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God’s Plan of Salvation 1. He Chooses: Election 2. He Guarantees: Predestination 3. He Pays: Atonement 4. He Frees: Redemption 5. He Renews: Regeneration Five Views of God’s Plan of Salvation 6. Adoption: Human Perspective 7. Justification: Legal Perspective The Dilemma Ignorance = Condemnation Knowledge…

Where could the idea of "Saved by grace alone" come from? Can we work and earn our way to Heaven? Are there any works we have to do to be saved?

What is imputation? Does the Bible talk about imputation? Does the sin or righteousness of one being get put onto another's account?

Matthew 1:18-25 There are many names that are assosciated with Christmas. Mary, Joseph, Santa Clause, Rudolph, and the Grinch. But, three names stand out above the rest. Three names that we need to be sure not to cheapen. Three names that carry the real meaning of Christmas.

Introduction Over the past few weeks we have been defining some of the theological words that we find in our text. We just finished out chapter 3 and are starting Romans 4 today. But Paul has argued that both Jews and Gentiles are sinners before God, will stand to be judged and must be justified by faith…

Introducción Capitulo 22 Pero el fruto del Espíritu es amor, gozo, paz, paciencia, benignidad, bondad, fidelidad, 23 mansedumbre, dominio propio; contra tales cosas no hay ley. El gozo es segundo lugar en los elementos del fruto del Espíritu, solo después del amor. Como cualquier manifestación del Espíritu…

Viewing The Christmas Tree (What is Your Worldview?) First - how did we get our Modern Day Christmas Tree? Who Brought Christmas Trees to America? Most 19th-century Americans found Christmas trees an oddity. The first record of one being on display was in the 1830s by the German settlers of Pennsylvania,…

In a season of giving, what is the most important gift we can give? The story of Jesus' birth offers a hope beyond any earthly gift we can give. We must first realize our need for this hope though...

We must remember that God is a God of justice and wrath, but he is always faithful to his promise of salvation for those who trust in Him. God's mercy is seen more clearly against the backdrop of His wrath.

Introduction Take out your phones. Raise your hand if you have a picture of your significant other as your background. Raise your hand if it’s a picture of your kids or grandkids. Isn’t that interesting? I mean, you already know what they look like. Why do you need to keep their picture in front of you…

Despite the multiplication of sin, God remains faithful to his promise.

In John's baptism, Jesus identified with us sinners. In Christ's baptism, we sinners are identified with Him.

I don’t know about you and how you feel about it on this Sunday morning, but I’m so glad I’ve been forgiven. There is freedom in being forgiven. And forgiveness is a godly act of love, and when God gave us Jesus it was in part for the purpose of providing us with forgiveness. We spend a lot of time in…

Introduction (Picture of Delicate Arch on Slide) Last week, Andrew and I went out to Salt Lake City to minister our Lifepoint Church family as they go through a major transition. We flew in and out of Denver (flights to Denver were only $49!), and so driving back, we decided wake up early to carve out…

The word immediately is used (straightway in KJV) out of the 59 times the word immediately is used in the NT 41 of those are in Mark. Mark 1:18 - “They dropped their nets and followed immediately.” Mark 1:31 - Jesus heals Peter’s Mother immediately. Mark 1:42 “after Jesus had spoken the man was cleansed.”…

The wrath of God was poured out on Christ for our sins.

Bible Verse 18 But the Jews who were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day, as well as on the fourteenth; and on the fifteenth of the month they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness. 19 Therefore the Jews of the villages who dwelt in the unwalled towns celebrated the fourteenth…

The sin of Adam led to death for all mankind in Adam, justification for all mankind in Christ.

Intro Group Intro - Goal We are to eagerly hunger for spiritual nutrition in greater degrees - Spiritually mature Regardless of your background or where you are in your relationship with Jesus, you are called to grow - What we do Scripture Prayer Community Lesson Intro Last Lesson (Isaiah 49) We saw…

For if, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ. Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness…

Whatever controls us is our God... Timothy Keller opens his commentary on Judges with a quote by Rebecca Manley Pippert, from her work Out of the Saltshaker. She says, “ Whatever controls us really is our god … The person who seeks power is controlled by power. The person who seeks acceptance is controlled…

We enter God’s rest of salvation through faith in Christ, and him alone.

Sometimes children’s songs have really good theology. One that comes to mind in regards for our passage today is the song titled FATHER ABRAHAM. How many of you remember that song? Why don’t we stand and sing it together: Father Abraham had many sons, many sons had Father Abraham; I am one of them and…

Introduction Today is our communion Sunday. If you’ve never been with us for a communion service we do things differently than normal. We have some teaching, a song, more teaching, more singing and then the partaking of the elements. Our goal is to focus exclusively on Christ. Who He is and what He has…