Immanuel Baptist Church

1. The Identity of the Coming One 2. The Manner of His Coming 3. The Effects of His Coming

1. He is the One who loves us 2. He is the One who has freed us from our sins by His blood 3. He is the One who has made us a kingdom 4. He is the One who has made us priests 5. The praise we are to give

Main Idea: "Church, be encouraged by God's grace and peace imparted to you and by the God who imparts them." 1. Be encouraged by the grace and peace 2. Be encouraged by the God who imparts them to you

Main Idea: "Listen to and keep what is written in Revelation" 1. Listen to and keep what's written in Revelation because of who it is from 2. Listen to and keep what's written in Revelation because of what it is about

1. Marriage is for most 2. Marriage isn't for everyone , because God gifts some for singleness 3. Defining the 'gift'

1. Finding the right one 2. How to proceed once you think you've found the right one

Main Idea: "First things first. There is a proper order to take in your preparations." 1. Preparing for marriage 2. Preparing for eternity 3. The preparations of Christ for His bride

Main Idea: Marriage is about Christ and the Church. 1. The ultimate purpose of marriage 2. What does this mean for us?

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1. Substitution 2. Imputation 3. Justification by Faith

Main Idea: "True followers of Christ make the cross their only boast, because they know the cross is their only hope." 1. Those who are false boast in the flesh. 2. Those who are true make the cross of Christ their only boast. 3. How to get a deeper sense of the preciousness of the cross of Christ

Main Idea: "You will reap what you sow." 1. Share with those who teach you God's Word. 2. Do not be deceived. 3. Don't grow weary. 4. Do good.

Main Idea: "Bear one another's burdens." 1. The call to burden-bearing love 2. An obstacle to this love 3. How to overcome this obstacle

Main Idea: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit." 1. The fruit of the Spirit described 2. Practical helps for keeping in step with the Spirit

Main Idea: "If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit." 1. The List of Vices: "Works of the flesh" 2. The warning to those practicing such things 3. Practical helps in keeping in step with the Spirit

Main Idea: "God delays His judgement in patience, but He will surely come to refine His people and judge the wicked." 1. The people's complaint against God 2. The promise of God's coming 3. The results of God's coming

Main Idea: "Christian, walk by the Spirit." 1. What it is to "walk by the Spirit" 2. Why we are called to walk by the Spirit 3. A word of encouragement

Main Idea: "Use your freedom to lovingly serve one another by the power of the Holy Spirit." 1. How do we use our freedom? 2. Why? It fulfills the law. 3. Why? Because failing to do so destroys Christian community. 4. How? It is by the Spirit that we find the strength to use our freedom in this way.

Main Idea: "When the situation is serious, a serious response is needed." 1. Serious error requires a serious response 2. Serious truth calls for the willingness to make serious sacrifices

Main Idea: "Through the Spirit, by faith, eagerly wait for the hope of righteousness." 1. The way of deadly ritualism 2. The way of saving faith

Main Idea: Don't submit to spiritual slavery by trying to work for what Christ has already given you. 1. Two women, two sons, two covenants 2. Who are you? 3. How this knowledge helps us avoid getting scammed into spiritual slavery

Main Idea: As we work to build God's house, we must rest in God's faithfulness, repent of our faithlessness, and rejoice in God's provision of hope. 1. As we work to build God's house, we must first rest in God's faithfulness (2:1-9) 2. As we work to build God's house, we must repent of our faithlessness (2:10-19) 3. As we work to build God's house, we must rejoice in t...

God rejects hypocritical worship and calls His people to faithfulness in the covenant of marriage. 1. Superficial sorrow is not true repentance (v. 13-14) 2. Marriage is a covenant before God designed for companionship and godly offspring (v. 14-15) 3. Divorce violates God's covenant (v. 16)

Main Idea: "Align your priorities with God's priorities in order to build God's house." 1. Align your priorities with God's priorities by considering your ways (1:1-11) 2. Build God's house by obeying His Word (1:12-15)

Main Idea: “Follow the apostolic example of Christian freedom.” 1. What Paul meant by “Become as I am.” 2. The goal of following the apostolic example 3. Obstacles to following the apostolic example