Messages of Hope
Jesus – Of His Fullness We Have Received
Of His Fullness, We Have Received 1) Christ, Come to Fill Us 2) Christ, Come to Set Us Free 3) Christ, Come to Declare the Father Luke 1:26-38, John 1:14-18 One of the glories of the fullness in Christ we receive is that restored relationship in the eternal loving...
Songs of the Servant Jesus – Faithfull Under Trial
Faithful Under Trial 1) The Servant’s Obedience 2) The Servant’s Reproach 3) The Servant’s Help 4) The Servant’s Call Isaiah 50:4-10, 1Peter 2:18-25 Jesus, in his humanity, relied upon the help of the Father to endure faithfully under trial. What did the Father...
Songs of the Servant Jesus – Ministering to the World
Ministering to the World 1) His Public Ministry 2) His Redemptive Ministry 3) His Successful Ministry Isaiah 49:1-7 Jesus was God's Servant to return Jacob and to gather scattered Israel; but His work was so great, so precious, so wondrous to be just focused on...
Jesus – The Light of the World
The Light of the World 1) The Light That Was Coming 2) The Light Rejected 3) The Light Received Isaiah 40:1-11, John 1:6-13 To state God is Light speaks to the purity and truth of God's majesty, but it also speaks to God revealing himself for the expressed purpose of...
Songs of the Servant Jesus – Filled with the Spirit
Jesus – Filled with the Spirit 1. To Serve the Father 2. To Serve His People 3. To Serve Under Trial 4. To Serve the World Isaiah 42:1-10 When God the Son became a man, he did not stop being God; yet, Jesus was filled with the Spirit by the Father to live his entire...
Jesus – The Eternal Word
Jesus – The Eternal Word 1. He Is God 2. He Is Creator of All Things 3. He Is the Fountain of Life and Light John 1:1-5 The "Word" was the way in which Jesus was personified before he became a man. He was the Eternal Word through whom all things were created. When...
Marks of False Christianity
Marks of False Christianity 1) Hinders Obeying the Truth 2) Offends the Cross 3) Serves the Flesh Isaiah 37:21-28, Galatians 5:7-15 Western Christianity has become more concerned with affirming culture and less concerned about offending God. The gospel has been...
Ordinances – Effective Fervent Prayer
Effective Fervent Prayer 1) A Righteous Man Praying 2) A Heavenly Father Hearing James 5:13-20 The biggest obstacle to effective fervent prayer is not making or taking time to pray; it is the unbelief, the little faith, we have in the one to whom we pray. If we...
Ordinances – Yours Is The Kingdom O Lord
Yours Is the Kingdom O Lord 1) Our Encouragement 2) Our Praise 3) Our Amen 1Chronicles 29:10-20 / Larger Catechism 196 Why are you called to cast all your care upon God? Is it because your needs are so great, or you are so faithful, or so motivated? It is because God...
Faith Working Through Love
Faith Working Through Love 1) Freedom Christ Purchased 2) Freedom and the Law 3) Freedom and Faith Isaiah 61:1-7, Galatians 5:1-6 In the day of judgment, what separates the saved from the eternally damned is not the quality, quantity, or even the lack of good works;...