Gospel Saving Church

Overview- Christ Centric or Self Centric. 2 Timothy 2:4-13. My sermon today covers the aspect of this section of scripture about what it means for a Christian to live a Christ centered life (being Christ centric), or a self-centered (self-centric) life. I also discuss the eternal benefits and disadvantages of both types of lifestyles. What does it mean to live a Christ centric lifestyle? What does...

Overview- What's Your Focus? 2 Tim 2:1-4. In my message today we study Paul’s Words to Tim and all Christians today, about a few different things that he wanted him and us today to stay focused on. First, be strong in the grace of Jesus Christ. Second, go out and get men and teach them his teachings, and teach them to do the same. Third, do it as a good soldier enduring hardship. Fourth and last,...

Overview- You Must Hold Fast. 2 Timothy 1:13-18. In our message today we studied Paul’s commands to Timothy to HOLD FAST to his teachings, and KEEP up the practicing of the spiritual gift that God gave Him, and I talked about what these things translated to in real life. Then sadly I taught on Paul telling Timothy how ALL the Christians in Asia had forsaken him, including three people and one fami...

Overview- Let The Redeemed Of The Lord Say So. 2 Tim 1:6-12. Paul tells Timothy in verse 8 of our text today “do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord”. In this statement, Paul is telling Timothy that he shouldn’t be ashamed of Jesus Christ and His Gospel, he refers to the Gospel in verse 10. So, in my sermon today I focus on Paul’s exhortation to Timothy, or to all Christians (since the Bib...

Overview- God Is Enough Pt. 2. 2 Timothy 1:1-7. I didn’t originally intend on this subject being the focus of back to back sermons two weeks in a row, but with the things that I have had going on in my life right now, what Paul was going through at the time he wrote this letter, and God leading me to study 2 Tim as our next book of Bible to study, I got the vision from God for this message, and so...

Overview - God Is Enough. 1 Tim 6:6-21. In our message today, I mainly focus on what Paul says to Timothy in verse 6 of Chapter 6, Godliness with contentment is great gain, or simply when God is enough, you will have great prosperity, but not financial prosperity, spiritually prosperity. But what happens when God is not enough, or God stops being enough for a Christian? As Paul writes about this a...

Overview- If You Abide In My Word You Are My Disciples. 1 Tim 6:2-5. In my sermon, I mainly focus on Paul’s advice to Timothy, the Christians in Ephesus, and us today, to GET AWAY FROM PEOPLE THAT TEACH TEACHINGS that go against the teachings of Jesus Christ, Paul, and the Bible’s doctrine of Godliness. Why would Paul write this in his letter here? Jesus makes it very clear in the Gospel of John 8...

Overview- Don't Dishonor, Nor Despise, But Represent. 1 Tim 6:1-2. In our sermon today we study Paul’s words to Timothy as to how Christians who were either purchased slaves (so someone’s property), or willful servants (same as people today who have jobs with companies) were to behave towards their bosses or owners who were either Christians or unbelievers. Paul references that Christians of his t...

Overview- To Whom Much Is Given Much Is Required. 1 Timothy 5:17-25. In our message today we continued to read, and I continue to teach on Paul’s instruction to Timothy as to how church members should be treated. Paul spends the entire chapter five teaching Timothy how church members should be treated. And this week in our study of the last verses of chapter five, Paul continues to teach Timothy h...

Overview- Are You Still Satisfied With Christ. 1 Timothy 5:1-16. Today I teach in depth on Paul’s direction to Timothy on how he should handle those in his congregation who are in need of correction, and on Paul’s direction to Timothy on which widows the church should support and which ones the church should not support. In this section of scripture, Paul does give some interesting direction to Ti...

172 - Totally In God's Hands- Christmas 2015 by Ed Spagnoli

Overview- The Biblical Doctrine Of Salvation. 1 Tim 4:12-16. In our sermon today we go through the first four verses of our text and I just comment a very little on them as they are just concerning Paul’s commands to Timothy in regards to his personal ministry serving the church at Ephesus. I put most of my focus on verse 16 where Paul tells us why teaching the true doctrines of the Bible, includi...

