The Bible Chapel Sermons

Significance Security Acceptance Forgiveness Empowerment Called out of darkness into God’s wonderful light (1 Peter 2:9) You were dead in your sins…God raised us up with Christ (Ephesians 2:1, 6) Washing of rebirth and renewal by the Spirit (Titus 3:5) Removing heart of stone and replacing it with a heart of flesh (Ezekiel 36:26) Knowledge Agreement Need Trust In short, lost souls will be what the...

#Jesus: Purpose To love Jesus intimately To follow Jesus passionately To obey Jesus wholeheartedly Seven Signs in John (2-11) 2. Healing official’s son in Capernaum (4:46-54) 3. Healing an invalid at the Pool of Bethesda (5:1-18) 4. Feeding the 5,000 near Sea of Galilee (6:5-14) 5. Walking on the Sea of Galilee (6:16-21) 6. Healing a blind man in Jerusalem (9:1-7) 7. Raising Lazarus from the dead...

#Jesus: Purpose To love Jesus more intimately To follow Jesus more passionately To obey Jesus wholeheartedly God has something to say to Satan. God provided a substitute for their death. Have you trusted in the Lamb of God who takes away your sin? Knowledge Agreement Need Trust

• Know Jesus intimately • Follow Jesus passionately • Obey Jesus wholeheartedly 1. Jesus never took a shortcut. 2. Jesus experienced every temptation without sinning.

To know Jesus intimately To follow Jesus passionately To obey Jesus wholeheartedly 1. Jesus publicly consecrated himself to God’s plan. 2. Jesus completely identified himself with humanities sin and failure. 3. Jesus left us an example to follow.

Here is the journey ahead of us: • To know Jesus intimately • To follow Jesus passionately • To obey Jesus wholeheartedly

1. Shouldn’t abuse be grounds for divorce? 2. It seems like Christians pick and choose verses to support what they want Scripture to say. For instance Leviticus 20:13 says, “If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination.” So Christians are against homosexuality. But before that Leviticus 19:19 says, “You shall not wear clothing mixed with two kinds of materi...

Three things to start doing today: 1. Carve out time and guard the time for couple and family devotions. 2. Start family devo’s this Christmas. 3. Guide your children through the process of making the right choices regarding life partners. IPOD: • INITIAL • PREFERRED • OPTIONAL • DENIED

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PARENTING: 1. Children are gift from God. 2. Parents have to have their spiritual act together. 3. The best thing you can do for your child is to be committed to their mother/father. 4. Be the parent! 5. Parenting is modeling and mentoring.

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY: 1. The real struggle of homosexuality is not cultural; it’s personal. 2. Homosexuality is not God’s design. 3. Homosexuality is sin. 4. The temptation of homosexuality can be tamed and the sin of homosexuality can be redeemed. 5. We must respond to those caught in sin as Jesus did.

FIVE THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIVING TOGETHER BEFORE MARRIAGE 1. From a human standpoint living together seems to make sense. • Practice Period • Convenience • Scarred and Scared 2. The odds for couples that live together are not good. LIVING TOGETHER STATISTICS: • The majority of couples that live together either break up or marry within two years. • The rate of divorce in cohabitating coupl...

Five Biblical Truths About Divorce: 1. Marriage is about God (or marriage is bigger than you). • The ultimate purpose of marriage is to bring glory to God—together—in a way you can’t do by yourself. 2. God made your spouse for you (or God made you for each other) . 3. God hates divorce. (or divorce is not God’s plan). • God brought you together and joined you together. • God expects you to keep yo...

1. Sex is God’s idea. 2. Sex is designed for a man and woman within the covenant of marriage. • Consummation without connection or commitment is animalistic. • Connection and consummation without commitment is called immorality. • Connection and commitment without consummation leads to frustration and temptation. 3. God wired men and women differently. The Primary Differences Between Men and Women...

ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS OF A SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE 1. LEAVING: Complete loyalty to spouse. 2. UNITED TO: Commitment. “United to”: • Permanence: Commitment to sticking to the marriage. • Stability: Commitment to the long haul. • Meta-Commitment: Commitment to commitment. 3. ONENESS • Spiritual Oneness: Developing together a follows of Jesus. • Physical Oneness: An exclusive fulfilling sexual commitment. •...

1. Is the Lord truly your God? 2. Is the Lord your only God? 3. Do you demonstrate your love for God with your whole person (thinking, attitude, desires, passion, time, energy)? 4. Are you grounded in the foundations of the faith (knowledge) and are you living grounded (practice)? 5. Are you diligently teaching your children in your home how to love and serve God by your words and actions? 6. Are...