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INTRO Last week we talked about inward faith . Paul talked about Jews and Gentiles, now he puts them all together. He will use the phrase, “no distinction” The world today separates everyone into categories. Jesus cut through the distinctives and laid out a Gospel that is Universal. The gospel of Christ…

1 Peter 1:6-9 We have spent the last few weeks exploring different passages on loving God. We know that the Lord told us in Mark 12:30 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. So…

SERIES: Scripture — Christian Life — Sin — Grace — New Birth —Salvation Someone’s life story begining with, “When I got saved...” There was a time when they were engaging in self destructive or immoral behavior. Something happened that awakened them to the love of God, a spiritual conversion. They surrendered…

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…

Godly instructions/reminders for the godly Faithful sayings, are sayings worth remembering. Sayings for instruction, sayings for remembering, sayings for protection, but most of all sayings for application as we serve the church. Paul teaches the same in thing in all the churches, and since we are in…

Last week we started in chapter 4 of the book of Romans - and the issue of salvation by grace with the implications of faith in that conversation. From a human perspective - salvation by grace doesn’t make any sense. Salvation sounds like something that we earn. In fact, that is taught in many faith…

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…

NOTE: This is a manuscript, and not a transcript of this message. The actual presentation of the message differed from the manuscript through the leading of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is possible, and even likely that there is material in this manuscript that was not included in the live presentation…

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…

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…

Introduction: Continuing our study in the book of Romans. We are coming out of chapter 3 into chapter 4. Last week my message was the gospel - the good news of Jesus - as it was presented in Chapter 3. That Paul describes every man a sinner, that sin separates us from God, and that we are reconciled…

We come now to the third session in our Hickory Corners Bible Church Basics class, giving a quick overview of what we believe, and how we operate based on what we believe. In this third session, we will look at the redemption solely available in Christ Jesus, the only escape from the righteous judgement…

Words matter. Not only does what we say matter but how we use a word matters. Which word we use matters in every day life. We talked about this last week and some of us have been having a little fun with things. Words can be complicated. Especially in the English language. The example of red and read.…

Celebrate Faith Cultural “Have faith” diminishes faith to wishful thinking. But Faith is something that is divinely Biblical and distinctly Christian. It’s such an important motif throughout scripture that we see it again and again and again. Today I hope to address the topic of faith through a question-answer…

1 Peter 1:8-1 2 The message of the Gospel, resulting in salvation remains the greatest message ever told. It provides forgiveness of sin, reconciliation to God, and eternal life. Simply stated, there is no other message that bears the weight of the Gospel. It is a message of life, hope, assurance, and…

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…

First Sunday in June we started our journey through the gospel of John. Grace and Truth Came as God himself became flesh and dwelt among us as Jesus John the Baptizer’s Testimony Phillip tells Nathaniel (aka Bartholomew) to “Come and see” - after Nathaniel says “what good can come out of Nazereth.” Changed…

Today we will be starting our fall series. It will not surprise you that we will be doing a series of messages from the sequel to 1 Peter which is 2 Peter. As a sequel to 1 Peter, 2 Peter is quiet different than its prequel part (1 Peter), where 1 Peter was addressing those who where scattered through…

2 Timothy 3:14–17 (ESV) —14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 14 But as…

Contrasting Righteousness One of the best way to clarify what is right is by contrasting it with what is wrong. That is what Paul continues to do here with righteousness ( Philippians 3:9 “and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through…

1 How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! How like a widow is she, who once was great among the nations! She who was queen among the provinces has now become a slave. 2 Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends…

Introduction We are in a study of the book of James Sometimes as I read James, think he may have been a little ADHD. He changes subjects often and it appears that there is no rhyme or reason to his letter. Yet if you look closer you will see that he has a line of thought. In Chapter 2, he is describing…

This is my third week preaching on the issue of Faith, working through the book of Romans. Starting in Chapter 4 Paul describes the inner workings of our salvation - mainly that our salvation is dependent on the Grace of God sending his son to die on the cross AND our response to that needing to be one…

I would argue (and I’d be right) that the best cast of characters in the history of the sitcom is Jerry, George, Elaine, and Kramer. Of course, you’d have to put Chandler, Joey, Ross, Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe in that discussion. I could be convinced that the best cast is Michael, Jim, Pam, Dwight,…

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…