Sermons About Boasting
The Cross And The End Of Boasting
When the Scriptures talk about boasting the issue isn't two friends teasing each other about who caught the biggest fish or ran the fastest mile. Nor is it talking about the person who has worked hard and done a good job and really accomplished something, sharing the joy of that accomplishment with close friends. No, this issue of boasting is different than that. It all has to do with the heart and with God. The boasting the Bible is concerned about is a boasting that reveals a heart that isn't humble in relationship to God and isn't relying on the grace of God. When boasting is a self-centered parading of every trophy possession and every real or imaginary accomplishment in the attempt to somehow demonstrate that you are somebody worth knowing and respecting it reveals the irony of a heart that is, at the same time, proud and pathetic. It reveals a heart puffed up with self-righteousness and undercut with self-doubt at the same time.
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Glorifying In Infirmity
Paul is recounting his hardships in life. These troubles came not only from things without but also from carrying the burden of concern for all of the churches. He is boasting/glorying in these things in order to establish his credibility with the Corinthian believers because false teachers had come in and were attacking his authority. He is glorying, not in spite of but because of these afflictions and infirmities - he says this four times (2 Corinthians 11.30, 12.5, 12.9, 12.10).
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Passion: Either to Avoid the Cross or to Boast in the Cross
What's the difference between legalism/sin and living by the Spirit? Why do Christians return to sin? The issue is how much we make of the cross of Christ.
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What Is In Your I?
What’s in your “I”? How does our unity in the Body of Christ break down? Listen as Pastor Tim brings insight on how to live out our faith by remaining “Christ Focused” in our daily living.
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Gideon: Finding God’s Will (Judges 6:36-40)
Gideon was timid about answering God’s call – but he had a specific, divine mission to accomplish. In this sermon, we will look at why it’s important to discover God’s purpose for your life and how that helps to discern God’s will in specific situations.
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Philippians 3: Righteousness by Faith
Righteous and ultimately salvation is by faith in Jesus Christ; not as a result of our own achievements and goodness
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Faith Gives Us Eyes To See (Romans 3:27-31)
Faith changes the way we see everything. It changes the way we see ourselves -- there is no occasion for boasting in ourselves, only in our savior. It changes the way we see others -- we are no different from or better than others, only recipients of the gifts of grace and mercy, which others need just as well. And it changes the way we see God's Law -- the Law is no longer the way we earn God's favor, but it is a guide to how we can live a life pleasing to the one who has saved us.
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Boasting in Jesus
There are two responses to the cross. Either people reject it and are confused by it or they embrace it and love it as beautiful true and good. For those who embrace it there are often two problems, either we tend to boast in ourselves because of what GOD has done, or we tend to keep quiet and be ashamed of Jesus. But the Bible calls us to be proud of and boast in Jesus.
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