Christ Church of Livingston County Sermons

Sermon Notes for: 9/18/2022

Christian marriage - What to Do? - Part II

Ephesians 5:22-33

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God has a specific design for marriage, which fits Christ’s redeeming us, and with loving our neighbor as ourselves.

Sermon outline:

I. Context of 4:1-5:21

II. Wives, submit. Why? (22-24)

III. Husbands, love. How? (25-28)

a. Why? (29-32)

IV. Summary (33)

V. Application

Sermon Notes for: 9/11/2022

Behave as You're Saved & Gifts for the Church - "What to Do?" part I”

Ephesians 4

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme:

Be the loving, forgiving, unified people, Christ called you to be when He saved you, with the help of His gifts.

Sermon outline:

I. Walk in unity (1-6)

II. Christ’s gifts, and what they are for (7-16)

III. Put off sin; put on righteousness (17-32)

Sermon Notes for: 9/4/2022

Last Things - Biblical Worldview VII

Rev. 21:1-8; 22:1-5

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: at the return of Christ, He will judge all men and recreate heaven

and earth as a blessed and sin-free realm of the kingdom of God.

Sermon outline:

I. What happens when you die? The Intermediate State

a. 2 Cor. 5:1-10; Rev. 6:9-11

II. Christ’s return and our resurrection

a. 1 Thess. 4:13-18; Rev 21:2; 2 Peter 3:10-12?

III. Judgment

a. Rev. 20:12

IV. When? 1 Thess. 5:1-6

V. Hell, and Heaven

a. Mark 9:43-48; Rev. 14:9-11

b. Rev. 21-22

VI. Until then, what?

Sermon Notes for: 8/21/2022

God's Benediction

Ephesians 3:20-21 --Pastor Celso Namuco

Sermon Notes for: 8/14/2022

Salvation - Biblical Worldview V

Ephesians 2:8-10

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God redeems His people sovereignly, giving them a new heart,

and faith, to turn back to Him, to be His beloved children, and to follow His ways.

Sermon outline: “The Portrait of a Christian”

I. How God saves us

a. Common grace and external call

b. Effectual call and regeneration

c. Faith

d. Justification

e. Adoption

II. What we experience when we are saved

a. Repentance and conversion

b. Sanctification and good works

c. Perseverance

d. Assurance

e. Law

f. Liberty

g. Prayer

Sermon Notes for: 8/7/2022

Christ - Biblical Worldview IV

John 3:13-17

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: the Son of God Jesus, the fully-God, 2nd Person of the Trinity, was chosen by God to be our Mediator, Savior, and Lord.

Sermon outline: (Apostles’ Creed)

I. and in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord (John 1; Prov. 8)

II. who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary

a. Galatians 4:4; Hebrews 2:14-17; Heidelberg 16-17

III. suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead, and buried.

He descended into hell. (Phil 2:5-11)

Atonement (Heidelberg 17)

IV. The third day He rose again from the dead.

V. He ascended into Heaven, and sits on the right hand of God the Father

Almighty; (current intercession and rule)

VI. from thence He shall come to judge the quick and the dead

(2 Thessalonians 1:6-10)

Sermon Notes for: 7/31/2022

The Better Portion

Luke 10:38-42 – Christopher Kou

Sermon Notes for: 7/17/2022

Creation - Biblical Worldview II

Psalm 8

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme:

God created all things, visible and invisible, and controls what happens in it all.

Sermon outline:

I. Nature - Genesis 1

II. Angels and demons – Ezekiel 28:11-15; Rev. 12:7-10

III. Man – Psalm 8; Gen. 1:26-28

IV. Providence – Job 1:20-21

Sermon Notes for: 7/10/2022

The God Who Is There - Biblical Worldview, Part I

Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God is there, He has told us Who He is, and we are bound to Him

as His creatures.

Sermon outline:

I. How we know God

II. What God is like

III. One God, Three Persons

IV. The Binding of God, in Covenant

Sermon Notes for: 6/26/2022

Faith in Distress

Psalm 6

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: David cries out for God’s gracious deliverance from distress, and

is comforted that it will come.