As we look at Psalm 127, we will find that we are to live as multipliers who are content in the person and purposes of God. In that we will live a life that gives of ourselves to build into the lives of future generations.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
To encourage and equip people to love God, love our neighbors, and share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Sermons by David Dixon
Paul instructs Timothy to establish elders and leadership in the various Cretan churches that they had planted together. In his explanation of what the character of an elder ought to be, he demonstrates that this the life that the believer should aspire to. In many ways, there is nothing overly special about the list, but in contrast to the living of the culture, this stands out as radical or bold. Again the emphasis for living an Gospel-centered life does not come from the command itself (legalism) but from the grace of God given to us in Jesus.
As Paul opens his letter to Titus and the Cretan church, Paul reminds Titus that the Gospel of Jesus was not something that happened as a response to sin as if God didn’t know that it was going to happen. Instead it was his plan to pour out his grace on us to give us hope and demonstrate his love for us. The grace of God in Jesus is a recurring theme. The emphasis becomes on the connection between grace and action. Such is the overwhelming nature of God’s grace that we are to respond to his grace wholeheartedly and without reservation.
Today we look at the final days leading up to the crucifixion of Christ and some of the characters of the cross revolving around the last supper in 3 different sermon segments.
God is not silent. His Word is clear, sufficient and authoritative. God reveals His mercy through the plagues, revealing the lies upon which the Egyptians have built their lives. This sermon centers around Pharaoh’s question, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey his voice?” as this is an applicable questions in our day and age as well. Through the first five plagues he reveals the false promises of the Egyptian gods, just as God reveals the false promises of our American gods of comfort, wealth, and prosperity, by proclaiming himself as the “I AM.”
Moses’ giftedness was not enough for him to take matters into his own hands. He had to trust in the sovereignty of God, just as we do today. As Moses takes the saving of the Israelite people into his own hands, he quickly discovers that his power, knowledge, and status were not enough. Because of his failed attempt, he runs from Egypt and finds himself as a traveler in a strange land. But in the wilderness, he ends up broken and ready to be used by God.
(Mark 3:14/Romans 15:7;12:1-3)
Jesus’ Love is…Humble, Sacrificial, Unconditional
As we can all be in places of unrest and weariness in our lives, He reminds us of who He is, how much he loves us and the joy He gives to us as we walk with Jesus.
We best witness Jesus in the everyday moments of life.