Starting At The Beginning --- Luke 1-1-4- 1-26-38--Luke 1-1-4-- Luke's introduction is important, it tells us that Christianity is based on true historical facts---- References- 2 Peter 1-16--- Luke 1-26-38----Observation 1- The message-- 3 key notes---1. Name of the baby- Jesus----2. King on the throne of David, as promised in the Davidic covenant-2 Samuel 7-12-16----3. Greatness pronounced, Son of the Highest-Psalm 2-7- Psalm 47-2- Psalm 48---- Observation 2- Mary's response-- A brief view of Mary and Nazareth -Isaiah 7------ In Mary's response she took 4 risks---Risk 1- -John 8-39-41-----Risk 2- -Matthew 1-18, 20-21-----Risk 3- ----Risk 4- -Deuteronomy 22-20-21------Conclusion and applications

Luke 24- 13 - 35 - Jesus Clears Muddled Minds

WE OFFER OUR BODIES IN WORSHIP - - - ROMANS 12-1-2--SERIES REVIEW--- 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Chapter 6- Of The Fall Of Man, Of Sin, And Of The Punishment Thereof---- Sermon -1- GENESIS 3 - IS IT ABOUT ME- -GENESIS 3--Sermon -2- FROM DEATH TO LIFE -ROMANS 3-9-26--Sermon -3- WE WALK IN THE LIGHT -1 JOHN 1-5-10--Sermon -4- WE RELY ON THE SPIRIT -ROMANS 7-14-8-17----- 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith Chapter 6 Paragraph 5---The corruption of nature, during this life, does remain in those that are regenerated- and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, -yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.----SERMON INTRODUCTION--- Worship -Verse 1- latre-a -- the service and worship of God---o Call to public worship--See ACTS 2, 1 CORINTHIANS 14, REVELATION 1--o All of life as worship.--ROMANS 12-1-2-SERMON BODY---I- WE OFFER OUR BODIES IN WORSHIP --- THIS IS WHERE WE START IN OUR WORSHIP--Verse 1 - . . . therefore . . . --Divine Indicatives and Divine Imperatives.-------II- WE OFFER OUR BODIES IN WORSHIP --- THIS IS WHAT WE DO IN OUR WORSHIP--Verse 1 - . . . you present your bodies a living sacrifice.--o Is it thanksgiving offering or burnt offering----o Bodies --Cf. ROMANS 3-12-18----o Reasonable - how and why----o So what-----III- WE OFFER OUR BODIES IN WORSHIP --- THIS IS HOW WE SAFEGUARD OUR WORSHIP--o Verse 1 -- holy, acceptable to God---o Verse 2 --Cf. LUKE 6-45---o Transformed--Tense- present continuous -Mood- imperative-Voice- passive--Be -imperative- being -continuous present- transformed -passive----SERMON CONCLUSION --- Meaning and love empower perseverance--- The Gospel- both our starting and refuelling place-

WE RELY ON THE SPIRIT -- ROMANS 7-14-8-17--SERMON INTRODUCTION--- Which reflects your Christian life now--- - ---- Mr. Pointer and his fingers----PASSAGE OVERVIEW--ROMANS 7-14-25--o Portray a war--o Believer engaged in hand-to-hand combat with his remaining corruptions and actual transgressions--o Believer often defeated -Remaining corruptions often victorious- ROMANS 8-1-17--o Portray a war--o Believer engaged in hand-to-hand combat with his remaining corruptions and actual transgressions--o Believer conquering sin and sins--Difference-maker- --------------------- ----ROMANS 7-14-25 Exposition---1- IT IS --------------------Contrast with ROMANS 7-7-13--So what-- -2- IT IS --------------------Verse 22 -Verse 13, 16-Verse 21b----3- IT IS --------------------Verses 18-19-Verse 24---ROMANS 8-1-17 Exposition---1- WE ALWAYS START WITH ------------------- -verses 1-4-------2- WE MUST ALWAYS RELY ON --------------------- -verses 5-17---- ---A- I THINK ---------------- -C- I --------------- GOD --Verse 5 Verses 15b-16-----B- I --------------- SIN -D- I REMAIN --------------- --Verses 13b-14 Verse 17, 11

