The following reading for this Classic Friday is an excerpt from the sermon, “The Excellency of Christ” preached by Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758). The Bible text is Revelation 5:5-6, and will be posted following the reading. Yet how wonderfully is infinite mercy towards sinners displayed in him! And what glorious and ineffable grace and love have …
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Sermon Bites 01/18/09
The Rest of His Ministry Luke 21:34-36 I. THE MINISTRY OF JESUS AT HIS FIRST COMING (Luke 4:18-19). * + We are told by Scripture that Jesus came to do the will of God. * + He did not come to be served, but to serve, He said, “and to give His life a ransom …
Classic Friday 01/16/09
The reading for today is another from Charles H. Spurgeon, Morning and Evening, and the June 21, Evening reading. May God bless you as you read. “The foundation of God standeth sure.”–2 Timothy 2:19 The foundation upon which our faith rests is this, that “God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing …
Sermon Bites 01/11/09
Jesus And The Christian Luke 4:14-21 I. CHRISTIAN’S TIME OF TESTING EQUIPS US TO WALK IN THE SPIRIT OF JESUS (vv. 14-15). * + Testing is not just to show us, what we have, but to strengthen us for the journey ahead. * + There is no walking in the Spirit of Jesus without the …
Sermon Bites 01/04/09
In The Presence of Jesus Luke 2:41-49 I. INATTENTION TO GOD WILL CAUSE US TO LEAVE HIS PRESENCE (vv. 41-43). II. WHEN HIS PRESENCE IS MISSED RETURN TO WHERE YOU WERE WITH HIM LAST (vv. 44-46). III. THERE WILL BE TIMES HE WILL NOT BE WHERE YOU THINK HE OUGHT TO BE (vv. 47-48). IV. …
Sermon Bites 12/21/08
A Wonderful, Joyous Birth Luke 2:1-20 I. WE TRUST THAT EVENTS ARE IN THE HANDS OF OUR SOVEREIGN GOD (vv. 1-5). II. ONLY A SOVEREIGN GOD COULD HAVE HIS SON BORN IN THE RIGHT PLACE, AT THE RIGHT TIME, AND TO THE RIGHT PEOPLE (vv. 6-7). III. BY THE SOVEREIGN HAND OF GOD, THROUGH THE …
Sermon Outline 12/14/08
A Magnificent Surrender OUTLINE FOR Luke 1:26-56: I. A MAGNIFICENT APPEARANCE (vv. 26-28). A. Now remember this was a period of time when visions, spiritual experiences with angels was a rare thing. 1. God had not spoken through prophet or angel for 400 years. 2. And now since Zachariah. B.It is God who sent Gabriel …
Sermon Bites 10/05/08
The Early Church and the Testimony of Scripture Acts 7:1-60 1. THE TESTIMONY OF ABRAHAM AND THE PATRIARCHS (vv. 1-8). 2. THE TESTIMONY OF THE PATRIARCH’S ENVY, JOSEPH, AND EGYPT (vv. 9-16). 3. THE TESTIMONY OF MOSES, THE RED SEA, AND THE WILDERNESS (vv. 17-36). 4. THE TESTIMONY OF ISRAEL’S REJECTION, REBELLION, AND CAPTIVITIES (vv. …
Sermon Bites 09/07/08
Judgment of Nations Matthew 25:31-46 OUTLINE: I. THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN IN HIS GLORY (vv. 31-32). + It is clear from verse 32 that the judgment initiated will be upon the nations which remain, as the prophet Zechariah has written. (Zechariah 15:16-17). + The time of this event will be at the …
Sermon Bites 08/31/08
A Reckoning In Stewardship Matthew 25:14-30 I. THE TRAVELING MAN GOES TO A FAR COUNTRY (v. 14). + When Jesus was with the disciples He told them that He would go away, and a Comforter would come (John 14:15-26; 16:5-16). + The goods which our Lord left us was the work of the ministry, the …
Sermon Bites 08/17/08
Discernment Of The Times Matthew 24:32-51 I. DISCERNING THE LESSON OF THE FIG TREE (vv. 32-34). + If you notice in the above verses of Matthew 24 Jesus only refers to the leaves, and no fruit. + It could be that Jesus is referring to the realization of a renewed State of Israel. II. DISCERNING …
Sermon Bites 07/27/08
A People Being Prepared Matthew 24:9-14 I. A WORLDWIDE TIME OF PERSECUTION (vv. 9-10). II. FALSE PROPHETS AND TEACHERS OF UNPRECEDENTED PROPORTIONS (v. 11). III. LAWLESSNESS ABOUNDING, AND THE FAITHFUL ENDURE TO THE END (vv. 12-13). IV. THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM PROCLAIMED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD (vv. 14). For more on this you may go …
Sermon Bites 07/19/08
The Beginning Of Sorrows, And The Signs Matthew 24:1-8 In looking at the Olivet Discourse we see that the disciples are still without understanding concerning the death, burial and resurrection; and they are still looking for Him to set up an earthly kingdom at that present time. The thought of the temple being destroyed was …
Sermon Bites 07/13/08
Jesus Leaves The Temple ”And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple:” Matthew 24:1 (KJV). There are a few things we need to see concerning Jesus leaving the temple. This phrase “Jesus went out, and departed from the temple” seems almost permanent. In Matthew’s Gospel this would be the final time Jesus visited the …
Sermon Bite 07/06/08
The Humility Of The Kingdom Matthew 18:1-35 This is the fourth of five sermons which Matthew records of those which Jesus preached. The first is the Sermon on the Mount chapters 5-7; the second is in chapter 10 which is the the Commissioning of the Twelve; the third was the Parables of the Kingdom; now …
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