Missions

James Yoshiki Mercer, youth leader at Yokosuka Grace Bible Church wrote and recorded this original song shortly after the Great Earthquake of Eastern Japan. The pictures and video were taken during our Every Nation Churches relief efforts to Sendai and Ishinomaki.

Grand Opening / Birth Sunday at Shepherd of the Hills! We celebrated our grand opening on April 3rd, 2011 with two worship services @ 8am and 10am, free refreshments, giveaways, music by RSV (Revised Standard Version), and a message from Pastor Jeff Kaplan. For more info, visit us at https://www.sothchurch.org

There are some false teachers teaching under the guise of holiness that if a saved person commits even one sin after salvation that there is no possible way to repent and be restored to the body of Christ. They use Hebrews 10:26, out of context, as proof for their error. This is a subtle deception from Satan and his ministers to keep people from repenting. God is ever merciful, and He will not turn away a person that is truly repentant and wants to walk in righteousness (Ezekiel 18).

The Bible Questions And Answers Series will be where I answer your questions about the word of God. I try to answer all questions posed to me view email, text, twitter, Facebook, etc. and will answer some view video to bless others who may have the same questions. The question today is: Why were signs not done in other cities if they would have repented? The question is based on Matthew 11:20-25.

Many today believe that they merely need to confess their sins to have repented. What does the Bible teach about repentance and what are some evidences of true repentance?

Many are following ministers of Satan and do not even know it. They think that because their minister preaches from the Bible and talks about being nice, that they must know God. The truth is that Satan's ministers come in and pretend to be ministers of righteousness (2 Corinthians 11:13-15). They do all the things needed to deceive those whose hearts are not completely dedicated to Christ Jesus. If you allow even the least of sins you may be vulnerable to these deceivers coming in and misleading you from the Lord Jesus Christ.

Most people say that the Church is the bride of Christ, but does the Scripture actually teach this? There is a verse of Scripture that actually says who the bride of Christ is, and many ignore this plain Scripture in order to keep the traditions that they have been taught. Find out what the Church is and if it is the bride of Christ in this Scripture-packed teaching!

"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" (1 Peter 4:18)

This is an important question that Paul asked a group of believers in Ephesus, that I ask you, "Have You Received The Holy Ghost Since You Believed?" This is not asking if you have the Holy Spirit in your life, because all born-again believers do. This question is asking if you have acknowledged Him and received His fullness in your life. If you have not, then you need to humble yourself before Him and seek the baptism in the Spirit. When you are empowered by God you can be a great witness for Him ministering in the gifts of the Spirit as He leads. We have a living God that is still doing all the miracles, signs, and wonders we see in the book of Acts, including the wonder and miracle of turning a sinner into a saint! Praise God forevermore!

Many have chosen to follow a knowledge alone and claim it to be a relationship with God. They do not actually know Him, but they just know about Him. They do not know the Bible, but they know about the Bible. They reject the Holy Spirit and His gifts and replace them with mere mental assent. The danger of merely having knowledge is that it puffs one up and does not produce the fruit of the Spirit that comes from a true relationship with God. We need to have knowledge and reason, but mere mental assent is not enough. A true relationship with God produces more than just head knowledge about Him and His word, it produces a new person full of the Spirit and power of God, which are things that cannot be learned.

There are many good Open Air Preachers that post their videos of their experiences preaching in the open air. Most of these preachers claim to be holiness preachers, but some upload videos filled with profanity, blasphemy, and filth with no concern at all. My brothers and sisters, this should not be the case. We should not seek to be glorifying sinners and their filthy language. Would you watch a movie with profanity and blasphemy in it? Most of you would not, but then you will turn around and post worse filth on your own sites for the world to see? This double mindedness must be done away with in Christ!

Many people allow anyone to post in comments and responses on their website or various pages they control. There are many "Christian" pages that most Christians cannot go to because of all the filth and blasphemy that is allowed to be posted. This should not be the case my brethren. We should keep our websites and pages clean and honoring to God.

Who receives salvation? Some say that merely believing in Jesus is enough, even if one later falls away or denies Christ, God the Father, or the Holy Spirit. The Bible very plainly says that it is a certain person that receives salvation. Merely mentally assenting to Jesus Christ is not enough, because that is not saving faith. Saving faith comes from the heart and produces good works.

Many people show forth a great Christian witness, but does their heart line up with what they are showing? What about you? Are you the same person at home that you are at work? Are you the same person at home that you are at church? Who are you really?

There are many biblical titles and names of authority, but there are also those that assume titles that they have not been given by the Lord Jesus Christ. What does the Scripture teach about New Testament titles of authority?

The phrase "Once Saved, Always Saved" is not used to denote God's keeping grace and the believer continuing in holiness, rather it is used as an excuse for continuing on in sin. With OSAS (Once Saved, Always Saved) men feel they have free reign to live as they wish and ignore the Lord's will for their lives. OSAS really just means "Once Sinners, Always Sinners" in its normal usage. It is used by people that do not have saving grace in their lives and who want to excuse their lifestyles that are contrary to that of the true elect. Many OSAS advocates rebelliously proclaim themselves to be sinners still, thus they testify to the fact that they are not true believers, for the Scripture says, "And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?" (1 Peter 4:18).

There are those that think that water baptism is required for salvation. Others believe it is not required for salvation. What does the Bible teach about this subject?

Are we living lives that glorify God? Lives that show God is working with us and confirming His word with signs following (Mark 16:20)?

Many talk about Jesus. Some believe Him to be a good man. Some believe He is an angelic being. Others believe that He was a great teacher. Still others say He is a great prophet. What does the Bible teach about Jesus Christ? Was Jesus an angel? Was Jesus merely a man? Was Jesus just a good moral teacher? Was Jesus just an exalted man? Was Jesus merely a great prophet? Does your belief about Who Jesus is affect your eternal salvation? These questions are all answered clearly in this video.

Some suggest that if a believer worships the Lord on Sunday that they are actually worshiping the Sun. They claim that men need to keep the Old Testament Saturday Sabbath. They ignore the fact that Saturday was named after Saturn and could imply Saturn worship just as much as Sunday implies Sun worship. Let us be reasonable and follow what our Lord Jesus commanded, not the traditions of men.