Pray for the members' meeting on 5 Nov. that the Lord will again guide us in our discussion - collective decisions, to glorify Christ our Head.--WE WALK IN THE LIGHT --- 1 JOHN 1-5-10---2LCF C6 Para 5-The corruption of nature, during this life, does remain in those that are regenerated- and although it be through Christ pardoned and mortified, -yet both itself, and the first motions thereof, are truly and properly sin.----- WE PREVIOUSLY DON'T---Verses 6 - 7--o Who's the -we------o How does it look like to walk in darkness---Cf. 1 JOHN 2-9-11 --JOHN 3-19--EPHESIANS 5-8---o So What----o Now What------ WE CURRENTLY DO---Verses 6 - 7--o Who's the -He-- -Verse 5------o How can we who loved darkness walk with Him who is light---Saved from the guilt of sin--------------------- is the cure for our ----------------- guilt from Adam----Saved from the power of sin--Verse 7--Verses 8-10-------------------- is the cure for our --------------- corrupted nature from Adam and Eve----o The already-but-not-yet personally---- Already righteous ----------- that is why we can walk with Him who is light--Not yet righteous ----------- that is why we continually need the blood of Christ to cleanse us from all sins----- 1 JOHN 1-9 -- Christ-centred Exposure and Extermination.---o So What---So we must not believe in -----------------------So we must not practice ------------------------- WE ETERNALLY SHALL---2 Beloved, now we are children of God- and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. 3 And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.--1 JOHN 3

FROM DEATH TO LIFE -ROMANS 3-9-26---2LCF C6 Para 3-They being the root, and by God's appointment, standing in the room and stead of all mankind, the guilt of the sin was imputed, and corrupted nature conveyed, to all their posterity descending from them by ordinary generation, being now conceived in sin, and by nature children of wrath, the servants of sin, the subjects of death, and all other miseries, spiritual, temporal, and eternal, unless the Lord Jesus set them free.----- JOHN 11 Scenario -Modified----- ROMANS 6-23a --Do- Payoff----- ROMANS 3-9--Sin--o GENESIS 4-7- If you do well, will you not be accepted- And if you do not do well, sin lies at the door. And its desire is for you, but you should rule over it.---o EXODUS 23-21 - Beware of Him and obey His voice- do not provoke Him, for He will not pardon your transgressions- for My name is in Him. ---o 1 KINGS 8-47 - Yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, 'We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness'--SO WHAT---All Under Sin---ROMANS 3-10-19--o They are all -----------------------o They are all ------------------ -pervasive-----o They are all ------------------ -universal------ JOHN 11 Scenario -Actual------ ROMANS 3-21-26--'righteousness of God' -verse 21--'justified' -verse 24--'propitiation' -verse 25- -'believeth' -verse 26----King Y, Jerk W, Prince J, Citizen S------Two loose ends---- ----- -----Question- Jerk W or Citizen S - Who Am I-

GENESIS 3- IS IT ABOUT ME---EVENT -1- THEY ATE THE ----------------------- FRUIT -verse 6---- What---Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned ROMANS 5-12---Whoever commits sin also commits lawlessness, -and sin is lawlessness.- --I John- -3-4-------------------------------------Although God created man upright and perfect, and gave him a righteous law, which had been unto life had he kept it, and threatened death upon the breach thereof, yet he did not long abide in this honour- Satan using the subtlety of the serpent to subdue Eve, then by her seducing Adam, who, without any compulsion, did wilfully transgress the law of their creation, and the command given to them, in eating the forbidden fruit, which God was pleased, according to His wise and holy counsel to permit, having purposed to order it to His own glory.---for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them. -ROMANS 2-14-15---- So What----Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned. -ROMANS 5-12---- Now What--EVENT -2- THEY HID ----------------------- FROM GOD -verse 8---- What---Cf. verse 12----- So What---From this original corruption, whereby we are utterly indisposed, disabled, and made opposite to all good, and wholly inclined to all evil, do proceed all actual transgressions.

