Sermons About God
Five Smooth Stones
God wants us to possess all He has declared over our lives, and He has given us the weapons we need to defeat the giants when they stand in our path.
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Where is God When the Devil Made Me do it?
Where is God When the Devil made me do it? God's help during temptation.
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Where is God When the Tylenol Wears Off?
Where is God when I am hurting? Why do I go through trials?
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Acts 8:26-40 - Philip and the Ethiopian Treasurer
God sent Philip down to a remote desert area to talk with an Ethiopian official who was searching for the truth about God but struggling to understand what was written in Isaiah. Philip explained how the passage describes the coming of Jesus, and when Philip shared the Gospel the Ethiopian believed and was baptized. Like the Ethiopian we should learn about how God has fulfilled all of His promises in Jesus Christ and put our faith in Him, and like Philip we should be willing to share this with others.
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Acts 8:1-8 - Spreading Amidst Suffering
Usually when a fledgling movement is hit with persecution and suffering it quickly dies out. The religious authorities attempted to squash Christianity by murdering Stephen and then arresting many other Christians. The persecution was like water thrown on a grease fire, and the Gospel continued to spread as people moved out from Jerusalem to the surrounding areas and shared the Gospel with the people there in spite of the opposition. In the same way we too should be willing to love our neighbors and share the good news about Jesus with the people in our lives in spite of whatever awkwardness, discomfort, or sacrifice it may bring.
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Acts 6:8-7:60 - The Martyrdom of Stephen
Stephen was a man who was full of God’s grace who was falsely accused of blasphemy by his enemies and brought before the religious authorities for questioning. In his defense he gave a passionate and detailed speech on how the focus of the Old Testament is not a specific place to worship at but Christ, whom the authorities had murdered. Just then God gave him a vision of the glory of God in Jesus in heaven, and the authorities were so outraged that they had him stoned. Stephen was a man so committed to God’s mission and seeing Christ glorified that he was willing to endure any suffering for it, even death, and we too should have the mission of the Gospel as the focal point of our lives no matter what the cost.
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Acts 6:1-7 - A Conflict Over Service
As the early church grew rapidly some conflict arose between the Greek-speaking believers and the Hebrew-speaking believers. The apostles stepped up and dealt with the problem by delegating some of their responsibility to seven godly men. Like the early church, we can get bogged down in inner conflict if we become a church where everyone comes to get their way and be served. Instead, we should be a group of people who are all serving with the gifts that God has given us so that the gospel of Jesus Christ can be spread.
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Acts 5:12-42 - Freed to Proclaim Christ
The apostles were preaching the Gospel and performing many miraculous signs, and many people began to believe in Christ. The religious authorities were jealous of this and had Peter and John arrested. An angel of the Lord came and freed the apostles, telling them to go back and continue to preach about Jesus. Peter and John went back and continued to teach about Jesus, regardless of threats or persecution. In the same way our lives should be focused on the mission of sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, regardless of the opposition, suffering, and sacrifice that it may bring.
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Haggai 2:1-23 - Eyes on Eternity
The Israelites began to rebuild the temple but the work was being threatened by the discouragement of the new, seemingly inferior form of the temple. God sends Haggai to tell the people that the form of the temple doesn't matter compared to the future glory that will come. We, like the Israelites, should not be looking backwards to the way things used to be or on what is temporary but instead be looking ahead to eternity where we will get to see God in His glory and where all of His promises to us as His people will be perfectly fulfilled.
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Haggai 1:1-15 - Getting Back on Mission
Haggai was a prophet sent by God to confront the Israelites because they were more concerned with building their own luxurious houses than they were with rebuilding God's temple and seeing His glory. In our day in age we also make this mistake of pursuing our own comfort, leisure, and luxury instead of laying down our lives for the sake of the Gospel and God's Glory. It is foolish for us to do this because we were created to see God's glory, and when He asks us to sacrifice things for Him so that we can see His glory He is asking us to trade up.
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