As we celebrate 3 years of God’s very good grace, we have traditionally gone back to the passages we looked to in the early days of our congregation. In this sermon, we remember the principles taught by the first congregation in Jerusalem when more than 3000 souls were added to the church in one day.…
Our message from [esvignore]Galatians 6:1[/esvignore] encourages us to embrace the good grace of being corrected by our brethren. But there is so much more to it than that. We learn that isolation is unbecoming of a Christian, for we are family. In this message, five lessons from our text and some application drives home the necessity for healthy church members to be…
We continue our study in Paul’s letter to Galatia with [esvignore]Galatians 5:7-12[/esvignore]. Here we confront the topic of heresy. In this message, Pastor Head shows that obedience to the truth (v.8) is illustrated by one of Paul’s favorite analogies – the foot race. The Galatians have been hindered from running the good race because of the Judaizer’s false doctrine. They have been…
In this message we see how Paul presses the Judaizers’ argument to its necessary outcome to show that claiming sonship from Abraham by the flesh leads to damnation. Only those who are sons by Spirit have the hope of reaching the eternal Jerusalem above. Thus, the Judaizers and all who point to Father Abraham by physical birthright are actually more like Ishamel,…
We re-visit [esvignore]Galatians 4:1-11[/esvignore] to explore the glorious doctrines of adoption and sonship. In part 1 of this two part sermon, we studied guardianship, then focused on slavery and bondage to the elementary principles of the world. In this second part, we learn that merely being set free from bondage and death is only half of the story. We need more. Come…
We tackle Paul’s appeal to the Galatians as delivered in [esvignore]chapter 4:1-11[/esvignore]. Here, we find some of the most encouraging words in the whole epistle regarding our status as sons and the gospel work of Christ that makes us so. But we also are reminded that before Christ’s work on our behalf, we were slaves, not sons. Recall that in Galatia, the…
Our text for today is [esvignore]Galatians 3:1-6[/esvignore] where we discover Paul returning to the Galatian problem with strong language. Our focus is [esvignore]verse 3[/esvignore], “Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?” In this sermon, we are challenged to consider our own tendency to revert to law-keeping and living a performance-based life of law-keeping and futile striving…
In this second of two sermons on Covenant Theology, we discover why the New Covenant is so very new, why it is better than the old, and how that newness should be practiced in the life of the church. Join us as we look at several passages of scripture, mostly from the prophets, to understand the important characteristics of those who are…
“I will be your God and you will be my people.” That’s the essence of the divine covenants. In this first part of two topical sermons, covenant theology is explained and its significance is demonstrated. Among our passages, we look at [esvignore]Ezekiel 37:26-27[/esvignore]; [esvignore]Joshua 7:11[/esvignore]; [esvignore]Deuteronomy 9:4-6[/esvignore]; [esvignore]Luke 24:25-27, 44[/esvignore]. Our topics include the definition of covenant and what God intends to…
In this sermon from [esvignore]Galatians 1:6 to 2:14[/esvignore], we find that what we preach and the fruit we bear uncovers where our heart’s devotion lies. In order for the [esvignore]Galatian[/esvignore] false teachers to be proven errant, Paul had to establish his credible witness and His gospel’s divine origin. From Paul’s testimony to the churches in…