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Christians are to see themselves as in exile, but also are to do good to those around them. How do we most effectively serve Jesus in the community? His parable of the good Samaritan provides the way. Serving Jesus in the Community | Serving Jesus Today | Outline | Related Video And behold, a certain lawyer stood up and made trial of him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"...

Jesus is to be Lord of the church. The church is to embody Jesus to the world. Do we reflect the love of God in Christ to one another and to the world? How else can the world know of Him? Serving Jesus in His Church | Serving Jesus Today | Outline | Related video

All of us live under some kind of authority. How can we do so in ways which glorify and honor God in Christ? Living Under Authority | Authority | Sermon Outline | Related video

Today seems all about "your best you," the cult of the individual. Yet we were not made to live alone. We were made to live in relationships with fellow human beings: in marriage, in family, among friends. We do well to serve Jesus in our relationships. Serving Jesus in Relationships  | Serving Jesus Today | Outline | Related Video

Work is a major part of human existence. Work can be good; yet work can become an idol, and lead to covetousness and great anxiety. If the Lord Jesus returned today, would He have been honored by our conduct at work, in our relationships at work, and with the fruits of the produce of our labor? Serving Jesus at Work | Serving Jesus Today | Outline | Related Video As discussed in lesson: — Good Twe...

Education is a critical aspect of life in the modern world. Many assume it is a place one will lose their faith in Christ; and yet, if Jesus is the truth, and the Treasury of wisdom and knowledge, then we have nothing to fear. Students and educators do well to serve Jesus as Lord in education, and embody His character and principles in the classroom. Serving Jesus in Education | Serving Jesus Toda...

God has given to each and every person a measure of authority. All will be held accountable for what they have thought, said, felt, and done. We do well to consider the contours and nature of our empowerment by God. Personal Empowerment | Authority | Sermon Outline

The Day of YHWH would come for Judah if they would not repent. God promised a future restoration, and an even greater promise in the latter days: He would pour out His Spirit on all His people. And so it would come to be when Jesus died, rose from the dead, ascended, and was made Lord of all. Outpouring of the Spirit | Joel 2:1-32 | Prophetic Restoration | Sermon Outline

Jeremiah has a message of hope in the midst of the gloom. God does not abandon His covenant people, even if His covenant people abandon Him. He yet has a purpose for those whom He exiled. There will be a new covenant, with better promises, and a better hope. The New Covenant | Jeremiah 31:1-40 | Prophetic Restoration | Sermon Outline

The Judahites had been in exile awhile. Where was YHWH and His promises? Was He asleep, or too feeble in the face of Babylon and Marduk to save? Isaiah had a message of comfort and hope if they would only remain patient and trust in YHWH. Comfort My People | Isaiah 40:1-31 | Prophetic Restoration | Sermon Outline

It is rightly recognized that the household is the basic unit of society. Households look different today than they did in the past. God is concerned primarily with how those in the household relate to each other, and in Christ. Authority in the Household | Authority | Sermon Outline

God chose His people not because of anything wonderful about them in particular but because of His love and covenant loyalty to their fathers so that they might be His holy and special people, devoted to Himself, and He would do mighty things for them and through them. So it was for Israel; so it is for Christians to this day. A People Holy to YHWH | Deuteronomy 7:1-26 | Sermon Outline

We go through many trials and traumas in life. We yearn for healing and wholeness. There can be no way forward without lament. The Power of Lament | Lament | Sermon Outline

<p>Life is full of challenges, difficulties, trials, and moments of distress and pain.  We can go on and pretend these types of things do not affect us.  Or we can lament our failures, trials, and distress, and live in healthy faith.</p> <p>The Necessity of Lament | Lament | <a href="http://www.deusvitae.com/outlines/necessitylament.txt">Sermon Outline</a>&l...

In His wisdom God established elders to rule and shepherd a local church and deacons to serve at their discretion. We do well to explore what God has established regarding elders and deacons. Elders and Deacons | Authority | Sermon Outline

After setting forth what it looks like to serve Jesus in household relationships, Paul concluded his message to the Ephesians with an important exhortation. There's a big spiritual struggle going on. We do well to stand firm in the Lord and the strength of His might! Strong in the Lord | Ephesians 6:1-24 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians | Sermon Outline Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for...

God has ordained government to uphold justice and given its agents power; governments are empowered by Satan to advance the purposes of the powers and principalities of this age. These statements seem contradictory, and yet are both revealed in the New Testament and operative at the same time. We do well to consider the fraught nature and challenges of the relationship between Christians and civil...

Turning from sin and darkness to light; walking wisely; knowing the will of the Lord; manifesting Jesus in relationships: in so doing Christians imitate God, and walk in love, as Christ loved them. Walking in Love | Ephesians 5:1-33 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians | Sermon Outline Be ye therefore imitators of God, as beloved children; and walk in love, even as Christ also loved you, and gave hims...

God has provided a powerful calling for Christians in Christ. They do well to work to preserve the unity of the Spirit, in all things working to become one with God and one another as God is one in Himself. Preserving the Unity of the Spirit | Ephesians 4:1-32 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians | Sermon Outline I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beseech you to walk worthily of the calling wherew...

Paul made explicit the mystery God had made known to the apostles and prophets: Gentiles are made fellow-citizens with the people of God. God has worked powerfully to accomplish His purposes in Christ, and would use that same power to advance His purposes through His people! Revelation of the Mystery of Christ | Ephesians 3:1-21 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians | Sermon Outline For this cause I Pa...

God has spoken through the Spirit to our fathers in the prophets and now in Christ (Hebrews 1:1-3). There's a lot of profound truth in there which is all too easy to elide; we do well to unpack the authority present in the Spirit and the Word of God. Authority, the Spirit, and the Word | Authority | Sermon Outline

On our own we ended up lost in sin and alienated from one another. God poured out His extravagant mercy and grace in Jesus, and now can be part of God's household and built up to be a holy Temple for Him in the Spirit. How humbling! How awesome! May we praise God, and do the works for which He has created us in Jesus! Salvation and Reconciliation | Ephesians 2:1-22 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians...

Paul wrote to Christians to encourage them in their faith. It is hard not to be overwhelmed by how Paul spoke of every spiritual blessing which we have received from God in Christ. Every Spiritual Blessing in Christ | Ephesians 1:1-23 | Paul's Letter to the Ephesians | Sermon Outline Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, to the saints that are at Ephesus, and the faithful in Ch...

There is a legacy of white supremacy among the people of God. It did not involve everyone, but it was accepted and tolerated for all sorts of reasons, and remains to us until this day. We do well to consider it in all its discomfort if we would properly lament and learn. White Supremacy and the People of God | The Restoration Plea in the 21st Century | Sermon Outline | Primary Sources

Almost all Christians will sign onto the premise that Jesus is Lord and Christ. But what do those terms mean? What do they demand of Christians, and of the entire world? The Lord Jesus Christ | Authority | Sermon Outline