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Good morning, welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. Please take your Bibles and turn to Ephesians 2 , Ephesians 2 . We will close out our study of this beautiful passage that Paul has written this morning. In verses 1-3 he painted the entire human race into a position of condemnation. We were dead in our…

Introduction Labor Omnia Vincit The work ethic that is a guiding principle for the state of Oklahoma. Farming…a job where you control very little, so there is the constant attempt to overcome by work. Or, for some that I’ve seen, you just give up. You think you can’t win so why try at all? These two…

10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might, for there is no work or thought or knowledge or wisdom in Sheol, to which you are going. John 9:4 “4 We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work.” Central Idea: Seize every moment of your limited…

Man is totally depraved and unable to save himself. His salvation was bought by Christ through His death, burial, and resurrection, and is solely a work of God’s Grace. In His death Christ made full and vicarious atonement for man and was the propitiation of God’s just wrath against sinful man. This…

Columbo And yet the structure here isn’t entirely Paul asking sincere questions that he wants answers to. Rather, he is asking questions that he wants them ponder and realize their own error. He’s asking them questions that they might realize the ideas that they hold do not hold up. Do any of you remember…

VI. SALVATION: a complete and eternal salvation by God's grace alone, received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work ( Ephesians 2:8–9 (NASB95) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not…

Introduction If you look at the religions of the world, there appears the thought that good works makes it possible to earn God’s favor (a simplified generalization). But this is a significant issue in humanity—and can easily influence people who attend church services and its ministries. “God helps…

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. 8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.…

Sola Fide started long before the Reformation and Must continue as our Battle Cry.

An Appeal to Obedience and Humility (2:12-13) Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. Do all things…

A Work of Grace For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. What a ride we have had…

Intro: I want to start out this morning with just a brief review of what we looked at last time… I want to do that for 2 reasons… 1. It’s been about 4 weeks since we’ve looked at it… and... 2. Our message today, ties right into it. Review: Last time we looked at how we are to “Work out our Salvation”.…

In the early fifth century, the people had a prayer from Augustine, “O Lord, command what you will, and give what you command.” A prayer that God will give us the strength to do what He commands. Augustine rightly believed that man was born in the state of original sin and therefore it was impossible…

Where could the idea of "Saved by grace alone" come from? Can we work and earn our way to Heaven? Are there any works we have to do to be saved?

Introduction Summarize: Verses 15-23 are a single sentence commendation v 15 SUPPLICATION v16-18 revelation v18-23 The result of what we pray for the saints (wisdom and revelation) results in us knowing God’s salvation. Knowing God’s salvation changes how we live our lives. Exposition 15 For this reason,…

Consider a few reminders of what we have discovered about God’s grace. • Grace has given us all spiritual blessings through Jesus— Eph. 1:3 • Grace chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world— Eph. 1:4 • Grace has determined that we will be like Jesus, and with Jesus, one day— Eph. 1:5 , 11–12…

Introduction Summarize: This passage is about our INHERITANCE in Christ. We’re taking these out of order because a proper understanding of the work of the Holy Spirit is crucial to a proper understanding of our eternity in Christ. Today we focus in on the work of the Spirit, next week we take a closer…

Introduction It is a great honour and privilege to be with you all today at your 11th anniversary service. Of course many of you will my Father in Law - Pastor David Moore and I know that he has preached the last two anniversary services for you and has told me many good things about you all and the…

TT: Judean Christians criticized Peter for joining with Gentiles. When Peter returned to Jerusalem from Caesarea, he was criticized for eating with uncircumcised people. Eating with uncircumcised people was forbidden for strictly observant Jews. Eating with them could have sent a public message of their…

Ephesians 2: 11-18 Last week we were able to see that there is nothing that we can do to earn our salvation and we saw that it is only by the Grace of God that we are what we are today. And now that we are one of His we are to walk in His righteousness and work for Him. Now we come to Paul's second paragraph…

INTRODUCTION During the month of October, we are talking about the men, events, and teaching of the Protestant Reformation. We have already talked about John Wycliffe, who is considered to be the grandfather of the Reformation. We also talked about John Huss, that fiery forerunner. Today I want to talk…

If you were with us last week - we closed out chapter 2 of the book of Galatians... Where we saw the Apostle Paul APPROACH Peter in a certain way... If you remember, Paul was reminding the Galatians of when he opposed Peter publicly - in order to REBUKE Peter’s actions... in drawing back in separating…

This morning we observed the Lord’s Supper. We remember the what Jesus did for us in securing our salvation. This ordinance was instituted by Jesus Himself, and it is something that we do on a regular basis. Why? Why did Jesus command us to remember the Lord’s Supper? Why do we do it so often? Why does…

Intro: In Philippians 2:12 , The Apostle Paul encourages us to… “ ...work out your own salvation with fear and trembling ;” This does not mean that we are to “work for our salvation”… Because we cannot earn it… It is a free gift. But to work out our salvation is referring to our responsibility, as believers,…

By His Grace Rev Thomas A. West, Sr July 4, 2021 19 For I through the law died to the law that I might live to God. 20 I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and…