Doxa Church Sermons

Preacher: Chris Ritter Big Idea: Understanding the Law requires that you believe 4 crucial truths Truth #1: The Law never changed how someone is justified before God. Matthew 1:1 -- “The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham”  John 8:39, 40, 44a  Truth #2: The Law exposes, increases and explains sin. - The Law is not a ladder for you to climb up to God but a m...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. The blessing of the Gospel (vv.6-9) - John 8:39 - John 8:56 2. Option #1: The road to cursing (vv.10-12) - Matt 5:48 - James 2:10 3. Option #2: The road to blessing - 2 Cor 5:21 

Preacher: Ryan Jorgenson Be known for… 1. …following Jesus even if trials continue 2. …giving Jesus the credit 3. …charitable good works 4. …showing hospitality

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea:  Faith in the Gospel isn’t just the entry point but the plan for the whole of the Christian life. 1. Keep your eyes on the Cross (v.1) 2. Keep your trust in the Gospel (vv.2-5)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Justification by faith results in...       1. A changed standing (vv.15-16) 2. A changed self (vv.17-21)

Big Idea: Confronting a life out of step with the Gospel  1. Fear of man (vv.11-12) - Acts 10:15  - Acts 10:28  - Acts 11:2-3  - Acts 11:18 2. Hypocrisy (v.13) 3. Legalism (v.14)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Unity for the Gospel must be pursued because it’s a...        1. Fight for fruitfulness (vv.1-2)  Acts 15:9-11 -- God has made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith. Now, therefore, why you putting God to the test by placing a yoke on the neck of the disciples that neither our fathers nor we have been able to bear? But we believe tha...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 2 Proofs that the Gospel is from God not man... 1. Consider the truth preached a. Not man-pleasing but God-pleasing (v.10) b. Not man's religion but God's revelation (vv.11-12)  2. Consider the testimony proclaimed  a. Before Christ (vv.13-14) Phil 3:4b-6 -- If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eight...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. To desert the Gospel is to desert God and His grace Ways we can desert the Gospel:  a. When we fail b. When it’s personal  c. When there’s pressure 2. To distort the Gospel is to lose the Gospel Jude 4:4 -- For certain people have crept in unnoticed who long ago were designated for this condemnation, ungodly people, who pervert the grace of our God into sensuality a...

Preacher: Chris Ritter 3 Questions Paul answers these verses:  1.  Who is Paul? 2.  What has God done? 3.  What is at stake? Who is Paul? - Apostle - General - Someone sent on behalf of another with delegated authority - Specific -- A group of specific men who spent time with Jesus, saw Jesus risen, and who were commissioned specifically by Jesus to have his authority and power to build the Church...

The Gospel: the Good News that the holy God of the universe has looked upon our helpless state as sinful men and women and in great love, sent His Son, Jesus Christ, God in the flesh, to bear His wrath against sin on the Cross and to show His power over sin in the resurrection, so that everyone who turns from their sin and works and trusts in Jesus as Savior and Lord will be forgiven of sin and re...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Since Christ is risen, 3 assurances... 1. You will be instantaneously changed (vv.50-53) 2. Death will be irrevocably conquered (vv.54-57) 3. You should be immovably confident (v.58)

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. General Eschatology a. The Kingdom of God b. The Return of Christ c. Final Judgment  2. Personal Eschatology  a. Death 6 views of the after life:  - Naturalism  - Universalism  - Annihilationism  - Reincarnation - Purgatory - Soul sleep b. Intermediate State c. Resurrection d. Hell  e. Heaven

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Priority of the church Do you love the church like Jesus does?  2. Perspective on the church a. Invisible church vs. Visible church b. Universal church vs. Local church 3. People of the church 4. Plan for the church a. Elders - Do you lead your household well? - Do you live an exemplary life for others to follow? - Do you study, teach, and defend the faith? b. Deaco...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: The work of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Christ (John 16:14)-- through Spirit-led, Spirit-dependent, Spirit-empowered, and Spirit-filled lives.   1. Spirit led  2. Spirit-dependent Sinclair Ferguson -- “From womb to tomb to throne, the Spirit was the constant companion of the Son. As a result, when He comes to Christians to indwell them, He comes as the Spir...

 Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Election 3 options for your eternal fate: a. You choose  b. Satan chooses c. God chooses 2. Effectual Calling Romans 10:14-17 -- How will they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in Him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching. And how are they to preach unless they are sent. As it is writ...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. The Person of Christ a. Jesus is truly God b. Jesus is truly man c. Jesus and the hypostatic union 2. The Work of Christ a. Offices of Christ - Prophet  - Priest    i. Atonement of Christ    ii. Intercession Christ    - King b. States of Christ’s work Preincarnate glory c. Humiliation of Christ - Incarnation - Life - Crucifixion d. Exaltation of Christ - Resurrectio...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 1. Origin of Sin - James 1:13-14 - Gen 2:16-17  - Genesis 3:1-6 2. Transmission of sin - Romans 5:12 - Romans 5:19  a. Pelagian view b. Arminian view c. Realism d. Federalism 3. Nature of Sin - World’s perspective a. Humanism b. Materialism  c. Psychology d. Environmentalism - Sin is pervasive  a. All humans are sinners-- Romans 3:10-12  - Total depravity  i. Complete...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Genesis 5:1-2 -- When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. Male and female He created them, and He blessed them and named them Man when they were created.  1. Origin of Man Genesis 2:7 -- then the Lord formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.  4 Implications:  a. Rela...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: God created all things, in the beginning, by His word for His glory. 1. Who? 'God' Nehemiah 9:6 -- You are the Lord, You alone. You have made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them; and You preserve all of them’ the host of heaven worships You.  Job 12:10 -- in His hand i...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Romans 11:33 -- Oh the depths of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and how inscrutable His ways.  1. Existence of God 4 Natural 'proofs' a. Ontological argument b. Cosmological argument c. Teleological argument d. Moral argument C.S. Lewis -- “My argument against God was that the universe seems so cruel and unjust....

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead Big Idea: The Bible is the necessary, inspired, inerrant, authoritative and sufficient word of God 1. Necessity of the Bible a.  General Revelation - Creation: Psalm 19:1 -- The heavens declare the glory of God Romans 1:19-20 -- For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely his eternal power and...

Preacher: Scott Hollingshead 4 reasons why theology matters:  a. We’re all theologians b. We love God c. Life demands it d. Lost people need it  Big Idea: There is one God who eternally exists as three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit-- each person is fully and equally God.   1. What is the Trinity?   a. God is three persons b. Each person is fully God c. There is one God 2. Why does it matte...

Preacher: Chris Ritter The 5 P's of Communion  - Preamble - Purpose - Power - Promise - Participants 1. Preamble to Communion: Passover - Exodus 12:21-28  2. Purpose of Communion Jesus re-purposed the Passover meal to make clear He was the center of the New Covenant, the One it would be based on. 3. Power in Communion - Hebrews 10:10-12 and 18  6 Powerful Reminders Communion gives us: - Our n...

Preacher: Zak Graves Jesus being God is what the entire Bible is pointing to! Accepting this truth is the best way to end 2017 and the only way to start 2018. 4 Components of Jesus’ Godhood: 1. Jesus Is - The Image of God - Image = Exact Imprint 2. Jesus Is - The Firstborn of Creation - Firstborn = Authority in Time & Rank - Evidence 1: Immediate Context (v.18) - Evidence 2: Other Biblical Con...