Sermons from 2025 (Page 2)

Proverbs 21:2-4 Treasures From Proverbs (Series) Proverbs 21:2-4 2 A person may think their own ways are right, but the Lord weighs the heart. 3 To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice. 4 Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin. God’s power of discernment unmasks those who fool others and even those who fool themselves.   Proverbs 15:25 The Lord tears down the house of the…

Proverbs 15:1-7 Treasures From Proverbs (Series) Proverbs 18:21 The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Proverbs 13:3 Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. The tongue can destroy so much, so easily.   Proverbs 15:1-2 A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge, but the mouth…

Proverbs 8:22-36 Treasures From Proverbs (Series) Psalm 19:1-6 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. 2 Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge. 3 They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them. 4 Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent for…

Proverbs 3 Treasures From Proverbs (Series) Proverbs 3:1-2 God is our only source of wisdom. Psalms 111:10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding. To him belongs eternal praise.   Proverbs 3:3-8 When we submit through obedience we exercise our faith in Him. Hebrews 11:6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards…

Overview Of Proverbs Treasures From Proverbs (Series) Why Proverbs? Proverbs 16:16 How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! (Introduction: Proverbs 1:1-7) In 1 Kings 3:5-9 God appeared to Solomon in a dream and offered him anything he wanted. Solomon asked for a discerning heart to govern the people and to distinguish between right and wrong. Solomon was the wises man in the ancient world. (1 Kings 4:29-33) Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the…

Hebrews 13:9-14 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 13:9 Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so. Throughout history people have tried to change the gospel and make it more agreeable to them.   Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right…

Hebrews 13:1-3 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) The evidence of faith should be seen by how we live. Hebrews 13:1-2 Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters. 2 Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. Enjoying spiritual fellowship through brotherly love. These Hebrew Christians new what it was like to be rejected by their family and friends. A church that’s foundation is anything…

Hebrews 12:4-11 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) The Christian life promises trials and hardships. Hebrews 12:4-8 In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. 5 And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a father addresses his son? It says, “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you, 6 because the Lord disciplines the one…

Hebrews 11:13-29 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 11:13-16 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance, admitting that they were foreigners and strangers on earth. 14 People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. 15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity…

Hebrews 11:1-16 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 11:1-6 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for. The scripture focuses on testimonies of persevering faith.   3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Romans 1:20) 4 By faith Abel brought God a better…

Hebrews 9:1-14 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 9:1-5 Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary. 2 A tabernacle was set up. In its first room were the lampstand and the table with its consecrated bread; this was called the Holy Place. 3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, 4 which had the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. This ark contained the…

Hebrews 8:1-13 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Door # 1 The New Covenant – Door # 2 The Old Covenant. Hebrews 8:1-2 Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, 2 and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by a mere human being. The new covenant has…

Hebrews 7:11-28 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 7:1-10 (Genesis 14:18-20) A High priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Melchizedek is fulfilling a role that is an example of Jesus ministry to us today. To pay a 10th declares, that God owns all of it. Abraham is saying to Melchizedek, “You own everything in my life.” Hebrews 7:11-19 If perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood—and indeed the law given to the people established that priesthood—why was…

Hebrews 5:1-10 Hebrews: Truth That Transforms (Series) Hebrews 5:1-4 Every high priest is selected from among the people and is appointed to represent the people in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. 2 He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness. 3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of…