Since death is the punishment for sin, Christ died willingly in our place to deliver us from the power and penalty of sin and bring us back to God. By his substitutionary atoning death, he alone redeems us from hell and gains for us forgiveness of...
Six realities about prayer that you need to know to exalt Christ, advance the plan, and change the world: The unlimited power available through prayerThe unequalled place of prayerThe unrestricted possibilities o...
The benefits of believing in Christ sustain and strengthen the Christian until we one day see Him face to face. Christ will show up and bring us home. Christ is the supreme source of all you need. Christ is sufficient for every dilemma of the soul...
The only Redeemer is the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, in whom God became man and bore the penalty for sin himself. Jesus can redeem us because of who he is... fully God and fully man, this mystery of the God-man, the hypostatic union...
What’s the effect of the gospel in a young man’s life? He begins to master himself (self control, self-control) overcomes laziness, he becomes a model for others to follow, and he mutes the critics of the gospel with his life. References to: P...
Four Characteristics of a woman overcome by the grace of God in the gospel: reverent behavior, kind speech (not slanderers), not overindulgent, teachers and trainers of young women. References to: 1 Timothy 2:9–10, 1 Timothy 2:11–12, 1 Timothy...
The grace of God should produce sober mindedness, seriousness about life, self-control (self control), and soundness in faith, love and perseverance in real men. References to Proverbs 25:28, Romans 12:2, Philippians 3:7-8, Philippians 3:14-15, He...
Four essential features of supernatural love that exalt Christ, advance the plan and change the world: love is the catalyst for a global mission, Christian love is cutting-edge in nature, the unparalleled standard for Christian love, the chain rea...
God's law requires perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves. What God forbids should never be done and what God commands should always be done. ...
The process of sanctification is completed by the Holy Spirit’s working in our lives, but he uses means to accomplish our growth. These means all lead us back to beholding the glory of Christ. In other words, seeing Christ’s glory in scripture...
The process of sanctification is completed by the Holy Spirit’s working in our lives, but he uses means to accomplish our growth. These means all lead us back to beholding the glory of Christ. In other words, seeing Christ’s glory in scripture...
As believers we should be able to look back at our former lives and see a difference. God has changed our nature, do we live consistently with that change? Ephesians 4:17-19 gives us a picture of what our former lives looked like, keeping this in ...
The truth about the process of sanctification is that it is indeed completed by the Holy Spirit’s working in our lives, but he uses means to accomplish our growth. These means all lead us back to beholding the glory of Christ. In other words, se...
As a part of our study of the New City Catechism we will be exploring different questions on Wednesday evenings. This week we take a look at the trinity with Question 3: How many persons are there in God? Answer: There are three persons in th...
The Armor of God is our strength to stand against the evil one. We need the strength of the Lord to stand firm.Therefore take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand firm. ...
Sermon Notes1. Timothy2. Epaphroditus Implications and Applications...
Human gender and sexuality is part of God's good design. He created gender to reflect his relational nature within the Trinity. He designed sexuality to be a part of his beautiful plan for marriage. We rebel against His design when we try to make ...
Two titles of Christ that prove Him to be everything you could possibly need or want either in this life or in the life to come: the long-awaited Messianic King and the glorified Son of Man. References to Daniel 7:13-14 and Matthew 10:37-39...
Due to technical difficulties a large portion of this sermon and Q&A was not recorded and the recording we do have is low quality. We have included a link below to Nathan's Manuscript so you can read the part of the sermon that was not record...
