Sermons from July 2021

Sermons from July 2021

What Is Your Spiritual Gift?

Over the last few weeks we have seen how every believer needs to be serving the Lord. The big question that comes up though is how? The simple answer is that every believer has gifts that the Spirit of God has given them for service. This then brings up the question, “What is my spiritual gift?” Natural gifts Every person has natural abilities and gifts. These gifts and abilities exist before we come to faith in Christ. Many lost people…

“Organizing for Effectiveness”

All issues that churches can face have already been addressed in Scripture. This week we are going to look at how the Bible teaches us to organize in order to minister more effectively. Problems and triage In Acts the early church had an issue. People were giving and yet some widows were beingoverlooked. People had fallen through the cracks. The Apostles recognized the importance of physical needs being met, yet they could not abandon the spiritual needs around them in…

“Discipleship Takes Place in Ministering”

We have seen that every member is supposed to minister, and we have seen that we need to be disciple-making disciples. How do these things come together? Advancing the Kingdom What type of ministries should we as a church be involved in? In short, anything that advances the Kingdom of God. In Scripture we see believers laboring to glorify God in many ways. This includes ministering in jails, caring for the sick, taking care of the poor, evangelism, missions, and…

“Maturity Is the Goal” – Hebrews 5:12-6:3

Last week we saw that every member of the church is to be a minister, and we all are to be laboring to fulfill the Great Commission and make disciples. What does that look like? The Discipleship Cycle In Scripture there are various stages of spiritual development. Many of them overlap, but the process of spiritual growth generally looks like this: Ignorance – Understanding the Gospel – Salvation – Baptism – Membership – Service – Character – Theology – Competence…