First Christian Church Sermons episodes:

• September 16, 2024September 15th, 2024 - Measured: Judgment Over the Enemy

  Measured: Judgment Over the Enemy

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Amos 1:3-8

  God will judge our enemy.

  I. We can be assured that God will judge our enemies.

  II. His punishment will fit the offense.

  III. His judgment is righteous.

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• September 09, 2024September 8th, 2024 - Measured: God Roars

  Measured: God Roars

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Amos 1:1-2

  I. God chooses regular people to deliver His message.

  II. God does what He says.

  III. God continues to control every aspect of this world.

  IV. God reveals himself to humankind.

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• September 09, 2024September 1st, 2024 - Taking Root: Living Gospel

  Taking Root: Living Gospel

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Acts 28

  Be active in the spread of the gospel.

  I. Hardships often set the stage to spread the gospel.

  II. Today we join Paul in the spread of the gospel.

  III. The gospel will be received or rejected, our job is to deliver. (vs. 23-28)

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• August 26, 2024August 25th, 2024 - Walk in Wisdom

  Walk in Wisdom

  Speaker: Matthew Johnson

  Text: James 1:5-8, 3:13-18

  God desires us to walk in wisdom.

  - Knowledge does not equal wisdom

  - Wisdom comes from God

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• August 19, 2024August 18th, 2024 - Taking Root: Shipwrecked

  Taking Root: Shipwrecked

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Acts 27

  Strength in the midst of the storm

  I. Be agents of hope. (27:21-25)

  II. Act with wisdom. (27:9-10, 30-31)

  III. Openly acknowledge God. (27:35)

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• August 12, 2024August 11th, 2024 - Taking Root: Guilty for Believing

  Taking Root: Guilty for Believing

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Acts 26:1-18

  We want to be found guilty of believing in the resurrection of Jesus.

  I. God's promise gives us hope. (26:4-7)

  II. It is through Jesus' resurrection we have confidence in the fulfillment of God's promises. (26:8-15)

  III. If we believe Jesus lives we will share the news. (26:16-18)

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• August 05, 2024August 4th, 2024 - Taking Root: Not Guilty

  Taking Root: Not Guilty

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Acts 24:11-21

  We may face condemnation from the world as long as we are found guiltless before God.

  I. We must not stir up trouble. (1 Peter 2:12)

  II. We are to pursue a clear conscience before God.

  III. Look to do good and seek peace.

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• July 29, 2024July 28th, 2024 - Taking Root: Sheep Among Wolves

  Taking Root: Sheep among Wolves

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Matthew 10:16-18

  We are to Represent Jesus in this adverse world.

  Jesus honoring conduct:

  1. Be Wise (Acts 22:25-26:9)

  2. Be Innocent (Acts 23:1-5)

  3. Be Shrewd (Acts 23:-6-7)

  4. Be Confident (Acts 23:11)

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• July 22, 2024July 21st, 2024 - Walk by the Spirit: Self-Control

  Walk by the Spirit: Self-Control

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Galatians 5:22-23

  The problem with self-control is we cannot control ourselves.

  I. From the beginning humanity has failed to be in control.

  II. God gave His people the law to control themselves yet it only uncovered their sinfulness.

  III. Philosophers made self-control their focus and it falls short of fulfillment.

  IV. Only through the transforming work of Jesus can we find control over self. (Romans 6:4; 8:10-11)

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• July 15, 2024July 14th, 2024 - Walk by the Spirit: Gentleness

  Walk by the Spirit: Gentleness

  Speaker: Ronnie Roberts

  Text: Galatians 5:22-23

  As we walk by the Spirit we will learn to act with gentleness.

  I. The fruit of gentleness is not weakness but is defined by strength.

  II. We are to use gentleness to restore a fellow believer who is caught in sinfulness. (Galatians 6:1)

  III. We are to act in gentleness as we share our faith with the lost. (1 Peter 3:15-18)

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