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There was a sports reporter who once asked championship golfer, Jack Nicklaus: “What is the most common problem for amateur golfers?” I think I could ask the same question of the church: “What is the most common problem for Christians today?” Nicklaus said this, “Overconfidence.” — Thinking they are…

INTRODUCTION Comes from the Greek Word hamartia To err A bad action, evil deed To miss the mark In Greek Tragedy it is a defect within the hero (Protagonist) A sinning, whether it occurs by omission or commission, in thought and feeling or in speech and action To fall short Sin, though it is a small…

Examining the Lamb v.47-48 The leaders are looking at Jesus, looking for something to condemn Him by. They are to Choose a lamb and examine it. This takes place the 10th day of the month. 5 Days before the passover. This is fulfilled with the triumphal entry. On that same day they would clean the leaven…

Series: The Superiority of CHRIST A Study of Hebrews Hebrews 1 CHRIST's Place Introduction Baker’s New Testament Commentary (BNTC): This Book calls the believer to stay faithful. Origen, “But who wrote the epistle, to be sure, only God knows.” In the final analysis, authorship is not important. The content…

Intro; [ Put up a picture of a diamond necklace { cross } on a black background. Then put up the same on a white background ]. When a jeweler displays diamonds, he places them against a black cloth because diamonds shine more brilliantly against a dark backdrop. In the same manner, before Paul reminds…

Wholly devoted to Holy Living We are called to be holy because God is holy (1Pt1:16) and to do that we must understand the thing that keeps us from holy and what we need to do to have a wholly devoted to holy living. ________________________________________________ God wants us to have holy life (1Pt1:16)…

Jesus’ instruction to His disciples provided a pattern for corporate prayer which helps us to maintain a proper course for effective communication with God.

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does He Himself tempt anyone. But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, brings forth…

Introduction Good morning and welcome to FCC where we worship God in Spirit and in Truth, one verse at a time. As you know, we are still in Covid season and this is effect us all. Here at FCC we normally have two different worship teams, two guitarist and two pianist, so please pray for the team during…

Teach God’s Character and Work. (The Word) So that the people may turn from a rebellious Heart (Root) Sins of “Unbelief, Pride, Selfishness” (Repentance) and “Be Reconciled to God” (Justification) Resulting in Transformation - behavioral change of the work of the HS (Sanctification) Which is obedience…

Good Morning, A few years ago we visited Yosemite national park and it is the most incredible stunning place on the planet… On the way home we took route 120 to leave the National park but after a while discovered the road had a lot sharp bend…and we started to suffer from car sickness and nausea… Then…

Ephesians 2:1 Now, correspondingly, even though, each and every one of you as a corporate unit were spiritually dead ones because of your transgressions, in other words, because of your sins. (Lecturer’s translation) Ephesians 2:1 marks not only a transition from the contents of Ephesians 1:15-23 to…

Ephesians 2:1 Now, correspondingly, even though, each and every one of you as a corporate unit were spiritually dead ones because of your transgressions, in other words, because of your sins. 2 Each and every one of you formerly lived by means of these in agreement with the standard of the unregenerate…

We all Have the Same Problem 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. There are at least 7 different Greek words for sin, each one having a different shade of meaning. This subject is so large that we only have space, in one devotion, to introduce the Greek words for sin: There are…

In Romans 5:12 , Paul teaches that because of Adam’s act of disobedience each and every member of the human race possesses a sin nature, which through the function of human volition produces mental, verbal and overt acts of sin resulting in spiritual death and eventually, physical death and the second…

4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. 7 Little children,…

Pride Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall. But those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted. Then he told them a story: “A rich man had a fertile farm that produced fine crops. _________________________________________________________________________…

Gospel Transformation

Sin Psalm 8:5 , Genesis 3:1-6 , Hebrews 11:25 , Romans 6:23 Intro Today we are going to be discussing the origin of sin and what it did to those who were walking in perfect relationship with God. We will also consider it’s effect on us as we step back into identities that God has brought us out of. Illustration…

Apostles’ Creed – The forgiveness of sins Matthew 18:21-35 1. Introduction – We live in a society that is quick to blame and quick to shame. For the most part, our society is offended by everything and forgiving about nothing. a. When someone does wrong, our society isn’t satisfied until that person’s…

Why Is This Topic So Important? The “Christian” thoughts on the subject What is Sin? Hamartia To miss the mark Is All Sin Bad? Little sins Big sins Sins against God Sins against others Sins against ourselves All sin leads to the same place Who Sins? Are we born sinners? The Apostles and Prophets Preachers…

The struggle with sin! Challenge of Sacrificial Pattern vs Christ’s Sacrifice And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, Paraptoma- the action of going beyond or overstepping boundary or limit. The devil seduces us at first by all the allurements of sin in order thereafter to plunge…