CANCELLING CANCEL -2 Cor. 5- 20-21--20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us- we implore you on Christ's behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.---1. The Speaker - Christ's Ambassador--Jesus' message to you- --Be reconciled to God. For He made Me who knew no sin to be sin for you, that you might become the righteousness of God in Him.---2. The Problem - A Broken Relationship--'Be reconciled to God'---You have a relationship with God.--Your relationship with God is broken.---3. The Cause - Sin--'to be sin for you'---Your sin.--Representative sin.--Original sin.--Actual sin. ----4. The Solution - Jesus Christ--'For He made Me who knew no sin to be sin for you'---You have no ability.--You have no power.--You have no fitness.--Your mediator - Jesus Christ.--I am sent by God.--I am your substitute.--You transferred your sins to Me.--I cancelled your sins.--I appeased God's anger.--'that you might become the righteousness of God in Him'---Perfect obedience in my life.--Perfect obedience in my death.--My Perfect righteousness.--I transferred to you My perfect righteousness. --I healed your broken relationship with God.---5. Your Duty - Believe--'I implore you on Christ's behalf'---Seek reconciliation with God.--Trust Jesus to reconcile you to God.

Christ Provides - He Tests His Church -1 Pet 4-12-19--1. Introduction--a. Recap last Sunday - Eph 4-11-16-b. Today - How does the church know she is growing in Christlikeness----2. Christ Asks - Do You Suffer with the Right Response- -v12-13---a. Situation -- 'fiery trial - intense, localised sufferings.--b. Purpose-- Trials for Christ's churches are a given. v12-- Trials for Christ's churches are meant to test their character. v12-- Trials for Christ's churches identify them with Christ's sufferings. v13--c. Conduct -- Present - Meet trials with joy. v13-- Future - Meet Christ with exceeding joy. v13--d. Apply-- A. C. E. D. - Alone, Commitment, Exceeding Joy, Deliverance---2. Christ Asks - Do You Suffer for the Right Reasons- -v14-16---a. Distinguish-- Genuine trials. v14, 16-- Trials that bring us sufferings because our Christlike actions, driven by our desires to obey Christ, are offensive to others.-- Mistaken trials. v15-- Trials that bring us sufferings because our sinful actions, driven by our desires to please ourselves, are offensive to others.-b. Need-- Impact on spiritual growth.---c. Apply-- Suffering because of sins - repent.-- Suffering because of Christ - review interpretation of Scripture and expression of obedience.---3. Christ Asks - Do You Suffer and Trust in my Righteous Rule- -v17-19---a. Refinement-- Sieves the whole of humanity on the Day of Judgement. Matt 25-31-33-- Sieves the church from now to the Day of Judgement. v17--b. Summary-- Conviction - trials given according to the will of God. v19-- Commitment - live for Christ, trust Christ to provide in their trials. v19--c. Apply-- Excel spiritually in your trials.

Christ Provides - He Builds His Church -Eph. 4-11-16--1. Introduction--a. Recap last Sunday - Eph 1-22-23-b. Today - How does Christ rule and care for His Church- --2. Christ Designates the Goal for His Church -v13---a. 'we' - local church in Ephesus. Eph 4-1-4-b. 'come' - attain.-c. 'unity' - corporate goal.-d. 'faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ' - goal for the church -- conformity to Christlikeness.-e. the body to look like the head it is joined to.--3. Christ Demands the Growth of His Church -v14---a. 'children tossed to and fro and carried about' - unstable in convictions, limited knowledge. -b. 'every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting' - false gospel and teachings. -c. the body to grow in the knowledge and grace of Christ their head.- -4. Christ Dispenses His Gifts to His Church -v11-12, 15-16---v11-12-a. 'And He Himself gave' - Christ uses human means to watch over His body. -b. 'apostles' - foundation of NT churches. Eph 2-20-c. 'prophets' - revelation needed by the NT churches. Canon of Scripture incomplete. Eph 2-20-d. 'evangelists' - refuting false gospels e.g. Timothy in Ephesus, Titus in Crete.-e. 'pastors and teachers' - one function. Spiritual food from God's Word.-f. 'for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ' - goal in v13.-g. teaching role confined to pastors-teachers with the completion of the canon of Scripture.-h. pastors-teachers to feed the body.-v15-16-a. 'may grow up in all things into Him who is the head-Christ' - goal and growth restated.