The Church: By Him/Through Him/For Him
Clarifying the Church's Mission
October 17, 2021 • Jake Buss • Matthew
“We need to be careful not to miss the point of Christ’s lordship. As we’ve already seen, you and I don’t decide to make Jesus Lord; He is Lord regardless of what we think of Him. Jesus died on the cross and rose from the grave, and now He is exalted at the Father’s right hand as the Lord over all creation. All those things are true regardless of what you and I think or decide.” ~David Platt “Be encouraged, follower of Christ, for this mission is not based on who we are or what we can do. This mission is assured based on Christ’s presence through His Spirit…this mission is based on who Jesus is and what He is able to do in and through our lives. Christ is able to do ‘beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.’” ~ David Platt --- This week's sermon looks at various passages and the sermon focuses on "Clarifying the Church's Mission". --- Speaker: Pastor Jake Buss Sermon Series: The Church - By Him, Through Him, For Him Preached on: October 17, 2021 --- Scripture Passages: Romans 10:9 “if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Romans 10:13-15 “For ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’ How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 2 Timothy 3:16-17 “All Scripture is breathed out by God, and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction and for training in righteousness that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.” James 4:17 “So whoever knows the right thing to do and fails to do it, for him it is sin.” Matthew 16:18. “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
Preparing for the Lord's Table
October 3, 2021 • Barry Lawrence • Psalms
This week's sermon focuses on Psalm 130 and "Preparing for the Lord's Table" --- Speaker: Barry Lawrence Sermon Series: The Church - By Him, Through Him, For Him Preached on: October 3, 2021 --- Scripture: Psalm 130 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord! 2 O Lord, hear my voice! Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my pleas for mercy! 3 If you, O Lord, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. 5 I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I hope; 6 my soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen for the morning, more than watchmen for the morning. 7 O Israel, hope in the Lord! For with the Lord there is steadfast love, and with him is plentiful redemption. 8 And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Holy Convocation
October 10, 2021 • Craig Ireland
This week's sermon looks at various passages and the sermon focuses on "Holy Convocation". --- Speaker: Pastor Craig Ireland Sermon Series: The Church - By Him, Through Him, For Him Preached on: October 10, 2021 --- Scripture Passages: 1 Timothy 3:15 "if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth." Hebrews 10:24-25 "And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near." Exodus 25:8 "And let them make me a sanctuary, that I may dwell in their midst." Leviticus 23:2-3 "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, These are the appointed feasts of the Lord that you shall proclaim as holy convocations; they are my appointed feasts. “Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day is a Sabbath of solemn rest, a holy convocation. You shall do no work. It is a Sabbath to the Lord in all your dwelling places." 1 Corinthians 5:4 "When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus"
How the Gospel of Christ relates to the Church of Christ
September 5, 2021 • Dennis Hobbs • Ephesians
This week's sermon is titled "How the Gospel of Christ relates to the Church of Christ" focusing on Ephesians 1:15-2:10. --- Speaker: Pastor Dennis Hobbs Sermon Series: The Church - By Him, Through Him, For Him Preached on: September 5, 2021 --- Scripture: Ephesians 1:15-2:10 15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come. 22 And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all. 1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
