Sermons on Christian Living (Page 32)
Spiritual New Year’s Resolutions
Kick some HABITS – Ungodliness Unforgiveness – devilish device 2 Cor 2:11; Matt 6:14 Envy – delivered our Lord Matt 27:18 Bitterness – don’t let it take root! Hebrews 12:14-15 APATHY – HEBREWS 3 hardened, acts 28:26 Associations – 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 1 Corinthians 15:33 1 Timothy 5:22; 2 Timothy 2:22 “If you play with it, you will smell like it.’ Change of DIET 1 Peter 2:2 1 Corinthians 3:1-3 Hebrews 5:12-14 Less time on Facebook and more time in…
Becoming God’s Grain of Wheat
If I would be God’s grain of wheat… I must fall to the ground = humility Deuteronomy 8:2-3 – God will put us to the test Everything in this world is in subjection to the voice of God Sickness & Storms – Matthew 8 Angels – Luke 1:19 Demons – Mark 1:23-27; Luke 10:17-20 Death – Luke 8:54 Only man refuses to submit himself to God – Jer 6:16; Mt 23:37 Psalm 51:16-17 – the sacrifices of God are a…
The Christian’s Response to Homosexuality
Remember the open practice of homosexuality was common: In the Old Testament: Genesis 13:13; 18:16-19:29 1 Kings 14:24; 15:12 “perverted persons” religious rituals In the first century: Romans 1:24-32 1 Corinthians 6:9; 1 Timothy 1:10 Stop acting as though homosexual behavior is the unpardonable sin – Mark 3:30. Alongside homosexuality in Romans 1 is envy, strife, deceit, whisperers, ignorance, proud, undiscerning, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful, disobedient to parents. Stop openly showing or overselling your personal feelings of this sin – Romans…