Christians desire confidence and assurance of their salvation. God has made ample provision in His eternal plans to ensure His adopted children of their inheritance. One blessing Paul mentioned in Ephesians 1 concerned the seal of the Holy Spirit, who is a guarantee of our inheritance (cf. Ephesians 1:13-14). What does it mean to be …
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“And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:22-23) What is the church’s purpose? What should any local church aim to be? How are we to truly be the “fullness” …
Continue reading Sermon: The Church – The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All (Part 3)“Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.” (1 Peter 3:7) What does Peter mean in describing the wife as “the weaker vessel?” How does the husband give her …
Continue reading Sermon: Giving Honor to the Weaker Vessel“And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians 1:22-23) What is the church’s purpose? What should any local church aim to be? How are we to truly be the …
Continue reading Sermon: The Church – The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All (Parts 1&2)“Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2) Paul’s instructions concerning burden bearing included the correction of sin. Paul also instructed how one is to respond to such teaching, and warns about sowing to the flesh. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select …
Continue reading Sermon: Bear One Another’s BurdensPaul told Timothy to “be diligent” (2 Timothy 2:15). Diligence is the basic virtue necessary for achieving anything, even growing in Christ. It is not something distant from us, but is often neglected. If we are to improve, and be pleasing to God, we must be diligent. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title …
Continue reading Sermon: Be DiligentThe Hebrew writer attributes the text of Psalm 40:6-8 to the words the Messiah spoke to God when He entered the world (cf. Hebrews 10:5-10). He entered a body prepared by God for the perfect sacrifice. The text shows the sufficiency of Jesus’ sacrifice, and the Psalm in its own context gives us purpose as …
Continue reading Sermon: A Body You Have Prepared for MePaul began his letter to the Ephesians enumerating the blessings they enjoyed in Christ, and followed with a prayer for their increase in the knowledge and wisdom of God (cf. Ephesians 1:15-23). Specifically, Paul’s prayer was for them to have a spirit of wisdom and revelation starting with the hope within them, and ascending upwards …
Continue reading Sermon: A Prayer for Ascending WisdomWhen asked about divorce, Jesus went all the way to the beginning to establish God’s intention for the institution of marriage (cf. Matthew 19:1-10). What is the rule of marriage? What significance does God’s joining the two together have? What does Jesus say about divorce? Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the …
Continue reading Sermon: Marriage, the Marriage Bond, and DivorceSubmitting to the authority of the Lord is not optional. To reject His authority is to reject a number of other things pertaining to Him, and to be rejected by Him. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link as…”
Continue reading Sermon: By What Authority (7) – Rejecting the Authority of the Lord