Messages of Hope
Ordinances – Hallowed Be Your Name
Ordnances - Hallowed Be Your Name 1. Highly Esteem Our Father 2. Glorify the Father with All Our Being 3. Guard Against Unbelief John 17: 1-9, WLC 190 "Hallowed be Your Name" must set the intent of all our prayers. Beginning prayer with this petition means we pray God...
Ordinances – Praying to the Father
Praying to the Father 1. With Confidence 2. With Reverence 3. With Others Matthew 6:5-13 In the Lord's Prayer, Jesus teaches that prayer flows from an intimate union with God the Father. To pray "Our Father" calms our souls and compels our prayers to know He is good...
The Covenant of God in Christ
The Covenant of God in Christ 1. The Unchangeable Covenant 2. The Seed of the Covenant 3. The Inheritance Is by Covenant Genesis 17:1-14, Galatians 3:15-18 Your salvation is not based on your performance, but solely on Christ's: in His life of obedience Jesus...
Ordinances – The Who, What, & How of Prayer
Ordinances - The Who, What, & How of Prayer [L.C. #183-185] 1. Who do we pray for? 2. What do we pray for? 3. How do we pray? Matthew 26:36-46 Jesus prayed for his own will to be subject to the Father's; He prayed the same prayer until it was clear the Father's...
Christ Became a Curse for us
Christ Became a Curse for us 1. The Law Cannot Justify 2. The Law Is Not of Faith 3. Only Christ Removes the Curse Galatians 3:10-14 God's Law can only bring us under its curse; it cannot justify us. Not that there is a problem with the Law, the problem is with us....
Ordinances – Praying In The Spirit
Ordinances - Praying In The Spirit Romans 8:26-27 [Larger Catechism 182] Praying in the Spirit[Sermon Points] 1. The Spirit helps us 2. The Spirit works in us 3. The Spirit intercedes The Holy Spirit knows what is in our hearts: our needs, our sins, our temptations,...
The Gospel According to Abraham
The Gospel According to Abraham Genesis 12:1-9, Galatians 3:1-9 The Gospel According to Abraham 1. The Blessing of Abraham 2. The Blessing of the Gospel A praying man...has the ear of God: the Spirit within to compose; a Friend in heaven to present; and God Himself to...
Ordinances – Prayer in the Name of Christ
Believing Christ for righteousness 1. Who Has Bewitched You? 2. Who Is Perfecting You? 3. Why Was Christ Crucified? Hebrews 4:11-16 [Larger Catechism 178,180] 180. What is it to pray in the name of Christ? To pray in the name of Christ is, in obedience to his command,...
Believing Christ for Righteousness
Believing Christ for Righteousness Who Has Bewitched You? Who Is Perfecting You? Why Was Christ Crucified? Genesis 15:1-21, Galatians 3:1-9 Legalism is a lure. The sinful heart loves legalism. Not because we believe ourselves to be righteous in and of ourselves as...
Ordinances – Communion With Christ
Communion with Christ Communion Nourished Communion Experienced Communion Guarded 1Corinthians 10:14-33 [Larger Catechism 168, 170] Christ uses His Table to bring you into the most important fellowship you have on the earth in Him - His body, the Church. We no longer...