Reset/Refocus || #2 Assemble
Matthew 18:18-20 & Hebrews 10:23-25
Ps Matt explores the importance of gathering together as Christians to stir up and encourage one another.
It is by God's design that we need each other!
Reset/Refocus || #1 Abide
John 15:1-16
The first week in our new series of resetting and refocusing together as a church. This week Matt discusses the importance of abiding in God.
Abide: to remain, to stay, to dwell to endure.
Romans 11:33-36 Truth on Fire
Romans 11:33-36
Theology? - knowledge about God
To function in the life of God you need to know who God is and what He wants from us.
Romans 11:33-36 demonstrates the right way to learn about God
- causes Paul to explode into praise of God!
Romans 11:11-32 : God's Unexpected Grace, Methods & Promise
God's Unexpected Grace, Methods & Promise.
Psalm 31 - Find rest in the sovereignty of God
Psalm 31 is a guide to turn our concerns into constructive prayer.
Praise
Supplication
Rest
Because God is sovereign and God is good, we can take refuge in him!
Lives of Holiness and Godliness (2 Peter 3:10-14)
2 Peter 3:10-14
Pursue holiness and godliness, for the Lord is coming!
Romans 10:14-21 - Good News
Romans 10:14-21
Let our deads shine but it is equally important to tell people the Gospel. "...how are they to hear without someone preaching?" v14
Plus evangelism tips and The 5-5-5 Rule
Romans 9:14-29 The Sovereignty of God (Part 2)
Sovereignty of God - Salvation by grace alone
Romans 9:1-13 The Sovereignty of God (Part 1)
Romans 9:1-13
Has God’s word failed?
Ps Matt takes us through the Old Testament and the New Testament to answer this question. By looking through God’s promises we can see the answer and we can better understand God’s sovereignty.
Who are God’s people?
Humility Before God
1 Corinthians 1
The Gospel is such that it purposefully prevents humans from boasting.
Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord
In Our Place - Justice
2 CORINTHIANS 5:10
For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil.
In Our Place - Ransom
Matt 20:26-28
"...the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many"
— Hosea 1-3 —
Like Gomer in the book of Hosea, we have been pursued with underserved love and have been ransomed by God.
Through the cross our debt is paid in full!
There is more grace in Christ than sin in us - Receive God's love and respond in love
In Our Place - The Passover Lamb
John 1:28-29
“Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!"
Christ is the perfect sacrifice to atone for the sin for all those who call upon His glorious name.
On this Good Friday message, Ps Matt illustrates through the Passover story in Exodus (Exodus 12) the good news that Christ, through His death, was a worthy and willing sacrifice - in our place.
In Our Place (Matthew 27:46)
Easter 2022: In Our Place.
Exile, Sacrifice, Battlefield, Ransom, Justice