Sermons
Clarifying Salvation: Perseverance – I Am Secure In Salvation (John 10:22-30)
Can a Christian lose their salvation? Most believers experience a time of uncertainty about their salvation. Also, some unbelievers have more certainty than the Bible gives about the state of their souls. Let's get the clarity that God gives to this important question...what gives a believer genuine assurance of salvation? For the Sermon Note, please…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Clarifying Salvation: Sanctification – Becoming More Like Christ (Romans 6:11-14)
God's work of salvation is awesome! Forgiveness of sin and the ability to live God's Way is so freeing. Yet although we are free, the temptation of the world, the flesh, and the Devil abounds. Salvation changes my position (adopted by God!) but the rest of life is a battle in the process of becoming…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Clarifying Salvation: Adoption – We Are Family (Ephesians 1:3-15)
Clarifying Salvation: Justification – God Declares Me Righteous (Romans 3:21-26)
We feel guilty when we sin (and we all have sinned). So what happens to the guilt of our sin when God saves us? God makes a legal declaration concerning our relationship to God's laws, stating we are completely forgiven and no longer liable to punishment! It's an amazing outpouring of grace that does not…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Clarifying Salvation: Conversion – Responding in Faith & Repentance (Luke 19:1-10)
Clarifying Salvation: Regeneration – I must be born again (John 2:23-3:10)
Regeneration is the act in which God secretly and sovereignly imparts spiritual life to those who have been called. The gospel of John calls it being "born again"...which just seems weird. We need a second birth? How does that work? Let's get some clarity about how being "born from above" is part of salvation. Please…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Clarifying Salvation: Calling – God Summons Me (Romans 8:28-30 & Matthew 11:25-30)
There is great power in God's call to save you. It's firm and unyielding - more like a summons to appear in court. It's also gentle and easy - a call to rest after a long struggle. As we hear God's call to salvation, it gives hope that all things will work together for good.…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Clarifying Salvation: Election – God Chose Me, (Ephesians 2:1-9) – (Ephesians 1:3-7)
Receiving salvation is simple - repent and believe, by faith, in the gospel of Jesus. What it takes to save you is more involved. We can liken it to a simple fish. A fish is a fish. But what makes up that fish? Many parts. If we pulled the fish apart, we can study each element that…Series: Clarifying Salvation
Jesus is LORD. Listen to Him – Matthew 8
We will look into Matthew Chapter 8 to better understand that Jesus is LORD. He has authority over diseases, demons and disasters. What he says matter. We better listen to Him. Jesus is also compassionate and willing to help. We are encouraged to come to Him in great faith - examples of the Leper, the…Series: Guest Speakers
Unstoppable Finale – Acts 28
This Sunday is the finale - the final act, the concluding chapter - of the Book of Acts series! So it's odd to title it "unstoppable." However, it's an appropriate title. The key word in Acts is "movement" and it's not supposed to stop. Acts records how one generation was "Christ's witnesses" (Acts 1:8) and…Series: Unstoppable Church
