Independence Day:God's Closeness in Uncertain Times
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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
We all have different personas and roles we play depending on our circumstances. We are one person at work; another at play and still another at home. Who is the real you? How do you develop this all-important you to change the world?
Introduction: 1. This morning, I would like to speak with you about your favorite topic. Anyone know what that is? 2. We are a thoroughly self-preoccupied culture. a. Never worry about what people think about you because they seldom do. 98% of the time, they are thinking about ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Labels are necessary at times but can also be divisive and destructive. It's important for us to know about our label.
Today we will be talking about labels. Sometimes labels are important. Imagine going to the grocery store to get a can of green beans. But when you get there all the can goods are without labels. You do not know if you are getting green beans or corn. Labels also give you important information. ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 62:2, Ephesians 2:10, Romans 8:35, 2 Corinthians 5:20
Denomination: Foursquare
Knowing who we are in Christ
WHO ARE YOU? PASTOR ERIC J. HANSON Preface: This is written to people who are already believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. The answer to the question “Who Are You?” depends entirely upon whether (or not) you have turned your life ...read more
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
Exposition of 1 Peter 2:4-8
Privileges of Believers As you come to him, the living Stone—rejected by men but chosen by God and precious to him—you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-8
Exposition of 1 Peter 2:9-12
Marks of the People of God But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:9-12
How many of you have ever felt unworthy, like you just aren’t good enough? I’m here to tell you that you are enough in Christ Jesus!
How many of you have ever felt like you just aren’t good enough? Like you are unworthy or like God can’t use you? I believe all of us have felt like that at some point or another. But today I came to tell you that you are enough. Turn with me to Genesis 1:26-28 and also I want you to bookmark ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-28, Psalm 139:13-17, Ecclesiastes 11:5, Psalm 115:1, Romans 10:9-10 (view more) (view less)
Denomination: Pentecostal
Big Idea: We are God's prized possession! This sermon brings into focus several aspects of our identity in Christ and what it means for believers to be God's prized possession, as the Apostle Peter lays out in his first epistle.
INTRODUCTION Do you remember playing that “What do these things have in common?” game when you were younger? You’d have to look at a group of pictures or a list of words and determine what the common denominator was. For example, if I say: “Black, Brown, and Grizzly…What do these three have in ...read more
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10
This sermon explores the profound spiritual significance of baptism, emphasizing its role as a divine declaration of our identity in Christ.
Good morning, dear family of faith. It is a joy to gather with you today, to stand together as one body under the banner of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we come together, we find ourselves in the presence of a deeply profound truth, a truth that has the power to transform our lives, to shape our ...read more
Scripture: Mark 1:9-15, 1 Peter 3:18-22
Topics: Baptism, New Life, Christ
In this text Paul identifies himself (an apostle of Christ). He also identifies the saints.
THE IDENTITY OF THE SAINTS I CORINTHIANS 1:1-9 INTRODUCTION: D.R. Davies, In Search of Myself, said, “I found myself in finding God. What I was searching for was my own identity, and without knowing it, my search was for God.” We don’t really find our identity until we find it in the God who ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9
Denomination: Baptist
What was the purpose of the second day and how does our identity in Christ give us meaning connected to that second day?
Dr. Bradford Reaves Crossway Christian Fellowship Hagerstown, MD, USA www.mycrossway.org View this and other messages at: https://mycrossway.churchcenter.com/channels/8118 Before anything else happened… there was God. Scripture DIDN'T start out: “In the beginning, the earth was without form ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 1:1-7
Denomination: Brethren
Today, we will look at three powerful things Christ does that help define you as a believer
Background to passage: one of the most spectacular, all-encompassing letters in the NT regarding the church and our place in it. It puts on display God’s ultimate purpose for creation, the church, and your life. It was written to the Ephesians and possibly other churches in the region. One of the ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:7-10
Find out about your super powers as we venture into your identity in Christ.
The Superhero in You The Truth about Your “Secret” Identity 5/28/03 I. Introduction There was a man who owned a Great Dane. Now this Great Dane was an extremely large and ferocious dog—definitely not the kind of dog you want jumping up in your lap. One day, as the man was walking his Great Dane ...read more
Scripture: 1 John 4:4
Resurrection brings salvation, and with salvation comes a new identity in Christ and a hope that surpasses everything.
The Resurrection Changes Everything! Jeffery Anselmi Resurrection Sunday / Easter; Resurrection / 2 Corinthians 5:14–21 Resurrection brings salvation, and with salvation comes a new identity in Christ and a hope that surpasses everything. INTRODUCTION • WOW! it is Resurrection Sunday! • This is a ...read more
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:14-21
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
This is the 8th sermon in the "Accounting" series from the Book of Ephesians.
Series: Accounting [#8] IDENTITY Ephesians 2:19-22 Introduction: Karen and I have been watching an interesting singing show on TV. It is called “The Masked Singer”. This singing contest is not like most. On this contest, each singer is wearing a costume. Each week 1 singer gets voted off of ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 2:19-22
The world has led us to believe that we can identify ourselves to be anything we want to be, but how does God look at us?
My sermon illustration experts at McDonald’s were asking whether I had been including them in any of my sermons recently, so I decided to ask them this question. If a random person on the street walked up to you and asked, “Who are you? Tell me about yourself,” what are the identifiers you would ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31, Psalm 8:3-8