Misunderstanding Grace Leads to Error More sin leads to more grace (Romans 6:1-2) Grace is a license to sin (Jude 4) With the grace-unity movement, grace is the basis for unity What is Grace? God’s gift of salvation (Ephesians 2:8) The gospel is the message of God’s grace (Acts 20:24) Grace is not without works […]
Who Is My Brother?
What Makes Us Brethren? By faith we have been baptized into Christ (Acts 2:37-38; Galatians 3:26-29; 1 Corinthians 12:13) What if one does this but joins an institutional church or a denomination? Still a brother What if one doesn’t do this, but is religious and claims belief in God/Jesus? Not a brother Be Mindful of […]
Do Not Be Short-Sighted
Text: 2 Peter 1:9 Add to Your Faith – 2 Peter 1:5-11 Set Your Mind on Things Above – Colossians 3:1-3 Clean Out the Old Leaven – 1 Corinthians 5:6-7 Do Not Give the Devil an Opportunity – Ephesians 4:26-27
Following the Crowd
[This can be used as a follow-up sermon to the one in the previous post – Standing Alone] Peter – Matthew 26:69-75 Barnabas – Galatians 2:11-14 Pilate – Luke 23:13-25
Doctrinal Purity
Text: 1 Timothy 4:16 Doctrine = teaching; Purity = unchanged/uncorrupted Does it matter what we believe? – 2 Thessalonians 2:10,12 NT examples of doctrinal impurity – 2 John 7-11; 1 Corinthians 15 Erroneous views can potentially lead to sin What if it doesn’t lead to sin? – still a matter of faith; do we believe […]