City Line Church Sermons

Galatians 4:1-7 In this passage Paul illustrates the role the law had for Israel as being like a caretaker for an underage heir. Israel was subject to the law until the time set by the Father. During that time Israel was enslaved to the law, a basic, rudimentary spiritual guardian/guide. The special time appointed for Christ to come (the fullness of time) brought about our redemption from the law/...

Galatians 3:1-14 Paul encourages the Galatians to remember how God brought them together as communities of faith in Jesus. This wasn’t by good works, works of the Law, or circumcision. This was by simple faith in Jesus who then empowered them by the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit makes the local church a community of brothers and sisters, children of Abraham. All of this is even possible only becaus...

Galatians 2:1-10 The troubles that the Galatian churches are having is not Paul’s first go around with these kinds of false beliefs and false teachers. Earlier in Paul’s ministry, some false believers tried to convince Titus, Paul’s gentile friend, that he needed to be circumcised if he was going to be a Christian. Paul thought this was crazy! This matter was brought before the early Christian lea...

Galatians 1:11-24 Personal testimonies of how people come to faith in Jesus can be very powerful. In this passage, Paul actually tells his personal testimony of coming to faith in Jesus. But, the story is not really about Paul, it’s about God’s Grace towards Paul. It’s not by Paul’s power that he is saved. It is not by Paul’s good works, or his intellect, or his zeal, but it is by God’s sovereign...

Galatians 1:1-10 The intro sermon focuses on introducing us to Paul, the people churches of Galatia, the theological troubles that were being brought into the communities, and finally a look at the Gospel of Jesus that brings actual freedom. This is because true freedom is not what we have to do for God in order to be made right, but has everything to do with what God has done for us in Jesus Chri...

Revelation 19:6-9 Towards the end of John’s Revelation he sees the future Marriage Supper of the Lamb. This is the final destination that the Passover Feasts and the Lord’s Supper and all the times we’ve received Communion have been pointing to all along. The great multitude cry out in praise once more, “Hallelujah! For our Lord God almighty reigns. Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! F...

1 Corinthians 5:6-8 The Apostle Paul is dealing with a church in Corinth with lots of problems. One of the worst problems is a man in the church is openly sleeping with his father’s wife! Paul, chastising the church for letting this continue, drops in this beautiful line that has been used in communion liturgies in the church for centuries, “For Christ, our Passover Lamb has been sacrificed. There...

John 1:29-31 John the Baptist is one of the more mysterious characters in the NT. As preparer for the Way of Jesus, he proclaims and baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The right response to the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world is repentance.

Exodus 12:21-28 This story is set in the context of Israel in captivity in Egypt. God, working through Moses and Aaron, has brought plagues to Egypt. The only way for the people of Israel to avoid the plague of the death of the firstborn is to sacrifice a lamb and take the blood of the lamb and put that blood on the top and both sides of the door frames of their homes. The sacrificed lamb became k...

Luke 15:11-24

Genesis 22:1-8 This is the story of the patriarch Abraham being asked by God to sacrifice his son Isaac up on a mountain. This is one of the most dramatic and most theologically significant stories in Genesis. They make it up to the mountain but Isaac questions Abraham why there is no Lamb to sacrifice. Abraham says that God Himself will provide the lamb for the sacrifice. Just as Abraham is about...

Matthew 7:24-29 Jesus uses a metaphor of two builders to illustrate the importance of building one’s life on a solid foundation. The wise builder constructs on Jesus, the rock, while the foolish builder builds on sand, ignoring Jesus’ teachings. Storms reveal the truth about one’s foundation, exposing the strength of those who build on Jesus and the weakness of those who do not. Life’s storms reve...