While the way to heaven is narrow and difficult already (cf. Matthew 7:13-14), sometimes we make things hard on ourselves. Why might it be so hard for some to be faithful? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: Why is it so hard to be faithful?Faith
“For I long to see you, that I may impart to you some spiritual gift, so that you may be established— that is, that I may be encouraged together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.” (Romans 1:11-12) As we are active, and increase in our faith we will be an …
Continue reading Sermon: Encouragement by Mutual Faith“Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy 6:4-5) The Israelites were told to give God their all, and reserve nothing for the gods in the land they were going to …
Continue reading Sermon: The Lord Our God is OneIn a context warning about apostasy, Paul revealed two specific errors for Timothy to watch for – forbidding to marry, and commanding abstinence from certain foods (cf. 1 Timothy 4:3). Concerning the latter, Paul said God created the foods to be received by “those who believe and know the truth” (1 Timothy 4:3). Believing requires …
Continue reading Sermon: Those Who Believe and Know the TruthWe must simply believe what the Bible says. Nothing less, and nothing more. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: We Believe What the Bible SaysPaul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). What did he mean by that? How does that apply to us? Ppt: Outline: To download, right click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: I Can Do…“For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day.” (2 Timothy 1:12) Paul encouraged Timothy to continue living, preaching, and defending the truth no matter what …
Continue reading Sermon: He is Able to Keep What I Have Committed to HimDo we have the faith displayed by Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego? (cf. Daniel 3) Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: But If NotPeter, James, and John had the privilege of going further in the garden with Jesus when He went to pray. Luke records they were but a “stone’s throw” from Jesus (Luke 22:41). However, they showed that they were much further as they failed to watch and pray. Is it possible that we are at a …
Continue reading Sermon: The Distance Greater Than a Stone’s Throw“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us” (Hebrews 12:1). The sin of unbelief, or lacking trust, is considered. Ppt: Outline: To …
Continue reading Sermon: The Sin Which So Easily Ensnares Us