Christ’s Gifts to Men Eph. 4:11a
Ephesians 4:11a Christ’s Gifts to Men CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christ gave himself and then when he left he gave some men to help the body of Christ. He also gave us grace to do our function in the body (v. 7). Every one of us has been given grace that was measured out to us […]
The Head of the Church Eph. 1:20-23
Ephesians 1:20-23 Head of the Church CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Christ is the head of the church. Not the pope, not the president of the convention, not the Chairman of the board, not the trustees, deacons, government, pastor, or congregation. Christ is the HEAD. Three things in this text show that no one else could possibly […]
Growing as a Christian 1 Peter 2:1-3
Growing As A Christian 1 Peter 2: 1-3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When we were kids we knew we were growing because we could see ourselves in the mirror, our clothes wouldn’t fit, our relatives would say, “My you have grown,” and so forth. But how do you know when you are growing as a Christian? […]
Growing Up In The Ministry Eph. 4:11-16
Growing Up In The Ministry Eph. 4:11-16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Today’s message on growing up in the ministry encourages you to go from growing up in spiritual childhood to increasing in spiritual maturity. When you get saved, you are a child. We are called children of God and sons of God. As newborn babes we […]
Flee Fornication, 1 Cor 6:13-20
Fornication was prohibited for Gentiles in Acts 15:20. Yet the Corinthians had been committing fornication and Paul had to give them spiritual reasons why they could not do that anymore. Obviously, their attitude was that the belly was for meat and the body was for fornication. So, Paul dealt thoroughly with the sin of fornication […]
This is the Lords Doing Matt. 21:33-42
This is the Lords Doing Matt. 21:33-42 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Matt 21:42, Jesus quoted the Psalm that says, “The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lords doing and it is marvelous in our eyes.” There are a number of things that are the […]
Why Christians Fall Eph. 4:11-32
Why Christians Fall CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We often wonder why Christians fall. There are numerous reasons found throughout the Bible. However, in is text we find four of the most common reasons. Rather than preach this text to simply answer the question why Christians fall, we will preach this passage to show you how to […]
Communion of the Body of Christ
The Communion of the Body of Christ 1 Cor. 10:16-17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you think of communion in church, the first thing that comes to mind is the Lord’s Supper. However, in this sermon we are not going to deal with the Lord’s Supper. We are going to deal with communion. Communion is taking […]
The Temple of God
The Temple of God I Cor 3:16-17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO 1 Cor 6:19-20 – we recognize that our individual bodies are called the temple of the “Holy Ghost” – but when you study the “temple of God” in the New Testament, a very interesting picture emerges Jn 2:19-21 – the first time Jesus referred to […]
What is the mystery of the body of Christ?
It is the mystery of Christ and the church (Eph. 5: 32). When you receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Savior, the Holy Spirit baptizes you into the body of Christ (1 Cor. 12:13). This is not the water baptism the believer goes through after he receives the Lord Jesus Christ as his Savior […]