Four Oaks South Sermons

Passage: James 1:1-18 Big Idea: In light of the coming kingdom, pursue God’s purpose for affliction with dependent, devoted perseverance. 1) Assessing our trials in context 2) Assessing our temptations up close

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27 Big Idea: We subdue ourselves to serve as we enter the world of our neighbors to win them to Christ and receive our eternal reward. 1) Relinquish Your Rights 2) Rule Your Desires 3) Remember Your Reward

Passage: Luke 15:11-32   Big Idea: Encountering the grace of the Father’s welcome rescues us from the emptiness of self-centered living.   1) Running Away in Rebellion 2) Returning Home to the Father 3) Reluctance to Rejoice

Passage: John 1:1-18 Big Idea: Because the Word was made flesh, we now know our Father and can live as beloved children. 1) Agnostic as Orphans 2) The Word Reveals the Father   3) Authorized for Adoption

Passage: John 1:6-9 Big Idea: Because the light has come and is coming, we’ve been restored to our purpose to work, welcome, and worship as witnesses. 1) The Wrong Story 2) The Right Story 3) Our Restored Purpose

Passage: John 1:1-5 Big Idea: We suffer in silent spiritual darkness because of sin, but life-giving light has come through Jesus, the Word who is God. 1) The Soreness of God's Silence 2) The Person of God's Speech 3) The Life from God's 

Passage: Psalm 130 Big Idea: Though we flounder in this fallen world, hope in the fullness of future redemption because of the forgiveness we’ve already received.   1) Cry out in chaos   2) Remember Christ's forgiveness   3) Hope in God's promises

Passage: Colossians 4:7-18 Big Idea: Prize the purpose and people of God as you pursue meaningful maturity in Christ.   1) Prioritize God's Purpose 2) Prioritize God's People 3) Prioritize Faithfulness

Passage: Colossians 4:2-6 Big Idea: Play your role in Christ's kingdom mission by prioritizing prayer and gospel proclamation.   1) Persist in Prayer   2) Prepare to Proclaim

Passage: Colossians 3:18-4:1 Big Idea: Approach your relationships at work and at home according to your kingdom citizenship in Christ    1) Render your rank at home 2) Render your rank at work 3) Remember where the story is headed

Passage: Colossians 3:5-17 Big Idea: We live out our union with Christ by putting sin to death, putting his character on, and pursuing his peace together.   1) Put to death the sins to which we have died in Christ   2) Put on the garments of those who have been raised with Christ   3) Prize the peace of the body of Christ

Passage: Colossians 3:1-4 Big Idea: We lay hold of and live out of our connection to Christ as we contemplate and our connection to him.   1) The condition of Christian Spirituality   2) The concentration of Christian Spirituality   3) The contemplation of Christian Spirituality

Passage: Colossians 2:16-23 Big Idea: Beware spirituality that is founded and focused on self-made progress, rather than clinging to Christ   1) The content of self-made spirituality 2) The character of self-made spirituality 3) The collapse of self-made spirituality 4) The challenge of self-made spirituality

Passage: Colossians 2:13-15 Big Idea: The cross of Christ has canceled your sin and crushed Satan's forces, so you can walk in the freedom of new life in Christ.   1) You have new life in Christ   2) Your sins have been forgiven   3) You have Christ's victory over darkness

Passage: Colossians 2:6-12 1) Walk out your life in Christ 2) Resist what is apart from Christ 3) Receive what is yours in Christ

Passage: Colossians 1:24-2:5 Big Idea: Gospel ministry calls for a painstaking preoccupation with proclaiming Christ, who is the pathway for wisdom and maturity 1) The affliction of Gospel ministry 2) The attention of Gospel ministry 3) The aim of Gospel ministry

Passage: Colossians 1:15-23 Big Idea: Our salvation is safe and sufficient, because Christ our Savior reigns supreme. 1) Jesus is King 2) Jesus Reconciles in His Reign 3) Keep Clinging to King Jesus

Passage: Colossians 1:1-14 Big Idea: The Person and proclamation of Jesus are enough to advance God's reign in the world and actualize a worthy walk in our lives   1) Paul and the Colossian Church (vv. 1-2)   2) Perceive the Gospel's Work (vv. 3-8)   3) Pray and Produce the Gospel's walk (vv. 9-14)

Passage: Nehemiah 8:1-12 Big Idea: God uses Scripture, sorrow, and celebration to supply his people with joy and move them from sadness to strength. 1) Responsiveness to Scripture   2) From Sorrow to Strength 3) The Practice of Celebration

Passage: 2 Thessalonians 1:5-12 Big Idea: Jesus will bring judgment and glory when he’s revealed in his return; so we persevere in holy hope.   1) The Day of the Lord brings revelation   2) The Day of the Lord brings judgment   3) The Day of the Lord brings glory

Passage: Luke 22:14-23 Big Idea: When we take the Lord’s Supper, Christ meets us to renew our faith as we remember his sacrifice that unites us.   1) The Blood of the Lamb has set us free   2) The Blood of the Lamb has made us his people   3) The Blood of the Lamb has made us one

Passage: Romans 6:1-4 Big Idea: We receive and remember our baptism because it pictures the promises we possess through our new life in Christ. 1) Receive and remember the New Covenant 2) Receive and remember our new authority 3) Receive and remember our new identity 4) Receive and remember our new vitality

Passage: Ephesians 2:11-22 Big Idea: We find our place and purpose in God’s new covenant community, because God’s plan for the world progresses through his people. 1) Locate yourself in the church's story 2) Learn yourself through the church's identity 3) Live your purpose through the church's mission

Passage: Matthew 4:12-25 Big Idea: Receive and run after the rule of God, because his kingdom restores shalom in us and through us. 1) Kingdom Declaration "God's rule through God's people over God's place" -Jeremy Treat 2) Kingdom Demonstration -Three Dimensions of the Kingdom: Inside-Out Upside-Down Forward-Back 3) Kingdom Consummation

Passage: Galatians 3:1-6 Main Idea: The Holy Spirit frees us for a life of empowered love and witness. 1) The Spirit empowers us by faith (Gal. 3:1-6) 2) The Spirit empowers us to love (Galatians 5:5-6, 1 Corinthians 12:4-14) 3) The Spirit empowers us to witness (Acts 2)