Series: The Church

Sermon: The Church, Part 4b

Last week:

I. WHOSOEVER calls on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

II. Jesus is Lord and Christ.

Acts 2:37-40 NKJV

III. Faith and Repentance go hand in hand for forgiveness of sins.

A. To trust God wholly, means you abandon trust in all others (including self).

Faith is an absolute confidence in something or someone.

Faith is KNOWING there are no other options. Jesus is not the best option, He is the only option.

Heb. 11:1-19 ESV

Rom. 4:13-25 ESV

Luke 9:57-62 NASB

Luke 14:25-34 NKJV

B. Repent so your sins are forgiven. Be baptized because your sins are forgiven.

Eph. 1:13-14 KJV

Titus 3:5 KJV

Acts 2:41 NKJV

Acts 1:8 NKJV

Acts 2:4 ESV

Rom. 1:16 ESV

Series: The Church

Sermon: The Church, Part 4a

They were All-In.

They were TOGETHER...everyday (physically, spiritually, emotionally, mentally).

They were obedient.

They were praying.

They were waiting but not inactive.

They were focused on eternal things - together.

They were filled with the Spirit.

Acts 2:12-21 KJV

Matt. 24:46 KJV

Matt. 24:42-47 ESV

I. WHOSOEVER calls on the name of the Lord, shall be saved.

Heb. 10:19 ESV

2 Cor. 4:1-6 NKJV

John 3:16 NKJV

Acts 2:22-36 NKJV

II. Jesus is Lord and Christ.

John 3:17-18 ESV

John 14:6 ESV

Acts 4:12 ESV

Acts 2:37-40 NKJV

III. Faith and Repentance go hand in hand for forgiveness of sins.

To trust God wholly means you abandon trust in all others, including self.

Repent so your sins are forgiven. Be baptized because your sins are forgiven.

Eph. 1:13-14 KJV

Titus 3:5 KJV

Acts 2:41 NKJV

Series: The Church

Sermon: The Church, Part 3

Acts 2:1 KJV

"How desperately sad is the fact that the church is known by schism, not unity; ignorance, not knowledge; and indecisiveness rather than maturity. How it must break God's heart to see us continue in such a poverty stricken condition in light of what He has done, stands ready to do, has the resources to accomplish, and has defined as our calling in Christ." - RC Sproul

Phil. 1:27 ESV

The church wasn't preoccupied with finding temporal activities, reasons, or excuses to keep them from what they knew was eternally importanti.e. accomplishing the great commission with the power of the Holy Spirit.

John 15:26-16:16 KJV

Acts 2:2-4 KJV

I. God has always delivered on His promises.

Acts 2:5

II. God takes our willingness and obedience in simple things and does the supernatural.

III. Unity, prayer, and obedience lead to the Spirit's filling and spiritual sensitivity that helps us seize gospel opportunities.

Acts 2:6-41

Series: The Church

Sermon: The Church, Part 2

Acts 1:8 KJV

I. God is the God of the Impossible.

"I have found that there are three stages in every great work of God: first, it is impossible, then it is difficult, then it is done." - Hudson Taylor

"Many Christians estimate difficulty in the light of their own resources, and thus they attempt very little and they always fail. All giants have been weak men who did great things for God because they reckoned on His power and presence to be with them." - Hudson Taylor

"No faith is required to do the possible; actually only a morsel of this atom-powered stuff is needed to do the impossible, for a piece as large as a mustard seed will do more than we have ever dreamed of." - Leonard Ravenhill

Acts 1:13-14 KJV

II. We must be unified in harmonious prayer for God's will and work.

Acts 1:15 KJV

John 6:53 KJV

Luke 14:26-33 KJV

III. The Church is a unified group of "ALL-INERS."

Acts 1:16-20 ESV

IV. Our lives must not be defined by decisions in emotion, but decisions of faith in God/God's word.

Acts 1:21-26 ESV

Series: The Church

Sermon: The Church, Part 1

"Never did the church so much prosper and so truly thrive as when she was baptized in the blood. The ship of the church never sails so gloriously along as when the bloody spray of her martyrs falls on her deck. We must suffer and we must die, if we are ever to conquer this world for Christ." - Spurgeon

