Sermons – Temple Baptist Church of Rogers, AR

In our study together last week, Paul had just arrived in Ephesus on his third missionary endeavor. As was his custom, Paul began teaching and preaching Jesus of Nazareth as the promised Messiah in the synagogue there in Ephesus. In our study today, we’re going to take some time to note the impact that Paul…

In our previous studies in the Book of Acts, Paul was in the midst of his second missionary journey when he arrived in Corinth and ended up staying for 18 months of fruitful ministry. But now the time had come for Paul to move on to be able to complete this journey and begin anew.…

In the life of Joseph we are able to see what is referred to as a “Type” of Christ because there are aspects of their lives that correspond to one another. In other words, as we look at the life of Joseph, it is a picture of what God promised He would do for mankind to save them from the desperate state of sinfulness that we are in because of Adam and Eve. We must be careful in considering Joseph as a “Type” of Christ; in that, we must not deify him in any way. He was a man, lost in his sin and disgrace, which trusted God and it was credited to him for righteousness—just like his great-grandfather, Abraham. In this study, we will look at some of the corresponding attributes of the lives of Joseph and Jesus.

As we continue our journey through God’s One Big Story of Scripture, we come to a story that for some people is impossible to understand what God was thinking. Our focus will be the story of Abraham and his son, Isaac, and the promises that God made to them. In Genesis 15:6, the Bible says that “Abraham believed God and it was counted to him as righteousness.” There is no doubt that the Bible teaches salvation as a free gift of God received from Him by faith alone—not by deeds we have done. This is a story about Abraham’s faith for sure, but it is even more so a story about the faithfulness of God.

As we continue looking at the “One Big Story” of Scripture, I believe that it is vitally important that we understand God’s motivation for redeeming mankind out of the degenerate state of sin that we are in. Isaiah 43:6-7 says: “Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth [says the Lord] . . . everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory.” It is God’s goal for us to bring glory to His Name! It is God’s desire that we pursue His glory in and through our lives, but we are unable to do that without the supernatural power of the Holy Spirit at work in us.