• Sunday, September 24th, 2023
Genesis 4:1-16 (NASB)
1 Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the LORD.” 2 Again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 3 So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground. 4 Abel, on his part also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of their fat portions. And the LORD had regard for Abel and for his offering; 5 but for Cain and for his offering He had no regard. So Cain became very angry and his countenance fell. 6 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen? 7 “If you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? And if you do not do well, sin is crouching at the door; and its desire is for you, but you must master it.” 8 Cain told Abel his brother. And it came about when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother and killed him. 9 Then the LORD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he said, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” 10 He said, “What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying to Me from the ground. 11 “Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 “When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth.” 13 Cain said to the LORD, “My punishment is too great to bear! 14 “Behold, You have driven me this day from the face of the ground; and from Your face I will be hidden, and I will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” 15 So the LORD said to him, “Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold.” And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him. 16 Then Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Sermon Theme: As God cares deeply about our faith and attitude in worship, we must be vigilant in dealing with our sins, not taking God’s mercy for granted.
Outline:
1) Careless worship displeases God (4:1â5a)
2) Uncurbed sin can led to extreme sin (4:5bâ10)
3) Compassion and mercy mark God’s righteous judgments (4:11â16)
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• Sunday, September 17th, 2023
Genesis 3:20-24 (NASB)
20 Now the man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife, and clothed them. 22 Then the LORD God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever “- 23 therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
Sermon Theme: Even amidst judgment and discipline, God’s gracious provision of salvation is offered to sinners.
Outline:
1) Faith – Man names the woman (3:20)
2) Grace – Covering for the couple (3:21)
3) Mercy – Blessed banishment (3:22-24)
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• Sunday, September 10th, 2023
Genesis 3:17-19 (NASB)
17 Then to Adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’; Cursed is the ground because of you; In toil you will eat of it All the days of your life. 18 “Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you; And you will eat the plants of the field; 19 By the sweat of your face You will eat bread, Till you return to the ground, Because from it you were taken; For you are dust, And to dust you shall return.”
Corruption — Grave Consequences from a gracious, holy God
Last Time: (Sunday, August 27)
1) The Serpent – Satan (3:14-15)
2) The Woman (3:16)
Today:
3) The Man (3:17-19)
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• Sunday, September 03rd, 2023
John 10:11-18 (NASB)
11 “I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. 12 “He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who is not the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. 13 “He flees because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep. 14 “I am the good shepherd, and I know My own and My own know Me, 15 even as the Father knows Me and I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep. 16 “I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd. 17 “For this reason the Father loves Me, because I lay down My life so that I may take it again. 18 “No one has taken it away from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again. This commandment I received from My Father.”
1) He lays down His life for the sheep (vv. 11â13)
2) He knows His sheep (vv. 14â16)
3) He has authority over death and resurrection (vv. 17â18)
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• Sunday, August 27th, 2023
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Genesis 3:14-16 (NASB)
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
âBecause you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all the livestock,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life;
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And I will make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your offspring and her Descendant;
He shall bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.â
16 To the woman He said,
âI will greatly multiply
Your pain in childbirth,
In pain you shall deliver children;
Yet your desire will be for your husband,
And he shall rule over you.â
Corruption — Grave consequences from a gracious, holy God
1) The Serpent-Satan (3:14-15)
2) The Woman (3:16)
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• Sunday, August 20th, 2023
8 Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.9 Then the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, âWhere are you?â10 He said, âI heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.â11 And He said, âWho told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?â12 The man said, âThe woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.â13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, âWhat is this that you have done?â And the woman said, âThe serpent deceived me, and I ate.â
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Corruption â Colossal changes following the original sin of man
1) Shame & Fear (3:7-10)
2) Shifting of Blame (3:11-13)
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• Sunday, August 13th, 2023
3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, âHas God really said, âYou shall not eat from any tree of the gardenâ?â 2 The woman said to the serpent, âFrom the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, âYou shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.ââ 4 The serpent said to the woman, âYou certainly will not die! 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will become like God, knowing good and evil.â 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
Corruption â How sin entered into the world:
1) The clarity and authority of Godâs Word is attacked (3:1-3)
2) The truth of Godâs Word and Godâs goodness is denied (3:4-5)
3) The true vision of God is clouded by our senses (3:6)
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• Sunday, August 06th, 2023
Sermon Theme: God’s blueprint for marriage is sacred, right and beautiful because He is the One who planned and purposed it from beginning to end.
Outline:
1) God’s Revelation of Marriage as One Man & One Woman for Life
– Rooted in Scripture (Gen 2:22â24)
– Reiterated by Jesus & throughout the Bible (Mark 10:6)
– Reflects Christ’s Relationship to the Church (Eph 5:22â33)
2) God’s Meaning for Marriage
– Covenant of Companionship (Gen 2:18)
– Co-laborer (Gen 1:28)
– Children (Gen 1:22)
– Exalt Christ & the Cross (Eph 5:22â33)
3) God’s Picture/Metaphor of Marriage (Eph 5:22â33; Rev 19:7â9)
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• Sunday, July 30th, 2023
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12 (NASB)
1 Finally then, brethren, we request and exhort you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us instruction as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk ), that you excel still more. 2 For you know what commandments we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; 4 that each of you know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, 5 not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; 6 and that no man transgress and defraud his brother in the matter because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you before and solemnly warned you. 7 For God has not called us for the purpose of impurity, but in sanctification. 8 So, he who rejects this is not rejecting man but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you. 9 Now as to the love of the brethren, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; 10 for indeed you do practice it toward all the brethren who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brethren, to excel still more, 11 and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we commanded you, 12 so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.
Excel Still More:
1) In your walk with Christ (4:1-2)
2) In your purity (4:3-8)
3) In your love (4:9-12)
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• Sunday, July 23rd, 2023
Genesis 2:4-25 (NASB)
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4Â This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5Â Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground. 6Â But a mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole surface of the ground. 7Â Then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living person. 8Â The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the man whom He had formed. 9Â Out of the ground the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10Â Now a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four rivers. 11Â The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12Â The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13Â The name of the second river is Gibbon; it flows around the whole land of Cush. 14Â The name of the third river is Tigris; it flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
15Â Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16Â The Lord God commanded the man, saying, âFrom any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17Â but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.â
18Â Then the Lord God said, âIt is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him.â 19Â And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name. 20Â The man gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for Adam there was not found a helper suitable for him. 21Â So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22Â And the Lord God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23Â Then the man said,
âAt last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
She shall be called âwoman,â
Because she was taken out of man.â
24Â For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25Â And the man and his wife were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
Sermon Theme: God has prepared human beings with all the spiritual and physical resources needed in order to glorify and enjoy Him.
Last week:
1)Mankind was made with the capacity to serve and worship God (2:4-8; 15)
2) Mankind was given the responsibility to obey God in order to flourish in life (2:8-17)
This week:
3) Mankind was blessed with complementary help to serve, worship, and obey God together (2:18-25)
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