Sermons by Ben Hunt (Page 11)

Sermons by Ben Hunt (Page 11)

Retreat ’21: Martyrdom

With God there is nothing but strength. Without God there is nothing but weakness. Ephesians 3:14-21 – “When I think of all this, I fall to my knees and pray to the Father, the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his…

Hot Coals on Lucifer’s Head

The purpose of the Church is to humiliate Satan.   Ephesians 3: 10-13 –  God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was his eternal plan, which he carried out through Christ Jesus our Lord. Because of Christ and our faith in him, we can now come…

Revolution is Revolting

Adding anything to the Gospel makes it the opposite of “Revolutionary”.   Ephesians 2:11-16, Acts 5:33-42, Galatians 2:11-13 – Don’t forget that you Gentiles used to be outsiders. You were called “uncircumcised heathens” by the Jews, who were proud of their circumcision, even though it affected only their bodies and not their hearts. In those days you were living…

The Universal Evil of this Dark World

There is nothing good but God. Ephesians 2:1-10 – And although you were dead in your offenses and sins,  in which you formerly lived according to this world’s present path, according to the ruler of the domain of the air, the ruler of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience, among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the…

Is God an Egotistical Tyrant?

Submit your finite logic to God’s infinite wisdom. Ephesians 1:11-14 –  In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were…

Why Does God Feel Distant?

There is no chasm between you and God’s lavish grace! Ephesians 1:3-8 – All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms because we are united with Christ. Even before he made the world, God loved us and chose us in Christ to be holy and without fault in his eyes. God decided in…