Sermon20130303

James 5:1-6 (NASB)
1 Come now, you rich, weep and howl for your miseries which are coming upon you.
2 Your riches have rotted and your garments have become moth- eaten.
3 Your gold and your silver have rusted; and their rust will be a witness against you and will consume your flesh like fire. It is in the last days that you have stored up your treasure!
4 Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
5 You have lived luxuriously on the earth and led a life of wanton pleasure; you have fattened your hearts in a day of slaughter.
6 You have condemned and put to death the righteous man; he does not resist you.

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Sermon20130217

2 Corinthians 5:11-15 (NASB)
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.
13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

Introduction:

Review:

Theme: Three implications from judgement so you will live for Christ rather than yourself.

I. We know the fear of the Lord vs.11

II. We take take action vv.11-13
A. Persuasion in evangelism
B. Persuasion of sincerity

III. We are controlled by Christ’s love for us. vv.14-15
A. This love was demonstrated in a substitutionary atonement.

Note on the word “all”

1. All without
2. All without distinction

Understanding the word “all” in verses 14-15
The “all” who died is a direct consequence of Christ’s death for them.

His death was physical, ours is figurative.
Our death took place when He died.

Three provisions of the death of Christ for those condemned to hell.

1. The death of Christ serves to establish His Lordship
2. The death of Christ provides for a genuine offer of the Gospel for all people
3. The death of Christ provides a stay of execution

B. This love leads to living for Christ.

Two categories of people

1. They who live for themselves
2. They who live for their Savior

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Sermon20130210

2 Corinthians 5:11-15 (NASB)
11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.
13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
14 For the love of Christ controls us, having concluded this, that one died for all, therefore all died;
15 and He died for all, so that they who live might no longer live for themselves, but for Him who died and rose again on their behalf.

Introduction:

Review:

Theme: Three implications from judgement so you will live for Christ rather than yourself.

I. We know the fear of the Lord vs.11

II. We take take action vv.11-13
A. Persuasion in evangelism
B. Persuasion of sincerity

III. We are controlled by Christ’s love for us. vv.14-15
A. This love was demonstrated in a substitutionary atonement.
B. This love leads to living for Christ.

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Sermon20130203

Uriel Novelo – guest speaker

Romans 1:1-16 (NASB)
1 Paul, a bond- servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God,
2 which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures,
3 concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh,
4 who was declared the Son of God with power by the resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness, Jesus Christ our Lord,
5 through whom we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith among all the Gentiles for His name’s sake,
6 among whom you also are the called of Jesus Christ;
7 to all who are beloved of God in Rome, called as saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
8 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
9 For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the preaching of the gospel of His Son, is my witness as to how unceasingly I make mention of you,
10 always in my prayers making request, if perhaps now at last by the will of God I may succeed in coming to you.
11 For I long to see you so that I may impart some spiritual gift to you, that you may be established;
12 that is, that I may be encouraged together with you while among you, each of us by the other’s faith, both yours and mine.
13 I do not want you to be unaware, brethren, that often I have planned to come to you (and have been prevented so far) so that I may obtain some fruit among you also, even as among the rest of the Gentiles.
14 I am under obligation both to Greeks and to barbarians, both to the wise and to the foolish.
15 So, for my part, I am eager to preach the gospel to you also who are in Rome.
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Four reasons why not to be ashamed

1. It is the Power of GOD.
2. It is the Person of GOD.
3. It is the Passion of GOD.
4. It is the Promise of GOD.

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Theme: Seven future judgements which await man so you will be motivated to faithfully serve Christ during this life.

#1
Identity: The judgement seat of Christ or God
Time: After the Rapture , before Jesus’s Second Coming
Subjects: Christian of the church age.
Purpose: To determine rewards or penalties
Outcome: Rewarded to reign with Christ during his thousand year reign
Importance: If you die today this is the judgement to you will immediately face.

#2
Identity: The judgement of Jewish people alive at Christ’s second coming.
Time: At His second coming
Subjects: Jewish people allive when Christ returns
Purpose: To weed out the righteous Jews from the rebellious.
Outcome: The righteous Jews enter into the Kingdom
Importance: God deals with the Jews as promised.

