Sermon from November 30

Advent Week One -- Hope

Isaiah 9: 1 - 7

1. Life without Christ is comprised of gloom, darkness, humility, death, yoke of burden, oppression, warfare and slavery.
2. Jesus brings light and life into our lives. He uplifts the humble and shatters the rod of oppression that enslaves us.
3. The hope that Jesus brings extends even beyond the grave because the life He gives is everlasting.
4. Jesus didn’t just appear one day, he was born as one of us.
5. He is without peer as a comforter; He is God in the flesh; He will love us as a father forever; He brings the only true peace.
6. We are still waiting for much of this prophecy to be fulfilled.

John 1:9, John 8:12, John 8:36, Revelation 19: 11 - 16, Revelation 21: 3

Sermon from November 23

Contentment in Thanksgiving

Philippians 4: 4 - 13

1. Peace is not the absence of conflict, it is the presence of God.
2. Paul had learned to be content in all circumstances because he realized that having Christ is the secret to everything.
3. God has given us the ability to control our minds. We can deliberately rejoice no matter what. And we can concentrate on good things. 2 Corinthians 10:5
4. When we approach God with confidence and thanksgiving, it opens God’s storehouse of goodness (vs. 19)
5. The more we worry, the more we should pray.

Sermon from November 16

Contend for the Faith

Jude 1 - 10

1. It might seem pleasant to drink milk and stay in basic teaching, but we must learn correct doctrine so we can mature in the faith.
2. Gnostics distorted the grace of God by believing their behavior didn’t matter and that Jesus was never flesh and blood.
3. God freed the Israelites, but later destroyed them because of their rebellion of unbelief. God is punishing angels because they followed Satan. God burned Sodom and Gomorrah to the ground because of immorality.
4. Spiritual warfare is not to be taken lightly. We must understand that it is real and we must live by the Spirit to be protected from it.

Sermon from November 9

What You Say and What You Do

Luke 6: 43 - 49

1. A tree’s fruit tells you what kind of tree it really is.
2. A man’s attitude reveals what kind of person he really is.
3. Your attitude is shown mostly by what you say.
4. Do your words build others up or tear them down? Ephesians 4:29
5. The real you is shown by what you say and what you do.
6. It does no good to hear Jesus’ words unless you put them into practice.
7. Whether or not you accept Christ, storms will come into your life.