Stonebrook Church, Ames, Iowa, Sermons

Stonebrook Church, Ames, Iowa, Sermons

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  • Walking Godliness, Part 1
    Salvation is by faith alone, but it is not by faith that is alone. Genuine faith in Jesus Christ is always accompanied by action. It looks like something, in both godly character and deeds. So as we grasp the glory of our heavenly calling through the help of the Holy Spirit, we will imitate our heavenly Father, putting off the old and putting on the new.
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  • Walking Godliness, Part 1
    SERMON POWERPOINT
    Stonebrook Pillars:  Walking in Godliness, Part I
    During
    high school, though I had gone to church services most of my life, I grew very
    disinterested in religion.  I didn’t like
    it.
    Though
    I didn’t recognize it, I was growing self-deceived, enjoying my sin and not
    wanting God to interfere with my life.
    Yet
    occasionally when I would get in trouble in some way, I would pray to God for
    help.
    But
    when I did that, I felt hypocritical and ungrateful.  I looked to God only when I was desperate.  It didn’t seem right. 
    Then
    I went off to college, enjoying partying and engineering school….in that order.  I had close to zero interest in God or church
    or the Bible.
    My
    main stated reason was that the church…any church… was full of hypocrites.  And I didn’t want to be a part of that. 
    But
    hypocrisy was an excuse on my part to avoid God.  Ultimately, I simply didn’t want God
    interfering with my life.
    A
    hypocrite is a pretender where I pretend to be one way and believe one thing,
    but I live a different life.
    I
    am two-faced.  Double-tongued.  I don’t “Walk the Talk.”
    No
    one likes a hypocrite, even though at times virtually everyone has some level
    of hypocrisy.
    God
    is the only One who walks in perfection. 
    He is holy.  Perfect.  Consistent. 
    True.  And in short, we are
    not.  That is at the core of our problem.  The Bible calls it sin.  That is why we need a
    Savior.  And you are not your own savior. 
    That’s
    why we need Jesus.  Through our faith in
    him, he becomes the righteousness that we can never attain to.  He is the forgiver of our sins.
    Once
    we enter into righteousness before God through his Son, we are then called to
    walk with God.  To imitate God through
    the power of the Holy Spirit.  We are to
    “Walk the Talk.” 
    We
    are in Week 5 of a series on our Pillars. 
    These are our Core Values. 
    Qualities that we believe are crucial for the Christian life.  Qualities we want in all our lives.  And qualities we hope are exemplified even
    now in us.  We began on this series in
    March.  And then we pressed “PAUSE” for 4
    weeks for Easter through Mother’s Day.  Today
    we’re pressing RESUME.
    Our
    Pillar today is “Walking in Godliness.”  What
    we believe about God and his Son is crucial. 
    How we live that faith out is
    also crucial.   The true Christian life cannot and should not
    separate what we believe about God with how we live.  Both our Talk and our Walk. 
    Ephesians 4 (ESV)
    Our text today is Ephesians 4.
    Vs. 1
    1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner
    worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
    If
    we had time to read the first three chapters of this amazing letter of the
    Apostle Paul, we would realize that here in vs. 1, Paul is making a right turn.
    Until
    now, the letter has been recounting the glory and beauty and eternality of our
    heavenly calling in Christ.
    If
    we are believers in this Gospel of Jesus, we have a glorious, eternal, heavenly
    calling. 
    In
    chapter 1, he prays that we would know the HOPE we have in this heavenly
    calling.
    So now
    here in chapter 4, Paul refers to that calling. 
     And he says, “In light of that
    calling, I am urging you….GOD is urging you… to live differently.”  He is imploring us to live in a manner worthy
    of this heavenly glory and hope that we now have because of Jesus.
    The
    believer in Jesus has a high destiny.
    Chapter
    1 tells us that the believer in Jesus is chosen.  Beloved. 
    Adopted.  Forgiven.  Redeemed. 
    Given hope, true eternal hope.  We
    have the Spirit of the living God inside us. 
    And it’s all by God’s grace through our faith in Jesus.  We can boast only in Jesus, not in
    ourselves.   We have been called into eternal glory by
    God’s kindness. 
    Now
    here in vs. 1, Paul says, “With a…
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  • Worship, Scattered – The Christian Life, Monday through Saturday
    Summary: We gather together on Sunday AM, from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all situations, to join our streams of worship as one in order to encourage and instruct one another. To remind each other of the Gospel, and to send each other out on Gospel mission. What are we sending ourselves out to do?  The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) – Make disciples from all the nations. Baptizing them in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit, […]
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  • Worship, Scattered – The Christian Life, Monday through Saturday
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    Summary:

    We gather together on Sunday AM, from all walks of life, all backgrounds, all situations, to join our streams of worship as one in order to encourage and instruct one another. To remind each other of the Gospel, and to send each other out on Gospel mission.

