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How can we best foster fellowship, stir up love, strengthen unity, and format our meetings so members could encourage one another? The biblical answer is found in the Lord's Supper—as originally practiced. The bread and cup were taken in the context of an actual meal. When Luke described the Lord's Supper in Acts 2, the words he used were fellowship, food, gladness and praise. That's why Gateway s...

How can we best foster fellowship, stir up love, strengthen unity, and format our meetings so members could encourage one another? The biblical answer is found in the Lord's Supper—as originally practiced. The bread and cup were taken in the context of an actual meal. When Luke described the Lord's Supper in Acts 2, the words he used were fellowship, food, gladness and praise. That's why Gateway s...

Do your church meetings qualify as a spectator sport? Discover the biblical alternative in this message, an ideal approach for bi-vocational pastors and small churches.

Eternal Security, Limited Atonement, Five Points of Calvinism, Doctrines of Grace, Synod of Dort

In our passage from Hebrews 12, we encounter a startling description of our God as "a consuming fire." This is not a warm, comforting fire on a cold night. No, this is an image of God's terrible holiness and His fierce judgment. This sermon encourages Christians to have a balanced view of God - His comforting grace and consuming judgment. May God build His people through this expositional sermon.

Scripture clearly declares that God's choice, God's election, is based on God's foreknowledge. "Foreknowledge" has two possible meanings: 1. The mental apprehension of events beforehand; to know in advance 2. To love beforehand; to regard with favor beforehand, or to choose beforehand.

This expositional sermon contrasts the terrifying experience of the Israelites at Mount Sinai under the Old Covenant with the glorious privileges believers now have under the New Covenant, including access to the heavenly Jerusalem, the worship of innumerable angels, fellowship with the righteous, and the mediating work of Jesus. The sermon emphasizes the security and hope believers have in Christ...

It is a Biblical fact that in eternity past God elected (chose) to save some members of the human race and to let the rest perish. But, what was the basis for God's choice; why did God elect these certain few and no others? People's differences line in WHY God picked who He picked: What was the basis for God's choice? Did God pick you because He foresaw that you would one day believe, or, do you b...

Is Hebrews 12:14 speaking about personal or corporate pursuit of peace and holiness? What kind of bitterness is the author addressing here? What is the point of the author in speaking about sexual immorality, which seems to have no connection to the context? What is the responsibility of believers in the church? This sermon addresses some complex issues of the text with encouraging applications to...

It is crucial for believers to understand the significance of their response to the Lord's discipline amidst afflictions. Our reactions shape our journey either towards spiritual maturity or immaturity. May this expositional sermon encourage the hearts of the listeners to embrace a biblically grounded response to the discipline lovingly administered by the Lord.

What is your perspective on the Lord's discipline? Do you view it as an act of punishment from a vengeful God, or do you recognize it as an expression of His love for His children? Delve into this expositional message to dispel any misconceptions about the Lord's discipline and find encouragement to persevere in your faith amid challenges. Understand why the Lord's discipline is a crucial aspect o...

Part 2: Qualifications for Church Leadership

1 Timothy 3:1-7 contains fourteen qualifications for church leaders (a similar list is found in Titus 1:6-8). Universal Applications: 1) Don't assume this does not apply to you if you don't aspire to be a church leader. Every brother's goal should be to embody the character qualities listed here. 2) These are the character qualities single sisters should look for in a man.

RESILIENCE is about staying strong and pressing forward in difficult life situations. This virtue is what modern Christians desperately need. But how do we cultivate this quality in our Christian lives? This expositional sermon encourages us to live a life of resilience in Christ.

Considering the shortness of life, the passing of time, the nearness to death, the one and the only life we have on earth---WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WASTE OUR LIVES. May the Lord use this expositional sermon to encourage you to take your life and all the resources God has given you seriously. Aim to hear these words from the Lord, "Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a lit...

Growing in obedience involves aligning our lives to God's Word, and the local church plays a crucial role in facilitating this growth. The local church serves as a supportive community where believers receive teaching, encouragement, correction, and accountability in their journey of obedience. Through these biblical means, the church contributes to shaping people's lives by fostering a culture of...

Ephesians 4:28, "Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need."

[New Audio Expositional Sermon] Moses - His Faith and Choices [Exposition of Hebrews 11:23-28] What you believe has an impact on the choices you make in life. And the choices we make in life have consequences. In this expositional sermon, we will see how Moses' faith led him to make choices in life which had great rewards. We too are called to make choices, not by focusing on immediate worldly rew...

Abraham receives more verses than any other person in Hebrews 11. He is renowned as "the father of all who believe." He was an ordinary man like us, but his faith in God made him live an extraordinary life. Much of our ineffective Christian living is rooted in the weakness of our faith. May we listen to this man's life and grow in faith to experience God's mighty works in our lives.

Many claim to believe in God, but very few fear God. What does a God-fearing life look like? This expositional sermon presents Noah as an example of a God-fearing life. He lived such a life with no godly example and godly fellowship around him. May we be provoked in our soul to imitate this man of faith.

In the dull description of genealogy in Genesis 5, Enoch outshines for being a man who walked with God. What does it mean to walk with God? Can we modern Christians walk with God? This expositional sermon calls and challenges believers to imitate this man of faith. May the Lord build His church!