Sermons on Allegiance
Meeting Our Trials with the Joy of God (James 1:1-12)
James 1:2-4 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. Tribulation apparently drove these…
Laying Hold of God’s Promised Land (Genesis 23:1-20)
Genesis 12:1-3, 13:15 Now the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. 2 And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. 3 I will…
Attracted to Sin (Genesis 19:23-38)
If we need to come to God for his righteous in order to escape judgment, then we ought to be wary of the hurdles that might seek to trip us up and prevent us from coming to God for salvation. And the fleeting passions and pleasures of this life have the power to do just that. Lot, his wife, and his two daughters had been sent out of Sodom to avoid the judgment, which here…
Salvation is for the Righteous (Luke 18:15-30)
To live in the place where the living God dwells requires righteousness. Such righteousness is only present in God and therefore requires absolute dependence on God for his righteousness. But the human heart is so full of self-worshiping idolatry that we cannot do righteously nor bring ourselves to…
Generous Hearts and Eternal Gain (Luke 16:1-13)
In this passage, Jesus gives the church some convicting words. He says the sinful people of the world better understand the ways of their world than Christians understand the Kingdom and how to be wise within it. The wicked know how to game the ways of the world to their own advantage. To the…
The King’s Demand of Allegiance (Luke 14:25-35)
Sometimes titled, “The Cost of Discipleship,” this passage reveals the qualifications for following Jesus. Any one who would follow Jesus must give him their full allegiance. Our hearts are prone to give allegiance to many things (idols, false gods, earthly passions). However, we must…
