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Sermons on Salvation

Paul vs. the Apostles: Fight or Fiction? 

Sermon Text: Galatians 2:1-10 Theme: Despite pressure from false Christians to add to the gospel message and bring believers into bondage, the Church confirms the consistent teachings of the Apostle Paul, that salvation comes by God’s grace alone to all who believe.   Structure/points:  Among other slanders lobbed at Paul, the heretics in Galatia seem to have been trying drive a wedge between…

Absalom’s Undoing

Sermon Text: 2 Samuel 18:1-18 Theme:  The Lord secured the reign of the king whom He had covenanted with through the humiliating defeat and death of the traitor.  Structure/points: In 2 Samuel 7, God had promised that He would build a house for King David.  Despite David’s lack of merit, God covenanted to raise a son of David’s body and establish the…

Salvation Belongs to the Lord

Sermon Text: Psalm 3:1-8 Theme:  Though the foes of the believer are many, salvation belongs to the Lord, and He will answer all who cry to Him for deliverance with protection and blessing. Structure/points: If ever there was a time to be thinking about musical composition, running away from Absalom’s rebels seems like it wouldn’t be it.  Yet it was in the…

The Judge of Israel

Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 7:5-17 Theme: The Lord worked out deliverance for Israel through the mediatorial judgeship of Samuel Structure/points:  When Israel sought salvation from the Lord, He proved Himself willing to deliver them from danger.  And the person He chose to lead Israel at this time was Samuel.  The mediatorial judgeship of Samuel is shown here, and through it, God sent…