Your Life, Christian Witness, and Testimony
Your Life, Christian Witness, and Testimony
Who knows what I might mean by Christian witness? Your testimony. And I don't mean testimony like when you talk to somebody about how God saved you specifically.
Would You Rather Be On Your Phone or Alone With God?
Would You Rather Be On Your Phone or Alone With God?
In your daily Christian life do you find yourself getting away and being alone with the Lord? Or are you continually being interrupted?
Wisdom is Better Than Gold
Wisdom is Better Than Gold
We've got to realize like five times in the book of Proverbs it says that wisdom is better than silver and gold. It's better than the finest gold, better than the choicest silver.
Winning Requires Discipline
Winning Requires Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
What’s Wrong With That!?
What’s Wrong With That!?
God does not intend for the Christian to always approach everything they do from a negative perspective by asking, "What's wrong with that?!"
What Does Progressive Sanctification Look Like?
What Does Progressive Sanctification Look Like?
What does progressive sanctification look like in a believer's life? Growth is something that you cannot see a dramatic...
What Does It Mean To Work Out Your Own Salvation?
What Does It Mean To Work Out Your Own Salvation?
Reading Philippians chapter two and asked this question: “What does it mean to work out your own salvation?”
What Does Discipline From the Lord Look Like?
What Does Discipline From the Lord Look Like?
Hebrews 12:7-8 - It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
We Live With Our Eyes On Christ
We Live With Our Eyes On Christ
The Galatians were wanting to be perfected and grow and advance in the Christian life...
The Vine and the Branches
The Vine and the Branches
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit. 3Already you are clean because of the word that I have spoken to you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. 5I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing. 6If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned. 7If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. - John15:1-7
The Power Behind Our Sanctification (Part 4)
The Power Behind Our Sanctification (Part 4)
Though Paul says we have a responsibility to cleanse ourselves, we must remember that the power behind our sanctification is not found in us...
The Holy Spirit Will Make You Holy
The Holy Spirit Will Make You Holy
There is nothing in your life that is evil, corrupt, wrong, dirty, that can withstand the Spirit. This is a mighty Spirit of God and He is let loose in the life of God's...
The Heavenly Race
The Heavenly Race
In the heavenly race a lot of defeat is from slothfulness, we want something for nothing, but just as the athlete is called to manage his body so is the Christian.
The Discipline of Grace
The Discipline of Grace
The grace that saves is a grace that sustains and motivates the believer. Grace teaches the believer to be godly in this present world.
The Christian’s Self Cleansing (Part 2)
The Christian’s Self Cleansing (Part 2)
The people who Paul calls to "cleanse" themselves “from every defilement of body and spirit” are called “beloved”. It is only by being one of the beloved...
The Christian’s Self Cleansing (Part 1)
The Christian’s Self Cleansing (Part 1)
2 Corinthians 7:1 - Since we have these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from every defilement of body and spirit, bringing holiness to completion in the fear of God.
The Christian Life is One of Death to Self
The Christian Life is One of Death to Self
The roots of our hearts have grown down into things, and we dare not pull up one rootlet lest we die. Things have become necessary to us...
The Christian is Not Under the Law
The Christian is Not Under the Law
The Christian is not under the law, but is being changed into Christ's image as they live a life looking to Him.
The Beauty of Holiness
The Beauty of Holiness
God puts a premium on the beauty of holiness. Physical beauty is relatively meaningless to God.
The Battle With Sin: Who is the Greatest? (Part 4)
The Battle With Sin: Who is the Greatest? (Part 4)
Tim talks about humility and who will be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 23:11 - The greatest among you shall be your servant.
The Battle With Sin: Passion for the World or Christ? (Part 6)
The Battle With Sin: Passion for the World or Christ? (Part 6)
Is your motive for holy living Christ? Is your passion to know Him more? This is another part of the Battle With Sin Bible Study Series.
The Arrows of God’s Discipline
The Arrows of God’s Discipline
The arrows of God’s discipline are aimed at, and hit a particular object. The object is sin, a particular sin. It is not the believer’s only sin, but it is the sin which God wants out of his life now.
Swimming Where the Cleansing Waters Are (Part 7)
Swimming Where the Cleansing Waters Are (Part 7)
There really are things you can do to be splashing in the water that cleanses and there are things you can do that take you away from there. It is possible by your own actions...
Spiritual Stability
Spiritual Stability
Nathan speaks on the under-appreciated value of spiritual stability. Is your walk with Christ stable, consistent, and solid; like a fruitful tree planted by a stream of water?
Solid Food Is For the Mature
Solid Food Is For the Mature
Hebrews 5:13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
Should Christians Watch the TV?
Should Christians Watch the TV?
What does the Bible say about Christians watching TV? Why are so many people trying to justify watching movies that just have "a couple of bad scenes," is this ok?
Sanctification is Not Passive
Sanctification is Not Passive
One of the greatest hindrances to sanctification is when we view it as though it is passive. We are not told to be passive in dealing with sin, but rather we are called to actively put it off.
Putting Off the Old Man and Putting On the New Man
Putting Off the Old Man and Putting On the New Man
Bible: Ephesians 4:17-24
Process Of Progressive Sanctification
Process Of Progressive Sanctification
The Holy Spirit within the believer marks the beginning of the progressive sanctification process for the believer.
Others May, You Cannot
Others May, You Cannot
Others may you cannot - others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their success, of their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it...
Obedience Leads to Knowing God More
Obedience Leads to Knowing God More
The irony of the Christian is that they know the Lord and yet what they want more than anything else is to know the Lord more.
Making Your Calling and Election Sure
Making Your Calling and Election Sure
In conversion we are only a looker, not a worker, but now that we are saved we are a farmer; we are a worker.
Make It Your Aim to Fear God
Make It Your Aim to Fear God
When Paul says Look, look, it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God if you're lost outside here. But he is coming to the Christians...
Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice
Grace Community Church San Antonio, Texas www.gccsatx.com Preached at Rockport Baptist Church
Let Go and Let God?
Let Go and Let God?
I don't think I hear this from any of you folks, but you know people say, "Let go and let God." And you know we can talk about abiding in Christ and we have to be careful that we don't see...
Lay Aside Every Weight
Lay Aside Every Weight
Let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race.
Lawful Hobbies That Have An Idolatrous Place In Your Heart
Lawful Hobbies That Have An Idolatrous Place In Your Heart
Don Johnson testifies how the Lord granted him repentance to forsake his idolatrous relationship to his hobby of relic collection. Is there a lawful hobby in your life...
Know Christ, Know the Gospel
Know Christ, Know the Gospel
We must know God, His Son, and His Gospel. Only by knowing Him and his greatness will we be enabled to give our lives away as a living sacrifice to Him. Everything is about Christ, seek Him until you know Him!
Is Your Spiritual Progress Evident to All?
Is Your Spiritual Progress Evident to All?
In the Christian life, we should be making progress that will be visible for others to see and notice. Are you making spiritual progress on your way to heaven?
Increasing in Holiness
Increasing in Holiness
2 Peter 1:5 - For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness...