Sermons on Freedom
Living Free in the Power of the Resurrection (Philippians 3:1-11)
Gordan Fee sums up this passage by saying, the Christian life “means to be finished with one’s religious past as having value before God or as a means of right relationship with God; it means to trust wholly in Christ as God’s means to righteousness. But such righteousness has as its ultimate aim…
Glad Obedience in the Gospel (Philippians 2:12-18)
Here’s the sum of Paul’s current exhortation: Since Jesus Christ is LORD, and you have been born as unblemished children of God through the Gospel, fearfully consider the offense of sin against God, and in all the activity of faith, do nothing in grumbling or disputing, and even if you were to die…
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…
The Good News (Luke 4:14-30)
Freedom from Slavery (1 Kings 20:1-21)
In this story from 1 Kings, we see how God’s preposterous grace set the wicked King Ahab free from his far superior enemy, Ben-hadad. In this war, when King Ahab faces the utter and complete desolation at the hand of over 100,000 Syrian warriors, God comes near to Ahab and delivers him with the most unlikely people, 232 youth-in-training. We see a similar victory…
The Master of Joy (Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:9)
This life is a gift from God. But often we are not satisfied with what we have and we wastefully pursue more not realizing vain pursuit of wealth and possessions will never satisfy our souls. We must be satisfied in Christ and enjoy each moment as a gift from God so that we don’t end our life in regret.
Disqualified (Colossians 2:16-23)
Striving for holiness by following the law will never bring inner transformation of the heart. It’s often called legalism and it destroy spiritual life. Those who live by a moral code and try to create a false sense of righteousness and ignore the true sin in the heart will be disqualified for true spiritual life. We must abide in Christ and grow with a growth that…
Before and After (Colossians 1:1-2)
The introductory message into the book of Colossians. A look at the supremacy of Christ who reveals who God is and how He redeems His people. We see in Colossians 1:1-2 a God who calls the unrighteous to salvation, gives his people grace to live in holiness and faithfulness and brings them into a relationship of peace in and through Him. Colossians 1:1-2 Paul, an apostle…
Unselfish Freedom (Galatians 5:1-6)
Paul says in Galatians 5:1 that it is for freedom that Christ set us free. Often we fall back into slavery to sin and selfishness. The answer, Paul says, is that our freedom was given to us that we might use it to love and serve others. Our freedom is not for ourselves but for others.
