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Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Genesis 37 The Bible is all about the Lord Jesus Christ. Through His Word, God gives us many prophetic portraits of His Son, one being Joseph in the Book of Genesis. There are four episodes in the life of Joseph that foreshadow the Gospel of Jesus Christ. See Jesus as the Beloved Son through the life of Joseph Joseph had his father’s favor, from whom he received...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Genesis 39:20-23 What can we do when nothing seems to make sense? Genesis 39 tells the story of a godly man named Joseph. Though he did nothing wrong, he was sold as a slave by his own brothers and bought by the head of the Egyptian guard, Potiphar. Hardship continued when he was falsely accused of rape by Potiphar’s wife and cast into prison. He was completely i...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Genesis 37:1 There are many people who are existing but are not living. The secret to an abundant life is practicing the presence of God. Perhaps the most Christ-like character in the Old Testament was Joseph. No matter what happened to him, Joseph practiced the presence of God. The Bible says, “...the Lord was with him.” (Genesis 39) There are four principles in...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 3:11-24 The key to assurance and fellowship with God is love. Children of God ought to be filled with love. It is our greatest virtue and commandment. It is also our greatest testimony; we will be known by our love, above all other things. And it is our greatest motivation; if we love Jesus, we will keep His commandments—showing His love with others. 1 Joh...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 3:1-9 These days, we have many churches full of empty people who have never really been saved. Adrian Rogers says, “They have culture, but they don't have Calvary, they have ritual, but they don't have reality. They have form, but they don't have force, and they have religion, but they don't have righteousness.” What we need is real salvation, which is out...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 3:1-3 Adrian Rogers says, “A rich man is poor without Jesus, a strong man is weak without Jesus, and an educated man is ignorant until he comes to know the Lord Jesus Christ.” Without Jesus, Man is ignorant of his past and afraid of his future; he lives somewhere in between mystery and misery. But when we know the Lord Jesus Christ, we experience the sweet...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 2:15-17 When we become Christians, the Lord fills our hearts with love; however, there are some things the Bible says we cannot afford to love. 1 John 2:15 says, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” This passage is not referring to the planet or the people who inhabit it. The “...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 2:3-11 When we got saved, God put some indelible marks upon us. 1 John 2:3-10 reveals three traits of those who are born again—birthmarks of the believer. First, a true believer submits to the Lordship of Jesus Christ. “Now by this we know that we know Him, if we keep His commandments. He who says, “I know Him,” and does not keep His commandments, is a lia...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 1:5-2:6 If we feel distant from God, it could be because of sin. Adrian Rogers says, “Our sins are the secret faults that cause moral earthquakes.” When we were born again, God dealt with our sins judicially: they were forgiven under the blood of Jesus Christ when we were “saved by grace, through faith” (Ephesians 2:8). Our sonship does not change based on...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 John 1:1-4 1 John 1 speaks of our fellowship as Christians, which comes through the life that we have in Jesus Christ. In order to experience and enjoy the sweetest fellowship this side of Heaven, the Apostle John identifies three things we must know beyond any doubt. First, there is a fact established. “That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, w...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Chronicles 20:1 Praise is a powerful thing in times of joy and in times of help, but especially in times of trouble. 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 shows us how to praise our way to victory in times of opposition. In this passage, King Jehoshaphat faced fierce opposition on all sides. Likewise, every Christian will encounter problems in the form of sin, sorrow, or death....

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 15:11 The life of a Christian is to be a life of continual, contagious joy; Adrian Rogers says, “Joy is not a nicety in the Christian life; it is an absolute necessity.” The fullness of joy is essential to winning the lost to Jesus Christ and bearing life’s burdens. The joy of the Lord is our strength. It is how we are able to face the heartaches and trials...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 14:12, 16-18 In John 14:12, Jesus says, “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father.” It seems impossible to think we could not only equal but also exceed the works of Jesus Christ. But if we understand the ministry of the Holy Spirit, we will kn...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Joshua 3:3 In Joshua 3, the children of Israel were approaching the Promised Land of opportunity and mystery. To get there, they faced a raging river of difficulty. However, they had with them the Ark of the Covenant, a reminder of God’s presence with His people. “And Joshua said to the people, ‘Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the Lord will do wonders among you...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 11:25-26 In John 11, Jesus raises His friend, Lazarus, from the dead; this miracle is an illustration of the abundant life we can have in Jesus Christ, before and after death. First, we must exercise faith in Jesus. John 11:25-26 says, “Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoeve...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 15 Some people think it is scientifically impossible to resurrect a human body. Fortunately, the power of Almighty God is not shackled by science. Adrian Rogers said, “If God can make the heavens and the Earth out of nothing, certainly He can raise a human body out of something.” 1 Corinthians 15 tells us more about the resurrection body, first that...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 6:53 As the classic hymns so eloquently remind us, only the blood of Jesus can wash away our sin. Only the blood of Jesus can make us whole again. But this is only the beginning of the power in the blood. The sacred, shed blood continues its mighty work in our lives even after our sins are washed away and we are whole again. In John 6:53-54, Jesus said, “Mos...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Ephesians 4:31-32 It is in our human nature to make mistakes ourselves while finding it hard to forgive others. However, forgiveness is the sole remedy to two very poisonous—and very human—conditions: guilt and bitterness. God’s forgiveness of us sets us free from guilt, and our forgiveness of others sets us free from bitterness. Ephesians 4:31-32 says, “Let all...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Matthew 6:25-34 Worrying is useless; it never solves the problem or lifts the burden. It is physically harmful to us and to our relationships with others. But most importantly, our worry is a wound in the heart of God; we insult Him if we do not consider Him to be trustworthy. Some of us are prone to worry more than others, however, all of us worry more than we s...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 42:5-11 King David shares his inner turmoil in Psalm 42:5 saying, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? And why art thou disquieted in me?” It is evident in this passage that David was going through a serious bout of depression. Depression isn’t just feeling sad. It is a passive feeling, a continual feeling of sadness that seems to linger. It is an attitude t...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Romans 8:18-39 There is truly little more discouraging than pain. Whether it be physical or emotional, the problem of pain is very real. Amid the darkest nights of our souls, we often ask ourselves: Where is God in all of this? Why does He let this happen? But God did not create this world to be this way; when He created it, He called the world good. The birth of...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Peter 3:10-18 As Christians, we are citizens of Heaven, sojourning here on Earth as strangers and pilgrims in this world, which is soon passing away. 2 Peter 3:10-11 says, “But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night… Therefore, since all these things will be dissolved, what manner of persons ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness…” Holy me...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Peter 3:1-13 The political rhetoric of our day has been about a new world order; however, what we’d call “new order” is just a rearrangement of the old disorder. We will not know ultimate order until Christ’s return, as prophesied in Scripture. 2 Peter 3 gives insight about those who argue against the Second Coming and reveals our confirmation as believers, as...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Peter 17-22 Plastic preachers produce counterfeit Christians; they seem good, but they are destined for divine destruction. 2 Peter 2:22 is more than just sick dogs and dirty hogs; it is a grave warning to anyone who would counterfeit Christianity. The Apostle Peter describes apostates as dry wells, offering much but giving little to a thirsty soul. (See 2 Pete...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Peter 2:9-15 Hypocrisy is not new; neither is false teaching. 2 Peter 2:1 claims, “...there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies…” The Bible describes the character of a counterfeit, so we can spot these pseudo prophets with plastic words. First, their character is marked by proud presumption: “...and especially thos...