Sermons on Sanctification
What on Earth #6 – Is Sanctification?
What on Earth is Sanctification? It is sort of like the old fellow who was a drinker, a carouser, a liar and a user, but was soundly converted and he characterized his progress by saying, “I ain’t what I oughter be – and I ain’t what I’m gonner be – but thank the Lord I ain’t what I useter be neither!” Hebrews 10:10 10 By [a]this will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Unique #1 – No One Like Him
John 8:58 58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham [a]was born, I am.” Exodus 3:14 14 God said to Moses, “[a]I AM WHO [b]I AM”; and He said, “Thus you shall say to the sons of Israel, ‘[c]I AM has sent me to you.’”
What on Earth Part 3 – Is Being Filled with the Holy Spirit?
Ephesians 5:18 18 And do not get drunk with wine, [a]for that is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit Luke 15:11-32 The Prodigal Son 11 And He said, “A man had two sons. 12 The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his [a]wealth between them. 13 And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. 14 Now when…
What on Earth Part 1 – Is Being Spiritual?
Being Spiritual a.Many speak of Spirituality: 1)Many perspectives. 2)A sense of connection to something bigger than ourselves. 3)Involves a search for meaning in life. 4)As a universal human experience. 5)A spiritual experience as sacred or transcendent or simply a deep sense of aliveness and interconnectedness. James 1:26-27 26 If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not [a]bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless. 27 Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and…
The Church the Temple of God
•The church not an external entity with its various groups, buildings and services. •It is people of like mind—the Mind of Christ. •Never to be spoken of by Christians as: “Them,” or “They,” or “Those…” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 (NASB) 16 Do you not know that you are a [a]temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? 17 If any man destroys the [b]temple of God, God will destroy him, for the [c]temple of God is holy, and [d]that is what you are.