Trinity Baptist Temple Sermon Podcast

Uncomfortable [Revisited] Sermon 3

Uncomfortable Realities

I. The Reality of Self-Surrender

Luke 9:23-26

II. The Reality of Eternal Judgment

Mark 9:43-48

Matthew 18:8-9

Matthew 25:31-46

2 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Jude 7

Jude 12-13

Revelation 14:9-11

Revelation 20:10

Revelation 20:14-15

Matthew 25:41

III. The Reality of Exclusive Salvation

Isaiah 64:6

Romans 3:10

Romans 3:23

1 John 3:4

Romans 6:23

John 14:6

John 10:10

Uncomfortable [Revisited] - Sermon 2

Uncomfortable Calling

I. The Call of Christ Is a Holy Invitation

2 Peter 1:2-11

2 Timothy 1:8-11

2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 ESV

Genesis 12:1-9 ESV

Isaiah 6:8 ESV

Matthew 11:28-30 ESV

Acts 2:39 ESV

1 Corinthians 7:17-24 ESV

Matthew 4:19 ESV

Luke 9:23-26

Luke 18:23-30

II. The Call of Christ Requires Surrender

Answering the Call of Christ takes:

1. Faith

2. Fortitude

Matthew 20:1-16

"Nothing hurts God's work more than complaining people. It's alarming to see many Christian people complaining. The most happy people are contented people. Whatever you do, be faithful, doing it with all your might, and He will reward you for it."

III. The Call of Christ is Worth the Cost

Philippians 2:12-18

Luke 14:15-35

Revelation 3:20

John 14:6

A call to deny self, take up the cross daily, and follow after Christ.

A call of glory and virtue.

A call that we are to remember we have been cleansed from a life of sin.

A call to eternal salvation from sin and death/hell.

A holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began.

A call to fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in us, and us in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

A call that is all-inclusive and exclusive at the same time. Reserved for those who accept the invitation.

A call to forsake all for Him.

A call to love and allegiance to Christ above ALL.

A call to TRUE rest, to a light burden, and to be yoked with Christ.

A call that has multiplied blessings both now and in eternity.

Uncomfortable [Revisited] - Sermon 1

Challengers to Comfort

Matthew 16:24

John 16:33

Hebrews 4:12

"What we think we want from a church is almost never what we need. However challenging it may be to embrace, God's idea of church is far more glorious than any dream church we could conjure. It's not about finding a church that perfectly fits my [preferences]. It's about becoming like 'living stones' that are 'being built up as a spiritual house' focused on and held together by Jesus, the stone the builders rejected who became the cornerstone (1 Peter 2:4-7)."

"The Christian landscape is strewn with the wreckage of derelict, half-built towers - the ruins of those who began to build and were unable to finish. All too many people still ignore Christ's warning and undertake to follow him without first pausing to reflect on the cost of doing so. The result is the great scandal of so-called nominal Christianity. In countries to which Christian civilization has spread, large numbers of people have covered themselves with a decent, but thin, veneer of Christianity. They have allowed themselves to become a little bit involved; enough to be respectable but not enough to be uncomfortable. Their religion is a great, soft cushion. It protects them from the hard unpleasantness of life, while changing its place and shape to suit their convenience. No wonder cynics complain of hypocrites in the church and dismiss religion as escapism."

Comfortable Christianity produces powerless disciples.

Genesis 3:1-6

Sin is rarely presented as ugly. It is presented as reasonable, beneficial, and improving.

Genesis 3:7-9

Psalm 51:4

James 5:16

Genesis 3:10-24

The lie: the enemy convinced them that what they wanted would actually be received by disobeying the very Word of God.

Comfort didn't cause the fall - it made the fall worth it.

I. OBEDIENCE CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE

1 Samuel 15:22

"Each act of obedience by the Christian is a modest proof, unequivocal for all its imperfection, of the reality of what he attests."

Philippians 2:5-8

II. STEADFASTNESS CAN BE UNCOMFORTABLE

1 Corinthians 15:58

"We live in what one writer has called the 'age of sensation.' We think that if we don't feel something, there can be no authenticity in doing it... Worship is an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship."

"a long obedience in the same direction."

