Sermons About Privilege
1 Peter 1:6-12 There's Purpose in the Pain
This sermon reminds believers that God is working His great purposes in the midst of our trials. The word of God encourages us to rejoice in God's goodness even as we are distressed by heartache and pain.
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The Privilege of God's Word
Psalm 1 Over the next four Sundays we will explore some of the privileges we share as Christ-followers. Today, we look at the privilege that is ours because God has revealed Himself to us in the Bible. Imagine! God's very words, detailing His thoughts, put down in a language that is understandable to us, and preserved for us through the ages. To have the Bible, and to delight in it, is a singular privilege reserved for those that are loved by God in Jesus Christ.
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Philippians 3:4-9 - No Jealousy
People are always promising something better and new. Paul was concerned about the Philippian church's ability to recongnize and refute these religous wolfs. He had already told this church to LOOK OUT for dogs, evil doers, and for those who mutilate the flesh. He nows give us an unparalleled description of his human achievements before he met Christ. He give this to show that noone has any reason for spiritual jealousy, because if he cannot bost in his achievements no one can. He tell them there is no reason for jealousy because we cannot depend on self-righteousness that come from privilege, race, nationality or any other inherited privilige. Secondly there is no reason for jealousy because we cannot depnd on our personal achievemtns to make us spiritual before God. Thirdly, there is no reason for jealousy because all that is gained in this life is not worth the value he place on a relationship with Christ. Finally, there is no jealousy becasue we depend on another's (Christ's) righteousness and not our own. As Christians we should loke for those who constant confidence is Jesus Christ, who constant boast is Jesus Chrsit, and whose constant delight is Jesus Christ and emulate then and nothing else.
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Our Advocate, Our Access
To pray in Jesus'name is to approach God in the confidence that the justifying work of the Cross makes possible.
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