Adrian Christian Church Sermons

“I’m Tired” HOW ARE YOU TODAY? Matthew 11:28-30 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (29) Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. (30) For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” 1.THE INVITATION OF JESUS 2. THE YOKE OF JESUS Matthew 23:4 They tie up heavy, cumbersome loads and put t...

“Anna at the Temple” THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Luke 2:36-37 There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, (37) and then was a widow until she was eighty-four. She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. Luke 2:38 Coming up to them at that very moment, she...

“Simeon and Praise” THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Luke 2:21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived. Luke 2:22-24 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord (23) (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every...

“Shepherds and Angels” THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING Luke 2:8-20 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. (9) An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. (10) But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. (11) Tod...

“Joseph, Mary, and the Baby” THIS CHANGES EVERYTHING 1. THE BIRTH STORY IS HISTORICAL Luke 2:1-3 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. (2) (This was the first census that took place while Quirinius was governor of Syria.) (3) And everyone went to their own town to register. 2. THE BIRTH STORY IS MESSIANIC Luke 2:4-5 So Joseph also we...

“Where Can I Get Confidence?” INSECURITY Exodus 3:7-10 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. (8) So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land into a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey...

“I’m Not Good Enough” INSECURITY 1. I DON’T FEEL GOOD ENOUGH TO BE SAVED Romans 8:31-34 What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? (32) He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (33) Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who ju...

“I’m Unsure of Myself” INSECURITY 1. GOD’S WORD TO US Jeremiah 1:4 The word of the LORD came to me, saying… Jeremiah 1:5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.” Psalm 139:13-14 For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. (14) I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully ma...

WE MUST THINK PROPERLY ABOUT THE END TIMES 2 Peter 3:1-2 Dear friends, this is now my second letter to you. I have written both of them as  reminders to stimulate you to wholesome thinking. I want you to recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets and the command given by our Lord and Savior through your apostles. 2. JUDGMENT IS COMING 2 Peter 3:3-7 Above all, you must understand that...

A NEW CREATION 2 Corinthians 5:17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here! Acts 16:31 They replied, “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved—you and your household.” Acts 3:19 Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord, Romans 10:9 If you declare with your mouth,...

A QUESTION FROM JOHN Luke 7:18-23 John’s disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, he sent them to  the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’ ” At that very time Jesus cured many who had...

2 Kings 17:7 All this took place because the Israelites had sinned against the Lord their God, who had brought them up out of Egypt from under the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They worshiped other gods 1. EXILE TO BABYLON Jeremiah 29:4-7 This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says to all those I carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: “Build houses and settle down; plant garde...

WHAT GOD DESIRED OF HIS PEOPLE Deuteronomy 6:5 Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. Leviticus 19:18 Do not seek revenge or bear a grudge against anyone among your people, but love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord. Exodus 24:3-4 When Moses went and told the people all the LORD’s words and laws, they responded with one voice, “Everythi...

“Covenant” LONG STORY SHORT 1. THE COVENANT WITH ABRAM. Genesis 12:1-3 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you. “I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on ea...

NATURAL CORRUPTION Genesis 3:17-19 To Adam he said, “Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You must not eat from it,’ “Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life. It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field. By the sweat of your brow you...

Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. 1. GOD IS ALL POWERFUL. Romans 1:20 For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that people are without excuse. Revelation 4:11 “You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you...

“Then Comes a Lifetime Together” FIRST COMES LOVE Matthew 19:1-3 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he left Galilee and went into the region of Judea to the other side of the Jordan. (2) Large crowds followed him, and he healed them there. (3) Some Pharisees came to him to test him. They asked, “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for any and every reason?” Matthew 19:4-6 “Haven’t...

“Then Comes Sacrifice” FIRST COMES LOVE Ephesians 5:22-33 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord. (23) For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. (24) Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. (25) Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ love...

“Then Comes Marriage” FIRST COMES LOVE Proverbs 24:3-4 By wisdom a house is built, and through understanding it is established; (4) through knowledge its rooms are filled with rare and beautiful treasures. 1. BEFORE YOU ARE MARRIED Romans 12:10 Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves. 2 Corinthians 6:14 Do not be yoked together with unbelievers. For what do righteousn...

Discipleship: "Putting It Into Practice" by Gary Barbee

“Good Soil” DIRT Matthew 13:3-9 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. (4) As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. (5) Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. (6) But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they withe...

“Among Thorns” DIRT Matthew 13:3-9 Then he told them many things in parables, saying: “A farmer went out to sow his seed. (4) As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. (5) Some fell on rocky places, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly, because the soil was shallow. (6) But when the sun came up, the plants were scorched, and they wi...