Sermon Media & Review
1 Thessalonians 5:23
- Pastor Tim Potter
- Category: Your Life God's Way
- May 22, 2016
- Audio Video Notes
God Has a Plan for That!
Our theme this year is "A Zeal for the Church." We at Grace Church want to have an all-consuming desire for this local body to succeed spiritually. Anyone God has saved, He has a plan to use in the church. Our heart, soul, mind, and strength are to be utilized in living for His purposes. Paul calls this being sanctified "entirely" or completely.
Ephesians 4:14-16
- Pastor Matt Walker
- Category: Holidays & Special Services
- May 15, 2016
- Audio Video Notes
The Necessity of Interdependence to the Spiritual Life.
Special Speaker: Pastor Matthew Walker from College Park Baptist Church in Cary, NC.
God has ordained that the Christian life is to be lived not in isolation, but in conjunction with the community of saints. So how is it that Christians, particularly here in America, have become used to amputating limbs off of the body of Christ (which is the local church)? In 1 Corinthians 12:12-26, the Apostle Paul refers to the Corinthian believers as being eyes and ears and noses—body parts. This is the same kind of language that Paul uses in Romans 12:5 when he writes that we are members one of another.
The Bible teaches that Christians are to be mutually reliant upon each other. This doctrine is incredibly important and should be a major heading in our ecclesiology (doctrine of the church). However, it has been almost entirely lost in American evangelicalism. Possible reasons include the American way of life that emphasizes independence and the rejection of denominationalism. American Christianity has become a complex collection of isolated congregations and an even more divided and isolated collection of Christians.
Mother's Day
- Category: Holidays & Special Services
- May 8, 2016
The divine nobility and merciful simplicity of a godly woman.
1 Timothy 6:18-19
- Category: The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy
- May 1, 2016
1 Timothy 6:17-19 forms the conclusion to Paul's letter to the churches in the prosperous city of Ephesus. These verses can be divided in three sections: disposition, anticipation, and participation. Our disposition must be a humble one that does not try to out-think God's plan for our lives or the mission of the church. Our hope is not in the American dream that could disappear overnight. We place our hope in God's unchanging promises and blessings.
1 Timothy 6:17
- Category: The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy
- April 24, 2016
Prosperity must never devour mission.
Quick wealth often destroys. We don't have to look hard or far in our culture to find examples of this reality. At the end of his letter, Paul gives Timothy instructions for Christians "who are rich in this present world" (1 Timothy 6:17-19). This passage is widely preached out of context. The main point of these two verses is this: Prosperity should never devour mission. Prosperity should underpin mission.
1 Timothy 6:15-16
- Category: The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy
- April 17, 2016
God is Infinitely Greater than Our Largest Ministry Obligation and Opportunity.
Believers will have one of two reactions when Christ returns: we will either be confident or ashamed. Paul gives directives to Timothy so that he will be found faithful at Christ's second coming. In 1 Timothy 6:15-16, Paul rehearses several character traits of God which will motivate Timothy's obedience.
1 Timothy 6:13-15
- Category: The Pastoral Epistles: 1 Timothy
- April 10, 2016
God is Infinitely Greater than Our Largest Ministry Obligation and Opportunity.
We are wrapping up our look at Paul's instructions to Timothy. Each imperative Paul gives his protege applies to all believers, because all are to be involved in discipleship.
Selected Passages from Acts and Luke
- Category: Morning Worship Series
- April 3, 2016
Spiritual Power
Displays of spiritual power are found throughout the Bible. Today, people search for spiritual power in many ways and from various sources. Christians seek power in prayer and spiritual warfare. In the salvation era, power must be understood in light of Jesus' bodily resurrection. We must not substitute the historical form of spiritual power for its continuing substance.
