDeisem #FathomChurch #EasterSermon WEBSITE: https://fathomcma.org FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/fathomcma TWITTER: https://twitter.com/NathanDeisem