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Last week, our message title was: Recognize Your Freedom in Christ. The freedom that Christ has provided is great, but sometimes, we take this liberty to extremes and go in our own direction. Even knowing right from wrong, at times, we trust in ourselves or others over God. Today, we will look at the idea of the Holy Spirit being Better Than GPS. It is so easy to put our trust in someone or someth...

Last week, we looked at the question: Who’s Child are You? We saw the Historical Background, the Divine Meaning, and then looked at a Personal Application to Galatians 4:21-31. We learned that we are a child of the free woman and co-heirs with Christ. Today, we will look at the idea of recognizing your freedom in Christ. If you only get one thing from the message today, I pray that it is this: Chr...

Last week, we looked at: Having a True Concern for the Church. Paul gave himself to convert, educate, and encourage the church, and his passion for the things of God is easily recognizable. May we have the zeal that Paul had for the church in our day. Today, we will see Paul use two women and their two sons, in a somewhat convoluted way, to make his point: Justification only comes by grace alone t...

Last week, we looked at the idea that: We are Heirs, co-heirs with Christ. It is encouraging to understand that we have the power of the Holy Spirit to be mature in our faith. Adult Christ-followers clothed in Christ and placed where we are to share the Gospel. What a novel idea that we can experience part of our inheritance each day as we fellowship with the Holy Spirit. Today, we will see Paul c...

Last week, we looked at The Beauty of Knowing that We Aren’t Good Enough to fellowship with God. We saw that the Law made this fact evident, but the Promise of God shows that He desires us anyway. We serve a gracious and merciful God! Today, we will take a look at the idea of being heirs and co-heirs with Christ. Hopefully, we will see from God’s Word that being co-heirs with Christ gives us the o...

Two weeks ago, we looked at the question: Are You Really Free? The idea of being free from the false teaching of being right with God by our works was the focus, but we also looked at the struggle many face today: being free from the grip of sin. We learned that true freedom only comes through faith in Christ. My prayer is, that we all can answer a resounding “Yes!” to this question. Today, we wil...

Last week, we spent time talking about “Unity in the Church.” It is easy to allow our desires to trump the church’s overall needs. Most of our time was spent looking at the idea of holding each other accountable. When we “all” seek the betterment of the church as a whole, we will be okay with the idea of accountability even if we are the ones being held accountable. Today, we will talk about Freed...

Last week, we looked at Unity in the Church, Is this Possible? We know that Jesus said that “with God, all things are possible” in Matthew 19:26, but often, we try to do things ourselves. When all of the church submits to Christ as their Head, there will be Unity. Today, we will deal with a subject that seems on the surface to be diametrically opposed to Unity. I know that today’s message is an un...

Last week, we talked about Answering God’s Call in our life. His call is two-fold. First, He calls us to salvation. Second, He calls us to do something with this life-saving Gospel. God enables us to serve Him by sharing this Gospel with those around us. He also gives us the ability to live this Gospel out every day of our life. This week, we will shift gears slightly to talk about unity in the ch...

We have a great promise through the True Gospel of Jesus Christ. May we never be enticed by a silly substitute. Last week, our sermon title was “No Other Gospel.” The church would be stronger and more effective if we were as zealous about the Good News as Paul was. This week, we will take a look at “Answering God’s Call” on our life. Yes, God calls us to receive the Free Gift of salvation which is...

Last week, we looked at the Book of Galatians briefly in our introduction to our new sermon series. The goal of this series is for Christ- followers to truly understand what they have been given in Christ. Today, we will dive into the first part of Galatians 1. We will see a terse introduction before Paul gets right to business explaining the purpose of his Letter. May we not miss the truth of Gal...

We will be going through the Book of Galatians over the next several weeks: No Other Gospel Answering the Call of God Unity in the Church, is this Possible? Accountability to Build Up Not Tear Down Are You Really Free? The Beauty of Knowing That We Aren’t Good Enough We Are Heirs Having True Concern for The Church Whose Child Are You? Recognize Your Freedom in Christ? Better than GPS We Are Free T...

Sermon by: Chad Lawson, Pastor of Families Main Scriptures: Ephesians 2:1-10 and Mark 1:14-20

Last week, we looked at But God...Extends Patience. Often, when I am impatient with someone, God will place this question in my brain: Are you being as patient with them as I am with you? My answer is always no. May we extend patience to those around us for the glory of God. Today, we will finish our But God... sermon series with But God...Does the Impossible. May we not miss what He does for us t...

Last week, we looked at how God continually provides Wisdom. He does that through His Word and His Holy Spirit. Today, we will look at a trait that most people struggle with. We will see that when we apply His Wisdom, we will be able to exude Patience. As a reminder, here are the topics of the seven messages in this series: Because of His Mercy & Grace , He offers Salvation by providing a way...

Last week, we looked at how God offers escape from a sense of Hopelessness. Today, we will see how He provides Wisdom and Power. Don’t miss that Christ is the Wisdom and Power of God that He graciously offers to us. As a reminder, here are the topics of the seven messages in this series: Because of His Mercy & Grace, He offers Salvation by providing a way out of Temptation even when all seems...

Today, we will deal with Hopelessness. This is a feeling that plagues many in our time. We have talked about that hole that is in everyone’s heart. We try to fill it with temporal things, but it seems like an abyss. The only thing that can fill this hole is the love of God through His Son which is salvation. Without this understanding, we are trapped in a state of hopelessness. I pray that you gai...

Today, we will deal with something that seems to plague humanity: Temptation. It seems like a horrible monster, and most wish it would never rear its ugly head. From the Text today, I hope that we see that we can view temptation differently. We can see temptation as a way of bringing glory to God. As a reminder, here are the topics of the seven messages in this series: Because of His Mercy & G...

Today, we will kick off a seven-week sermon series called: “But God...” This series was built with the idea of pointing to God and His power to make Himself known in the most impossible way...through sinful man. In the following sentence, you will see seven words bold. These are the topics of the seven messages that this series will encapsulate. Because of His Mercy & Grace , He offers Salvati...

Today, we will move from Mercy and Grace to Salvation. Don’t miss that God graciously offers to rescue us from our sins. In the following sentence, you will see seven words bold. These are the topics of the seven messages that this series will encapsulate. Because of His Mercy & Grace , He offers Salvation by providing a way out of Temptation even when all seems Hopeless as He continually prov...