Overview- One Must Endure Until The End To Be Saved. 1 Timothy 4:6-11. In our sermon today we first examine the actual statistics and demographics of the Christian church of today to see if they really prove the statements I made last week about the Christian church of today being in great apostasy. They are some sad statistics for sure. The main part of our sermon focuses on Gods promises to peop...

Overview- The Great Apostasy. 1 Timothy 4:1-5. In our sermon today we focused most of our message on 1 Tim 4:1- Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith. This is called apostasy from the faith, which just means there will be a falling away from the simple truths of God’s Word and who Jesus Christ really is. And what we have seen up to this point in time ha...

Overview- God's Standards For Those Running His Church. 1 Timothy 3:1-16. In our message today We study the entire chapter of 1 Timothy 3, which is Paul’s charge to Timothy for the church in Ephesus, and for our churches today. We talk about what God requires the leaders of His church to hold themselves, their families and their wives to, in order for them to be qualified to lead His church. I tea...

Overview- God’s Not A Sexist, 1 Timothy 2:8-15. In our message today we continue to study the teachings of the Apostle Paul to Timothy in regards to church structure for Timothy as a guide to him so that he can lead this church. But since God is relevant yesterday, today and tomorrow, we know that this section of scripture is also relevant for our day today as well, because God inspired it to be w...

Overview- The Mediator. 1 Timothy 2:5-7. In our sermon today we studied one of the most powerful verses in the Bible. 1 Tim 2:5- For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. This verse declares the fact that there is only one God, (as the world would have a big problem with that) and that there is only one mediator or someone that goes to God for us to carry our...

Overview- The Grace Of The Lord Jesus Christ Is Exceedingly Abundant Towards Even The Worst Of Sinners. 1 Timothy 1:12-17. In our message today we studied the words of Paul to Timothy telling him quite a few neat things about himself and Jesus Christ. Paul teaches us about the person he used to be before Jesus Christ changed his heart, he teaches us about a principle that Jesus Christ taught on fa...

Overview- Who Are You Counting On To Save You? 1 Timothy 1:8-11. In my sermon today I talk about one of the biggest problems in both our and Paul’s day, which is and was people trying to work or earn their salvation by the keeping of the law of God. This would be the very one and the same idea of “I am a good person, or I am good enough morally to go to Heaven when I die”. Every single major world...

Overview: False Teaching And Fables Had Crept In. 1 Timothy 1:1-7. First off, in my sermon today I give a short overview of the Book of 1 Timothy, along with who Paul and who Timothy were. Secondly I teach about how Paul makes Timothy the church’s Pastor because he was going away into Macedonia to preach, and the church had some problems and needed someone there to personally set it right. As the...

Overview- God Is A Rewarder Of Those That Diligently Seek Him. Matthew 28:1-20. In our message today we look at one of God’s amazing promises. In Hebrews 11:6, God says He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him. Matthew starts off the amazing account of Christ rising from the dead to defeat death and satan, by telling us about the first people that had the opportunity of experiencing His...

Overview: Jesus Is Dead, But His Story Is not Over. Matthew 27:57-66. Jesus has been put to death, but there are still many things that happen that are part of His story. And since there are more things that happened to Him, they must be taught on. Today we look at God’s provision for the body of Christ for a proper burial, and how God provides that provision for Him. God brings some secret discip...

Overview- Come Behind The Veil And Meet With God. Matthew 27:51-56. In our sermon today we read about the events that happened when Jesus Christ died. We read of a great earthquake, rocks splitting in two, along with some dead people getting up out of their graves and walking around in Jerusalem, and a veil in the temple of God splitting in two. What an amazing and powerful time this must have bee...

Overview- The Extreme Love Of Christ Pt. 2. Matthew 27:45-50 & Psalm 22. In last week’s message we studied these same verses to close with, but only learned a skin deep meaning of them, in regards to the extreme love of Christ. Today we take a more in depth look into verses 45 & 46 especially, at what Christ was saying when He said “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me”, along with an in depth...

Overview- The Extreme Love Of Christ. Matt 27:27-50. In our sermon today we read of four different events that happen to Jesus Christ at the end of His earthly life that really, really show us His extreme love for all humanity. We read through and study the soldiers mocking Him, His crucifixion, the robbers crucified next to Him, and His death on the cross, and we go through these four events and...