Sermon Notes

Because the Lord is with us and will accomplish His purposes, we must keep faithfully obeying Him, even when we cannot see what He is doing. 1. God is doing more than what we can see. 2. God’s presence gives us strength to persevere. 3. God will accomplish everything...

Because the Lord wants all of our lives, we must consider our ways and give ourselves fully to him. 1. Consider what your life reveals. 2. Consider what the Lord is doing. 3. Give yourself fully to the Lord.

Because following Jesus will bring suffering and opposition, we must remain faithful by trusting in our Father’s sovereign care. 1. Expect opposition. “The reality we must face is this: The danger of our lives increases in proportion to the depth of our relationship...

Because Jesus is the Lord who calls, equips, and sends His people, we must faithfully participate in His mission while depending upon Him. !.  Jesus gives His disciples His authority. 2.  Jesus give His disciples His mission. 3.  Jesus teaches His disciple to depend...

1.  Grace greets us every time our Heavenly Father meets us (Eph 1:1-2). “Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we...

Because Jesus has compassion on helpless sheep, we must come to Him as our Shepherd and pray for laborers in His harvest. 1. Jesus’ Ministry 2. Jesus’ Compassion 3. Jesus’ Mission

I. The horrible reality of being dead in our sins and objects of God’s wrath (2:1-3) God’s wrath “is neither spite, nor malice, nor animosity, nor revenge. It is never arbitrary, since it is the divine reaction to only one situation, namely evil. Therefore, it is...

Because Jesus came to call sinners, we must come to Him for mercy and rejoice in the new life He brings. 1. Jesus calls a sinner to follow Him. 2. Jesus eats with sinners. 3. Jesus brings the joy of the kingdom. 4. Jesus cannot be contained by the old...

Because Jesus has authority to forgive sin, we must come to Him since our greatest need is the forgiveness of sin.  Jesus sees our greatest need. "Jesus saw this faith, and he liked what he saw. as we will see throughout this Gospel, faith manifests itself not so much...

Because the Christian Life is constant warfare against powerful spiritual forces, we must walk daily in the strength of the Lord, be constantly on guard against the devil’s cunning schemes and temptations, and take up the armor God has given us to resist him and stand...