    What are we sending ourselves out to do?  The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) – Make disciples from all the nations. Baptizing them in the name of the father, son, and holy spirit, and teaching them to obey all the he commanded us.

    Does that mean we spend all our time evangelizing and in bible study? We have to eat sometime, and someone has to do the dishes! How do we know what we are supposed to be doing?

    The post Worship, Scattered – The Christian Life, Monday through Saturday appeared first on Stonebrook Community Church.

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  • Worship Gathered – Why do we do what we do on Sunday AM
    The Myths: Myth 1: The Bible doesn’t say much about what we are supposed to do on Sunday AM. We can pretty much just make stuff up. Truth: The bible gives us much clear instruction on our gatherings Myth 2: Sunday AM is a good, but optional part of the Christian life. Truth: Sunday AM is a vital, commanded part of the Christian life Acts 2:42-46 – Devotion to “the fellowship”, all things in common Hebrews 10:24 – “Don’t neglect […]
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  • Worship Gathered – Why do we do what we do on Sunday AM

    The Myths:

    Myth 1: The Bible doesn’t say much about what we are supposed to do on Sunday AM. We can pretty much just make stuff up.

    Truth: The bible gives us much clear instruction on our gatherings

    Myth 2: Sunday AM is a good, but optional part of the Christian life.

    Truth: Sunday AM is a vital, commanded part of the Christian life

    Acts 2:42-46 – Devotion to “the fellowship”, all things in common

    Hebrews 10:24 – “Don’t neglect meeting together as is the habit of some…”

    Myth 3: The music is a good, but optional part of Sunday AM

    Truth: All parts of the service work together as a unified whole toward discipleship: building up in the gospel.

    Myth 4: It’s all about me

    Truth: It’s all about Jesus and his church, including you!

    If we are in our comfort zone the entire time (stylistically), others will be excluded (because style preference varies so widely…)

    Myth 5: Singing is emotional, preaching is intellectual, serving is functional

    Truth: We are to engage our heart, soul, mind, and strength in everything

    CONCLUDE AND SUMMARIZE

    1. The bible gives us clear instruction for our gatherings
    2. Sunday AM is a vital and commanded part of the christian life
    3. All parts of the service work together toward discipleship
    4. Our worship gatherings are about Jesus, and his church, not just you individually
    5. We are to engage our heart, soul, mind, and strength in everything we do

    SO: 

    • Prioritize the gathering. Don’t miss it.
    • Engage with it, even when you aren’t “feeling it”
    • Lend your gift (voice, presence, service)

    The post Worship Gathered – Why do we do what we do on Sunday AM appeared first on Stonebrook Community Church.

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  • Jesus is Alive!
    Fulfilling a plan conceived before the world began, God raised Jesus from the dead. This astounding event accomplished many things. It 1) proved that He is the Messiah, the Son of God, 2) showed that His suffering for our sin was sufficient to gain our forgiveness, 3) prepared Him for the day when he will reign as king in the kingdom of God, 4) foreshadowed the coming day when all who believe in Him will also rise from the dead, and 5) anticipated the time when everything in creation will be made new.
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  • Biblically Minded Part 2: A Light to My Path
    SERMON SLIDES Stonebrook Pillars:  Biblically Minded—Part II A Light to My Path My extended family lives in Loveland, Colorado.  An hour north of Denver. One year after we visited the family, we jumped in our van early in the morning with our four daughters and headed east on Interstate 76.  But within the first hour, we encountered a significant problem:  Fog.  At first it was sporadic and not too dense. But fairly quickly, the fog was so dense we could […]
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  • Biblically Minded: Sola Scriptura
    Please turn to 2 Timothy 3:14-17 Today we’re continuing our series on Stonebrook’s “Pillars”, our core values, or the things we believe summarize a Christian’s life.  And this morning from this text I want to show you that the Bible is the only source of authority for understanding the spiritual life, and it alone is what is needed to be completely equipped to do God’s will. Let’s read together: 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and […]
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