Satisfaction Of Imperfection Colossians 3:5-11 Why the title, “THE SATISFACTION OF IMPERFECTION”? It just seems that people who profess themselves to be Christian, are more and more giving excuse for their rude, and sometimes lewd behavior, as “Well! Nobody’s perfect”. That is an acclamation of THE SATISFACTION OF IMPERFECTION. To excuse our sins as just …
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Sermon Outline 01/28/07
The Stewardship Of Worship Malachi 1:1-14 PURPOSE – Learning to avoid boredom in the worship of our Lord. Some time back a “Baptist” paper ran an article asking the question of boring churches. Something along the line of, “Are your church services boring?” If we look at the condition of the people of God – …
Sermon Outline 01/07/07
THE SET MIND Colossians 3:1-4 OUTLINE - I. RAISED TO LIFE IN JESUS CHRIST (v. 1a). II. GIVE YOUR ALL TO SEEKING THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE ABOVE (v. 1b). III. THE POSITION OF JESUS CHRIST (v. 1c). IV. A SET AND REASONING MIND WILL BE ON WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO IT (v. 2). V. BEING …
Sermon Outline 12/10/06
THE BIRTH FORETOLD Isaiah 7:1-14 OUTLINE - I. JUDAH/JERUSALEM WAS UNDER SEIGE, AND GREAT THREAT FROM THE SYRIANS WITH SUPPORT FROM EPHRAIM/ISRAEL (vv. 1-2) II. GOD SENT ISAIAH TO AHAZ, THE GRANDSON OF UZZIAH TO COMFORT AND ENCOURAGE HIM CONCERNING THE TERRORISM AT THEIR GATES (vv. 3-7). III. GOD’S WORDS CONCERNING THOSE WHO RISE UP …
Sermon Outline 12/03/06
Jesus Christ - Our Sufficiency (2) Colossians 2:16-23 PROPOSED OUTLINE - I. JESUS IS SUFFICIENT OVER THOSE THINGS THAT WERE SHADOWS (vv. 16-17). II. JESUS IS SUFFICIENT OVER THOSE WHO HAVE PUFFY MINDS (v. 18). III. JESUS IS SUFFICIENT FOR THOSE WHO DESIRE TO GROW IN FAITH (v. 19). IV. JESUS IS SUFFICIENT OVER THE …
Sermon Outline 11/26/06
Jesus Christ - Our Sufficiency Colossians 2:10-15 OUTLINE - I. SUFFICIENT IN THE ONE WHO IS SUPREME OVER ALL (v. 10). II. SUFFICIENCY IN THE PUTTING AWAY OF THE FLESH BY JESUS CHRIST (vv.11-12). III. SUFFICIENT IN FORGIVENESS, RESURRECTION LIFE, PUTTING AWAY THE ORDINANCES OF MEN, TRIUMPHING OVER THEM OPENLY (vv. 13-15). The whole of …
Sermon Outline 11/19/06
Thankful For The Eternal Psalm 100:1-5 We are sometimes grateful for the blessings of this life that God gives us by His grace, and sometimes we are not grateful for them. We ought always be thankful, and not growl and complain about our ‘lot’ in life. God is worthy of thanksgiving and praise. When we …
Sermon Notes 11/12/06
Philosophy Or Christ Colossians 2:1-9 Philosophy is defined in The Mirriam/Webster Dictionary [Pocket edit] as, “A critical study of fundamental beliefs and the grounds for them”. Here is the definition from the old Webster Dictionary, “PHILOS’OPHY, n. [L. philosophia; Gr. love, to love, and wisdom.] 1. Literally, the love of wisdom. But in modern acceptation, …
Sermon Notes 11/05/06
Christ In You Colossians 1:24-29 In the past few years and months I have heard of sermons having to do with growing in your suffering, rejoicing in your suffering and such as that. Paul was writing from a place of suffering, and he was suffering for the cause of Christ and the cross. Can we …
Sermon Outline 10/22/06
The Presentation Colossians 1:21-23 “Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,” Jude 24 (KJV). There is coming a day where those who have trusted the finished work of Jesus Christ on the cross – His death, burial …
Sermon Outline 08/15/06
Pleased The Father Colossians 1:19-20 The argument of the Gnostics was that God could not become flesh. If God did become flesh it would make Him corrupt, thus there could be no salvation. This was the reckoning of the “Know-It-Alls”. Paul’s argument is that God became flesh. God’s flesh is seen in the person of …
Sermon Outline 10/07/06
Who Is The Image... Colossians 1:15-18 I. JESUS IS THE VISIBLE OF THE INVISIBLE (v. 15a). A. God, the Father desired to reveal Himself to the only part of creation which He made in His image and likeness, and lost it. 1. He wanted to do more than reveal Himself. 2. He also desired to …
Sermon Outline 09/30/06
Our Qualification Colossians 1:13-14 This makes the seventh message on this prayer which Paul prayed for the church of Colossae. The first part of the prayer has to do with having “Knowledge of the will of God…”. The second part, that we “Might walk worthy of the Lord…”. The third, “Being fruitful in every good …
Sermon Outline 09/24/06
Be Strengthened Colossians 1:11 There are times when our strength just seems to fade away. It comes after work, play, and sometimes sickness. We need renewing of that strength, and many times can find it in a nights rest, or maybe just a few minutes rest. We are all really in need of spiritual strength. …
Sermon Outline 09/17/06
Be Fruitful Col 1:10 (KJV).Might be fruitful in every good work… When a tree matures enough to begin bearing fruit it will bear the fruit it is supposed to bear. An apple tree will bear apples. A peach tree will bear peaches. A thorn tree will bring forth thorns. You get the picture. People bear …