The Maine Idea: Brotherly love should be the basis of our caring and our accountability in the church, and growth, to God’s glory, should be the goal.
A Lighthouse of God's Grace and Truth
Sermons on Discipleship - Serving (Page 3)
Introduction: Warren Wiersbe said, “Pride of living and pride of giving are sins that we must avoid at all cost…” The Maine* Idea: God demands a humble and sincere heart as we steward what He has entrusted to us.
I. The Fooishness of the Message of the Cross (22). II. The Surprising way God calls and chooses His servants. III. The Foolishness of Preaching saves those who believe.
The Maine* Idea: Are we neglecting our salvation? We need a Reliable Host We need a Reliable Message We need a Perseverant Spirit
The Maine* Idea: Believers are called to respect government authority (as far as we are able), but our ultimate allegiance is to God, Him alone do we worship. called to respect government authority, but our ultimate allegiance is to God, Him alone do we worship.
The Maine* Idea: God requires us to be faithful with the message and the mission He has entrusted to us, those who hear are responsible for their response to the message.
The Maine* Idea: Jesus is Lord, which means every decision we make must be subsumed under the authority of Christ. [The sermon audio ends at 32 minutes – our apologies for the lengthy space at the end of the recording].
The Maine* Idea: The Lord has given the church two ordinances, as a visual representation of His saving work on our behalf.
The Maine* Idea: As followers of Jesus we must live by faith, and guard against presumption, and religious hypocrisy.
The Maine* Idea: As we call on Jesus in faith He will open our spiritual eyes and we will follow Him.