Sovereign Grace Church Sermons
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Total Sermons: 194
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The Doctrine of Adoption (Galatians 4:1-7)
Adoption gives us the deepest insight into what it means to be a Christian, and into the greatness of God's love for us. We cannot understand our salvation any better than we understand adoption. While justification is the most important and foundational aspect of Christianity, adoption is the greatest and highest experience of the Christian life. In our adoption, we experience God's closeness, affection and generosity. We are challenged to grow in our awareness of God's real love for us as an adoptive Father.
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Ladies' Meeting: Growing in Serving One Another
Our pastors' wives discuss serving in our families and our church.
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Death That Leads to Life (Romans 8:12-14)
As Christians, we are debtors; not to the flesh, for it has never been our friend, but to the Spirit, who has given us life. This joyful obligation, as those who have received a precious gift, calls us to put sin to death -- to kill, or "mortify" it. This is a real battle that we must fight continually, but we do it not in our own strength, but in the strength of the very Spirit who gives us life.
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Cravings and Conflict (James 4:1-2)
James explains that the root problem in our conflicts is worse than we think: it is our own sin, specifically our sinful cravings that make idols out of our desires and then fight for them. Fortunately, the answer is also easier than we think -- the forgiveness and reconciliation that we receive through the cross in humbling ourselves to confess and repent. NOTE: This is a recording of the same sermon delivered at another time and place. There were technical issues recording the sermon at Sovereign Grace Church.
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Resurrection Guaranteed (Romans 8:11)
Paul encourages us in three ways in this passage. First, he reminds us that the Holy Spirit -- God himself, in all his power -- indwells us, is near to us. Second, he points to Christ's resurrection to remind us just what power this Spirit has. Finally, Christ's own resurrection is promised to us -- both in our future resurrection and glorification, and also in power and strength and joy as we persevere in this life and daily encounter our mortality.
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Matters of Life and Death (Romans 8:10)
Death came as punishment for sin. But for the Christian, we are declared righteous in Christ, so death is no longer a punishment. Instead, we have the great hope of eternal life, with glorified bodies, in the presence of Jesus our Lord. This far surpasses the joy we taste in this life. In his wisdom, God has bound up death but has not destroyed it, so as Christians we will still taste physical death. But we can do so in faith that God is in complete control, and in hope of a far better life where all of God's promises are made complete.
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Categorically of the Spirit (Romans 8:5-9)
Paul draws a stark contrast between the person who is of the flesh and the person who is of the Spirit. The person who is of the flesh lives a life of death, and ends in death. The person who is of the Spirit lives a life of grace and mercy and peace, and ends in eternal life. By his own power, a person of the flesh cannot become a person of the Spirit. The flesh can be overcome only by death -- either our own death or the death of another. Praise God that this life of the Spirit has been purchased by the death of our Savior! Through Him we are now able to obey, to please God, and to enjoy the blessings of this abundant life in him.
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God's Initiative in Justifying the Sinner (Romans 8:3-4)
God has made all those who are in Christ to be righteous. The law proclaims God's righteous standards and convicts us of our sin. However, as much as it demands righteousness, it cannot produce righteousness in us. But what the law could not do, God did! He put his son to death so that we could be declared righteous through his death, and made holy by giving us the Holy Spirit. Christians are those who walk according to the spirit.
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