Christ Church of Livingston County Sermons

Sermon Notes for: 1/19/2020

Reformed Basics: The Covenant

Exodus 19:1-9; 20:1-3

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God reforges a covenant relationship with His people in Christ.

I. What God’s covenant is:

A solemn bond sealed in blood, sovereignly administered

A. Solemn

B. Bond

C. Sovereignly administered

D. Participation required

E. Children included

F. Sealed in blood

II. How covenant works

A. God seizes

B. God separates

C. God speaks

D. God signs

E. God sees ahead

Sermon Notes for: 1/12/2020

Reformed Basics: The Sovereignty of God

Daniel 4

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon theme: God has complete control over everything that exists, and uses it for His glory and the good of His people.

I. Introduction: A Reformed Basics sermon series

God’s Sovereignty is...

II. Powerful

III. Personal

IV. Purposeful

Sermon Notes for: 1/5/2020

The Mystery of Epiphany: And Then There Was One

Ephesians 3:1-13

Eric VanDerhoof

Introduction

I. The Messenger (1-5, 7)

A. Prisoner

B. Steward

C. Apostle

D. Minister

II. The Mystery (6)

A. Fellow Heirs

B. Members of the Body

C. Partakers of the Promise

III. The Model (7-12)

A. Live __________

B. Submit __________

C. Be __________

D. Preach __________

E. Glorify __________

Conclusion

Sermon Notes for: 12/29/2019

Out of Egypt

Matt. 2:13-23

Pastor Jacob Hanby

Sermon Notes for: 12/22/2019

Jesus, God’s Gift of Love

1 John 4:7-11

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: Because of God’s love to us in Christ, He reconciles with and relates to us.

Sermon outline

A. Introduction

B. 1 John 4:7-11

1. God’s love, and ours (7-8, 11)

2. How has God loved us? (9-10)

a. Son sent

b. To give life

c. In spite of our un-loveliness (Deut 7)

C. Love of Jesus

D. Application

1. Loving others (7, 11)

2. A season for love

Sermon Notes for: 12/15/2019

Jesus, Our Joy

1 Peter 1:3-9

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: Christ’s coming and redemption brings us joy that we spread to the world by our lives and testimony.

Sermon outline

A. Intro

B. 1 Peter 3

1. Rejoicing in what? (3-6a)

2. Rejoicing even among trials. (6b-7)

3. Rejoicing by faith, not sight. (8-9)

C. The Most-Glad King of Psalm 45

D. Application

1. Spreading joy –the shepherds in Luke 2

2. Cultivating joy –Euodia and Syntyche in Phil. 4

Sermon Notes for: 12/8/2019

Jesus, Our Prince of Peace

Ephesians 2:11-18

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: God made peace with us at the cross of Christ. Perfect peace awaits us at His coming again, and we work for it now.

Sermon outline

A. Intro

B. Ephesians 2

1. Far away, not citizens, stranger to covenant, without Christ

2. Brought near, enmity and condemnation abolished, peace made

C. The Prince of Peace

D. Restoring peace within and around you:

Application

Sermon Notes for: 12/1/2019

Jesus Fulfills Our HOPE

Romans 4:13-25

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: Jesus fulfills our hopes amidst our misery.

Sermon outline

A. Advent!

B. Romans 4

1. Faith grasps God’s promises

2. Hoping against hope

C. Hope in the Serpent-Crusher

D. What does hope look like?

Application

Sermon Notes for: 11/24/2019

Selfish Sulking, or Mercy?

(Jonah, part 3 of 3)

Jonah 3-4

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: Is our heart as open and merciful to unbelievers who move toward God, as God’s is?

Sermon outline Chapter 3

–Nineveh repents; God relents (1-2)

–the call, again! (3-4)

–Jonah obeys (5-9)

–Nineveh repents (10)

–God relents

Chapter 4

–Jonah is angry; God is kind (1-3)

–Jonah is mad that God spared them, and asks to die (4)

–God questions Jonah’s anger (5-8)

–Jonah separates and sulks (9)

–God’s question, again; Jonah stubborn (10)

–God’s perspective of pity

Sermon Notes for: 11/17/2019

Repentance and Resurrection

(Jonah, part 2 of 3)

Jonah 1:17-2:10

Pastor Steve Hemmeke

Sermon Theme: God calls us to turn to Him in trust when we are in trouble.

Sermon outline

I. God’s fish swallows and saves

II. Jonah’s prayer

A. Jonah’s distress

B. Jonah’s faith

III. God’s fish spits and saves