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Seven Weeks Later (The Power of Pentecost)
Introduction Acts 2:1-21 ESV When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. (2) And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. (3) And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. (4) And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them…
Grace Upon Grace Upon Grace
Introduction James 4:6 ESV But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Point One – God Gives Grace To the Humble James 4:6 ESV But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” · James here is quoting an old testament principal that is found all throughout the Bible, but you kind find these words nearly exactly in Psalm 18 and…
Don’t Cheat On God
Introduction James 4:4-5 ESV You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. (5) Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? James 4:4a ESV You adulterous people! … Point One – Be in the World but not…
Receiving Everything You Want From God
Introduction James 4:1-3 ESV What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? (2) You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. (3) You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. James 4:2 ESV You desire and do not have,…
They Just Don’t Get Jesus
Introduction Acts 19:21-32 ESV Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” (22) And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while. (23) About that time there arose no little disturbance concerning the Way. (24) For a man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of…
Contrasting Wisdom: Finding a Harvest of Righteousness
Introduction James 3:13-18 ESV Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom. (14) But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth. (15) This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. (16) For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice. (17) …
These Things Ought Not To Be SO (How We Ought to Use Our Tongue)
Introduction James 3:9-12 ESV With it [our tongue] we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse people who are made in the likeness of God. (10) From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so. (11) Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and salt water? (12) Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives, or a grapevine produce figs? Neither can a salt pond…
Bless Yourself: Stop Running Your Mouth
Introduction James 3:4-8 ESV Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. (5) So also the tongue is a small member, yet it boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze by such a small fire! (6) And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members,…
a rISE sAVIOR, a rULING kING, aN iNDWELLING sPIRIT
Introduction (Make sure to change “He has risen” to “He [is] risen” for this sermon. Make sure to include the brackets “[ ]” so that it shows you made the change.) Matthew 28:1-9 ESV Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. (2) And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled…
The Eternal Purposes of God
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Living Faith – Part Two: The Works of Living Faith
Introduction James 2:20-26 ESV Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless? (21) Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up his son Isaac on the altar? (22) You see that faith was active along with his works, and faith was completed by his works; (23) and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a…