Fairfield Church of Christ Sermons

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2 Cor. 9:15; John 4:10; Rom. 5:15; 6:23; 11:29; Eph. 2:8; 2 Tim.1:6   –(Brian) -  Let’s be honest. Some people will open their gifts this Christmas and be disappointed. They’ll pretend to be happy when they’re not.   On the other hand, sometimes you receive gifts that you don’t appreciate at the moment, but they grow more valuable to you over time.   The gift God has given to us, the gift of etern...

Riding solo?  Are you sensing a life with no help?  Going through life alone can be challenging, but you can cope by because  of “Immanuel, God with us!”  This idea of God being with you is a mega-them of the entire Bible, and its the central message of Christmas:  Jesus has come to save his people from their sins.  This can only come from a precious  delivery room; a message -you will not have to...

John 1:14; 3:16-18; Heb. 11:17; 1 John 4:9 – (Brian)  Jesus is God’s “one and only” Son.  God gave His only begotten Son.  That is what happened in the birth of Jesus Christ.  But you must believe that He gave him for you. Never was there a giving like this giving.  In that word “gave” is poured all the wonders of grace.  We should read it this way:  “God so loved the world that he gave over his o...

Rom. 3:9-26; 5:18-19;.    Simply put, to justify is to declare righteous. Justification is an act of God where He pronounces a sinner to be righteous because of that sinner’s faith in Christ. According to one theologian, “the root idea in justification is the declaration of God, the righteous judge, that the man who believes in Christ, sinful though he may be, is righteous—is viewed as being right...

Numbers 5:7-9; Heb. 7:25-28;- (Brian)Atonement is also an important word, but many people have little understanding of what it means since it is exclusively theological. A popular definition is that atonement is “at-one-ment”; in other words, it is the way that we are made one with God when we used to be alienated from Him by our sins. At the heart of the matter, that is correct. Atonement was, at...

Redemption" refers to the act of atoning for guilt, being rescued from evil, or repurchasing something that was sold. It is a concept central to theology, particularly Christianity, where it signifies deliverance from sin through the sacrifice of Christ. In a secular context, redemption can also describe the act of making amends, improving morally, or a financial action like repaying a debt or rep...

The word serve doesn’t typically get a lot of excitement for people because it feels like work.  But the truth is that Jesus came for the purpose to save but to do so by demonstrating it as to serve.   The term "hupereteo" (or huperetes) from the New Testament is a Greek word meaning   "servant", often referring to a subordinate rower in a ship or any other kind of manual servant or minister. In t...

Holiness is God’s essential character. The journey of the believer is INTO HOLINESS. It’s about becoming more and more distinct and separate from the fallen condition of this world. The opposite of holiness is “SAMENESS”. To be unholy is to be just the same as everybody else. Our lives should be a stark contrast to those around us who have not come into right relationship with God. From Moses's jo...

These are the last words of Paul in his letter to Timothy.  And after giving quite a few instructions on various church matters, he is now concluding his letter with some wise advice.  Have you noticed when you end up failing to walk in obedience to Jesus’ words your heart stops pursuing God and starts pursuing the things of the world?  Our ongoing pursuit of heavenly things should include guardin...

6:1-11 – Have you ever accidentally ruined something?  Have ever  wanted to ruin something?  Your actions are different to these extreme ways of ruining.  I would say that success is spiritual and inward, not material and outward. Verse 6 in our text today says, “But godliness with contentment is great gain.” If you have godliness, you have great gain. You may not have the things the world can aff...

5:1-16 - Church is a unique experience for a lot of reasons, but one reason that I think church is unique is that it brings people from a variety of backgrounds and life experiences together. Oftentimes, you’ll meet someone who shares similar life experiences, but I hope we’re all here because it’s our heart’s desire to worship the living God and it’s our shared faith in the person and work of Jes...

There are several metaphors throughout the New Testament illustrating the nature of the Christian life and Christian community.  All the metaphors in 1 Timothy 4 are embedded with the need for training, for spiritual disciplines and practices which strengthen faith and promote spiritual health - Muscle training. If you dedicate yourself to these things, there will be no room for entertaining wacky...

