Sermons from November 2017
Covered: Part 3 Protected by God from God
This is our final message in this series. As one theologian said, “has not merely paid the penalty” for our sins but “also he has positively merited for us eternal life. . . merited for [us] the reward by his perfect obedience to God’s law,” so we can run to our Father without fear. In Christ, we have the most intimate and unbreakable relationship possible with the God of the universe. We are His legitimate children!”
Cornered: Part 2 Set In Love
There’s nothing you can do to make God love you anymore and nothing you can do to make Him love you any less. When we obey, that is loving God more, but our obedience does not cause God to love us more. Doing well is not a question of getting better, but a realization that I’m growing in Christ’s image! Measuring ourselves by “getting better as a Christian” is failed viewpoint because our spiritual life becomes focused on achievements rather than growing…
Cornered Part 1: Set in Stone
Prior to the industrial age, buildings, especially masonry buildings, were built by using a “cornerstone” it was the most important starting point of a building. All the dimensions, the quality, and security of the building were determined by the quality and placement of the cornerstone. In this first talk, Mark focuses on our place of stability in spiritual warfare – the cornerstone. In light of this, we began the morning message contemplating the Serenity Prayer including the little known second…
When you pray Part 5
In this message, Mark puts the wraps on our series concerning prayer. In prayer, we deal directly with God and only in a secondary sense other people. It is not our prayer that moves people, but the God to whom we pray. If a scheming Jacob was given “power with God and with men,” then surely anyone who follows God’s prayer principles can enjoy the same power (Genesis 32:28). And it’s in that power with God that we find the…