Sermons on Being Righteous
July 30, Sunday Service of Worship
INVITATION TO WORSHIP: Psalm 42:1–5; OPENING PRAYER; ANNOUNCEMENTS; CATECHISM: Q. 24, p. 869; CONGREGATIONAL READING: Psalm 42:8, 11; SONG: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God; SONG: Come Thou Fount; PREACHING THE WORD: Acts 24:1–27, Righteousness, Self-Control, and Judgment; SONG: I Love to Tell the Story; SONG: When We Walk with the Lord; BENEDICTION
Building Your Life Upon the Rock (Matthew 7:13-29)
Jesus Christ is the only sure foundation for life. And those who enter by the narrow gate build their life upon that rock. And building one’s life upon Jesus Christ means nothing less than acting in obedience to his word. Matthew 7:24-25 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them…
The Righteous Response of Intercession (Genesis 18:16-33)
1 Timothy 2:1-6 First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, 2 for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. 3 This is good, and it is…
Doing the Works of Righteousness by Faith (Genesis 6:9-22)
Those whom God sees as righteous produce righteousness in their lives through faith, believing God’s declarations to be true.
Christmas Is For Suffering (1 Peter 3:13-4:6)
For those who are in Christ, according to the great mercy of God, you have been born again into a living hope, awaiting a glorious inheritance with your Father and brother and Savior. So live righteously like such things are true. Because your righteous life is not only appropriate for your salvation, but it’s appropriate to gain salvation for those who hate you. Living…
Servants of God in Submission and Suffering (1 Peter 2:13-25)
As the very dwelling place of God, Christians ought to live righteously by living in proper submission to all in authority. As we submit ourselves to others, we reveal our transformed lives in gracious and kind-hearted servant submission to those in authority. This aligns us with Jesus who suffered…
The Great Exchange – Righteous for the Unrighteous (Luke 23:13-25)
The righteous in place of the guilty. In this exchange, we have a visual demonstration and display of the Gospel itself. We have the innocent Jesus condemned to death for wickedness and we have the unrighteous murderer and insurrectionist Barabbas released as innocent, without charge. What we have…
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…
The Righteousness of Reverent and Joyful Praise (Luke 17:11-19)
In this passage, Jesus heals 10 lepers of their affliction. However, only one leper, a Samaritan, is revealed to truly understand what has been accomplished for him. Out of the 10, he is the only one who turns to Jesus in praise, praising Him for for His goodness. If we see and understand what has…
Righteous Servants Promote Righteousness In Others (Luke 17:1-10)
NOTE: The beginning of the sermon was not recorded. Below is a rough transcript of the missing few minutes of the sermon. “”So, as has been the case for the last year, this story begins where the last one left off. Jesus rebuked the Pharisees for their empty self-righteousness, teaching…
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