Four Oaks South Sermons

Passage: Exodus 14 Big Idea: God overcomes our overwhelming opposition to declare that he is a dependable deliverer 1) Behold Our Suffocating Situation 2) Behold God's Saving Power 3) Believe the Sovereign Servant

Passage: Exodus 13 Big Idea: God's saving sacrifice sanctifies us to live as his people, in his presence, on the path to the Promised Land   1) Set apart for God's possession 2) Set apart for God's purpose 3) Set apart for God's presence

Passage: Exodus 12:43-51 Big Idea: God commanded a covenant meal as a rhythmic reminder of redemptive reality 1) A New People is Formed 2) A New Age has Dawned 3) A New Freedom is Won

Passage: Exodus 12:1-42 Big Idea: Receive the rescue of the blood of the Lamb that brings us home   1) Retribution 2) Substitution 3) Exaltation 4) Commemoration 

Passage: Exodus 9   1) Yahweh judges his enemies... 2) ...that He might deliver His people... 3)...that He might display and donate His glory

Passage: Exodus 8 Big Idea: Yahweh defeats the deceptive domination of darkness to free his exiles by his sovereign power   1) The cause of spiritual warfare 2) The capability of spiritual warfare 3) The commitment of spiritual warfare

Passage: Exodus 7 Big Idea: God displays his sovereign supremacy as he saves his people through judgment. 1) God schemes salvation in sovereignty 2) God subverts competitors in sovereignty 3) God showcases supremacy in sovereignty

Passage: Exodus 6   Big Idea: When we are slow to see the salvation our Savior swore, we need to hear him say: 1.) I am the Lord your God 2.) You are mine 3.) You are not theirs 4.) The inheritance is yours 

Passage: Exodus 5 Big Idea: The dominance of exile highlights our plight, but doesn't hinder God's promise to save 1) The dominance of exile exposes our need 2) The dominance of exile entails our salvation

Passage: Exodus 4 Big Idea: God equips his servants with all they need to participate in his saving work. 1) Equipped with power 2) Equipped with partnership 3) Equipped with pardon

Passage: Exodus 3 Big Idea: God reveals his Person and his purpose when he draws near to save. 1) Behold the God of consecration and covenant 2) Behold the God who sees and saves 3) Behold the God who is and is with us

Passage: Exodus 2 Big Idea: The God who Sees sends a Redeemer who joins us in exile to bring justice and goes before us in experiencing salvation. 1) God's Redeemer Incarnates 2) God's Redeemer Liberates 3) God's Redeemer Demonstrates

Passage: Exodus 1 Big Idea: Yahweh's self-revealing redemption begins with promised blessing that perseveres in domination and death 1) Situating the Story of Redemption 2) Starting with the Buoyancy of Blessing

Passage: Luke 24:1-35   Jesus' resurrection means: 1) Hope is real 2) Hope is recovered 3) Hope is resolved

Passage: James 5:13-20 Big Idea: As we experience the power of prayer in every season and offer protection from deception, we wait and walk together on our way home. 1) Pray in gladness and gloom 2) Pray and confess with confidence in power 3) Pursue those deviating in deception

Passage: James 5:7-13 Big Idea:  Find flourishing in suffering by being patient in pain until the coming of Christ. 1) Fix your heart on the harvest 2) Watch your words in weariness 3) Lament and lean on God’s mercy

Title: Woes to the Wealthy  Text: James 5:1-6 Big Idea: A worked-out faith turns from the misery of trusting riches and embraces the joy of generosity because of Christ’s generosity. Misery 1: Stockpiled Stuff that Corrodes and Convicts Misery 2: Dishonest Dealings that God Hears of and Hates Misery 3: Gluttonous Gratification that Desensitizes and Destroys   Application: 1: Fast and Feast 2: See...

Passage: James 4:13-17 Big Idea: Plan and pursue lives of humble dependence on providence, rather than presuming on self-sufficiency. 1) The problem of self-presumption 2) The path of humble dependence

Passage: James 4:1-12 Big Idea: Our disordered desires wreck our relationships, but humble repentance moves us from ruin to restoration   1) Recognize the root of the wreckage 2) Return with humble allegiance 3) Return with weeping repentance

Passage: James 3:13-18   Big Idea: We must perceive and practice heavenly wisdom marked by meek righteousness that leads to peace.   1) Evaluating claims of wisdom 2) Exposing the source of false wisdom 3) Embodying the peace of true wisdom

Passage: James 3:1-12   1) The tongue stumbles us 2) The tongue steers us 3) The tongue sets on fire 4) The tongue switches up

Passage: James 2:14-26 Big Idea: We live in obedience to Jesus because we have a wholehearted faith that demonstrates what it declares 1) The Paradox of Faith and Works 2) The Purpose of Faith and Works 3) The Practice of Faith and Works  

Passage: Psalm 116 Big Idea: We respond to God’s gracious deliverance with loving gratitude and dependent devotion 1) Reflecting on God's Gracious Deliverance 2) Responding to God's Gracious Deliverance

Passage: James 2:1-13 Big Idea: We put away partiality because God’s mercy has freed us from judging to love in light of the judgment to come. 1) Partiality puts us in the wrong seat 2) Partiality places us in the wrong story 3) Partiality prevents our liberty to love

Passage: James 1:19-27 Big Idea: We must restrain our mouths and our malice as we receive God’s word as wholehearted hearers 1) Prize worthy words 2) Prize wholehearted hearing 3) Prize real religion