About Face – Repent – Lent Week 5 – Wednesday – Sermon – March 24 2010
Listen for these questions and answers about “About Face – Repent – Lent Week 5 – Wednesday”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Listen for these questions and answers about “About Face – Repent – Lent Week 5 – Wednesday”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Do you know and are you sure of the forgiveness of your sins from God? Are you taking your assurance of the forgiveness from God to help and inspire you to practice this same kind of grace with each other and especially with those who have really hurt you in your life? What do we learn about forgiveness from the scripture? Why is it so important for us? Why is God everywhere in the scripture so zealously urging us to accept His forgiveness and to forgive each other? Do you know that when we forsake love – love of God and love of one another – we sin, and the result is that we hurt each other?
Listen for these questions and answers about “The Healing Power of Forgiveness, Confession and Absolution”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 32, 1 Kings 8: 22-24, 27-32, James 5: 13-20, John 20: 19-23
Keywords: a Money lender had two debtors parable, the boy on the park bench and bee sting illustration, corrie ten boom – holland World War II, 2 Two, Nazi SS officer, prison camp German camp, sins nature and power is to divide, to separate, to injure, to break down and ultimately to destroy relationships between persons,
Why is it important to come to church? Why is it important to be part of a local congregation? Why is coming to church regularly so vital? Why is it essential in God’s eyes you be a part of a local congregation? Why does God say, My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin? Why is Fellowship with other Christians Vital and Critical?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Why Is Church Important ?”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 40: 1-5, 9-10, Hosea 4: 1-9, 14, Hebrews 10: 19-25, Matthew 5: 1-16
Keywords: Lone Ranger Christians, church and hypocrits, hypocrisy, fellowship of Christians, support of brothers and sisters, lifting up each other,
After reading Matthew 3: 1-10, do you think after learning about the purpose John the Baptist served announcing Christ’s coming, do you think we still need fire and brimstone preaching like this in church? Do we still need to hear about the wrath of God, His righteous anger, His vengeance, His destructive power? Or is this a thing of the past? Do we simply need messages only about love, joy, peace, hope and such things? Do we need to keep God’s wrath and vengeance clearly on the radar scope of our faith? Why do you think preachers, rarely preach like John anymore? Is God any different in the New Testament, from how he was in the Old Testament, aside from Jesus Christ? Why do the Seeker Sensitive churchs of today avoid preaching about God’s wrath?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Should We Still Preach Fire and Brimstone ?”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 7: 1-2, 9-17, Isaiah 26: 20-27:6, 1 Thessalonians 1: 2-10, Luke 13: 1-9,
Keywords: Heaven and Hell, damnation, judgement day, wrath of God, the Law and the Gospel, seeker sensitive churches,
Are you sure that, if you died today, that you would definitely go to heaven? If you should die today and God asked – for what reason should you be allowed into heaven, what would you answer Him? How can a sinful person be right with a holy God? What does God teach us in scripture about justification by grace through faith?
Listen for these questions and answers about “What Does It Mean to Be Justified ?”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 118: 19-29, Isaiah 53: 8-12, Galatians 2: 11-16, John 1: 19-34
Keywords: justified by grace through faith in Christ only, what is righteousness, works verses grace, the law and the Gospel, requirements to get to Heaven,
What happens when our joy in the Christian life grows dim? What’s going wrong? How do we rekindle it? How do we find joy again when we lose it? That will be the main purpose of this message.
Listen for these questions and answers about “Living Under Grace”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 84: 1-7, 12, Isaiah 51: 4-8, Romans 6: 12-23, Matthew 5: 17-20
Keywords: rejoice, show joy, rejoice in suffering, suffering produces endurance, fear and guilt, guilt verse joy, troubled hearts, anguish of soul and gloom, grace and joy,
There is all kinds of hurt by people, physical abuse, verbal , mental, spiritual, which of these have you been wounded with? Do you have any wounds that haven’t healed yet – that need healing? What then is the Biblical, Godly and Christian way to react when people harm us with their words or actions? How should we respond, then when others hurt us?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Beloved Never Avenge Yourselves”, in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 94: 1-15, Leviticus 19: 11-18, 1 Peter 2: 18-25, Luke 6: 27-36
Keywords: suffering, revenge, hurt by fellow man, avenge yourself, justice, fairness, an eye for an eye, forgiveness, avenge your enemy, avenging
Why do You need prayer to restore your life? Why can’t we just read the Word of God and be in good shape? How does Prayer actually renew Us? What is powerful prayer?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Renewing Your Faith – Prayer”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 32, 1 Kings 8: 27-30, Acts 12: 1-16, Matthew 21: 12-17
Keywords: weak faith, strong prayer, conviction, prayer and answers, Faith in Gods promise, don’t worry about your worthiness, joyful prayer,
What does it mean, when scripture, Jesus says we are not saved by works, but we are saved for works? How do our works bear witness to our Faith? Does God condemn no works? What does service look like? How does God renew us by Service? Why has God not saved all the Jews? Are his promises to Israel void, since many have rejected the Gospel?
Listen for these questions and answers about “The Lord Loves Righteous Deeds – Renewing Your Life By Service”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 11, Isaiah 1: 14-20, Titus 2: 1-8, 11-15, Matthew 12: 9-21
Keywords: saved for works, grace verses works, feel unqualifed for works and witnessing,
What is Grace? How do I know Grace is for Me? Who is not under Grace? What if we forget about being saved by Grace and we drift toward Works? How are we renewed through Grace? How did the early church, the Roman Catholic church drift away from the Gospel?
Listen for these questions and answers about “Renewing Your Life By The Grace of God”, below in the 1-part MP3 Audio Sermon below.
Scriptures below from the church bulletin used in the Sermon:
Psalm 145: 3-13, 21, Amos 9: 8-15, Acts 15: 1-11, Luke 5: 29-39
Keywords: Mother Theresa, Roman Catholics, losing Grace, saved by Grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone,
If you’d like to make a Donation to help with a Ministry or Pay an Offering online through PayPal then see the button below. (Note: You can use a Credit Card or use a PayPal account if you have one, your choice.) You don’t actually need a PayPal account, simply click on the PayPal button below to use their safe processing service online for debit or credit cards.
Simple Instructions Note: IF YOU WANT YOUR DONATION TO GO FOR A SPECIFIC MINISTRY OR ACCOUNT, THEN when you click the button below and are taken to PayPal’s secure checkout center website, once you type in your dollar amount for either a one time donation/payment or check the box for a monthly donation, DIRECTLY UNDER THAT CHECKBOX, You can Write a note (Optional), to specify that this gift is to pay your weekly or monthly offering, or to go to be used specifically for say the Youth Group Ministry, Help “Food For the Poor” actual Ministry, or our Wonderful Mom and Baby shelter Ministry, Improvement toward the church property and furnishings, etc, AND THIS WAY, YOU HAVE TOTAL CONTROL OF HOW YOU WANT YOUR DONATION OR OFFERING TO BE ALLOCATED TOO.
(Note: this is all done at PayPal’s website, so do not worry about Security)
Thank You ! God Bless You for helping, and Have a Blessed Day.
Sunday Morning Worship
10:00 AM
Sunday Adult Bible Study
8:30 AM
(inside the Sanctuary or fellowship hall)
Children Sunday School
(call first to confirm available)
Wednesday Night Worship / Bible Study
7:00 PM