https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXK0rASPBFE&feature=youtu.be Know You God and Worship Him (Daniel 6:1-16) I.) God Deserves, Demands, and Defines Worship We will begin this morning with a quote from Knowing God by J.I. Packer. Packer says: “Those who know their God have great energy for God…those who know their God are sensitive to situations in which God’s truth and …
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The Certainty of Suffering (Mark 13:9-13) I.) The Certainty of Suffering We are going to begin this morning by considering two simple promises made by God to Christians. These are not for the unbeliever, but the believer. These are declared by God to those who have turned from their sin and their self-righteous works and …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L20ZsYo72w The Beginning of Birth Pangs (Mark 13:1-8) I.) The Day of Vengeance We are diving in this morning to the Olivet Discourse of Jesus Christ. This is the longest recorded answer of Jesus in the gospel of Mark. As we recall, it is also a highly debated sermon of Christ. The skeptics claim it …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBk235YBS4&feature=youtu.be The Importance of Knowing the End Mark 13:1-37 I.) What is Eschatology? We are entering a realm of study called Eschatology. It is the doctrine of last things. This comes from the Greek word Eschatos meaning last, and ology meaning study of. Every single person has an eschatological view. Every person believes something about …
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Obediently Imitating the Master (1 John 2:3-6) I.) Discovering Why Christians Obey and Imitate Christ In this next section of 1 John we are faced with another test of genuine salvation in Christ; after all John begins by saying, “and by this we know that we have come to know Him…” Our immediate question should …
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Destroyed by Bad Theology (Mark 12:38-44) I.) Bad Theology Hurts People Let me come right out of the gate here and tell you that this text has absolutely nothing to do with people faithfully and dutifully giving to God. My hope is that just simply reading it in its context would make that glaringly obvious. …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rk2Hg6xcfVs The Advocacy of Christ (1 John 2:1-2) I.) Unpacking the Text In order to unpack these two verses, there are three areas we will cover: 1.) Forgiveness of sins is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, and not of works. 2.) The charge placed upon the Christian who is forgiven of …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyXsHn2ihAY The Christ, The God-man (Mark 12:35-37) I.) Christ Incomplete We will begin this morning by examining who the Jews believed their Messiah to be, for Jesus is questioning these men on the complete identity of the Christ as it is revealed in the Scripture. They were not anticipating God clothed in flesh. They were …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwBLhDmyBg Sensitivity to Sin (1 John 1:8-10) I.) Growing In Christ As we make our way to the next section of 1 John we come across another examination of genuine fellowship with God. Remember that John has just established that those who partake of the life of God will walk in the light as He …
