Sermon Media & Review
Ephesians 1:18-23
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- April 21, 2013
Paul continues to pray for believers’ understanding of who they are in Christ to increase. As we pray the same for each other, it will be answered because it is the revealed will of God! God is very proud of His Son. He loves and longs for people to know more about His Son, and to keep learning more of Him forever.
Ephesians 1:17-20
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- April 7, 2013
Theme: Our Eternal Foundation, Part 4 – Every Spiritual Blessing is In Christ
Paul continues his prayer that we started looking at in verses 15-16. In these verses, his prayer turns from thanksgiving to request for the Ephesian believers, that they would continually understand more of all they were given in Jesus Christ the moment they were saved.
This morning, we looked at 2 of the 3 things that Paul wanted the Ephesian believers to understand:
Ephesians 1:15-16
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- March 24, 2013
Theme: Our Eternal Foundation, Part 3 – Every Spiritual Blessing is in Christ
As the introduction to the last section of chapter 1, these verses mentions two practical ways that our riches in Christ are most vividly displayed. This passage is a prayer of praise offered personally by Paul in response to the testimony of the Ephesians.
Ephesians 1:3-14
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- March 17, 2013
Theme: Our Eternal Foundation, part 2 – Every Spiritual Blessing is in Christ.
You may not have a million dollars waiting to be claimed by you, but Christ has something of indescribable value with your name on it. Our passage today may be the most exhaustive description of the value of our salvation in Scripture. Though these spiritual blessings are outlined as experienced in the past, present, and future, they all came to us at the moment we believed.
Ephesians 1:1-2
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- March 10, 2013
Theme: Investigating our Eternal Foundation, part 1
Why is the church glorious? Because she has a glorious head, foundation, and shepherd – Jesus Christ. When the church is promoted as a marketing tool of social good and philanthropy, she is robbed of the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ and His power to save. God’s grace is what makes the church glorious.
The Book of Ephesians
- Category: The Book of Ephesians
- March 3, 2013
Theme: The theme of the book of Ephesians is The Church Glorified.
At Grace Church of Mentor, you will primarily hear expositional preaching of a whole book in its parts and not many topical series. We preach this way because:
- It cultivates the discipline of starting and finishing.
- It helps God’s people sharpen their interpretation skills through learning context and hermeneutics in order to apply truth to the culture.
- It reveals each person’s spiritual strength and weakness
- It strengthens spiritual maturity.
- It protects the flock from wolves within and without.
- It helps us to systematically focus on truths mentioned in other places in the Bible.
Ephesians 4:11-16; 2 Timothy 4:3-5
- Category: Sermons
- February 24, 2013
Theme: Genuine spiritual growth comes only as the Holy Spirit applies the Word of God to people’s hearts.
This week concludes our detailed look at Grace Church of Mentor’s mission statement: “Grace Church of Mentor exists to glorify God by evangelizing the lost and equipping the saints with the goal of Christ-likeness.”
Church should not be about appealing to the greatest number of people through style and programs. The Spirit must draw souls to His church. Our promotions must not focus on what we do more than who we are. Church must first and foremost be about understanding and applying the Word of God.
Colossians 4:2-3 and 2 Timothy 4:5
- Category: Sermons
- February 17, 2013
Theme: Prioritizing the Gospel through prayer, planning, and purpose.
It seems everyone nowadays wants to influence those around them for the sake of a philanthropic platform. As Christians, we are to have similar influence in our immediate vicinity and globally for the Gospel.