1 Timothy 3:1-13 The church has always needed people who would give themselves for the good of the flock. We live in a time that is all about being a consumer. We just take what we want and need. Sometimes the church is looked at in the same lens. You come and get what you want out of it, whether it be singing, kids bible classes, preaching, the Lord’s Supper, or fellowship.  None of these would e...

Looking for peace and some order is good.  Praying provides peace for the praying person.  Paul is giving Timothy and each of us some instruction for appropriate worship patterns and prayer  in chapter two.  God wants us all to pray for everyone.   God is looking for godly devotion done in appropriate ways.  The ultimate goal is for for every believer to live a life characterized by peace, order a...

1:1-20 –What sustains and unites the church is not a pastor or a program.  It’s not worship style or music.  What sustains and unites the church is the perseverance of Jesus coming for those that need Him!  The apostle Paul highlights the role of the law as well as the mercy that God showed him as the “foremost” sinner.  This same mercy in Jesus Christ remains the church’s only hope!  The church i...

Acts 6:1-7; Eph. 4:11-13; 1 Cor. 12:14-22.  Ultimately we end up pointing to human brokenness – God’s people and our God together makes up Everybody that is found greater than somebody.  You end up finding how much stronger you are together than you were alone.  Here’s what’s great about Christian community – the more you want from it, and the more you give to it, the more uncomfortable you have t...

Gen. 1:26; 2:18; 3:7-8; Rev. 7:9; 2 Cor. 13:11 – Why do we exist?  The very core of creation/humanity is the need to belong -  to be in vulnerable relationships that build the framework for community to take place. Before anything was created, we will see that God existed in community:  Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  The three in one is the source that everything was created and moves.  So it stand...

Luke 24:13-35; Deut. 6:4-9 - It’s frustrating when you can’t see something but you’re told it’s there.   Does this ever happen to you with the big things in life?  Where you’re looking for something important but just can’t see it? How about when you look for God but can’t sense his presence?   You look for Him, and you’re told by your preacher and more spiritually attuned friends that “He’s right...

Luke 18:18-19; James 1:16-18; Rom. 8:12-17 -A perfectly reasonable question to ask of someone like Jesus, one would think, and a decently polite way of putting it. But Jesus’ response begins in typically exasperating fashion:  “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone.” By asking “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus is forcing the young man to reflect on his own perception of who Jesus is...

Mark 4:30-32;  Mark 10:13-15 – Jesus thinks about the imagery that best describes the ontology of the Kingdom and its ways – that of the mustard seed( the smallest or the garden seeds).  It is common and worked for the imagery of contrast, the point Jesus is making is simple, that “small beginnings can yield great outcomes.”  The way of the seed does not fit the logic of the world, it is small and...

Luke 12: 22-34; Phil. 4:4-7 -    I wonder how many of you are worried right now? You've got an ongoing weight, a burden, someone you love, something you care about, something that you want to change, but you can't figure out how to change. It's a never ending weight, something that's always present with you. If you do, you're not alone. Worry is like telling our omnipotent God the unthinkable: “I...

God knows you love Him.  But, for sure, He wants to hear you say it and watch your love flow for Him. Have you ever seen those bumper stickers that says, “To know me is to love me.” Why would you put that on your car? Every time I see one of those I think, I doubt that. So often the better we get to know somebody, the more we really know them, the harder it becomes to love them. God knows you from...

John 11:17-44; John 20:31; Rom. 15:13 - The question Jesus asks us: “Do you believe I am the resurrection and the life?”   “Do you believe THIS?” “Eternal life" in the gospel of John is not only a future thing.  It's something you have, and experience, right now. It's a now-and-later thing. This eternal life-- this Spirit life-- that you have with God, will be forever unbroken. Death will not ever...

John 9: 1-41; John 3:12; John 5:39-48 -    Jesus often used temporary situations to illustrate larger spiritual issues.  Do you know that there may be hardships and obstacles in your life that are there so that God will be glorified in them in some way in the end?    While many may skew understandings of sin and it's consequences, Jesus does not.   Is it offensive to believe that God may allow som...