Sermons
#4: Understanding Endtime Christianity Helps Us Appreciate Our Eternal Promises
#4: Understanding Endtime Christianity Helps Us Appreciate Our Eternal Promises Matthew 24
Real Christianity: The Sermon on the Mount #3: Real Christianity is fighting for happiness.
Real Christianity is fighting for our happiness now, by focusing on what we will experience on the New Earth, in spite of the hardships we face on this Earth. Matthew 5:3 – God blesses those who are poor and realize…
Real Christianity: The Sermon on the Mount #2: Real Christianity is feeling Happy.
#2: Real Christianity is feeling happy Matt 4:23 – Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.
Real Christianity: The Sermon on the Mount #1: How should we preach the word?
Jesus taught topically, practically, and with repetition.
Capernaum – The Idolatrous
Your broken cisterns hold no water!
Lessons from Timothy #1: Placed into Service
Being placed into service means that we have been given purpose. 1 Timothy 1:12 – “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service…”
Shame – Part 5
Shame is the ultimate suffering. Matthew 14:22-33
#4: The Father has Suffered to Comfort Us
God reveals His suffering to bring us comfort in our suffering. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles.
#3: God’s Purpose for Suffering: Spiritual Growth
A purpose for our suffering is to become better. But if we do not respond to it properly, it will make us bitter. Romans 5:3-4 – “We can rejoice too, when we run into problems and trials, for we know that they help us develop endurance. And endurance develops strength of character, and…