Sermons About Longing
Exit: How to be ready to leave.
No matter what your age, it is important to think about how to finish strong – how to live always being ready to leave. On the road of life we must all one day take the final exit off of it. Here Paul gives two ways we are to live today, so we are ready to live tomorrow. They describe my mom – and I hope they will describe you.
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Philippians 1:7-8 - Sources of Joyful Affection
Paul bases his affection on the Philippians on the confidence He has in God's work in their lives. The doctrine known as "The Perseverance of the Saints" (or "Eternal Security") is an essential orthodox belief that if adamantly rejection will destroy the Gospel of Grace and create another religion foreign to the teachings of Christ. Paul's affection was not motivated by merely earthly emotions but by Christ’s love for his people. We find in these few verses 3 sources for the affections that Paul had for the Philippians: 1) Affections in the center of his heart, 2) Affections of fellowship, and 3) Affections of Christ Himself. We must learn that our confident affections for others stem from knowing that their salvation (and ours) doesn't rest in their (or our) grip on God, but on God's grip on them (us). You will need to look at these verses and ask yourself: Is my faith a genuine saving faith in Christ - one that is authored by Him, sustained by Him, and will one day be completed by Him. Your answer to that question should convict you know how sinful it is not to have been possessed with the affection of Christ for each other as Paul was.
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Heart Burn (Luke 24:13-35)
The encounter with the Risen Christ at Emmaus offers us a chance to see how Christ can heal our lives.
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Longing To Be Inspired
What if the radical wasn’t radical anymore? What if we lived in such a way that our faith, our things, and our power spoke more than we could ever say with words? Join us this week as Pastor Andrew walks us through the radical and inspirational message of John the Baptist.
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