Luke 9:23-26

Sermon: When The Flow Hits Friction

I. Love Reaches Below Our Dignity.

John 13:1-5

Philippians 2:3

Galatians 5:13

II. Love Accepts the Detour.

Luke 10:30-37

Proverbs 3:27

James 4:17

III. The Second Mile Mandate.

Matthew 5:41

Romans 12:10

1 Peter 2:21

Sermon: I Won't Take Less! (others)

I. God's Love Is the Source - Not Us

1 John 4:7-8

1 John 4:16

II. God's Love Is Shown Through Our Action.

1 John 4:9-12

III. God's Love Must Steer Our Words.

James 3:8-10

1 John 4:20

1 Corinthians 13:13

1 Corinthians 13

Psalm 91:3-4

James 1:22-25

James 1:2-8

John 6:35

Jeremiah 31:14

Genesis 3:1-9

Psalm 23:1-6

Luke 15:11-24

Mark 12:28-34

Philippians 4:11-13

Hebrews 11:6

Proverbs 3:5-6

2 Corinthians 10:3-5

Romans 12:2

Philippians 4:8

Romans12:1

Galatians 2:20

Matthew 6:33

1 John 4:19

I Won't Take Less! (parents & children)

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

Psalm 127:1

I. Design and order in the home.

Ephesians 6:1

Proverbs 6:20

Ephesians 6:4

"Authority without love leads to rebellion; love without authority leads to confusion. God's design brings both together."

II. Respect and honor in the home.

Exodus 20:12

Proverbs 23:22

Romans 12:10

III. Words that build up and not break down in the home.

James 1:19

Proverbs 18:21

Ephesians 4:29

IV. Discipline and purpose in the home.

Hebrews 12:11

Hebrews 12:5-6

Proverbs 29:17

Proverbs 13:24

V. Faith and life in the home.

Deuteronomy 6:6-9

Psalm 78:1-7

VI. Love in the home.

1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Colossians 3:14

I Won't Take Less!

1 Corinthians 13:1-3

1 Peter 3:1

1 Peter 2:21-25

1 Peter 3:1-9

I. Love that wins without words.

1 Peter 3:1-4

1 Corinthians 13:1

II. Love that honors and understands.

1 Peter 3:7

Ephesians 5:25

III. Love that breaks the cycle of hurt.

1 Peter 3:8-9

Romans 12:17

God's New Year

Exodus 12:2

Revelation 21:5

Isaiah 43:19

Exodus 40:2

Exodus 40:17

Exodus 40:34

Leviticus 23:5-6

Joshua 4:19

2 Chronicles 29:17

Psalm 78:37-41

Jeremiah 29:10

Ezra 7:9

I. God's New Year Begins with Redemption

Exodus 12:1-6

God anchored the New Year to a lamb.

II. The Blood Actually Marks the Dwelling Place, Not the Intentions

Exodus 12:7

Exodus 12:12-13

1 Corinthians 5:7

III. After Redemption God's Presence and Glory is a Constant

Exodus 40:1-2

Exodus 40:34

John 1:14

2 Corinthians 6:16

IV. God's Final Declaration of a True New Beginning

Matthew 28:1-6

Matthew 28:1

Luke 22:15

Matthew 28:6

2 Corinthians 5:17

1. Stop Letting Egypt Define Your Year

Joshua 5:9

2. Walk in Resurrection Power, Not Religious Effort

Romans 6:4

Psalm 127:1

Lamentations 3:22-23

Colossians 3:1

Revelation 21:5

Sermon: Love

The love we celebrate at Christmas does not originate in human hearts.

I. Love Came Down

John 1:1-5

John 1:14

A. The Identity of the Word

Colossians 1:15

Colossians 2:9

John 14:9

Revelation 17:14

Revelation 19:16

Revelation 19:13

Hebrews 1:3

B. The Miracle of the Incarnation.

Hebrews 1:3

John 1:14

C. The Word/God Dwelt Among Us.

2 Corinthians 6:16

Hebrews 4:15

II. Love Saves

John 3:16

A. Love Originates with God, Not Us.

1 John 4:8

1 John 4:19

Romans 5:8

B. Love is Demonstrated by Giving.

"...that He gave His only begotten Son..."

C. Love Offers Salvation to "Whoever Believes."

Luke 19:10

Luke 5:32

III. Love Transforms

Romans 5:8

A. God Loved/Loves Us At Our Worst.

Romans 5:6

Galatians 4:4-5

B. Love is Something God "Demonstrates."

Synistemi:

Verb - Action

Present - Ongoing Demonstration

Active - God is the One doing it.

John 10:18

Indicative - Statement of Fact

Singular - One unified act.

God is actively, continually, and unmistakably placing before us the cross of Christ as living proof of His love — not as a past memory, but as a present, undeniable reality — all while we were still sinners (every sin), with no contribution of our own.

C. God's Love Changes Who We Are and How We Live.

1 John 3:10

1 John 4:7-13

John 13:34-35

Matthew 22:37-39