Baliwag Bible Christian Church [sermons]

We are justified by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.Why is faith the appropriate response to Christ’s finished work on the cross? What is “union with Christ” and why is this important in our understanding and living the Christian life? Why is faith not just our initial response, but also a day-to- day response to the gospel? In what ways do we manifest self-righteousness and self-reliance in living the Christian life and doing our ministries? How does the gospel serve as a corrective to our “fleshly” tendencies?

Our desperate condition drives us toward the perfect righteousness of Christ as the only way for us to be right with God. Why is the law insufficient to provide us the righteousness required of us? What did Christ’s perfect obedience and his sacrificial death on the cross accomplish for us? What is meant by the biblical terms substitution, redemption, propitiation and justification, and why are they crucial in having a firm grasp of the gospel message?

The center of the gospel is the death of Christ and the reason why He died is to deal with sin. Therefore, the proclamation of the gospel is incomplete without addressing the issue of sin. This means explaining that men and women are sinners and are therefore under the wrath of God is important if we want to present the gospel properly.

A rediscovery of the gospel begins with a vision of the holiness of God. What does it mean for God to be holy? Why is a “God-entranced vision of all things” crucial for gospel awakening both in our individual lives and in our churches? How should this vision of God’s holiness motivate us in our own personal pursuit of holiness and in helping our churches progress in sanctification?

To serve us, to glorify God - 'yan ang life mission ng Panginoong Jesus. At tayo rin na sinasabing tagasunod niya, yun din ang life mission natin, hindi pwedeng iba, hindi pwedeng to serve ourselves, to glorify ourselves, but to serve others, to glorify God. Jesus came and lived a perfectly righteous life, and died and rose again para ano? To rescue us from ourselves so that we may live for others and for God.

In what ways is the gospel denied, distorted or minimized in our churches today? Why is it urgent that we have a right view of the gospel? What is at stake here? What is the gospel? Why do pastors and church leaders have a solemn obligation to proclaim and protect it?

"Flee from idolatry" (1 Cor. 10:14). Run, run away as quick as you can, without hesitation. Responsibility natin 'yan. Kapag may temptation, hindi mo kakantahan 'yan, "O tukso layuan mo ako." No, ikaw ang lalayo at kakaripas ng takbo palayo sa tukso.

God does not give us trials dahil bilib siya sa atin. Kundi para tayo ang bumilib sa kanya. Meron naman kasing mga temptations na di natin kinakaya. Ilang beses na tayong bumagsak. But the good news for us, we don't have to fall. Kasi merong Diyos na tumutulong sa atin kahit sa mga panahong parang wala nang pag-asa.

We must be willing to lose something big in order to win something bigger. Meron siyang binanggit sa 1 Cor. 9:19-27 na dalawang malaking bagay na handa siyang mawala sa kanya para makamtan niya ang dalawang bagay na higit na mas mahalaga.

Prayer ko na maging nangingibabaw na hangarin na ng puso natin ay hindi yung sarili nating karapatan, o kalayaan, o sariling pangarap, o sariling kagustuhan - kundi yung mas malaya at mas malawak na maipangaral ang mabuting balita ni Cristo.