Sermon Notes

Introduction:  Making sense of the varied events of our lives. I.  What is Paul’s narrative – the storyline within which he places the events of his life? II.  What is the main idea –the “web” –that ties together all of Paul’s thought in this passage? “I was much more...

Godly leaders often do not know what to do in a crisis, but they always know where to turn. A. CRISES THAT ILLICIT FEAR (20:1-3a). B. WHERE DOES A GODLY LEADER TURN? (20:3b-13). “O our God, … we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do...

All of God’s children will give evidence of being his children. God’s children believe that Jesus is the Messiah. God’s children have been born of God. “Jesus did not come to die on a bloody cross to make us kinder and nicer persons. He came to dramatically,...

Since God is love, we must love one another. Love is rooted and grounded in God. “Real love, true love, always has its source in God. And whoever loves with a ‘God kind of love’ gives evidence that they have been born of God. Regeneration, the new birth, being born...

Since God is at work in us, we are to work out our salvation with joy. 1. Don’t grumble. 2. Be glad and rejoice. "The way to avoid dissatisfaction is not to grumble about suffering for the gospel, but to remember that all our life lived out in selfless service is only...

1. We shouldn’t believe everything we hear and read. “Satan’s plan is to distort true doctrine. We should consider not only the source of false doctrine but the danger of false doctrine. False doctrine denies true doctrine. False doctrine distorts truth. False...

“How does a Christian deal with doubt? Although there are many causes for it, there is only one answer—by knowledge. The Christian must simply take himself in hand and confront himself with what he knows to be true concerning God and God’s work in his life. In other...

Since God has loved us first, we must love others as he has loved us. 1. We should love others and hate no one. “The fellowship of Jesus has no promise that it will ever be in the majority; we must indeed guard against thinking that there can ever be any kind of human...

What does it mean to be a child of God? 1. We become children of God by the love of God. “This love is a gift. God reaches down to us, unlovely though we are in the midst of our sins. Jesus died for our sins on the cross. God has ‘given’ this love to us and has...

“In the decades before and after Jesus’ life and death there were dozens of messianic movements in Israel. In almost every case the messianic leader was killed, in many cases by execution, and after the leader’s death, each of these movements invariably collapsed....