Santa Margarita Community Church Sermons
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Total Sermons: 51
Total Amens: 6
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Saints leading saints as stewards
The aim of this text in our lives is to insist that we be faithful stewards of God’s word because we are saints by the faithfulness of Jesus. If we believe that, then we will refuse to judge the motives of our leaders, each other or ourselves. We can leave that job to God. Your leaders are saints leading saints as stewards of God's word.
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YBH? - Yeah, but how?
A study from 2 Timothy on how to keep your doctrine and spiritual life healthy.
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Saints leading saints as saints
The people of Corinth were forgetting that they were saints by calling because of the cross of Jesus and the power of the Spirit opening their eyes to the foolish preaching of the cross. This was evident in the fact that they were dividing over men. We tend to do this too. If we are elders in the church, we deceive ourselves with our arrogance to think we are wiser than we are. We are sometimes deceived into boasting in men, especially when those men boast in themselves. But you are already rich in Jesus, by the cross and Spirit, it would be foolish to settle for boasting in man.
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Saints leading saints by serving
We are saints by calling on the way to heaven, by faith in the cross and the power Spirit. We go together, there no such thing as alone in Christianity, alone is foolishness. Together, therefore organization is necessary and there are parts to play so that the organization of the church matches the mission and the message. There are leaders in the church of equals. Real leaders and really equal because we have a common identity and a common mission. Your leaders are saints leading saints by serving.
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We are...Saints by the Power of the Spirit
We spent the last few weeks honestly seeking to reveal our quarrels and apply the healing power of the cross. Today, if the knowledge of the powerful work of the cross did not sufficiently unite us, here we learn that we became saints by the mysterious work of Spirit, not by our own wisdom and works. We became saints by... ...by the mysterious power of the Spirit. 1-5 ...by the mysterious wisdom of the Spirit. 6-13 We became saints? 14-16
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We are...Saints by the Cross of Jesus
We spent last week honestly seeking to reveal our quarrels... Now, pastor, how are we to be healed? Know the cross and become saints. The cross is foolish according to Paul. Now note, the cross is foolish. Not we who believe it. The cross is only foolish to those who are perishing, but we know better.
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We are...Sanctified Fools
The story of the cross is foolishness...unless you are being saved by it. But even then, we who are saved by it don't always live the true blessing of being knit together by the preaching of the cross. Paul teaches here that the jealousy and quarrels in Corinth were signs that the people were still fools...in at least one of three ways. But what kind of fools are we?
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We are...Patchwork Saints
We are a patchwork of saints, knit together by the Gospel of the cross of Jesus. We are NOT a perfect church that never quarrels, but our rips and tears are knit and mended by the grace of Jesus. If we learn to value this ordinary patchwork of saints more highly than we do the artificial display model, we just might find that we are becoming more mature together.
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We are...Saints by Calling
If you believe in Jesus then you already are part of the church. To not be part of the church is contrary to Jesus' call to you, contrary to your call on Jesus in faith, and contrary to your vocation as saints to be actually holy. But that doesnt mean you necessarily need to be part of this church. Just don't make it about you and don't determine by personally selfish desires. Commit to the real people here with you and just stick with it until we reach heaven together.
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A Beautiful Life is a Life of Worship
All people, everywhere are commanded to praise God in everyway...and they will someday. When we worship him now, as a united people, our lives are a beautiful public witness. A beautiful life is life of worship. We are a people of worship, we are commaned to worship. We, you and I, must gather for worship.
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