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Paul’s intention and knowledge Paul had been heading to Jerusalem for Pentecost and with purpose too. Here is what we know. Paul’s intentions , be in Jerusalem by Pentecost (Act20:16) 16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus so that he would not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to…

Thesis/ Central Idea: New Testament Christians are not superstitious but are reasoned and informed in their faith. Text: 22 So Paul, standing in the midst of the Areopagus, said: “Men of Athens, I perceive that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I passed along and observed the objects of…

Introduction Today I plan to conclude this series that we have spent the last 2 weeks presenting titled ‘Learning of Love’. In the first message titled ‘What is Love?’ , we examined I Cor. 13 and expounded upon several identifiers as to what Love truly is - according to God’s Definition. Love is Long-suffering…

Drawing a conclusion What? A conclusion at the onset of a lesson, really? As we start this morning a look back at what we know about the importance of resurrection already. The message preached was of first importance and it centered on the resurrection of Jesus Christ (1Cor15:1-11) Let me share just…

Introduction Good morning once again. Go ahead and open your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 1. We are going to be covering verses 5 through 14 this morning, Lord willing. Last week we began our series of sermons walking through the book of Hebrews and I told you the main theme of the book is Jesus is better.…

Welcome to Scriptural Reasoning Topic: Good works; Do good or Doing good God’s Work in Creation God initiated work with creation. He described His work of creation as good ( Gen. 1:10 , 12 , 18 , 21 , 25 , 31 ). Humankind, the animals, the heavens, and the earth are all the result of the good work of…

Time to Reason Isaiah 1:2-20 --- My sacrificial worship will only go as deep as my amazement in Christ and His work of redemption seen in the depths of the glory of the Gospel. “Mercies should never grow stale or look like common things to you.” — John Flavel God’s Case Against Judah - 1:2-4 Judah’s…

Paul’s Testimony Paul is sharing his personal motivation for ministering to the Romans. Why would he do that? Remember that he did not start this church and he has not yet visited this church. But, he still want to give to them, he most definitely has something to offer them, and they should most definitely…

Reasons for Thanksgiving In the Greek city of Corinth, where Paul has been for several months, Paul is winding down his long letter written to the Church in Rome. This is city with an active Christian community that he had a big part in starting, with his mission team, on his second mission trip. A few…

Introduction I. The Reason for Discipleship It’s vital for the Christian to live their lives with purpose , production and passion . Purpose speaks of a reason. Too many Christians don’t understand their purpose, therefore they have no goal to shoot for. Production speaks of usefulness. Christians should…

Introduction Many (if not all) of us will enjoy what we call a ‘Thanksgiving Meal’ this Thursday. Today I want to examine the Biblical meal of Thanksgiving It’s my desire that as we look in this book today that we see two things: I pray that we see Jesus. What you must understand is that the OT wasn’t…

I. Reason We Preach A. It’s Irrefutably True (v.1-11) B. It’s Essential to our Faith (v.12-19) II. Reason We Hope (v.20-28, 35-57) “But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead” A. The “When” of the Resurrection of the Dead (v.20-28) Order of Resurrection: 1. Stages of the “First” Resurrection “Christ…

Last week, we began our 3 week study on a critical topic… the topic of the… Resurrection. Chapter 15 deals intensely with this really important subject. Why is the resurrection so important? Resurrection is the power of the Gospel message. Without Christ’s resurrection, there is no salvation. Without…

A Season of Peace Luke 1:26-38 The weeks leading up to Christmas should be a time of joy, peace, and love; but far too often they are times of uncertainty, frustration, worry and stress. When we find ourselves beginning to be caught up in the materialism of the season, we must stop and refocus by remembering…

1 For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all ate the same spiritual food 4 and drank the same spiritual drink;…

Passover Celebrating God’s Deliverance in the Past 1 “Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, because the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night in the month of Abib. (March April) Unleavened bread- symbolizes haste in leaving Egypt and ridding ourselves of…

19 Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20 for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God. 21 Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.…

2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 6 And you became imitators…

Intro ; This morning we looked at Job giving thanks to God in the trials and tribulations of life. I want to remind you that the song, “ Blessings” by Laura Story , reminds us that “the trials of life are often God’s mercies in disguise.” [ Optional Intro; ] As we draw close to Thanksgiving the more…

Salvation, Day of The story is told of a time when Satan held a strategy session for subverting those who were close to salvation. “What shall we do?” asked Satan. A daring demon stood and shouted, “I have it! I know what we can do! We can tell men that there is no life after death, that they die like…

There are 10 majors teachings that came out of the Reformation that we teach today. Which ones are they? Join Pastor Steve as he talks about each one in "95 Reasons Why I Am Reformed."

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship. Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and…

A college student was taking the course in ornithology , which is a study of birds and the course had the reputation of being the most difficult class in the whole curriculum. The professor was an extremely difficult professor. Everybody feared him. But it was a required course, & every student had to…

I want to begin by thanking Salem Baptist for opening their doors to us! I cannot express enough how much we have been blessed by this church Now I don’t know if any of you have ever started a church in your home, but it is a special kind of day when that church gets to move into a more public location!…

You’ve always got a reason to praise because God keeps His promises!