Sermons About Witness
God In The Dock
God is the key witness on the stand, testifying to that which will overcome the world. Simple answer: believe that Jesus is the Son of God.
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Galatians 1.11-24: Disciple - be one, make one
The gospel is literally a joyful message. Paul encounters this joyful message on the road to Damascus. God called Him and revealed Jesus to His heart. In a moment the mystery of the cross and the empty tomb of Jesus was unveiled to Paul. Paul never recovered from that. He was changed. He was now a disciple. He was commissioned to preach, to make disciples. We are all called and commissioned as Paul was. Sure it looks different on how we have the Son revealed to us, but the story line is the same. We are chosen and called as the Son of God is revealed to our heart. God also calls us to a particular service for the equipping of saints for the work of service to the building up of the body of Christ. We are all called to be a disciple and to make disciples.
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Expecting The Power of The Spirit
The church needs the power of the Holy Spirit in order to continue the work of Jesus Christ on the earth. But what is that power for and how does the church grow in spiritual power?
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The Purpose of the Anointing of the Holy Spirit
Jesus came to reveal the Father to us. He said when He went away that the Father would send another, like Him, in His Place. That is who the Holy Spirit is. He is sent to give us the power to reveal the Father to the World. His job is to do the things that Jesus did on the earth, but He will only work with us, He will not do the work on His own. Jesus is not going to show up anywhere now and preach or lay hands on people. It’s up to us.
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The Life Of Perfect Love
That God IS Love is the source of the Christian's witness, assurance, and confidence. Discover a life of abundant joy.
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08-JUN-2008 - Part II - What Does it Mean to be a Witness for Christ?
To be a witness for Christ you must become a Christ follower To be a witness for Christ requires baptism in the Holy Spirit
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Philippians 2:12-18 - Working Out A Common Salvation
God is going to get the glory either in our salvation or in judgment (see Rom. 14). Now that Paul has raised this high Christology he gets practical how what we do in living humbly. Paul gives moree explicit directive as to what it means to live humbly and how we must live out a humble live in the midst of community. We are commanded here to work out our salvation (sanctification) which is our responsibility, but in a way that give God the credit for working in us. This is not a matter of synergism between me and God in which he did his part and I did mine. This responsibility to work out our salvation is a monergtistic work of God. God doesn't help those who help themselves but helps those who cannot help themselves. It is his power (see 2 Peter 1:1-4) that gives and grows our faith. The amazing thing about these verses is that they refer primarily to working out our salvation within the church, the body of Christ rather than as individuals. And for that reason Paul goes on in verse 14ff to say that the way we work our ours slavation is to not be complainers or to not constant questioners. The complainer is committing a major sin according to Paul, becasue we are to examples to the crooked and twisted generation of what considering each other more important entails. We shine when we humble ourselves in our witness to this world For these reasons Paul is joyful and commands the Philippians and us to rejoice with a humble spirit in living in community - working out our salvation together in the power of Christ.
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