God has a standard of love that is quite different from humanity. “For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:6-8).
Preaching with little to no doctrinal content is not preaching, but pandering to the whims of fickle humans who enjoy a good story more than they do the truth of the gospel.
Sin is not just “moral” failure; it is a failure of perspective on our place in God’s creation. That’s what Paul is seeking to get across in Romans 1:21: “because, although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.”
In this chapter, God makes a covenant with David. We see 1) David’s Desire, 2) God’s Design, and 3) David’s Devotion. Each person should understand that God’s covenant with David was fulfilled in Jesus.
Those who are citizens of God’s kingdom have 1) The State of Being Blessed, 2) The Attitude of the Blessed, 3) The Blessing of the Blessed. The hearer should understand that to be a citizen of God’s kingdom means having and maintaining these beatitudes in our lives. The aim of this sermon is to communicate that the beatitudes introduce the Sermon on the Mount and the character of the citizen of God’s kingdom.
People who are spiritually sick or injured should find healing through the efforts of the church. Sometimes people criticize the church as being a place of hypocrites precisely because there are spiritually sick or injured people in the church. That would be a valid criticism if the church were not doing anything to heal these spiritually damaged people. However, the goal is for spiritually sick people to become well through the work and teaching of Jesus.
God’s righteous judgment is 1) Impartial 2) Consistent 3) Penetrating. Each listener should understand that God is wholly righteous in his judgment. This lesson aims to help everyone understand the message of Romans regarding God’s righteousness.
It is well with my soul because 1) Christ’s Teaching Overcomes External Circumstances, 2) Christ’s Sacrifice Conquered Satan’s Work, 3) Christ Nailed the Christian’s Sins to the Cross, 4) Christ Will Return. Each person should understand that we can be content in Christ Jesus with the great blessings that He gives. The aim of this sermon is to help us better understand the lyrics of the song, “It is Well with My Soul.”
Trusting God with control of my life removes anxiety, and I can be at peace trusting that God will do what is right. Philippians 4:6-7 says, “In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” This verse is about understanding that God is in control.
God is a just God because we can trust His 1) Integrity, 2) Judgments, 3) Punishments. Each hearer should understand that he may trust in God in all situations of life even when others have done evil against him. That each person put more faith and trust in God and His righteousness.
Trusting God with control of my life removes anxiety, and I can be at peace trusting that God will do what is right. Philippians 4:6-7 says, “In nothing be anxious; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall guard your hearts and your thoughts in Christ Jesus.” This verse is about understanding that God is in control.
The Bible does not tell Christians what to believe about the contemporary social agenda referred to as “global warming,” or “climate change.” The Bible does assure the believer that God has control of the seasons and that no significant alternation of the yearly cycle will be disrupted by human activity.
he Bible does not tell us the exact date that Jesus was born. What it does tell us is that shepherds were in the fields watching their flocks by night (Luke 2:8). The cool winter weather would not have been particularly good conditions for doing this. So, December 25th was probably not the time of year that Jesus was born at all. They would have taken their flocks out in the spring and summer when the grass was growing well for grazing.
Jesus matters because He is 1) The Savior of Humanity, 2) The Standard for Humanity, and 3) The Sovereign of Humanity. Each person should be able to understand the relevance of Jesus to their lives. I want to impress upon each person the necessity of Jesus to live a good life.
In this lesson we will study what Jesus calls the greatest command looking at its 1) Imperative, 2) Intentional 3) Instructive 4) Intense 4) Impressive. Each person should understand the greatest command and seek to live by it. This sermon emphasizes that the greatest command is not obeyed by mere emotion, but by action.
Many felt 2020 was an upside-down year. But the gospel changes how we see things (Acts 17:6), giving us a heart attuned to God rather than the world's desires.
Jesus teaches the Christian what to do about offenses in relationship to 1) the World, 2) One’s Self, 3) Other Christians. The hearer will know how Jesus expects us to handle offenses.
Jesus’ escape from the tomb means 1) the Reality of God, 2) the Reality of Redemption for Sinners, 3) the Reality of Resurrection for Saints. The hearer should understand that Jesus’ resurrection presents to us God’s reality when it comes to God, Redemption, and Eternity. This sermon to communicate that the resurrection of Jesus presents God’s perspective of the reality as it really is.
Jesus did not establish a denomination (2 John 9). A move toward nondenominational Christianity is right, because one church is not just as good as another.
Jesus was and is Deity. In Him dwelt all the fullness of the godhead bodily according to Colossians 2:9. The relationship he sustained to the Father was so close that He could say when Phillip asked Him to show the Father, "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works’ sake" (John 14:9-11).