Northpoint Evangelical Free Church Sermons
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The Consequences of False Spirituality
Luke 21:5-24 In the longer context (21:5-38) Jesus uses the destruction of Jerusalem (near future) as a preview of what to expect when He returns (far future). He shocks his disciples with a prophetic announcement that one day the Temple will be destroyed, demonstrating the perils of that hypocritical spirituality for which the Temple had become symbol. But this is only the prelude to what the final judgment will mean for all who refuse to follow the widow’s model of humble dependence upon God.
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Spirituality: False and True
Luke 20:41-21:4 What does real spirituality look like, and what is at its core? In this 3-part set of instructions, Jesus warns against those who use God for their advantage, even as He makes a heroine out of a greatly disadvantaged widow. What we learn today is essential: Our spiritual health is easily measured as we answer this question: Am I using God, or is He using me?
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The Hope of Resurrection
Luke 20:27-40 As Luke comes to the end of his writing project, Jesus comes to the end of His life, and speaks of the end of the age. And it is as the "end" is beginning that we come to understand the vital place of hope in the life of those charged with extending the Kingdom authority of God through the gospel. For Christ-followers, "resurrection" is more than an event; it is the recognition that God wins in the end, and all creation is liberated from the chains and corruption of sin.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Speaking
2 Timothy 2:23-26; 1 Peter 3:15 For too many years "evangelism" has been understood as "us vs. them." It has largely been seen as "telling", and has, in our day, even turned at times to "yelling." But, is this true to the Gospel and the model we find in Jesus? What does it mean to "speak" the Gospel in the course of life, among the people with whom we live and work? Today we examine how the Apostles understood Jesus' command to share the Gospel, and we will find that it not only relates to our mouths, but also our ears, our hands, our feet ... to all of who we are in Christ!
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Stewards of the Story in Our Service
Titus 2:11-14; 3:1-8 Stewarding the Story starts in our souls, transforms our hearts in silence and then works out in our service. That is, in doing good deeds that adorn the gospel, making Jesus appear to be a gracious savior.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Silence
2 Timothy 1:3-12 Once we have fallen in love with the Gospel and shudder at the thought of His amazing grace, what then? Before we run after every unbeliever we know, we must learn to steward the story of the Gospel in Silence. Laboring, through the power of the Spirit, to build the inner components of spiritual character. Does your life, before you ever open your mouth to speak of Jesus, speak of Jesus? As stewards, we must carefully and diligently pay attention to our own lives so as to not obscure the story of God.
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Stewards of the Story in Our Souls
Colossians 1:9-14 Every so often, we need to ask ourselves "who are we, and what are we supposed to be doing?" Maybe that should happen every day! Today we begin a 4 week series on the privilege of being entrusted with the story of God's great rescue mission through the Gospel. Today we ask the question: If the Gospel is like a multi-vitamin, do you think about "taking" it everyday?
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Why I Am (Still) A Christian, part 2
Philippians 3 Christianity is being maligned today, and not just by the militant atheists. The fact that so many prominent Christian leaders have fallen into sexual, moral, and financial misconduct certainly brings the credibility of Christianity into question. So, why would any intelligent, honest, and discerning person choose to follow Christ?
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Kingdom Purity: God and Caesar
Luke 20:19-26 In the second of 4 controversies, the leaders of Jerusalem try to trap Jesus in the area of politics. Do you think God's people should support a pagan ruler and a wicked regime? They think they have put Jesus into corner, but His brilliant answer not only wins the day, but also instructs our hearts as we live for God in the realm of Caesar.
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Kingdom Purity: Jesus, Who Are You?
Luke 20:1-19 In Luke 20, Jesus enters into four controversies with the religious elite of Jerusalem. Their intent is to find fault in Him, but each time He demonstrates the purity of Kingdom truth. Their questions call into question His personal, political, theological, and Messianic views. But in the end, Jesus stands victorious even as the critics' anger increases. In the end, their only answer for Jesus is death on a cross.
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