Sermons from May 2023
The Blessings of God
The Blessings of God Here at Celebration Church, we walk through books of the Bible. We have always taken passages we find difficult and worked through them. This morning, we come to a passage that some of you find delightful, others find distasteful. Some of you may feel both. It is a passage that speaks of God’s predestination in salvation. I have seen these verses grow Christians and churches into a wonderful maturity. I have also seen it split, divide…
The Book of Ephesians Introduction
Ephesians 1:1-2 Founded by Paul, who spent 2 years there preaching and teaching The first 3 chapters of the book are explaining theological truths, namely our position in Christ In chapter 1 we read that Christ chose us before the foundation of the world, purchased us by His blood, and has absolute and complete dominion over all creation. In Chapter 2 we read about our personal state before Christ, dead in our trespasses and sins, enemies of God, and without…
You Are Not Enough
The final chapter of historical narrative in the old testament. After this will come 400 years of silence. Nothing else makes it into the book. Were the Bible written by the same people who write the popular fairy tales in our day, chapter 12 would have simply concluded by saying, “and they lived happily ever after…” But that is not what we see. We see monumental failure, it all comes crashing down. Nehemiah 13:1-31 Our hopes were really high as…
Dedicated to the Lord
Rise and Rebuild – Personal Relationship with God, Family, City, Church, Nation Dedicate it to the lord, sometimes we lose sight of who it is for. “Look what I have done, Look what I have created, look how great it is! Look how great I am. Nehemiah – A city for me. A testament to my greatness” Nehemiah 12:1-47 Context/Story The Israelites are under the rule of Artaxerxes, king of Persia. He Ruled over 2 million square miles. This was…