Fork of The Broad/Sermons from Carlton Baptist Church

Fork of The Broad/Sermons from Carlton Baptist Church

By Lee AdamsReligion & Spirituality
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Fork of The Broad/Sermons from Carlton Baptist Church episodes

  • Luke 5:12-16 - “Shame, Suffering, Sin, and the Solution”

    Jesus encounters a man with leprosy in this episode - He is in need of something beyond a natural solution to his problem.  He is in need of divine intervention.  So he comes to the one whom Mark 1:27 calls “The Great Physician” – A little later on in Luke 5:27, when Jesus asked why He spends so much time with those on the fringes of society, with sinners, He says “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. 32 I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.”  The solution to this man’s problem, the

    answer to the horrors of sickness and shame caused by original sin, is Jesus Himself.

    26 min
  • Luke 5:17-26 - "Sermon Interrupted"

    When we sin, it’s God’s law that we have violated.  God is the only individual who has any right to be offended by our sinfulness, because He is the one who authored and perfected the law.  And since He is the One whom we offend with our sin, He is the only One who has any right to forgive us of our sins. Jesus has put Himself on the judgment seat, the place where only God Himself can sit.  The pharisees are outraged.  Jesus tells them, “Just so

    you know that I have the authority to forgive sins (he looks at the paralyzed man on his bed and says) rise, pick up your bed and go home.  And immediately he rose up before them…”  Jesus is saying, “Yes, I have the same
    authority to forgive sins as God, because I am God in the flesh.  If you don’t believe me, watch this – I can
    show you better than I can tell you.”

    39 min
  • Luke 5:27-39 - "New Wine"

    The standard of every religious system outside of Christianity is that if you are good enough, you

    will go to Heaven.  What sets Christianity apart is that Jesus calls sinners to Himself, to repentance and an
    eternal relationship with God in Heaven. Jesus said “I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance.” 

    Who needs a doctor? Sick people.  Who needs forgiveness for sins? Sinners.  There are two verses that contain the core of the Gospel – II Corinthians 5:21 - For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.  God has what we lack and what we need to be in right relationship with Him – holiness – and holiness is what He demands – the good news is that what God demands, He supplies in the

    person of Jesus – Hebrews 7:26 says that Jesus is “holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners” – But at the cross, He takes on our sins, and gives us the gift of His righteousness, so that we can enjoy an eternal relationship with God. 

    36 min
  • Luke 6:1-11 - "Lord of the Sabbath"

    As we continue our line by line journey through the Book of Luke, we find the tension escalating between Jesus and the Pharisees - Jesus defies their man-made Sabbath laws by healing on the Sabbath, and in doing so, declares Himself to be "Lord of the Sabbath". Jesus chooses mercy over empty religious works.

    39 min
  • Luke 6:12-16 - "He Qualifies the Chosen"

    In this episode, Jesus chooses 12 apostles, or emissaries, to carry on His message of repentance, forgiveness of sins, and love. He chooses a most unlikely array of characters to fulfill His mission and build His church, from bad-tempered fishermen to tax-collecting extortionists to outright traitors - And does so to demonstrate that the work to be done is not man's work, but God is to receive all the glory.

    8 hr 33 min
  • Luke 2:1-20 - “Humiliation & Exultation”
    The narrative of Christ’s birth contains the story of two kings-One, Caesar Augustus, had a name whose meaning was “supreme and majestic”, and he was expected to be worshiped like a god; the other was born in the most humble way possible-Jesus was born in humiliation, and would die in humiliation. One was a king; but the other was the King of Kings. Hear the Christmas story as it defines the person and work of Christ as we continue our line by line journey through The Book of Luke.
    43 min
  • Luke 1:67-80 - “The Song of Zechariah Part 2: Three Covenants”
    Zechariah’s song at the birth of John the Baptist beautifully binds together the Old and New Testaments by pointing out that Christ is the fulfillment of the Davidic Covenant, the Abrahamic Covenant, the New Covenant. Israel has expected God’s promises to be fulfilled through a leader that would lead them to political power and prosperity, but John the Baptist’s message paved the way for the Messiah by calling for repentance of sins, a “bone in the throat of Israel”, which didn’t see a need for salvation from sin-and also a bone in the throat of many who don’t recognize their sinfulness today. If you can’t admit that you’re a sinner, you’ll never understand that you need a Saviour.
    43 min
  • Luke 1:1-4 - "Intro to Luke: To Seek & Save the Lost"

    Luke is writing to a Roman official named Theophilus in order to explain the ministry and work of Jesus, and strengthen his faith. But Luke is doing more here than just writing a biography about Jesus. This is more than just facts about the life of Jesus.  What Luke wrote is about what God accomplished in human history through Jesus - This is a story with eternal ramifications.  This is salvation history – theologians call it “redemptive history”. Luke's two books - Luke and Acts - are constantly dipping into the waters of the Old Testament, to show how God saves those whom He has loved since before time

    began from their sins, and drew them to Himself through the teachings, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus.  Luke 19:10 says “the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost”, and that’s the central theme of Luke – How God sends His son to die on the cross so that man’s sins can be forgiven, so that man’s brokenness can be repaired, so man’s depravity can be wiped clean, and we can have hope.  This is the story of God saving sinners. 

    39 min

About Fork of The Broad/Sermons from Carlton Baptist Church

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Sermons from Lee Adams, pastor of Carlton Baptist Church, founded in the year 1800 as Fork of Broad Baptist. Located just outside of Athens, GA, near the South Fork of the Broad River and Watson Mill…