Sermons from 2023 (Page 4)

Sermons from 2023 (Page 4)

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…

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…

Living Faith – Part One: Faith WIthout Works is Dead

Introduction James 2:14-19 ESV  What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?  (15)  If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,  (16)  and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that?  (17)  So also faith by itself, if it does not have works,…

Feeding the Back Rows

Introduction Matthew 28:19-20 ESV  Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,  (20)  teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” John 3:16 ESV  “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.…

Mercy Triumphs Over Judgment

Introduction James 2:13 ESV  For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. James 2:13 ESVa  For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. 1.    The law of mercy (Matthew 5:7) 2.    Law of forgiveness (Matthew 6:14-15) 3.    Law of sowing and reaping (Galatians 6:7-8) Matthew 5:7 ESV  “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 6:14-15 ESV  For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also…

Christians are Under the Law (Of Liberty)

Introduction James 2:12 ESV  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. James 2:9 ESV  But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. James 2:12 ESV  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. Galatians 5:1 ESV  For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to…

Guilty of the Whole Law

Introduction James 2:10-11 ESV  For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.  (11)  For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.  (12)  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. James 2:1 ESV  My brothers, show no partiality as…

Can We Just Be a Christian church?

Introduction James 2:1-9 ESV  My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.  (2)  For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,  (3)  and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You…