Sermons – Eastside church of Christ

Over the last couple of months, we have looked at a few events that happened in the beginning – the creation, the Garden of Eden, Cain and Abel, and Noah and the flood. In this lesson, we are talking about the Tower of Babel. Incidentally, this is the only one of these events not mentioned in the New Testament. Yet this teaches us some important lessons about unity. Unity is desirable, but we will see that not all unity is pleasing to God.

One of the more well-known events in the Bible was that of Noah and the flood. This account teaches us about the grace of God. In this lesson, we are going to see what this account tells us about this gift of God and what is connected with it.

Most religious people we meet would claim to be disciples of Christ, but are they truly His disciples? Are we? This is a vitally important question: Are we truly disciples of Christ? We need to be able to correctly answer this question for ourselves, then continue or correct as needed. We also need to be able to help others correctly answer this question for themselves. So we are going to examine this passage and see what it means to be disciples of Christ.

Recently we studied Moses who led Israel out of Egypt and through the wilderness for forty years. Moses was succeeded by Joshua who would lead the Israelites into the promised land. Under his leadership, they would conquer and take possession of the land. In this lesson, we will highlight a few lessons from the life of Joshua and make some applications for us today.

On the first day of the week, the church takes up a collection. Why? What is that money used for? Are there any instructions or principles in the New Testament that would inform us about the use of that money? We will consider that in this lesson.

Ahab was one of the more infamous kings in the Bible. He provoked the Lord more than all the kings who were before him. To him, sin had become “trivial” (unimportant, nothing to be concerned about). We need to understand WHY it is dangerous for sin to become trivial and also what factors in Ahab’s life led to this, so we can prepare or avoid it as much as possible.

In the last couple of lessons, we’ve looked at some things we learn from the beginning of the Bible – certain things about God through the creation and about Satan through the Garden of Eden. In this lesson, we’re going to move to the next chapter and look at the account of Cain and Abel. This teaches us about faith – the world defines this by its own terms, but we need the Bible’s definition. So we’re going to consider some things we can understand about faith through Cain and Abel.

In the previous lesson, we talked about some lessons we learn about God through the creation. Immediately after that in our Bibles, there is another well-known story – the serpent tempting Eve. Again, this is not just a children’s story – it is important for us to learn from even today as it teaches us certain things about Satan; yet by his craftiness and deception, we may ignore it. So let us consider some things we can understand about Satan through the Garden of Eden.

The Bible begins by telling the account of creation. This is not just a children’s story. It teaches us certain things about God. The world wants us to dismiss it, but we must not do so. In this lesson, we are going to be reminded about certain things that we can understand about God through the creation.

In the previous lesson, we talked about how we, as individual Christians, stand out from the world. However, this is also true for churches. There are things that we do or don’t do that people are “surprised” by. We’re going to talk about some of these in this lesson.