Archive for the ‘Salvation’ Category

See My Face No More

Text: Exodus 10:27-11:8 Synopsis: The first nine plagues sent against Pharaoh and Egypt were the river turning to blood, frogs, lice, flies, murrain of beasts, boils, hail, locusts, and darkness. It was an almost comical situation up to this point - though annoying, none of the plagues was life-threatening. However, after Pharaoh grew tired of the game everything turned deadly serious. Pharaoh chose [...]

Fire and Water

Text: Matthew 17:14-21 Synopsis: A man came to Jesus requesting help for his son, who he called a “lunatick” in that he often fell into the fire and into the water. His experience is typical of that of the person who is away from God, in that they are often not in their “right mind” [...]

Don’t Forget Canaan

Text: Genesis 12:1-3 Synopsis: The Biblical land of Canaan is a type of perfection, reflecting times of perfect communion with God in our lives. It is easy for us to become too comfortable in a strange land (i.e., outside of Canaan, or God’s perfect will for us). We should never lose sight of the place God [...]

Three Questions

Text: John 1:19-21, 35-41 Click here to listen to the audio of this sermon. Three questions were asked in our text: A. Who are you? (In verse 19; their other questions ins verse 21 were variations of this same question) B. What are you seeking? (In verse 38) C. Where do you live? (In verse 38)

Faith, believing, and John 8:24

John 8:24 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. John 8:24 is interesting on several levels. First, there is the emphatic claim of Jesus: “if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall [...]