Sermons By Subject: Exposition
Offending the Little Ones (Mat 18:1-14)
I. This study should be both convicting and edifying. The following should be accomplished:
1. Understand what is meant by “offending” and “despising” little children.
2. Learn how to not offend and despise little children.
3. Learn how Mat 18:8-9 fits with the rest of Mat 18:1-14.
II. The reason for Jesus’ discourse.
1. The disciples asked who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven (Mat 18:1).
A. They had been reasoning among themselves about who should be the greatest (Luk 9:46).
Alive Without the Law (Rom 7:9)
I. The purpose of this study is to provide a proper Biblical understanding of Rom 7:7-13 and to answer the following questions:
1. Was Paul referring to being spiritually alive (in possession of eternal life) when he said that he was "alive without the law once"?
2. Was Paul referring to living in sinless innocence prior to the law coming to him when he wrote "without the law sin was dead"?
3. Did Paul die spiritually when the commandment came and sin revived and slew him?
4. If not, then what kind of death was he referring to?
VI. "Sin...slew me" and "I died" -- What was this death?
1. Sin had been laying dormant in Paul, deceiving him (Rom 7:11).
A. Deceive - v. 1. trans. To ensnare; to take unawares by craft or guile; to overcome, overreach, or get the better of by trickery; to beguile or betray into mischief or sin; to mislead.
B. Sin had deceived Paul by making him think he was alive and righteous.
C. Like the people of Laish who dwelt carelessly, quiet and secure, because there was no magistrate in the land to put them to shame (Jdg 18:7): so it was with Paul.
All Things to All Men (1Co 9:19-23)
I. Overview.
1. Being free from all men, but a servant to all.
2. Becoming as a Jew to the Jews.
3. Becoming as a Gentile to the Gentiles.
4. Becoming as weak to the weak.
5. Being all things to all men to save some and be a partaker of the gospel with them.
II. Being free from all men, but a servant to all. (1Co 9:19)
1. Paul begins this chapter by asking the rhetorical question: am I not free? (1Co 9:1)
2. This answer is obviously "yes" as Paul states in verse 19.
3. How was Paul free from all men?
V. Becoming as them that are without law (Gentiles) to them that are without law.
1. Them that are without law are the Gentiles. (Rom 2:12-14)
2. Them that are without also refers to unbelievers who are outside the church. (1Co 5:12-13)
3. Paul became as a Gentile to the Gentiles so that he could identify with them.
A. Paul was the apostle to the Gentiles. (Rom 11:13)
B. When Paul preached Christ to the Gentiles, he didn't use the same manner as he did with the Jews by going to the law to show that Jesus was Christ, he rather reasoned with them from creation.
vs. 1-9.
A. Apostles (ACT 14:15) and prophets (JAM 5:17) were men of passions as other men; they were
not supermen.
1. passion: Any kind of feeling by which the mind is powerfully affected or moved; a
vehement, commanding or overpowering emotion.
2. Jonah was particularly driven by passion: displeased exceedingly, very angry (v. 1);
despondent (v. 3); exceeding glad (v. 6); despondent, angry (v. 9).
3. His emotionalism put him in a position not unlike that which he seems to have hoped
would be the fate of Nineveh. PRO 25:28.
Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on Luke 1:1-5 in which he covered the veracity and reliability of the gospel records, the ability to know truth with certainty, and the date of the birth of Jesus Christ (August/September, not December 25th).
Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on Luke 1:6-7 in which he covered how sinners are made righteous by Jesus Christ's faith, grace, blood, and knowledge, how the faith and works of God's righteous children show evidence that Jesus made them righteous, how good and bad things happen to both good and bad people, and how God doesn't forsake the barren or the elderly.
Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on Luke 1:10-17 in which he covered the nature of angels, the method of effective prayer, being great in the sight of the Lord, how a person who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than John the Baptist, how John the Baptist was Elijah, and the importance of fathers turning their hearts to their children and bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on Luke 1:57-80 in which he covered the scientific accuracy of circumcision on the eighth day, how God's redemption of His people is an accomplished fact which sinners cannot affect, how Jesus Christ is our horn of salvation who is reigning on David's throne, and how the gospel gives the knowledge of salvation (not gives eternal salvation itself) to God's children.
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Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on the The Rich Young Ruler in the Cavite Church in the Philippines. This sermon answers the question, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" (Mar 10:17).
A copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
To Listen on YouTube, click here: Paul on Mars' Hill (Part 1)
Paul on Mars’ Hill (Acts 17:16-34)
I. This study should accomplish 4 primary things:
1. Show that many times God’s people are no different from the heathen.
2. Observe and relate to the nature and thinking of unconverted men.
A copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
To Listen on YouTube, click here: Paul on Mars' Hill (Part 2)
I. Successfully presenting the gospel to the unchurched heathen (v. 22-31).
1. Paul’s manner.
A. Paul was not afraid of, nor did he shy away from, rebuking these philosophers (v. 22-23).
B. Rebuking and reproving are an integral part of the ministry (2Ti 4:2).
A copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
To Listen on YouTube, click here: God Our Ebenezer (1Samuel 7) (Part 2)
VI. 1Sa 7:5
1. Samuel told them to all gather at Mispeh and he would pray for them (1Sa 7:5).
2. Having a godly man pray for you is advantageous (Job 42:8-10).
3. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much (Jam 5:16).
VII. 1Sa 7:6
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Brother Steve Bialon preaches a sermon on the parables of Christ in Matthew 13.
Preached at the Excelsior Springs Church in Excelsior Springs, MO.
The outline is attached below.
How to Effectively Contend for the Faith by Following Jesus' Example (Joh 4:3-42)
I. We are commanded to earnestly contend for the faith (Jud 1:3).
II. How do we effectively contend for the faith?
1. We must follow the example of Jesus Christ (1Co 11:1).
2. We should walk as He walked (1Jo 2:6).
III. An example of how Jesus taught and defended the truth is found in (Joh 4:3-42).
1. In the course of His travels, Jesus ended up passing through Samaria (Joh 4:3-5).
A copy of the outline in both MS Word and PDF is attached at the bottom of the page.
I. The purpose of this study.
1. Identify this world famous woman.
2. Show that repentance and loving God is the result, not the cause, of eternal forgiveness of sin.
3. Show that repentance brings temporal forgiveness and salvation.
II. Who was this woman?
1. By comparing the parallel accounts given in the Gospels, it can be shown that the woman was Mary the sister of Martha and Lazarus. (see table in the attached outline)
Pastor Ben Mott preached an excellent sermon on an introduction to the book of Numbers.
Outline is attached below.
Outline is attached below.
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