TEXT: Didactic/Topical with textual references INTRO: Southern Baptists recognize and practice only two ordinances: 1.) baptism (the “first act of obedience” in following Christ) and 2.) The Lord’s Supper (a celebration of the death of Christ for our sins and the hope of His return, also called Last Supper, Communion, the Eucharist, Mass). It is the second we will look …
TEXT: John 11:1-6 INTRO: Studying the life of Jesus as recorded in the Gospels is so rich because every account is a teaching event. They are “Lessons Along the Way.” I. JESUS IS AS INTERESTED IN THE COMMON PERSON AS MUCH AS HE IS IN ANYONE ELSE. A. READ 6:1-3. Today, the story of Lazarus is well-known. But he was …
TEXT: Textual; 1 Timothy 3:1-7 INTRO: In Eph. 5:23 and Colossians 1:18, we are told that “Christ is the head of the body, the church.” Practically that means the church must diligently seek the mind of Christ to determine the practices of the church. Who are the under-shepherds who serve the Lord as leaders in the body? “ELDERS/OVERSEERS.” I. WHAT …
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 14, Hebrews 10:25 INTRO: What a church must do to accomplish the necessary purposes of worship regardless of form or style. CONTEXT OF OUR STUDY. (1 Cor, 14) 1 Cor. 11-14, pneumatikos, spiritual gifts issues spilled over into the church’s worship, and caused many to forget what real worship was all about. I. WE MUST APPROACH PUBLIC …
TEXT: John 10: 1-29 INTRO: One of the most difficult things for Christians to deal with is our kinship with Israel. Did God desert Israel, rejecting them regardless of the promises He had made them? Did the Christians replace them as His new Chosen People? We can see what Jesus told the Jews while He was on earth. Our TEXT …
TEXT: 2 Corinthians 11, Hebrews 10:25 INTRO: We are going to do part 1 of a two part message on “The Basics of Church Worship: Attitude” I.WORSHIP IS A COMMON ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH. A. Christians ought to live their lives as an act of worship. But there are public and designated times and means of worship have always been …
TEXT: Doctrinal, Ephesians 5: 22-33 INTRO: This morning we are going to focus on the relationship between the church and the resurrected Christ. PROLOGUE The ideal marriage is based on the example of Christ’s relation with the church. Eph. 5: 32, “This mystery is great, but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.” I. THE CHURCH MUST …
TEXT: Matthew 16:13-17; Matthew 18:15-20 INTRO: In Matthew 18 we learned the church has authority to discipline members by allowing those who reject the church’s authority to face the fallen world without the protection of the church using only their own authority and the power that comes with it. I. WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM TO BIND …