Sermons by Pastor Sam Hinkson
GETTING RID OF STUMBLING BLOCKS
GETTING RID OF STUMBLING BLOCKSRomans 14.13-23Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 9 of 11 v. 1 “… don’t argue about disputed matters.” (csb) v. 13a “Therefore let us not pass judgment on one another any longer …” (esv) v. 13b “… decide never to put a stumbling block or hindrance in the way of a brother.” (esv) WE REMOVE STUMBLING BLOCKS BECAUSE … WE VALUE MORE THAN Just Actions v. 14 “… nothing is unclean in itself, but it is unclean for anyone who thinks it unclean.” (esv) v. 15 “For if your brother is…
WHAT MAKES A CHURCH WELCOMING?
WHAT MAKES A CHURCH WELCOMING?Romans 14.1-12Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 8 of 11 v. 1 “Accept him whose faith is weak …” (niv) Mark 7.19 “… he declared all foods clean.” (esv) Colossians 2.16–17 “… a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath … are a shadow of the things to come, but the substance belongs to Christ.” (esv) v. 6 “The one who observes the day, observes it in honor of the Lord. The one who eats, eats in honor of the Lord, since he gives thanks to God, while…
LEARNING TO LAMENT
LEARNING TO LAMENTLamentations 3.16-24 1 Thessalonians 4.13 “But we do not want you to … grieve as others do who have no hope.” (esv) Acts 8.2 “Devout men buried Stephen and made great lamentation over him.” vv. 17-18 “… my soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is; so I say, ‘My endurance has perished; so has my hope from the LORD.’” (esv) LAMENT IS IMPORTANT … WHEN OUR Anguish IS Insistent vv. 19-20 “Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it…
DO WE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?
DO WE KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS?Romans 13.11-14Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 7 of 11 v. 10 “… love is the fulfilling of the law.” (esv) Mark 1.15 “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.” (esv) 1 Corinthians 7.31 “For the present form of this world is passing away.” (esv) AWARENESS OF OUR PRESENT TIME INSPIRES US … TO Wake Up v. 11b “… the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.” (esv)…
GRACE CREATES LOVING PEOPLE
GRACE CREATES LOVING PEOPLERomans 13.8-10Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 6 of 11 Romans 1.16 “… the gospel … is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes …” (esv) Romans 12.9 “Let love be genuine.” (esv) Romans 5.5 “… God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.” (esv) GOD WANTS US TO BE LOVING PEOPLE … WHO FEEL Compelled By Love … v. 8 “Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another …” (csb) 1 Corinthians 13.2–3 “… if I have…
THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARD GOVERNMENT
THE CHRISTIAN ATTITUDE TOWARD GOVERNMENTRomans 13.1-7Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 5 of 11 Romans 12.19 “Do not take revenge … but leave room for God’s wrath …” (niv) v. 1a “Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God hasestablished.” (niv) GOD Ordains ALL Governing Authority … Daniel 4.17 “… the Most High is sovereign over the kingdoms of men and gives them to anyone he wishes …” (niv) v. 2 “… whoever resists the authorities resists what God has appointed …” (esv) TO BE…
LOVE YOUR ENEMY
LOVE YOUR ENEMYRomans 12.17-21Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 4 of 11 v. 14 “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them.” (esv) Matthew 5.43–44 “You have heard … Love your neighbor and hate your enemy. But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you …” (csb) v. 9 “Hate what is evil; cling to what is good.” (niv) v. 21 “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (esv) GOOD OVERCOMES EVIL WHEN WE ……
LET LOVE BE GENUINE
LET LOVE BE GENUINERomans 12.9-16Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 3 of 11 John 13.35 “… everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (csb) v. 9 “Let love be genuine.” (esv) GENUINE LOVE MOTIVATES US TO … FEEL The Truth v. 9b “Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.” (esv) 1 Corinthians 13.6 “Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.” HONOR God’s Family v. 10 “Love one another with brotherly affection. Outdo one…
THE CHRISTIAN SELF-IMAGE
THE CHRISTIAN SELF-IMAGERomans 12.3-8Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 2 of 11 v. 2b “… be transformed by the renewing of your mind …” (nas) v. 3 “… to think of himself …” (esv) THE RENEWED MIND SEES OURSELVES AS … DIVINELY Defined By Faith v. 3 “Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the measure of faith God has given you.” (niv) Ephesians 2.8 “… you have been saved through faith. And this is not…
AN ARMY BROUGHT TO LIFE
AN ARMY BROUGHT TO LIFERomans 12.1-2Romans: The People Grace Creates – Part 1 of 11 SPIRITUAL FIGHTERS WHO … CAN’T FORGET The Mercy That Brought Us To HIM v. 1a “… in view of the mercies of God …” (csb) v. 1 “… offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God …” (niv) Galatians 2.20 “I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I…
A THREE-FOLD REDEEMER
A THREE-FOLD REDEEMERRuth 4Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 4 of 4 A TALE OF THREE REDEEMERS: #1 BOAZ – REDEEMED FROM Alienation Ephesians 2.12 “… you were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Israel, and foreigners to the covenants of promise, without hope and without God in the world.” (csb) v. 10 “… Ruth the Moabitess … my wife, to perpetuate the deceased man’s name … so that his name will not disappear among his relatives …” (csb) Ephesians 2.13 “But now in Christ Jesus you who…
RUTH & BOAZ “DTR”: DEFINE THE REDEMPTION
RUTH & BOAZ “DTR”: DEFINE THE REDEMPTIONRuth 3Ruth: The Romance of Redemption – Part 3 of 4 v. 20 “The man is a close relative of ours, one of our redeemers.” (esv) IS THIS A GOOD PLAN? Description DOESN’T MEAN Prescription v. 4 “… lie down, and he will tell you what to do.” (esv) v. 14 “… [she] got up before anyone could be recognized; and he said, ‘Don’t let it be known that a woman came to the threshing floor.’” (niv) Psalm 103.10 “He has not dealt with us as our…