Text: Colossians 3:5-11 Theme: The sins of the old man are supposed to be forsaken, and the new life in Christ embraced. Intro: The first 4 verses of this chapter were an exhortation to set our focus on the things which are above, on things of eternal value rather than on the temporal. In the […]
Text: I Chronicles 13:1-4, 7-14 & I Chronicles 15:1-5, 12-14, 25-28 Theme: We need to take the service of God seriously. Today, it is popular to have messy church, and to approach service for God in a slap-dash manner without proper consideration for the holiness of God and for Biblical patterns. The lesson to be […]
Text: Colossians 3:1-4 Theme: Lift your gaze off the temporal and fix it on the eternal. Intro: Chapter 2 outlined for us our identification with Christ in his death, burial, and resurrection which brought us separation from sin, freedom from the Law, and liberty in Christ. As we enter chapter 3, the Apostle Paul builds […]
Text: Acts 17:30-31 Intro: The goals of this message are: To explain what repentance is and what it isn’t. To see how the word repentance is used in the Bible. To explain why we believe repentance is necessary for salvation. To answer a few questions which are commonly raised about repentance and salvation. We will […]
Text: Colossians 2:16-23 Theme: Since we have been freed from the bondage of the Law, we need to stand confident in that freedom. Intro: The Apostle Paul has just given us a warning against being spoiled by the philosophies and traditions of men. This was followed by his description of our identification with Christ in […]
Text: John 12:20-27 & John 15:1-8 Theme: Like a grain of wheat must die for it to produce a greater harvest, so must the disciple of Christ become dead to self so that he might see life produced in others. Intro: The events of this chapter fall between Palm Sunday and the Lord’s Supper and […]
Theme: We need to defend the true Gospel of Jesus Christ, and we need to understand that through Christ we have been made dead to our old man and raised to new life in Christ. The Apostle Paul has just given us an exhortation to allow our faith to take deep root in Christ and […]
The Apostle Paul has just given us an exhortation to allow our faith to take deep root in Christ and to be built up in Him, stablished in the faith. Now Paul gives us a warning against false teachers who bring another Gospel. In these verses, Paul gives us a description of how the false […]
Theme: It takes courage to be a faithful and effectual Christian Today, the Bible, Christian values, and Christians themselves are facing fierce attacks from the world and the Devil. The message today is intended to be a call to action. A call to courageously stand for the truth and not be intimidated by the world […]
We need to be settled in our faith in Christ. We need to understand that, in Christ, we have everything we need to life a life that is pleasing to God. In this passage Paul set out to reinforce that truth. Having reinforced that truth, Paul then commands the Christian to stand confidently in his […]