Sermons on christian growth
This Changes Everything: The Mind Set on Christ
We consider Colossians 3:1-4 and what it means to set your mind on things above. Rather than escapism or dualism, this passage calls us to behold the Lord Jesus and in so doing everything changes. Here is a call to personal and societal reformation: seek God and behold him. Passage: Colossians 3:1-4
Beholding God: The Christian Life
What does it mean to live the Christian life? What is it to grow as a Christian? The key is to behold God! We learn from this text that the Spirit of the living God plants his law into the hearts of his followers. They are changed to look like Jesus Christ. This happens when we behold the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. What does that look like? How is it done? This sermon examines those…
Quit Complaining and Arguing
Following Jesus means that we imitate the character and qualities we see in Jesus. There is no room for complaining and arguing. In fact, we’re called to do all things without grumbling or disputing. This sermon explores that command and how we might, be God’s grace, be forgiven, changed and transformed.
Your Work in God and His Work in You
Obedience is not something that is held as a virtue today. Yet obedience is what we are called to do as followers of Christ. Here is a call to pursue righteousness, humility, love, and sacrifice. A call to put away bitterness, rivalry, pride, and grumbling. Let us heed this call and see the grace that God has so wonderfully provided so that this work can be done in us.
Knowing the Love of Christ
Do you want to be filled with the fullness of God? The path for this fullness is having the strength to comprehend the love of Christ. In this sermon, Pastor Tim considers the reason why knowing the love of Christ is so powerfully life giving and then considers 4 aspects of Christ’s love from Ephesians. May God use this portion of Scripture to help you see Christ’s love.
Strive for Holiness
Hebrews 12:14 calls us to strive for peace with everyone and to strive for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord. There is a holiness that is necessary to see the Lord and we are called to strive for it. What does that look like? How do we remain Christ-centered and gospel-driven as we strive for this holiness? We consider these and other important questions surrounding this important verse.
Enduring Hostility
We live in a world where people can lose jobs, income, family and friends, simply because they are Christians following the Lord Jesus Christ. However, this isn’t new. The Christians the letter of Hebrews was written were also losing homes, lands, jobs, family, and were being shunned by their community. It is in the midst of this that we must endure and look to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and remember the Father’s discipline which is training us for…
Looking to Jesus
The Christian life is likened to a race. Are you prepared for this race? Are weights and sin holding you back? Do you know the key to living the Christian life? Do you know what it means to look to Jesus? These questions and more are answered in this text. What we see is how we are to be prepared and how we are to run. We’re encouraged since Jesus is the one who initiates and completes our faith and…
Mission and Misunderstanding
When you’re a disciples of Jesus you will go on mission for him. You will be called to suffer for him. You will be reliant on him and his provision in order to be obedient to him. You will go through times of trial that are God ordained to bring you into a closer dependence and greater faith in Jesus. This is discipleship!
The Parable of the Soils
Jesus authority to teach demands that you listen. So what does a good listener look like? Those who hear: take the word and deny the devil’s lies. Those who hear: endure trials and persecutions. Those who hear: overcome the trappings of the world. Those who hear: accept the word and bear its fruit”love, character, and obedience.