Sermons About Scriptures
Why We Believe What We Believe About the Holy Spirit
Perhaps there is no greater mystery among Christians than the mystery of the Holy Spirit. I say mystery, not because God hasn’t revealed about the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are very clear as to the Spirit’s personality, his purpose, and his presence in our lives.
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THE GOD-BREATHED SCRIPTURES: Our Unshakable Rock and Our Certain Truth (2Tim 3:14ff) 11-01-09
[Notes: 1st, This audio recording came out somewhat distorted: sorry! 2nd, This is a topical message on Paul's teaching in 2Tim 3 that all Scripture is God-breathed: thinking thru this in light of other Scriptures and considering external evidence that supports this biblical truth]. INTRODUCTION: (1) God’s word is an unshakable Rock in the Storms of Life: Hear God’s Word and Obey it! (2) The Gospel is our Certain Truth in an Uncertain World: Trust the Gospel & Proclaim it! (3) Background to today's text: Paul’s Charge to Timothy (related to God’s word/the gospel): guard the deposit entrusted to you (2Tim 1:14); Entrust it to reliable men who will teach others (2:2); Remember Christ/the Gospel for which Paul is in chains, but God’s word is not chained! (2:8-9); correctly handle the word of truth (2:15); continue in the Scriptures (3:14); preach the word (4:1). THE INTERNAL WITNESS OF THE BIBLE (as the God-breathed Scriptures): (1) The Theology of the Bible (what the Bible says about itself. (2) How the Bible was Written. (3) The Bible according to Jesus (what Jesus had to say about the Scriptures). (4) Application: God’s word is an unshakable Rock in the Storms of Life: Hear God’s Word and Obey it! SOME EXTERNAL EVIDENCE OF THE BIBLE (as the God-breathed Scriptures): (1) The Canon of Scripture. (2) The Reliability of the Bible. (3) Bible Translations into other Languages. (4) Application: The Gospel is our Certain Truth in an Uncertain World: Trust the Gospel & Proclaim it!
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Lose Your Life to Godliness and Its Promise
In the mess of everything that this world throws at us, how can we know if we living to please God? Pastor Lance Parrott calls us from this passage in 1 Timothy to discipline ourselves for the purpose of godliness. Are you pursuing godliness? Are you striving for the promise of life that godliness brings? Listen to Word and find out.
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Partying that Provokes
The reason we struggle so mightily with joy and celebration is because we have forgotten. We have forgotten what God is like. We have forgotten how good He is. We have forgotten how merciful He is. We have forgotten how He’s rescued us. We have forgotten that He is a God of great joy. We have forgotten that He loves to be with us. We have forgotten that we are grafted into this family: we are children of Abraham because we believe in Christ and we are to pick up His same heart of celebration and rejoicing.
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Gospel of John: Equality with God
After Jesus heals the invalid (paralytic) at the Pool of Bethesda, he is confronted by religious leaders of the day and questioned. During that questing Jesus makes the clear case that He is the Son of God and equal with God. He then lists off multiple witnesses that testify as to who he is, including John the Baptist, the works/miracles/signs of Jesus, the Father, the scriptures, and Moses.
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Jesus Calls His Witnesses
In John 5:31-47 Jesus calls some witnesses to help make the case that He is One with God the Father.
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Why I Trust The Bible
How do we arrive at a settled, confident, justifiable trust in the Bible? Because we’ve seen “the glory of God in the face of Christâ€. And by this, we know His Word is real. Which means that unless you have seen Jesus Christ by faith, you cannot understand the Scriptures rightly.
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