"But, though persecuting malice raged, yet the Gospel shone with resplendent brightness; and, firm as an impregnable rock, withstood the attacks of its boisterous enemies with success." - John Foxe

Acts 1:1 KJV

Luke 24:52 KJV

Acts 1:2-3 KJV

I. Jesus is God, He's Alive, and the Chief Cornerstone of The Church.

Eph. 2:19-22 ESV

Col. 1:18 ESV

John 10:18 KJV

Ps. 90:2 KJV

Acts 1:4-8 KJV

II. Jesus gave a clear command and mission to the church.

Have we made sure that the "convenient commission" is fulfilled or that the great commission is fulfilled?

John 4:9 KJV

Acts 8:25 KJV

Acts 9:31 KJV

Acts 1:9-11 KJV

III. Jesus is returning for His Church and for Judgment.

John 14:1-6 KJV

Acts 1:12 KJV

IV. Jesus should be wholeheartedly obeyed.

1 John - Sermon 10

1 John 4:1-6

The litmus test of what spirits we shouldn't believe is found in verse 2 & 3.

1 John 4:2-3 (ESV)

Gal. 1:6-12

The litmus test is confession of Jesus Christ.

John 16:13-14

1 John 4:4-5

1 Cor. 1:23-24

The message of the Cross (the Gospel of Jesus Christ) doesn't please the lost ear. It's good news for good soil.

John 1:1-14

1 John 4:6

Distinction is found in who you listen to.

The world listens to the satanically influenced thought.

The righteous listen to the Holy Spirit inspired truth.

LIFE - Sermon 54

Gen. 47:27

LIFE POINT: God keeps covenants and preserves His people.

Gen. 12:1-3 (ESV)

Gen. 22:15-18

John. 14:1-6

Heb. 13:5-6 (ESV)

Josh. 1:5-7

Ps. 37:23-26

2 Cor. 4:7-11 (ESV)

2 Peter 3:9

Heb. 6:13-20 (ESV)

God can't lie or break His promises.

1 Cor. 13:12(ESV)

God knows how the temporal plan of redemption plays into the eternal plan of rest.

Rom. 5:1-5 (ESV)

1 John - Sermon 9

1 John 3:11-12 (ESV)

Gen. 4:2-8 (ESV)

1 John 3:13-15 (ESV)

Greek: miseo - to detest (espec. to persecute); to love less: hate...malicious and unjustifiable feelings towards others, whether towards the innocent or by mutual animosity.

1 John 3:16-24 (ESV)

Rom. 8:9-10, 16 (ESV)

Eph. 1:13-14 (ESV)

LIFE - Sermon 53

Gen. 47:13-26

LIFE POINT: God gives wisdom to those who seek it.

Most of the time foolish decisions happen because people aren't patient enough to wait on God's wisdom.

Many times growth happens through waiting for God's wisdom.

James 1:2-8

Gen. 41:39 (ESV)

Ps. 111:10

Prov. 9:10

Prov. 2:6

1 Cor. 1:25 (ESV)

LIFE - Sermon 52

Gen 47:11-12

LIFE POINT: True rest and provision come only from God.

Truths About Our Inheritance and Hope:

1. It's not found in this world.

2. It's not found in our strength.

3. It's not found in earthly possessions.

4. It's found only in and through Jesus Christ.

2 Tim. 2:1-13 (ESV)

Matt. 6:19-34 (ESV)

Matt. 11:28-30 (ESV)

The key of rest:

Going to Him. Trusting Him.

1 Pet. 5:6-7 (ESV)

Eph. 1:3-14 (NASB)

Heb. 3:7-4:13 (ESV)