Sermons by Pastor Steve (Page 30)
Judge Not
Luke 6:37-42. The most well known verse of the Bible is also the most taken out of context. What did Jesus mean when He said “judge not”. Did he mean never talk about sin? Never call anything wrong? Obviously, that’s not it. So what did He mean?
Love Your Enemies
Luke 6:27-36. Jesus teaching in the Sermon on the Mount shows us what children of the Kingdom of God look like. It is a supernatural life that cannot be explained apart from the work of God Himself in your life. Jesus teaches that we are to respond to those who might hate us by loving them in return. Not just hard to do, impossible apart from His Spirit.
Blessing and Curse
Luke 6:17-26. Jesus chooses his disciples then proceeds to teach them how to preach. He does this by preaching the greatest sermon ever preached, what we know as the Sermon on the Mount. He begins with a series of blessings and curses. The heart of the gospel message is found in these beatitudes. God’s work in the heart of a man shows itself in spiritual poverty, hunger for righteousness, mourning over sin.
Leadership in Christ’s Church: Elders Part 3
1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9. Elders are critical to the health of the local church body. In this message we examine “how” we select the men that are to fill this office, and why must his qualifications be so stringent.
Leadership in Christ’s Church: Elders Part 2
Acts 20:28-32, Ephesians 4:11-14, 2 Timothy 3:16, Acts 14:19-23. Elders are so important that Paul and Barnabas risked their lives to make sure newly planted church had biblical leadership in qualified elders. Why are elders so important?
Leadership in Christ’s Church: Elders
1 Peter 5:1-3, Acts 20:17-18,28. God’s word clearly teaches what leadership in the church is to look like. In today’s message we look at an overview of the role of Elder/Shepherd in the local church. This is one who is overseers, mature in faith, and example and guide to the flock of God’s people.
Leadership in Christ’s Church: Deacons
Acts 6:1-7, 1 Timothy 3:8-13. Leadership in the local church is so important that our Lord has clearly laid out His plan for us on the pages of the New Testament. One of the offices He has given us is that of the Deacon. A very important role, yet one that has often in history not followed the biblical pattern.
The Father’s Precious Gift
Romans 8:32. Consider the gift that the Father has given in His Son Jesus delivered over for us. If … while we were God’s enemies God gave His Son, what would He be willing to give for us now that we are His children?
Good Friday! What makes it good?
To understand why what we celebrate at Easter is good, we need to go all the way back to the days of Moses in the land of Egypt. God directed the Israelites to take the blood of a lamb and mark their doorposts to be a sign to them and to Him, that the destroyer would not touch them. God was working both deliverance and judgement in the same works, but it worked differently for His people than it did…
Choosing the Twelve
Luke 6:12-16. After spending the night in prayer Jesus chooses the twelve from the larger group of disciples who followed Him. We see that the Lord does not call equipped men, rather He equips those who m He calls. He uses common men to accomplish extraordinary things. He uses the weak, simple, and low men who rest in Him that His name receive all glory in His workings.