First Baptist Arlington Sermons

Dennis R Wiles
FBC Arlington
November 13, 2022

2022 Re- . . .
FALL 2022 Re-Claim
November 6 – 26, 2022

The Need for Re-Claiming the Lost
Luke 15:11-32

Theme for Missions 2022: RE-CLAIM

THE PARABLE OF THE PRODIGAL SON: This story is told by Jesus in response to His critics among the Pharisees and teachers of the law.

THEOLOGY OF LOSTNESS

People who do not know Jesus are “lost” and in need of being Re-Claimed!

Lost people often do not recognize their own “lostness.”

Lost people need us!

The answer for all lost people is the saving grace of our loving Father revealed through His Son, Jesus!

Dennis R Wiles

FBC Arlington

November 6, 2022

2022 Re- . . .

FALL 2022 Re-Claim

November 6 – 26, 2022

Strategy for Re-Claiming the Lost

Luke 10:1-24

OUR MASTER: God is in charge!

OUR MESSAGE: The Kingdom of God has arrived!

OUR METHOD: We will send, go, meet needs, pray, proclaim!

OUR MISSION: Our Mission is God’s Mission ---- and it will succeed!

Dennis R Wiles

FBC Arlington

October 30, 2022

2022 Re- . . .

FALL 2022 Re-Dedicate

September 4 – November 5, 2022

Re-Dedicate: Victory!

1 Corinthians 15:50-58

We have a place for you!

Missions 2022: Re-Claim

OUR CURRENT REALITY: We are living in mortal bodies destined for death and decay.

OUR CURRENT ASSIGNMENT: We are to bear God’s image and reflect God’s glory as we live in our mortal bodies.

OUR FUTURE REALITY: Death will be defeated, and we will live victoriously for eternity in our resurrected, glorified bodies!

OUR CURRENT CHALLENGE: We are to live faithfully as ambassadors of God’s Kingdom here on earth, knowing that our life investment will bear fruit for eternity!

Dennis R Wiles

FBC Arlington

October 23, 2022

2022 Re- . . .

FALL 2022 Re-Dedicate

September 4 – November 5, 2022

Re-Dedicate: The Big Story

1 Corinthians 15:3-8

www.thesacramentaljourney.org

2023: Why Does It Matter?

EVANGELISTIC SENSITIVITY

What is The Gospel? It is . . . Good News!!!

God’s plan for redemption and restoration was revealed in the Old Testament through the life of Abraham’s family.

Jesus Christ is at the very center of God’s great plan!

Jesus died on the cross for our sins and His body was placed in a borrowed tomb.

Jesus was miraculously resurrected from the dead to never die again!

Jesus appeared to hundreds of people as the resurrected Lord!

Jesus now offers forgiveness of sin and the gift of the Holy Spirit to His followers.

To receive what Jesus offers, we must repent and believe!

Dennis R Wiles

FBC Arlington

October 16, 2022

2022 Re- . . .

FALL 2022 Re-Dedicate

September 4 – November 5, 2022

Re-Dedicate: Worshiping God Together!

1 Corinthians 14:26

Theme for Fall 2022: RE-DEDICATE

Podcast: Tell Me More

www.thesacramentaljourney.org

Religion is universal. Every civilization unearthed by archeologists and studied by anthropologists has an altar.

Please God: 40 Days of Worship

Worship does not begin with music. Worship does not begin with our preferences or tastes. Worship does not begin with our expertise. Worship does not begin with our educated opinions. Worship does not begin with our anything—except our willingness to bow in the presence of an almighty God! Worship begins when we humbly acknowledge God as the only God of the universe. Worship begins when we recognize God in our own personal lives as Lord.

-Dennis R. Wiles, Please God: 40 Days of Worship, p. 18

CONTEXT: The Corinthian church was in chaos with regards to public worship. In particular, there was confusion regarding the utilization of the public gifts of prophecy and tongues. (1 Corinthians 12-14)

Corporate Worship is for all of us!

Corporate Worship is a unique expression and experience for the People of God.

Re-Dedicate: Let’s worship together!

 Katy Reed Hodges

October 9, 2022

Love is the Answer – 1 Corinthians 13 –

1 Corinthians 12:31 – 13:3

31 And yet I will show you the most excellent way. 1 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 3 If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

1 Corinthians 3:4-7

4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

“Love is primary for [Paul] because it has already been given concrete expression in the coming of the Lord Jesus to die for the sins of the world. Love is not an idea for Paul, or even a ‘motivating factor’ for behavior. It is behavior. To love is to act; anything short of action is not love at all.” – Gordon Fee

“The love Paul portrays is not some abstract concept but rather the concrete point where the love of God expressed in the death of Jesus becomes embodied in the lives of believers. We do his work an injustice when we de-incarnate this chapter and turn it into an ode to love.”

· Robert Scott Nash

1 Corinthians 3:8-13

8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when completeness comes, what is in part disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me. 12 For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.

1 Corinthians 3:8-13 NASB:

“8…if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away with; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away with. 9 For we know in part and prophesy in part; 10 but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away with. When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things.”

Dennis R Wiles

FBC Arlington

October 2, 2022

2022 Re- . . .

FALL 2022 Re-Dedicate

September 4 – November 5, 2022

Re-Dedicate: Your Gifts are Needed!

1 Corinthians 12

Podcast: Tell Me More

www.thesacramentaljourney.org

CONTEXT: The Corinthian church was in chaos with regards to public worship and the utilization of the public gifts of prophecy and tongues. (1 Corinthians 12-14)

CHURCH: The Church is a spiritual organism.

UNITY: All spiritual gifts are given to members of the church by our Triune God. This provides the foundational unity needed in a diverse body of believers.

DIVERSITY: The diversity of gifts reflects the diversity of ministries represented through the church.

DISTRIBUTION: Everybody is included in the distribution of gifts!

GOAL: We are to all work together for the common good!