Sermons from 2023 (Page 3)
The Mystery of Christ
The Mystery of Christ Introduction I don’t know about you, but I definitely love a good mystery, the best kind is when the hints are woven throughout the story as a foreshadowing of what is to come. And when it all comes together it is all the more wonderful as a result. Ephesians 3:1-13 Context/Story Therefore (for this reason) – Ephesians 2(1-7)Personal, Individual, Reconciliation, Vertical Reconciliation, Horizontal reconciliation, Gentiles are fellow citizens, God is bringing a diverse people to Himself. …
Horizontal Reconciliation
Horizontal Reconciliation I downloaded Tik-Tok this week, and lost any hope I had for mankind. I saw two extremely different narratives, I saw all the left leaning stuff. Preferred gender pronouns, (people self Identifying as animals or inanimate objects), Black lives matter, abortion rights, etc… A Lot of anger, and moral decay. Then on the other side I saw the right leaning stuff… This type of Christian nationalism, that places the constitution on the same level as the Bible. Who…
Created For Good Works
Ephesians 2:8-10 The church throughout history has attempted to add in some sort of human effort to the process of salvation. The Catholic Church in the 1500’s were offering indulgences, (a coin in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs) Literally claiming that you could pay your way to heaven. (Communion, Confession, Baptism) Works vs Faith – How do we lay ahold of this salvation of God spoken of in the last 2 chapters? And now having laid hold…
The Marks of a Godly Man
2 Timothy 2:1-8 A Godly man is: Invested in the lives of others. An Encourager. Knows where his power comes from. A Learner A Teacher Focused like a soldier Dedicated like an Athlete Diligent like a farmer Has his eyes fixed on Christ
But God
But God Salvation from God’s perspective (Chapter 1) Michael Huskey (the importance of growing in knowledge and understanding, and the supremacy of Christ over everything) Chapter 2 – Salvation from man’s perspective This is the biography of every Christian! If your story doesn’t match up to this passage, I would ask you to consider the genuineness of your salvation. Scripture calls on us to repeatedly, continuously, test yourself (examine) to see whether or not you are in fact “in the…
Knowledge and Supremacy of Christ
Knowledge and Supremacy of Christ Ephesians 1:15-23 • We are going to explain each of these verses this morning. But there are two things that are overarching the context of what we just read: Knowledge and the supremacy of Christ. These are the two things that will be our primary focus in this text. But first I want to point out that in Ephesians the term in Christ is used so many times. Around 30 times in this book we…
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…
Finishing the Build
Nehemiah 11:1-36 The Difficulty of Finishing the Job Difficulty of Serving at this Time Proverbs 16:33 The Sacrifice of Serving Matthew 16:24 Luke 14:26-33 Malachi 3:13-14 Exodus 4:13 Jeremiah 20:7-9 The Difficulty of Serving the Lord Today 1 Corinthian 15:58