People will go to tremendous lengths to save their physical life. Yet, this life is but a vapor. What about their spiritual life? This sermon considers the urgent call of the apostle Peter, “And with many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, Save yourselves from this crooked generation.” (Acts 2:40, ASV) Ppt: Outline: To download, …
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“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:12-13) Our salvation is our responsibility, …
Continue reading Sermon: Work Out Your Own SalvationPaul explained that God sent Jesus to die “to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.” (Romans 3:26) How is it that God can justify us and still justly deal with sin? How do we benefit from this? Ppt: …
Continue reading Sermon: He is Just, and the JustifierSpeaking of those who rejected the Christ Peter wrote, “They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed” (1 Peter 28). Did they have a choice? What did the Holy Spirit mean when He revealed this? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save …
Continue reading Sermon: “To Which They Also Were Appointed”In 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 Truth“Therefore, my beloved, as you have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who works in you both to will and to do for His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:12-13) God works toward our salvation …
Continue reading Sermon: God Works in You Both to Will and to DoPsalm 121 describes the help God offers His people. God is constantly extending His helping hand for our salvation. He protects us and provides for us that we may be saved in the end. What help does He offer to keep us saved? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list …
Continue reading Sermon: Help from the LordCan we have confidence in our salvation? That’s what having hope is all about – confident expectation. The Hebrew writer urged his readers to press on to the “full assurance of hope” (Hebrews 6:11-12). Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: The Full Assurance of HopeMembers of the Lord’s body are a peculiar people, and everything we do has great purpose. What is this all about? Do we understand the “why” of what we do, and don’t do? Or are we missing the point? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link …
Continue reading Sermon: What is this all about?When Jesus was 12, He lingered behind in Jerusalem when His parents left after observing the passover (cf. Luke 2:41-50). His parents supposed He was among the company, or perhaps their relatives. However, they were not certain, and He wasn’t. Many make the mistake of Jesus’ parents – they suppose Jesus is with them instead …
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