Introduction:• What do my disappointments reveal about me and about where my hope truly lies?• Disappointment with people is not an interruption to life in a fallen world – it is the expectation of life in a fallen world.• People, even the best people, will fail us. And unless we understand this truth, we will…
Jude 17–25But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ.They said to you, “In the last time there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions.” It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit.But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith and…
Micah 6:8“He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Proverbs 28:5 “Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD understand it completely.” Isaiah 1:17 “Learn to do…
Jude 1-16Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and brother of James, To those who are called, beloved in God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ: May mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.Beloved, although I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I found it necessary to write appealing…
Proverbs 19:17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed. (ESV) James 2:15-17If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food, and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for…
Ephesians 1:6“To the praise of His glorious grace, with which He has blessed us in the Beloved.” Introduction:• If mercy says, “You may go free,” grace says, “Come home and sit at My table.”• In Christ, God does not stop at forgiving sinners – He adopts them, clothes them in righteousness, and calls them His…
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14“But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.” (ESV) Introduction• Every…
Ephesians 2:4–5“But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved.” (ESV) Introduction: The Weight of what we Deserve• Standing guilty before a holy God, the Judge of…
God’s Promises to Hear and Answer Prayer:Jeremiah 33:3Matthew 7:7-81 John 5:14Psalm 34:17 1. The Perplexing Reality of Unanswered PrayerEven saints who walk closely with God experience the anguish of seemingly unanswered prayer. Scripture does not shy away from this reality.• Psalm 13:1• Job 30:20• Lamentations 3:8Yet even this pain has been felt by our Lord:“My…
Key texts:Ephesians 2:1-10; Romans 3:21-28; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Romans 11:36 Theme:The heart of the Reformation was a return to the Gospel—God’s sovereign grace, received by faith, grounded in Scripture, for His glory alone. 1. Sola Gratia – Grace Alone“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it…