Sermons from August 2024
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…
When God Leads His Church
When God Leads His ChurchExodus 11-15 Reading through that lens led me to observe some steps by Israel that we may very well see in our church when we decide to get serious about letting go of our agendas, and letting God lead us in His; and where that begins is in the leadership… Throughout history, one observes that when a need in God’s people arises, God raises up a human instrument to perform His will. When honest biographies are written, it’s clear that all of these men and women…
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…