HEBREWS 12:1-2 -Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross,…
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
New Testament
This sermon points us to the impact of holy speech, honorable conduct, and living harmonious when conflict comes; a strong witness for the Lord Jesus. These very actions and attitudes are counter-cultural and give the world a reason to ask us about the source of our conduct and hope.
LUKE 12:49-53 – “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on…
1 PETER 3:8 – Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. THEME OF THE DAY. THE TENDER-HEARTED CHRISTIAN. Apart from Christ’s love for us, if we were forced to pick one other of His character traits that is of the greatest comfort to us, what would we pick? I know this…
In our journey through 1 Peter, the Apostle is showing us how much we need each other to be salt and light in a decaying culture. There are attitudes and actions we are to live out together to be the church that makes a difference in our world. In this one verse, he will reveal five of these attitudes and actions.
1 CORINTHIANS 15:10 – But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me. THEME OF THE DAY. THE GRACE-EMPOWERED CHRISTIAN LIFE. Every Christian knows salvation is by…