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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;...
Ordinances – Deliver Us From Evil
Deliver Us from Evil 1) Understanding Evil 2) Understanding the Evil One 3) Understanding Jesus’ Deliverance 2Corinthians 11:1-15 / Larger Catechism 195 "Deliver us from evil" is a plea to Christ to rescue us from both the evil of Satan that meets us in life and the...
Living Free In Christ
Living Free in Christ 1) The History Lesson 2) The Symbolic Point 3) The Real Freedom Genesis 21:1-21, Galatians 4:21-31 What does God say? "You need to be born again; I will give you a new heart. You need to be cleansed of your sin; I will wash you clean in the blood...
Ordinances – Lead Us Not Into Temptation
Lead Us Not into Temptation 1. The Nature of Temptation 2. The Exposure to Temptation 3. The Escape from Temptation We are vulnerable to temptations all the time. Idleness captured David's heart and exploited his lusts; fear motivated Abraham to lie; pride brought...
The Impact of Legalism Sermon 2
The Impact of Legalism 1. Truth Becomes an Enemy 2. Zeal Becomes Misdirected The problem with being an affirming Church is you are allowing people to walk in the bondage of sin. The problem is not that we are unaccepting of who they want to be, but that they are not...
Ordinances – Forgive Our Sins As We Forgive
Forgive our Sins as We forgive 1) The Glory of Forgiveness 2) The Fruit of Forgiveness 3) The Heart of Forgiveness Matthew 18:21-35, The Larger Catechism 194 The foundation for our exercise of mercy is God's abounding mercy to us in His Son. When we have the testimony...
The Impact of Legalism
The Impact of Legalism 1) Faith Becomes Vain 2) Truth Becomes an Enemy 3) Zeal Becomes Misdirected Isaiah 57:15-21, Galatians 48-20 Eclessia reformata semper reformanda is not about the Church changing her worship and doctrine to be relevant and innovative to society....