Main idea: Love believers by using your gifts to build them up. Pursue what builds up the church not yourself Upbuilding: Encouragement: Consolation: Pursue what is beneficial not what...

In this message we see from God's authoritative word that sex is a good gift from God only to be enjoyed the way He designed it to be. Ian rush preaches in this last installment of the series, Being Human about sexual...

The old self that we are to lay aside is drastically different from the new self we are to put on. The new life in Christ must be, and can be, marked by gracious speech, controlled passions, and the fear of God....

Main idea: Love others with your spiritual gifts because love, not the gifts, is greatest. Seize on love’s permanence Stand on Love’s Greatness Automated Transcription ...

As believers, we are to walk worthily and consistently with our calling. However, we are still in the world and must lay our old ways aside, realizing their emptiness and the damage they do to our lives. Instead, we are to put on the new self, pur...

Main idea: Strive to live in love because it is what makes you valuable in the Body of Christ. Value Love Properly (1 Corinthians 13:1-3)Verify Love’s Presence (1 Corinthians 13:4-7) A...

Let God shape your view on gender and roles through His authoritative word. He is good, and His design is good. He is the ultimate authority on all things; He has set a pattern that began in Genesis....

Main idea: Embrace your privileges and responsibilities as a person gifted and placed into the Body of Christ. Embrace Your Privileges (12:27a)Embrace your responsibility (12:27b-28) ...

God wants his children to walk worthy while preserving the unity He has given. He has given them common ground and individual gifts to help them make His name known in the world as they corporately become more and more like Him....

Main idea: Come ready to rejoice in the diversity of gifts God has given the church. Consider the unity and diversity in the church (12:12-13)Avoid undervaluing your gift (12:14-20)Resist overvaluing your gift (12:21...

As Paul begins talking about righteous living that flows from a believer's calling, he stresses the importance of a believer's character toward his brothers and sisters in Christ. Those character traits help believers to bear with one another and ...

As an image bearer of God you have a supremely valuable and meaningful existence....

Main idea: Come ready to share the gifts God has given you whenever you gather with believers. Check for Truth (1 Corinthians 12:1-3)Consider the Trinity (1 Corinthians 12:4-7)Care for the Totality (1 Corinthian...

The epistle to the Ephesians transitions from talking about all of the things that Christ has done in unifying believers to Himself and to one another. If those blessings are true, and believers have been called to belong to Christ, that calling w...

Main Idea: Learn Christ’s desires for glory and commit your life to the same desires. Jesus desires for glory to be known through his obedience (John 17:1-5) Jesus desires for glory to be known among his disciples ...

Main idea: Trust Christ who endured the most hateful outburst and humble childhood. ...

Daniel 7:13-14 Rejoice with Great Joy (Matthew 2:7-10)Humbly Worship (Matthew 2:11a )Give Generously (Matthew 2:11-12) Main idea: The wise rejoice and humbly worship Christ the eternal king ...

Paul ends the first half of his letter with a prayer. All of these blessings that he has explained in chapters 1–3 do not happen automatically. They are ours in Christ. But since they are from the Lord, we need to seek the Lord in laying hold of...

Main idea: Seek Jesus Christ to Worship Him Great responses to the Birth of ChristTerrible responses to the Birth of ChristImmediate Responses to the Birth of ChristMicah 5:2-5Ezekiel 34:23-34...

Main idea: Check your heart well before taking the Lord’s Supper Am I giving the Lord’s Supper it’s proper weight?Am I causing division or strife in the church?Am I considering the Lord’s discipline?...

We all need regular reminders of the bigger picture of our salvation... the bigger picture of the church. And 'bigger picture' doesn't mean 'something we should think about every once in a while for an interesting perspective,' it means the pu...

Backstory of the Lord’s Supper: The Passover Meal (Exodus 12) Main idea: The Lord’s Supper is a meal that the church takes together to remember Christ, to renew our commitment to Him and each other, and to proclaim His death until He c...

Paul gives a big reveal about how the Gentiles have been brought into God's fold. Salvation through Christ is for both Jews and Gentiles. All people can come to the knowledge of the truth through the Holy Spirit making it known to them....

Main idea: Strive for the ideals of complementarity by seeking Christ and serving His church in the role to which He has called you. Step up to the dignity of God’s created order.Genesis 1:26-28Genesis 2:15-24...

Main idea: Christians are called to reflect God’s created order in the home, in the church, and as a witness to the culture. 1. Understand Headship The reality of headship (order and function, not essence – v. 3)...

God takes those who are divided ethnically and culturally and creates true unity through the blood of His Son. He makes Jews and Gentiles into one new man in and through Jesus Christ, who came and preached peace to both groups. He breaks down the ...

Truly good, God-honoring works flow from regeneration and are God's creation. God makes those who were formerly dead alive in him by grace, and he has prepared the good works that his new creations will walk in....

Introduction: The Christian Life as A Race, an Exodus, and a Pilgrimage A loving life making disciples of Jesus Christ requires restraint and focus in an idolatrous world Seek the good of your neighborKeep pra...

Note: due to technical issues this audio recording begins about five minutes into the sermon. Main idea: Keep fleeing idolatry to the exclusive worship of Christ. Keep Fleeing IdolatryJudge For Yourself What H...

This passage looks at God’s glorious grace in rescuing the spiritually dead from the course of the world and its ruler. He makes the dead come to life and leads them on paths of goodness....

Main idea: Look to Christ when tempted, he will provide a way of escape to safely and faithfully finish your race. Secure yourself in Christ not his blessings (1 Corinthians 10:1-5)Avoid the idolat...

Main idea: Live your Christian life with such self-control that you win the reward of a faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. Run to win the PrizeExercise Self-control for what is imperishableDiscipline your life to avo...

Believers can rejoice in the spiritual blessings in Christ because of God’s commitment to his purposes. He blesses believers by making his master plan known to them, by making believers his possession, and by guaranteeing their inheritance by th...

Main idea: Those who are marked by the gospel make themselves servants of all so that unbelievers can hear the gospel and trust in Christ as their Savior. You Have Rights (19a)You Have a Responsibility (19b-22)Y...

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God is the blessed one, and he lavishes blessings on believers because of his grace and sovereign determination. Some of those blessings are being chosen by him, being adopted as children, and having redemption through Christ's blood....

Scriptures: Psalm 19:7-11, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:3-4 Introduction: The modern objection What the Bible is Big Idea: The B...

In Ephesians we see that God calls people to himself and to full riches in Christ so that we can be filled up in him and conduct ourselves in a worthy manner.  Ephesians overview summary preview...

The apostle Paul starts this epistle explaining his gratitude for the way God had worked and was at work in the Thessalonian believers' lives. This work, when applied to our own lives, helps us declare Christ with our lives, on our campuses, and i...

Main idea: The Bible offers a powerful defense for its own clarity, which is not naïve or intimidated by its detractors. Three Biblical truths regarding the nature and clarity of Scripture that should motivate us to seek stabilit...