Sermon Notes

We have been forgiven much by Jesus to love much of Jesus. (a) A Posture of Pride (7:36–40) (b) A Posture of Poverty (7:36–40) Because He First Loved Us (7:41–42) See Sin Clearly, Love Jesus Dearly (7:47) Faith in Jesus Creates Worship of Jesus (7:50) “Till sin be...

Things We Can Know 1 John 5:13-21 1. We can know that we have eternal life. “Christianity is not an ‘I hope so’ or ‘I think so’ faith. It is an ‘I know so’ faith because what has been revealed in the Bible was given to us by God, a God who speaks and a God who speaks...

“If you cannot travel, remember that our Lord Jesus Christ is more glorious than all else that you could ever see. Get a view of Christ, and you have seen more than mountains, and cascades, and valleys, and seas can ever show you. Thunders may bring their sublime...

Introduction. “It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum...

Since godliness is of value in every way, we must pursue godliness. 1. A good spiritual diet for godliness. 2. Exercise for godliness.

Introduction:  Your Heavenly Father’s immeasurable riches of grace and kindness to you I.  Chosen and Predestined. The OT Background and the Meaning of “Election” (cf. Deut 7:6-8). The Meaning of “Predestination” (Eph 1:5, 11; cf. Acts 4:27-28; Rom 8:29-30). When did...

Christians can be confident that Jesus is the Son of God because God has provided several witnesses that testify to his divine nature, which gives us all hope and assurance that we are truly saved by faith alone in him. 1. The first witness that John calls to the...

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,...