Sunday Sermon: Because of Grace

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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)

English Sermon: Praise

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Praise

  1. Barak - To kneel down, to bless God as an act of adoration, to salute.

  2. Halal - To be clear, to praise, to shine, to boast, show, to rave, celebrate, to be clamorously foolish.

  3. Shabach - To shout, to address in a loud tone, to command, to triumph.

  4. Tehillah - The singing of halals, to sing or to laud; perceived to involve music, especially singing; hymns of the Spirit or praise.

  5. Towdah - An extension of the hand in adoration, avowal, or acceptance, thanking God for things not yet received as well as things already at hand.

  6. Yadah - The extended hand, to throw out the hand, therefore to worship with extended hand, to lift the hands.

  7. Zamar - To pluck the strings of an instrument, to sing, to praise; a musical word which is largely involved with joyful expressions of music with musical instruments.

Sunday Sermon: Expiation and Propitiation

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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)