“‘Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.” (Ephesians 4:26-27) Anger is not an inherently sinful emotion, though some anger is fundamentally sinful. However, it is an emotion that we must address, and handle with extreme caution. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click …
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We live in a sex-crazed culture. The incessant onslaught of sexually themed media is a great danger to our soul. How do we combat sexual sin? Job said, “I have made a covenant with my eyes; Why then should I look upon a young woman?” (Job 31:1) Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title …
Continue reading Sermon: A Covenant with My EyesRomans 5:12-21 contains an important and powerful contrast between our sin and God’s grace. It is important for us to understand how sufficient and powerful God’s provision in Christ is. However, we must also be careful to fully understand how it works, how it is applied, and how it is to dramatically change our lives. …
Continue reading Sermon: Where Sin Abounded, Grace Abounded Much More“Errors! who doth understand?” (Psalm 19:12, YLT) Psalm 19 speaks of the general revelation of God in creation, and the specific revelation of God in His word. Then the Psalmist considers error which exists despite the clarity of God’s will. Why is sin so prevalent? Why do we struggle so much? What is the solution? Ppt: Outline: To …
Continue reading Sermon: Errors! Who doth understand?It is important that Christians understand the need to grow, and how that corresponds to their separation from sin. Growth is never an excuse for, or tolerance of sin. It is God’s provision for one to be transformed into the image of Christ, and separate further from sin. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the …
Continue reading Sermon: Growth and Sin2 Samuel 24 and 1 Chronicles 21 record David’s sin in ordering a census. It shows the great cost of sin and salvation in the punishment brought because of the sin, and the great grace of God displayed. It also shows the great cost of sacrifice as David refused to offer that which cost him …
Continue reading Sermon: The Cost of Sin, Salvation, and Sacrifice“My little children, these things I write to you, so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous. And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.” (1 John 2:1-2) John did …
Continue reading Sermon: What do I do with my sin?Speaking of the state of God’s people which brought upon them the judgment of captivity, Isaiah wrote, “But we are all like an unclean thing, And all our righteousnesses are like filthy rags; We all fade as a leaf, And our iniquities, like the wind, Have taken us away” (Isaiah 64:6). What did he mean …
Continue reading Sermon: Filthy Rags“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). While there may be a particular sin which troubles us, underneath all specific sin is a problem we must lay aside if we are to win …
Continue reading Sermon: The Sin Which So Easily Ensnares UsPaul speaks about some who need to “come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will” (2 Timothy 2:26). What hope is there for one who has been recaptured by Satan? Can they be restored? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title …
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