Praying in the Holy Spirit 18 February 2024 AM – Text: Jude 1:20-21 – Topic: Prayer Introduction: Read Jude 1:20-21. Many Charismatic churches seem to overemphasise the Holy Spirit. In contrast, most Independent Baptist churches underemphasize the Holy Spirit. He is rarely mentioned other than in doctrinal lessons. Perhaps that is the reason I was […]
Spirit-Guided Praying 24 April 2022 AM – Romans 8:26-27 – Rom2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Having an expert help us when doing a task that we are not very good at, is a huge help. The expert knows the best, fastest, and safest way to do the task. Depending on the task, the expert will […]
Privileges through the Holy Spirit 3 April 2022 AM – Romans 8:12-17 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Most of you know that one of my hobbies is artistic painting. I have found many good painting websites. Some of them share their information freely; however, others require a financial membership of some sort. By becoming […]
No Condemning Sentence 20 March 2022 AM – Romans 8:1-11 – Ro2022 – Scott Childs Introduction: Dr David Thomason wisely observed. “Romans 6 presents the possibility of victorious living, while Romans 7 presents the human impossibility of victorious Christian living, then Romans 8 presents what happens when God is in the picture! Romans 7 is […]
9/02/2022 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Review of God the Holy Spirit’s Person Name a few of the person-like characteristics of the Holy Spirit Teaches, testifies, guides, speaks, enlightens, strives, commands, intercedes, calls, comforts, works What are some bad things we can do to the Holy Spirit Lie to, resist, grieve, vex, disrespect Name a proof that […]
2/02/2022 Wednesday BIBLE BASICS Review of God the Son’s Ministry Where is Christ as our High Priest? At the right hand of the Father As our intercessor, what does Christ do for us? He continually prays for us What book and chapter is Christ’s prayer list for believers? John 17 Christ is our advocate or […]
Be Filled with the Spirit 2 April 2017 AM – Ephesians 5:18 – HS17 – Scott Childs Introduction: Are you filled with the Holy Spirit this morning? That is a question that many Christians do not know how to answer. By the end of our sermon today, I hope you will both know how to […]
Word-filled Worker & Boss 2 April 2017 PM – Colossians 3:22-4:1 – Col16 – Scott Childs Introduction: In Bible days, slavery was common. Slaves had little motivate to do a good job for their master beyond what was necessary to avoid a beating. Masters were often unkind and unfair with their slaves. Thus, the relationship […]
The Holy Spirit’s Fruit 26 March 2017 AM – Galatians 5:22-23 –HS17 – Scott Childs Introduction: When I was a boy, we had many wild apple trees on our farm. Yearly we would get fruit from them, but the amount and quality of fruit varied from year to year. A late frost sometimes killed some […]
Blasphemy of the Spirit 19 March 2017 AM – Matthew 12:22-32 – Scott Childs Introduction: Read text. Our God is a forgiving God! (Psalms 86:5) “For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.” (Psalms 32:1) “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose […]