Sermons About Sinners
Jesus > Moralism
Article can be found here: ~~~> http://bit.ly/15fZcl Colossians 2:11-17 If the prosperity “gospel” is the most prevalent false teaching in our churches today then Moralism (or more fully: Moralistic Therapeutic Deism, which doesn’t make a very good sermon title) is the pervading misconception about our relationship to and with God. The religious temperature of our culture as described by Christian Smith and his team of researchers from UNC is, Moralistic Therapeutic Deism consisting of beliefs like these: 1. "A god exists who created and ordered the world and watches over human life on earth." 2. "God wants people to be good, nice, and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions." 3. "The central goal of life is to be happy and to feel good about oneself." 4. "God does not need to be particularly involved in one's life except when God is needed to resolve a problem." 5. "Good people go to heaven when they die." Colossians and the rest of Scripture totally invalidate these and other misconceptions about who God is and how he relates to us! In Colossians 2:11-17 Paul offers us three proofs that Jesus > Moralism.
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Pathway to Joy
1) We Wanna Be Happy! 2) To Feel the Loss 3) Jesus Wept (John 11:32-36, Luke 19:41-44) 4) Not Just Mistakers 5) So What About Being Blessed? (John 1:9)
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Healing and Forgiveness, and Only From The Son of Man
Healing and Forgiveness, and Only From The Son of Man
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The God of the Nevertheless
Today, we, like the Israelites, often lose sight of God and are not mindful of the wonders he has performed for his people through the sacrifice of his only Son, Jesus. However, God has not changed. He is from everlasting to everlasting and he is the God of the nevertheless. Whatever sin, whatever failure, however awful, his grace is greater. He is the God who sent his only Son to die so that he could save sinners, and now he calls us all to look upon him and find forgiveness for our sins.
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Kingdom Friendship
The King and His Kingdom, Pt 4: In this sermon, we see that Jesus breaks one of the most common misconceptions about God: the idea that God only loves good people. This passage demonstrates the scandalous grace of Jesus and challenges both the sinner and the self-righteous.
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A Trip to the Emergency Room
Here we talk about our ability to welcome sinners just like Jesus did. We are ambulance chasers.
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Sinners Who Want to See God -- Isaiah 64:1-9
Many people, whether they believe in God or not, desire to see God come down and do something. However, if God were to come down, that coming would result in something they don't want, because all their wrong doings would be shown for what they are. So how can a sinner who want to see God ever do so?
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Remembering What Matters Most
Based on Romans 5 -- We need to know ... Who we are -- we are sinners who are separated from God; Who God is -- God is loving, and just, and holy. What we must do -- We place our faith in Jesus
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