Repentance Before the Day of Anger
Romans 2:5 (NLT) 5 But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn from your sin, you are storing up terrible punishment for yourself. For a day of anger is coming, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. Message I. God’s Kindness Rejected (5a) See verse 5a. 5a But because you are stubborn and refuse to turn […]
What We Worship Shapes Us
Romans 1:24 (NLT) 24 So God abandoned them to do whatever shameful things their hearts desired. As a result, they did vile and degrading things with each other’s bodies. Message I. God Let Them Follow Their Choices (24a) When they worshiped not one true God but idols (Romans 1:21-23), God did not force them to obey […]
The Foolish Pride of Human Wisdom
Romans 1:22 (NLT) 22 Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. Message I. Observing the Verse See v22. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. Why did they claim to be wise, when in reality they were foolish? Such empty pride is what we call arrogance. II. Knowledge and Arrogance Knowledge makes […]
Obligated to All: The Gospel for Every Soul
Romans 1:13-15 NLT 13 I want you to know, dear brothers and sisters, that I planned many times to visit you, but I was prevented until now. I want to work among you and see spiritual fruit, just as I have seen among other Gentiles. 14 For I have a great sense of obligation to people in both the […]
All My Heart: Serving God, Praying Always, Rejoicing in Faith
Romans 1:8–9 (NLT) 8 Let me say first that I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith in him is being talked about all over the world. 9 God knows how often I pray for you. Day and night I bring you and your needs in prayer to God, whom I […]
“You Follow Me” – The Personal Call of Discipleship
John 21:20–23 (NKJV) 20 Then Peter, turning around, saw the disciple whom Jesus loved following, who also had leaned on His breast at the supper, and said, “Lord, who is the one who betrays You?” 21 Peter, seeing him, said to Jesus, “But Lord, what about this man?” 22 Jesus said to him, “If I will that he […]
Touching the Wounds, Finding the Truth
John 20:24–29 (NKJV) 24 Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. 25 The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of […]
Jesus’ Prayer for Disciples: Manifestation, Belief, Protection, Sanctification, and Commission
John 17:6–19 (NKJV) Christ Prays for His Disciples 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. 8 For […]
A Grain of Wheat and the Truth
John 12:20–33 (NKJV) 20 Now there were certain Greeks among those who came up to worship at the feast. 21 Then they came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.” 22 Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn Andrew and Philip told Jesus. The Messiah Teaches […]
Jesus: the Resurrection and the Life
John 11:1–48 (NKJV) Christ Raises Lazarus 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom […]
