Truth for the next 10 years
Title: Truth for the next 10 years Text: Ephesians 3:20-21 Rock solid truth for the next 10 years: 1 – GOD CAN DO ANYTHING: WE MUST DREAM BIG – V.20 The Pyramid of God’s Enablement: Ephesians 3:20 God is able God is able to do God is able to do far more abundantly God is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask God is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think 2 – GOD DESERVES THE GLORY: WE EXIST FOR HIM – V.20-21a
The Word, The World, and My Sanctification
TITLE: The Word, The World, and My Sanctification TEXT: John 17:14-19 SUBJECT LINE: Jesus prays for his followers, that we would be... POINT 1: Kept from the evil one (Vs 14-16) POINT 2: Sanctified in the truth (vs 17-19)
At the Empty Tomb
TITLE: At the Empty Tomb TEXT: Luke 24:1-12 JC Ryle – “The fact of our Lord’s resurrection rests on evidence which no infidel can ever explain away. It is confirmed by testimony of every kind, sort, and description. The plain unvarnished story which the Gospel writers tell about it, is one that cannot be overthrown… If we choose to deny the truth of their account we may deny everything in the world. It is not so certain that Julius Caesar once lived, as it is that Christ rose again.” At the empty tomb: 1 – WE FEEL THE POTENTIAL FOR CONFUSION – V.1-4a Matt Perman – “When we look at the evidence, the truth of the resurrection emerges very clearly as the best explanation. There is no other theory that even comes close to accounting for the evidence. Therefore, there is solid historical grounds for the truth that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.” Clearing up the confusion…Strong historical evidence for the resurrection of Jesus Christ: 2A. The Empty Tomb – Luke 24:3 2B. The Resurrection Appearances – 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 1 Corinthians 15:3-8 - For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures, and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve. Then he appeared to more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have fallen asleep. Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles. Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared also to me.” 2C. The Origin of the Christian Faith JC Ryle – “Let us cling firmly to the resurrection of Christ, as one of the pillars of the Gospel. It ought to produce in our minds a settled conviction of the truth of Christianity. Our faith does not depend merely on a set of texts and doctrines. It is founded on a mighty historical fact which the skeptic has never been able to overturn.” 2 – WE FIND THE PLACE OF HOPE – V.4b-8 3 – WE FACE A POINT OF DECISION – V.9-12 Two responses to the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Are you a believer? Go tell the rest – V.9-10 Are you a doubter? Go see for yourself – V.11-12
Your Saviour’s Place of prayer
Your Saviour’s Place of prayer Text: Luke 22:39-46 Luke 21:36-37 … “But stay awake at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that are going to take place, and to stand before the Son of Man.” And every day he was teaching in the temple, but at night he went out and lodged on the mount called Olivet. PRAYER WAS YOUR SAVIOUR’S PLACE OF: 1) SUBMISSION (v42) Is 51:17: Wake yourself, wake yourself, stand up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of his wrath, who have drunk to the dregs the bowl, the cup of staggering. -- Matt 26:39 And going a little farther he fell on his face and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless, not as I will, but as you will.” -- Phillip Ryken: “This was a sacred space within which a radical decision is made that reverses the course of human history.” PRAYER WAS YOUR SAVIOUR’S PLACE OF: 2) AGONY (v43-44) BB Warfield: “In these supreme moments our Lord sounded the ultimate depths of human anguish.… The scope of these sufferings was very broad, embracing that whole series of painful emotions which runs from a consternation that is appalled dismay, through a despondency which is almost despair, to a sense of well-nigh complete desolation. In the presence of this mental anguish the physical tortures of the crucifixion retire into the background, and we may well believe that our Lord, though he died on the cross, yet died not of the cross, but of a broken heart, that is to say, of the strain of his mental suffering.” -- Jn 19:33-34 … But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and at once there came out blood and water. -- Matt 26:27b-28 … “Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.” -- Phil Ryken: “When we see the blood on his sweaty brow, it is almost as precious to us as the blood he shed on the cross, because here in the garden we see how much Jesus suffered in choosing to die for our sins—a choice he made over against his own will.” PRAYER WAS YOUR SAVIOUR’S PLACE OF: 3) RISING (45-46) I.H. Marshall (in the New Bible Commentary): Only the one who had prayed remained strong during the next few hours. -- Luke 23:34a … And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” -- Luke 23:46 … Then Jesus, calling out with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” And having said this he breathed his last. --
Jesus The King
TITLE: Jesus the King TEXT: Luke 19:28-40 Understanding the theme of the Kingdom of God [From “God’s Big Picture” by Vaughan Roberts] The Pattern of the Kingdom - Genesis 1-2 The Perished Kingdom - Genesis 3 The Promised Kingdom - Genesis 12 The Partial Kingdom - Genesis 12 - Exodus 18, 1 Samuel - 2 Chronicles The Prophesied Kingdom - The Prophets The Present Kingdom - Jesus is born On Palm Sunday, we see Jesus… 1 – THE PROPHESIED KING – V.28-35 Zechariah 9:9 - “Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.” 2 – THE WORSHIPED KING – V.36-38 3 – THE REJECTED KING – V.39-40
The Great Reversal
TITLE: The Great Reversal TEXT: Luke 18:35-43 Jesus reverses our ideas about… 1 – THE WAY THINGS SHOULD BE – V.35-39 Jesus reverses our ideas about the way things should be… Luke 18:9-14 - The Pharisee and the Tax Collector Luke 18:15-17 - Jesus welcomes the little children Luke 18:18-30 - The rich young ruler Luke 18:31-34 - Jesus predicts his suffering 2 – WHAT IT MEANS TO REALLY SEE – V.39-43
What Does God Require
Andrew Wong | Micah 6:6-8
The Truth About Testing and Temptation
Title: The Truth about Testing and Temptation Text: James 1:12-15 Outline: 1. The truth about testing... If I keep trusting God in my trials, He will reward me forever! (vs 12) 2. The truth about temptation... I can’t blame God! My desires are the problem! (vs 13-15)
Mission: The King’s witness to the World
Sermon Outline - Tim Hamer - Sunday March 5, 2023 Text: “But you will receive POWER when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my WITNESS in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth”. Acts 1:8 Sermon Title: Mission: The King’s witness to the world. Point #1: My witness is Holy Spirit Powered – Acts 1:8a Point #2: My witness is Christ Commissioned – Acts 1:8b Point #3: My Witness is God’s plan to reach the world – Acts 1:8c Sermon Length: 35-40 Minutes (Lord Willing) Main Idea: The aim of this message is to demonstrate from scripture that we are all called to be a power-filled witness of Jesus Christ, the King, to the world around us. We are the King’s witness to the world. That is our mission.
When Prayer Changes Me
TITLE: When Prayer Changes Me TEXT: Habakkuk 3:17-19 Colossians 2:6- “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him…” Hebrews 12:1 – “…let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…” 1 Peter 2:5 – “… you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house…” Prayer changes me: Prayer… 1 – PREPARES US FOR HARD TIMES – V.17 2 – PRODUCES IN US THE PERSPECTIVE OF JOY – V.18 Waylon Bailey - “In a world which sees almost everything in economic terms, believers need to consider the profundity of Habakkuk’s faith. Though the worst things in life happen, believers need a faith which depends on the God of the universe and worships him as the true Lord of life.” James 1:2-4 - “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.” Romans 5:3-4 - “...we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope…” 3 – POSITIONS US IN SUSTAINING POWER – V.19