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#1… A Humble View of Self 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.” Christ = anointed king who will deliver His people. I am not your king. I am not your master. I am not your special wisdom for every answer. I cannot be your savior. A Humble View of Self ACTIONS Recognize…

2 Timothy 3:14-17 THE PERFECTION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES Intro : The dictionary defines the word “ unique ” as follows, “ 1. only one: being the only one of its kind 2. better than others: superior to all others 3. unusual: different from others in a way that makes something worthy of note. ” We have…

Psalm 38:12–16 (ESV) 12 Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. 13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. 14 I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no…

Main Point: Evil is a problem for us, but it is not a problem for God—nor does it disprove God or His power and goodness. A Brief Survey of What Constitutes Evil Evil is not a thing, it is a description about the perversion of what is righteous—EVIL is the opposite of Good. Evil is not an entity that…

I know that we’ve been making our way through 1 & 2 Samuel - having just broke in to 2 Samuel a couple weeks ago... BUT... - with Easter on our door step – we’re actually going to start an Easter Series today that will take us right to Easter Sunday. · This series is one that we actually walked through…

Introduction “…when a person is not capable of earning a wage, can win no prize, and deserves no award--yet receives such a gift anyway-- that is a good picture of God's unmerited favor . This is what we mean when we talk about the grace of God.”[1] “The basis for salvation is God’s grace. Since it takes…

What I want to begin with is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric ideology. What is the difference between Anthropocentric and Theocentric? Anthropocentric comes from the Greek word Anthropos meaning man. So this would be a view with man in the center. Theocentric comes from the Greek…

Annunciation of Jesus Last week we spent time looking at the announcement of John to his Parents, Z and E. The Lord made a promise that this older and barren couple would have a child, and not only would they have a child, but that this child is going to serve a specific purpose. That purpose is to make…

If we approach EACH person we meet as an opportunity to demonstrate love, we'll make good progress at putting away partiality from out midst.

“Salvation” can be defined in many different ways by different groups. Can be a breakdown between evangelicals and non-evangelical Christians Salvation in 3 tenses Past – we were saved from the penalty of sin Present – we are being saved from the power of sin Future – we will be saved from the presence…

denial can be equivocated to dying out of our own will and desires. denial can be viewed as good or bad depending on the context used. the good: 24 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will save…

High View of God is 1st High View of You (Calling) (PICTURE OF HIKE: CAMP OR HIKE. ) The ultimate break down happens at this point. It is easy to get off track and think that the High View of You, is about you. That this life is about you. God choose you. God loves you. It’s about you. It is so easy…

There are two basic views that dominate society when it comes to the respective roles of men and women. Let’s examine those views for just a moment today. • Egalitarianism —This view states that men and women are absolute equals in every area of life. This is the dominate view of modern feminism. Under…

*How many of you can remember a time in your childhood - when you were (by your standards), pretty severely punished for doing something wrong? You ever do something back then - where your parents made you go apologize to the person? I know - in more RECENT times - parents like to send their kids into…

Why Do We Believe That? Week 6 Systematic Theology—The Doctrine of Creation Part 2 · Where did we come from? · Why are we here? · Is there a purpose, a goal behind all that we see and experience? · Or is life one big cosmic accident - directionless and purposeless? Again, these are simple, straightforward…

Genesis 11:1-9 Background for the Tower v.2-4 People migrated from the east. They are finally coming down from the mountains. It would seem that the people decide to build a tower. In v.9 the name of this place was called Babel later to be Babylon. Genesis 10:8-12 In Genesis 10 , we see that there was…

Like every good debater, the apostle Paul has been building a great argument here in Romans 7 for quite some time. Now, I remind you that Paul had began this parenthesis on account of what he had said in Romans 5:20–21 “Now the Law came in so that the transgression would increase, but where sin increased,…

Introduction: This morning, we have a lot to cover, so we want to jump right into the text. Look with me in your Bible to Matthew 5 . Let’s stand as we read together our text from vv. 21-26. 21 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable…

Romans 8:28-30 There are two basic schools of thought that exist concerning the matter of how we are saved. There are many views within these schools, but the all views can be grouped into one or the other. First, there is the school of thought known as Arminiansim This view of salvation gets its name…

In our introduction to the series of worship you will see: Worship is a part of your make-up as a person ( Genesis 1:26-27 ) How the God of the Bible views worship as a priority ( Exodus 20:3-6 , Isaiah 42:8 ) How your view of God affects your worship ( Isaiah 6:1-5 ) How the previous 3 considerations…

Divine Transgression After the ruin of Eden, the human story heads south in a hurry. That is to be expected. The curses that followed the events in the garden bound the fate of humanity with the spiritual descendents of the Nachash, all those who oppose the rule of God either in the earthly or spiritual…

INTRODUCTION 1. Having determined from the Scriptures that man possesses a body; soul and / or spirit which continues after death, the question now before us is this: "Where do the spirits of believers go after death?" 2. In this lesson, we will be examining two different views: a. One that we will call…

We have looked at the holiness of God. How He is great, set apart, glorious. Once we have a proper view of who God is, we can begin to look at who we are. We must understand that the slightest bit of sin, is cosmic treason against a Holy God. One who doesn’t wink at sin, or look at it as something small…

What is the place and purpose of the Law? To demonstrate the utter sinfulness of sin. To demonstrate your inability to make yourself righteous. To demonstrate your need to be joined to Jesus Christ.

What is your view of humanity and why does it matter?