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Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 11:5-6 Hebrews 11 tells of the prophet Enoch, who so pleased God and walked so intimately with him, he never died. Enoch is an example for us as we learn to walk with God. Hebrews 11:5 says, “By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, ‘and was not found, because God had taken him’; for before he was taken he had this testimony, that he pl...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 11:4 Adrian Rogers says, “Jesus’ redeeming work was in the heart and mind of God from the foundation of the world. Before He swung this world into space, God had redemption by blood in His mind.” Genesis 4 tells the story of two brothers: Cain and Abel, one a martyr, the other a murderer. In their story, we see a picture of the blood of Jesus Christ that...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 10:38 The Book of Hebrews describes the heroes of our faith and explains how those heroes exemplified the only way to live. Hebrews 10:38 says, “Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, My soul has no pleasure in him.” Many of us are plagued with worry, guilt, or loneliness; but there is not one problem that faith does not have an answe...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 16:7 There are things we will never understand until we lay down our intellectual pride and let the Holy Spirit speak to us. Only when the Spirit speaks can we understand three truths regarding who we are and what God makes us. John 16:7 says, “Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 2:1-14 The way to be blessed is to obey God, which requires our trust in Him; and to trust Him is to love Him, and in order to love Him, we must know Him. 1 Corinthians 2:1-14 shows us how to know God through the Bible. “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, th...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 119:18, 27 Adrian Rogers says, “The Bible is a wonderful book. I’m not finding hidden flaws; I’m finding hidden beauties.” The more we read the Word of God, the more it will reveal itself to be true. Psalm 119 reveals the seven wonders of the Word of God. First, the Bible is a supernatural book, divinely inspired by God; it is often called the very breath...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Peter 1:22-25; 2:1-2 We don’t have to be ordained ministers to be in the ministry; in fact, every man and woman who names the name of Jesus partakes in the ministry of the Word of God. 1 Peter 1:22 says, “Since you have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit in sincere love of the brethren, love one another fervently with a pure heart…” Fir...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Proverbs 3:5-6 Man is a clever creature, but he has lost his way in the darkness. We live in a day of guided missiles and misguided men, which is a shame because God has cultivated wonderful plans for each of our lives. Proverbs 3:5-6 explains, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 126:5-6 No matter how generous we are, how active we are in church, or how eloquently we preach, there is no substitute for sharing our faith with other people. Psalm 126 reveals how to share Jesus: “Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy. He who continually goes forth weeping, bearing seed for sowing, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing h...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Timothy 3:16 There is an ongoing war over the Word of God. There are those who despise, dissect, and disregard it. But perhaps the greatest enemy of the Word of God is the one who believes in it but doesn’t know it. We will never be settled until we are settled over the Word of God. Our salvation and sanctification depend on it. Revelation 22:18 says, “For I te...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 2 Timothy 3:16 There is an ongoing war over the Word of God. There are those who despise, dissect, and disregard it. But perhaps the greatest enemy of the Word of God is the one who believes in it but doesn’t know it. We will never be settled until we are settled over the Word of God. Our salvation and sanctification depend on it. Revelation 22:18 says, “For I te...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 19 Luke 10:21 says, “...You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes.” We are neither too intelligent nor unintelligent to believe in God and know Him personally! Psalm 19 gives us three ways in which God speaks to us, and in return, we can know God personally, intimately, and assuredly. First, God has confirmed His word...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: John 4:46-54 In the Kingdom of Heaven, faith is the medium of exchange. Whatever we receive from God is according to our faith. Adrian Rogers says, “The greater your faith, the greater glory God gets; by faith man gives God pleasure and by faith God gives man treasure.” John 4 tells the story of a man whose superficial, superstitious faith was transformed into a...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: James 1:22 The Bible is so full of rich, variegated splendor that there are many emblems and symbols for the Word of God. The Book of James identifies God’s Word as a mirror. James 1:22-23 says, “But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural face i...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Ephesians 6:10-20 Whether we realize it or not, we are part of a war between light and darkness, good and evil, Heaven and Hell, Jesus Christ and Satan. We cannot afford to be ignorant, and we cannot possibly be neutral. Adrian Rogers says, “When you were born again, you were born from above. And you, being Heaven-born are Heaven-bound. You were born for the batt...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Ephesians 1:2-14 As children of God, we have the privilege of knowing not only that we are saved but also that we can never lose our salvation. God has saved us by His grace, and He keeps us bound to Himself with a three-fold cord that cannot be broken. Ephesians 1:2-14 describes the three-fold cord of the Holy Trinity: God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spiri...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Luke 1:13 The Bible instructs us to pray without ceasing (1 Thessalonians 5:17). But so many times, we pray and seek God, ask according to His will; and yet our prayer seems unanswered. At the beginning of the Book of Luke, we meet Zacharias and his wife Elizabeth, both righteous before God, blameless, yet barren. They were well in their old age, and without any...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Matthew 19:1-6 Adrian Rogers says, “A home is the sweetest place on earth, the nearest place to Heaven. It’s the only part of the Garden of Eden that we have left.” Matthew 19 discusses the importance of family faithfulness; first, by recognizing that marriage is made by Heaven. And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beg...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Deuteronomy 5:29 The family was the first institution formed by God, created to meet the deepest physical, social, and spiritual needs of mankind. It is in the home that a child should learn who he is, what he can do, and what is expected of him. In the midst of this moral free fall, it is time we ask ourselves: what is the future of the family? Adrian Rogers say...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Corinthians 6:19 1 Corinthians 6:19-20 says, “Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own? For you were bought at a price; therefore, glorify God in your body...” We have been commanded to treat our bodies as temples to maintain and dedicate to God for His glory. Our bodies a...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Psalm 128 God created families to satisfy the deepest longings of our hearts—to give and receive love. Families were designed to provide a safe and secure environment in which to nurture, teach, and love our children. Psalm 128 gives us a description of the ideal family: “Blessed is everyone who fears the Lord; who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of you...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: 1 Timothy 6:5-10, 17 It could be said that money is the root of a majority of the problems in our homes. The enemy’s plan is to keep families in financial bondage, but 1 Timothy 6 provides wisdom regarding family finances. A lack of wealth cannot take away genuine contentment. “But godliness with contentment is great gain…” (v. 6). Contentment is an inner suffici...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 11:7 The only way we can raise a family in a way that honors God is by faith. There is an urgent need to get our children on board the good ship of grace, and we do that through a solid, biblical family faith. Hebrews 11:7 says, “By faith, Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: Hebrews 11:23-27 It takes a family to raise a child, and it takes faith to make a family. The most powerful and influential people on the earth are mothers and fathers of faith. Hebrews 11 tells the story of the prophet Moses’ divine appointment, which would not have existed if not for his parents, Amram and Jochebed. There are four principles to learn from their...

Sermon Overview Scripture Passage: James 1:21-25 We cannot grow as Christians if we are not actively studying the Word of God. It’s not enough to know facts about and within Scripture. When we go to the Bible to extract truth, we fail; rather, we must receive the truth and welcome it in. The Book of James shows us how to understand the Bible, and reveals four ways to welcome the Word of God. We fi...