Sermon Outline: -Refining Anguish -Pure Mercy -Glorious Humility
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Tim PorterSermon Outline: - Desire for Everlasting Love - Love in a Futile World - Experiencing Everlasting Love in Trials
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Tim PorterWe'll either serve God in freedom, or serve a tyrannical spiritual master in slavery.
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Tim PrinceThe gospel changes everything in the here and now, making the life of Jesus more evident to us and through us.
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Larry SzymanWe'll either serve God in freedom, or serve a tyrannical spiritual master in slavery.
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Tim PorterLife or death rules everyone. Is your home in the domain of death or the kingdom of life?
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Steve HolsteenPeace with God changes everything about how we understand our past, present and future hope.
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Tim PrinceRelationship with God has always been about faith in his promises.
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Tim PorterJesus is the sin bearer. Our sins are paid. God has only love for us, a love without any admixture of wrath.
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Tim PorterWe will either fear God or something else.
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Tim PorterBecause Jesus was faithful for us, we are given the Holy Spirit, so we can obey God.
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Tim PorterBecause the Just Judge was judged for us, we are righteous and empowered to live for God.
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Tim PorterBecause God's power is in the gospel, we can confidently give our lives for it and happily give it to all others.
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Tim PorterBecause God’s power is in the gospel, we can confidently give our lives for it and happily give it to all others.
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Tim PorterBaptism is a public sign of the inner work of God.
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Tim PorterA disappointed skeptic gives us reasons to believe the truth of Jesus
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Tim PorterThe word Maundy is a loan word from Latin, and it means “Mandate or command.” The ‘mandate’ that we celebrate on Maundy Thursday is Jesus’ command to wash one another’s feet. Jesus gave this command to his first disciples at the last supper. So this Maundy Thursday service is a night we set aside to remember Jesus’ humility in serving the disciples by washing their feet and giving us an example to follow in serving one another. In this service we focus on Jesus’ death in our place.
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Tim PorterWhen confronted by doubts, we fuel faith by turning to Jesus, praying “I believe, help my unbelief.
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Tim PorterThough there is a simple message to the Bible, there are also many things in the Bible that are hard to understand, and they take time, reflection, careful reading, help from wise teachers, etc. Sometimes, when we run into difficulties in the Bible, seeds of doubt can be sown into our hearts. Pastor Prince will talk this through and equip us to trust the Scriptures, not naively, but with understanding.
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Tim PrinceThe Holy One reveals his mercy and justice in the severity of hell.
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Tim PorterThough his followers may fail, Jesus is ever true.
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Tim PorterThis week in the Faith In Our Doubts series, we’re taking a look at the most powerful circumstance that can sow seeds of doubt into our lives: suffering without reason. We will look at the book of Job with a sermon entitled “Words Without Knowledge” (Job 38.1-3). It’s not by accident that when we endure a trial, or unexpected suffering invades our lives, our hearts ask ‘Why?’ In God’s great kindness, he reveals himself to us, so we humbly trust in his goodness, even when we might not have a reason for the pain. Along with the series resources below, I highly recommend the book How Long, Oh Lord? by D.A. Carson. This book has been a powerful help to my heart to prepare me for suffering (cause it will come), and comfort me in the midst of painful trials. SERMON SERIES RESOURCES Check out the following resources that go along with the Faith In Our Doubts series, available for purchase in the café area of the Commons: Reason for God and Making Sense of God by Tim Keller The Skeptical Believer by Daniel Taylor
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Tim PorterGod saves the humble, who are confident in His mercy.
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Tim PorterThe inescapability of faith and the necessity of doubting out doubts.
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Tim PorterDiscipleship is a response of absolute allegiance to Jesus, who re-purposes every aspect of our lives for enduring influence.
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Tim PorterThe New Testament pattern for discipleship is apprenticeship and the church is built to make that possible.
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Tim PrinceWhile we want to see Jesus transforming individuals and families, He also wants to reveal Himself through the transformation of entire communities as the Holy Spirit brings gospel renewal to churches.
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Tim PrinceMay you live today in light of this great truth: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus!
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Tim PorterOur God is the God who sees and knows us… who is always present for our good and who crafted and designed us with purpose.
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Tim PorterThe Bible can be trusted, is sufficient and is the place where God promises to meet his people.
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Tim PrinceTreasuring the supremacy and Lordship of Jesus is the fuel for all real transformation and discipleship.
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Tim PrinceThe solution to our darkest problems has dawned, the gift of God’s own son.
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Tim PorterGrace is God's unearned favor, and its overflow in our lives empowers us to contribute in His work.
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Steve HolsteenContentment in plenty and want is learned through a satisfying relationship with Jesus, who gives us his strength to be faithful in all circumstances.
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Tim PorterBecause of the costly generosity of God, we are qualified for an inheritance we don't deserve, but Jesus secures, so we live thankful lives.
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Tim PorterJesus, the true brother, is an extravagant and lavish gift sacrificed to bring back the younger brother and the older brother into the celebration of God's kingdom.
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Tim PorterTrusting in the presence of Jesus and trusting his authority, we live his ways together and help others to take the next step in discipleship.
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Tim PorterExperiencing the great love of God for us empowers and obligates us to love one another, sacrificing ourselves for the good of one another.
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Tim PorterThe covenant of church membership is a reflection of the gospel: Jesus laid his life down for ours, so in membership we say "My life for yours."
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Tim PrinceBeing justified before God, because Jesus our good neighbor cared for us in our helpless state, being a neighbor means I give my resources to help those around me: I give my life for the good of those around me.
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Tim PorterBecause Jesus faithfully loves us, we are able to enter into marriage not seeking our one true love, but giving "my life for yours".
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Tim PorterThe covenant God makes with us, costs him greatly, and we will be inspired to worship God and trust him with our lives because of his great faithfulness to us.
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Tim Porter