#3
Identity: The judgement of the Nations, the sheep and goats judgement.
Time: At His second coming.
Subjects: The nations, gentile individuals who have survived the tribulation, those that have taken the mark of the beast. The goats.
Purpose: To determine their destiny based on how they treated the Jews and the 144000 witnesses during the tribulation.
Outcome: The sheep who performed acts of love enter into the 1000 tear millennial reign ofChrist on the earth, the goats who neglected to show the Jews love are sent into eternal punishment
Importance: Those unbelievers you know who live through the Great Tribulation will be present at this judgement

#4
Identity: The judgement of the martyred tribulations saints Rev 20:4
Time: Between the second coming of Christ and the beginning of the Millennial kingdom
Subjects: Jews and Gentiles martyred during the tribulation.
Purpose: To raise them to life
Outcome: They reign with Chris through his 1000 year reign.
Importance:

#5
Identity: The Old Testaments saints – Daniel 12: 1-2
Time: Between the second coming of Christ and the beginning of the Millennial Kingdom
Subjects: All the believing dead before Pentecost
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#6
Identity: The Judgement at the Great White Throne
Time: After the Millennial Kingdom
Subjects: All the unbelieving dead
Purpose:
Outcome: They will be cast into the Lake of Fire
Importance: All unbelievers will be finally judged. There is no escape!

#7
Identity: The Judgement of the Heavens and the Earth.
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Introduction:

Top 10 Human Fears
10 Loosing your freedom
9 Unknown
8 Pain
7 Disappointment
6 Misery
5 Loneliness
4 Ridicule
3 Rejection
2 Death
1 Failure

Review:
2 Corinthians 5:10 (NASB)
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Judgement – calamity brought on by God or man to address disobedience. Punishment.
Second sense, to engage in a judicial process.

Three Critical Events with judgements associated with them :
The Rapture
Jesus’s Second Coming
The Millennial Kingdom

Theme: Seven future judgements which await man so you will be motivated to faithfully serve Christ during this life.

#1
Identity: The judgement seat of Christ or God
Time: After the Rapture , before Jesus’s Second Coming
Subjects: Christian of the church age.
Purpose: To determine rewards or penalties
Outcome: Rewarded to reign with Christ during his thousand year reign
Importance: If you die today this is the judgement to you will immediately face.

#2
Identity: The judgement of Jewish people alive at Christ’s second coming.
Time: At His second coming
Subjects: Jewish people allive when Christ returns
Purpose: To weed out the righteous Jews from the rebellious.
Outcome: The righteous Jews enter into the Kingdom
Importance: God deals with the Jews as promised.

#3
Identity: The judgement of the Nations, the sheep and goats judgement.
Time: At His second coming.
Subjects: The nations, gentile individuals who have survived the tribulation, those that have taken the mark of the beast. The goats.
Purpose: To determine their destiny based on how they treated the Jews and the 144000 witnesses during the tribulation.
Outcome:
Importance:

#4
Identity: The judgement of the Martyred tribulations saints
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#5
Identity: the old testaments saints
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#6
Identity: the judgement at the great white throne
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#7
Identity: the judgement of the heavens and the earth.
Time:
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Introduction:

2 Corinthians 5:1-5
1 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven,
3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked.
4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life.
5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

Theme: Three interrelated factors concerning our dream body so we will wait expectantly for the future.

I. We are assured of this heavenly body vv. 1-3

What we attain

Three Characteristics of this body:

a. A body God provides – it is certain
b.
c. A body to cover our naked spirit

II. We are burdened while in our earthly body vs 4

What we experience

III. We are prepared for this body by God vs.5

What we receive

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Sermon20121230

Acts 2:42-47
42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
43 Everyone kept feeling a sense of awe; and many wonders and signs were taking place through the apostles.
44 And all those who had believed were together and had all things in common;
45 and they began selling their property and possessions and were sharing them with all, as anyone might have need.
46 Day by day continuing with one mind in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they were taking their meals together with gladness and sincerity of heart,
47 praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord was adding to their number day by day those who were being saved.

Introduction:

Theme: Five elementary steps for greater unity so people will be drawn to faith in Christ

Acclimate yourself to partaking the public means of grace – vs. 42

Four Commitments:

1. Commitment to the apostles teaching
2. Commitment to fellowship
3. Commitment to breaking bread together
4. Commitment to prayer

Be in awe of what God is doing among us -vs. 43

Cultivate community – vs. 44

Demonstrate generosity -vs. 45

Enjoy the fellowship of other believers – vs. 46

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