1) The Life of Jacob – Genesis 25 & 27

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Text: Genesis 25:19-34 & Genesis 27:1-46 Theme: The error of attempting to earn God’s blessing The life of Jacob began on difficult grounds. God had chosen Jacob to be the next of Abrahams sons to continue the line of the Messiah. Jacobs older brother Esau had been rejected by God because he despised spiritual things […]

An Introduction to Colossians – Colossians 1:1-2

This sermon is an introductory message to the book of Colossians.
Colossians is one of the Pauline Prison Epistles and is a short letter to a church which was struggling with heresy making it’s way into the church.
In this introductory message, we will look at the background to the book of Colossians and also consider the opening remarks of the book.
For our study we will take the following points:
I. The Background to the Book
II. The Background of Colosse
III. Paul’s Salutation to the Colossians

Righteousness Imputed by Faith – Romans 4:1-8

Romans chapter 4 opens up for us the blessing of having the righteousness of Christ imputed to our account, by faith and without works.
The Apostle Paul gives us the examples of Abraham and David as Old Testament examples of men who were justified by faith.
When the principles in these two accounts are applied to the New Testament Christian we find that, like a man drowning in a rip tide can only reach out to the lifeguard, trusting the lifeguard to rescue him, the sinner can only hold out the arms of faith and receive the gift of salvation, trusting Christ to save him.