My 11/12/17AM sermon, Glory of God Alone, is now online. This wrapped up Crestview Bible Church’s series on the Solas of the Reformation. The gist of Sunday’s sermon was that God is glorious, but we are sinners, but God saves sinners for His glory. I hope it encourages you to think and practice this reality. And, I hope you had a good weekend.
There’s an amazing truth in John 12. Jesus is preparing to go to the cross and asking the Father to glorify His name. The Father replies, “I have glorified and I will glorify it again.” Today, be humbled by this reality from John 12:28, that Jesus going to the cross was for the Father’s glory. We’re roped into this through our salvation. Glorify Him today for this amazing news.
My 11/5/17AM sermon, Scripture Alone, is now online. This sermon navigated some of the passages of the Bible which deal with the origin, the purpose, and descriptions the Bible gives itself. I really hope that people were given a bigger picture of God’s Word and are drawn to worship Him. I hope it encourages you.
This coming Sunday, Lord willing, we will continue our series looking at the Solas. Specifically, on Sunday, we’ll dig into Scripture alone. So, to whet your appetite, I’ll lean on Jared Wilson and how he defined it in his book The Pastor’s Justification:
Sola scriptura does not mean that the Bible is the only authority over a Christian. In a variety of ways the Christian must be submissive to civil governments, to church leadership, and even to fellow Christians. In addition, a Christian can look to church traditions and creeds and overseers as authorities over his life and doctrine. But sola scriptura means that all these other authorities are subject to the supreme authority of God’s Word. The Bible may not be the only authority in our lives, but it is the only infallible authority, and therefore it is the supreme authority, over any pope or pastor. Because the Bible is the only infallible authority over our lives, it is pastoral malpractice to treat it as a supporting document for our own good ideas. Our words ought to stand under Scripture, not vice versa. When we come to the biblical text, it is meant to shape us; we are not to shape it. We are the ones to be malleable, not the Bible.
Wilson, Jared C.. The Pastor’s Justification: Applying the Work of Christ in Your Life and Ministry (p. 120). Crossway. Kindle Edition.
I really appreciate these words of explanation. And, I hope you are helped this coming Sunday and we dig in to see how Scripture alone points to true salvation.
My 10/29/17AM sermon, Christ Alone, is now online. What I tried to do is overview the book of Colossians. This book, in particular, helps showcase what it means to live in Christ alone. Let’s be honest, though, we easily drift to living for other realities. So, my hope through this sermon is that Christ would be the aim and point of your life. I hope you enjoy it.
Yesterday, I was freed up from a Sunday of preaching. I’m grateful for Luke stepping in. He preached Ephesians 2:1-10 in our Solas series on the notion of Grace Alone. I love the way this sermon got after some ways we might not readily think we’re denying grace alone but actually, we’re drifting into our own self-sufficiency. Engage with these truths.
I also enjoyed unhurried fellowship in Small Groups last night. What a full weekend! I hope yours went well, too.
This past Sunday, we started a series on the Solas (a Latin word meaning alone) of the Reformation. Why? Well, October 31 marks the 500th Anniversary of Martin Luther’s opening a debate about the nature of salvation by posting 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. Solas speak to the protest that was being mustered toward the establishment.
Things like:
Faith alone – we’re not made right with God by works but a righteousness we receive through faith
Grace alone – God’s grace is the decisive factor, not our merit
Christ alone – He’s the one Mediator between God and man
Scripture alone – God’s Word, not tradition, holds the message the makes us right with God
to the Glory of God alone – the all emcompassing focus of our lives
At Crestview, our aim isn’t to venerate church history or the figures found therein, as helpful as they were. We’re attempting in this series to test these truths in the Bible. Does this way of relating to God prove true? I hope this series helps you.
My 10/15/17AM sermon, Faith Alone, is now online. In Genesis 15:6, we see that, in response to the promise of God, Abraham believed God and God counted it as righteousness to Him. This sermon, teased out this passage and how it is used in the NT (in Romans 4, Galatians 3, and James 2). I hope it encourages you and helps you see that anyone can be made right with God through faith, apart from works, and true faith will lead to good works. I hope it encourages you.
My 10/8/17AM sermon, Final Calls from Galatians 6:17-18, is now online. This officially wrapped up our series on the book of Galatians. The sermon unpacked calls to unity, to the reality of suffering, and to lives shaped by grace. I hope you are helped by both the series and the sermon, in particular.
This coming Sunday will be my last sermon in the 2017 Galatians series at Crestview Bible Church. On April 23, we began this journey in Galatians 1:1 and this coming Sunday, 22 sermons later, we’ll explore Galatians 6:17-18. We’ve been hit with a category 5 Gospel bomb in this book. And, I’m hoping the effect of it upon our lives is long-reaching. I look forward to seeing you at Crestview this Sunday.
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