Sermons

The ultimate end, that is purpose, of God’s eternal plan is the praise of God the Father’s glory, the praise of God the Son’s glory, and the praise of God the Holy Spirit’s glory. Galatians 4:4-6; Ephesians 1:1- 14; 1. Is There a Plan? 2. Who Does What In the Plan? 3. How Does the Plan Include Me? Dr. Buz McNutt

Preacher: Dr. Buz McNutt Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:23-28 Title: Four Sermons Sermon #1 – Who Does What? (vv. 23-24) Romans 8:11 (ESV) Sermon #2 - Join Us In Depending On God (v. 25) "Prayer is more than just talking to God, it is a communing dependence on his character and purpose." Sermon #3 Proving Your Impartial Love (v. 26) Sermon #4 You're Under Oath

TITLE: Marks of a Life Shaped by the Gospel SPEAKER: Keith Baker, Pastor for Worship THESIS: What has Paul been telling the Thessalonians? Paul's constant refrain is that Christ has died for our sins, Christ has risen and Christ is coming again. That these central truths of the Gospel should be shaping the church and those in the church. This morning I’d like us to see together how the Gospel shapes our Worldview and our Relationship with God.

Text: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Title: What Happens When People Die? This is Part 1 of a 2-Part Sermon Thesis: The return of Christ brings comfort in dealing with our past, gives strength for the present, and hope for the future.

In the passage before us the Apostle Paul is exhorting the Thessalonians to keep on doing the good things that they are doing and stop doing the things that sabotage their sanctification.

Text: 1 Thess. 3:9-13 Title: What Does It Take? Thesis: What does it take to thank God for the people of God with all their challenges, while at the same time loving them? What Does It Take to Thank God? 9 For what thanks can we render to God for you in return for all the joy with which we rejoice before our God on your account, What Does It Take to Supply What is Lacking? 10 as we night and day keep praying most earnestly that we may see your face, and may complete what is lacking in your faith? Faith In Interdependency Over Individualism Faith In Principle Over Pragmatism Faith In Applied Doctrine over Emotionalism Faith In Eternal Judgement Over Present Survival “The transformation [by faith] the church needs is the kind that results from beholding the glory of God in the face of Christ (2 Cor. 3:18-4:6). This glory of god is a saving and judging glory—an aroma of life to those being saved and death to those perishing (2 Cor. 2:15-16), and this saving and judging glory is at the center of biblical theology.” Hamilton, pg. 39. What Does It Take to Love People? All are created in the image of God, but with their own personality. All are gifted by God for the common good of the body. All are different stages of maturity.

1. I Need the Church Because We Are In Spiritual Warfare 2:17-18 2. I Need the Church Because My Joy Is Incomplete Without Her. 2:19-20 "I think we delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummation. It is not out of compliment that lovers keep on telling one another how beautiful they are; the delight is incomplete till it is expressed." C.S. Lewis Reflections on the Psalms. 3. I Need the Church Because We Do Not Suffer Alone. 3:1-8

Though we live in an ever-expanding cultural divide, the Word of God is always at work in the lives of God’s family.

Paul’s Defense Rested on Three Evidences: His reason for coming was righteous His relationship with them was real The results are revealed

Are you living a life of imitating? Are you rejoicing in the midst of suffering? Can you say to others “follow me as I follow Christ?”