Sunday Sermon: Because of Grace

Because of Grace

“But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.”

— 1 Corinthians 15:10 (ESV)

“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

— 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (ESV)

“You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,”

— 2 Timothy 2:1 (ESV)

Sunday Sermon: Expiation and Propitiation

Expiation and Propitiation

“He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.”

— 1 John 2:2 (ESV)

“and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.”

— 1 Thessalonians 1:10 (ESV)

“In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

— 1 John 4:10 (ESV)

Sunday Sermon: Consecration

Consecration

“In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted,
but you have given me an open ear.
Burnt offering and sin offering
you have not required.
Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
in the scroll of the book it is written of me:
I delight to do your will, O my God;
your law is within my heart.””

— Psalm 40:6-8 (ESV)

Sunday Sermon: My Grace Is Sufficient For You

My Grace Is Sufficient For You

“So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”

— 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 (ESV)

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,”

— Ephesians 2:8 (ESV)

Sunday Sermon: Show Me Your Glory

Show Me Your Glory

“ Moses said, “Please show me your glory.”

— Exdous 33:18 (ESV)

“I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”

When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.

Now Moses used to take the tent and pitch it outside the camp, far off from the camp, and he called it the tent of meeting. And everyone who sought the Lord would go out to the tent of meeting, which was outside the camp. ”

— Exodus 33:2-7 (ESV)