Sermons — Page 45

From 1 John 5:11-18, this message walks through the believer's heavenly possession, priority, purity, and protection, grounding assurance of salvation in the finished work and keeping power of Christ rather than in the believer's own

Eternal SecurityUnion with ChristPerseverance of the Saints

Believers are called to violently put to death the sins named in Colossians 3, and the conquest of the five Amorite kings in Joshua 10 pictures Christ's total victory over sin on behalf of those who repent and trust him.

Putting Sin to DeathChrist's VictoryTypology of Christ

Wives are called to submit to their husbands as an outworking of the mutual submission believers already practice within the church, and this submission is grounded in the husband's headship and offered out of love for Christ rather than

Wifely SubmissionHeadshipChristian Marriage

1 John 4 commands believers to test the spirits and hold discernment together with Christian love. The Spirit of truth guards the church from false teaching while producing love that reflects God’s own character.

Testing the SpiritsDiscernment and LoveFalse Teaching

From the creation account, Adam and Eve's calling to rule and fill the earth is applied to marriage and family, closing with a call for the church to be marked by simple obedience to what God has already made clear in His Word.

Dominion MandateFamily DesignObedience to God's Word

1 John 3 contrasts the children of God with the children of the devil through the vital signs of doctrine, obedience, righteousness, and brotherly love. Assurance grows as God’s people see real evidence of new life without pretending they

Children of the DevilPracticing RighteousnessBrotherly Love

Continuing in Genesis 2, this message unpacks Adam's poetic delight over Eve as the pattern for marriage, warning that building a family on anything less than God's standard, like a house built with mismatched materials, produces recurring

Marriage as God's MasterpieceBuilding on God's StandardOne Flesh

1 John teaches that God’s children have the Father’s love and therefore cannot love the world as their home. Assurance is strengthened as believers see new loves, new obedience, and a growing break with the desires of the world.

Love of the WorldSpiritual Vital SignsNew Loves

Opening a series on God's design for the family from Genesis 1-2, this message establishes that marriage and children belong to God as the true owner, and that husbands, wives, and families are called to build according to his design rather

God's OwnershipFamily DesignMale and Female

Closing out the Sermon on the Mount series with Matthew 7:24-29, the message contrasts the wise and foolish builders to argue that hearing Christ's words means nothing without obeying them when the storms of persecution and trial come.

Wise and Foolish BuildersObedience to ChristTrials and Testing