Sermons About Warning
The Insanity of a Self-Centered Life - ENGAGE #5
In this series, we will study Daniel 1-6. There are many parallels between the situation Daniel faced and our situation today. Like Daniel, we work and live among a great variety of gods--not only those of other formal religions, but also the gods of achievement, independence, knowledge, pleasure, and ideology. In a religiously diverse culture which is at best indifferent and at worst hostile to faith in the one true God, what role should Christ-followers play in society? Rather than isolating ourselves or rejecting our world, we want to ENGAGE our world as people who trust in a powerful God, make positive contributions to society, and bring hope to others. If you've ever wondered how Monday-Saturday were related to Sunday, this series is for you.
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The Glorious Appearance of Jesus Christ, Pt. 2 (Matthew 4:15-17)
Contrary to the new spirituality and religion of the day all religions do not lead to God, are not all different ways to the truth. There is only the religion of the living and true God revealed in the Lord Jesus Christ. Or there is the religion of the devil, who appears as an angel of light, but leads people to the pit of eternal darkness. Light and Darkness; Truth and Error; Heaven and Hell - these the only options. These form the context in which the glorious appearing of Jesus Christ is place, in our text this morning. As the OT looked forward to the Messiah, so now Matthew proves to be the only true revelation of God and hope of salvation. First proof we noted is that Jesus was on God’s sovereign time table. This week (2) the light of God in a dark world, and (2) shines the light: a message of hope and warning.
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Luke 12:35-48 Be Ready!
After the Victorian bushfires, the Prime Minister called for a National Day of Mourning: What is happening? Is God punishing us? Were the people who died in these disasters doing something wicked? Are things out of control? Is God teaching us something?
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Revolutionary Warning
Usually when people teach and preach they aim for their words to be as clear and understandable as possible. When Jesus taught the Parable of the Sower, though, His words were intentionally difficult to understand. He spoke like this to fulfill the warnings that were given several hundred years before to the Israelites through the prophet Isaiah. Because the people had rejected God over and over again for so many years their opportunity to learn and repent was being taken away from them. Those who did trust Jesus were able to listen and understand His message, and they could be encouraged that God would work a great harvest through them. We should all soberly listen to this warning and know that God does not strive with the unrepentant forever but eventually His offer of mercy and reconciliation will be withdrawn and there will be nothing left but to stand before the almighty God Himself and face judgment.
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Hebrews 5:11-6:3 Milk It Does Not Always Do the Body Good
What is the difference between Spiritual Maturity vs. immaturity? What do those terms mean? What Does the author of Hebrews confront the people on such an issue? How important is it?
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Hebrews 1:4-2:4 "Jesus is Greater than the Angels...What, Why are we Talking About the Angels???"
Have you ever wondered WHY the author of Hebrews speaks about the angels in a comparison to Jesus? Notice that he does not chop them down in any sense, but rather, he upholds all that is good about them and then shows that they are no close to Christ in a comparison (so much for the argument about this letter being written to a group of Essenes). He does so to...well, listen to find out.
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