John 15:1-11 | The True Vine from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Sam Powers
\nJohn 15:1-11
Romans 3:21–26 | Gospel Glory — Part 2 from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 3:21–26
Romans 6:10–11 (ESV)
\nFor the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
London Baptist Confession
\nHe has accomplished these things by His perfect obedience and sacrifice of Himself, which He once for all offered up to God through the eternal Spirit.
Hebrews 9:11–12 (ESV)
\nBut when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption.
Hebrews 9:22 (ESV)
\nIndeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.
Hebrews 9:23–24 (ESV)
\nThus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.
Hebrews 9:26 (ESV)
\nBut as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Hebrews 10:14 (ESV)
\nFor by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
John Murray
\nVengeance is the reaction of the holiness of God to sin, and the covering is that which provides for the removal of divine displeasure which the sin evokes. … To propitiate means to “placate,” “pacify,” “appease,” “conciliate.” And it is this idea that is applied to the atonement accomplished by Christ.
John Murray
\nPropitiation presupposes the wrath and displeasure of God, and the purpose of propitiation is the removal of this displeasure. Very simply stated the doctrine of propitiation means that Christ propitiated the wrath of God and rendered God propitious to his people.
London Baptist Confession
\nBy His obedience and death, Christ fully paid the debt of all those who are justified. He endured in their place the penalty they deserved. By this sacrifice of Himself in His bloodshed on the cross, He legitimately, really and fully satisfied God’s justice on their behalf.
John Murray
\nIt is one thing to say that the wrathful God is made loving. That would be entirely false. It is another thing to say the wrathful God is loving. That is profoundly true.
1 John 4:10 (ESV)
\nIn this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Gospel Partnership Manual
\nThe gospel is God’s proclamation that by grace through faith the believer is united to Jesus in His life, death and resurrection so that he is forgiven of his sin and granted Jesus’s righteousness and thus will be presented before God, not condemned but redeemed, glorifying God forever.
Romans 3:21–26 | Gospel Glory — Part 1 from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n_Romans 3:21–26 _
2024-04-07 | ProPresenter
\nTITLE: Gospel Glory — Part 1
\nSCRIPTURE: Romans 3:21–26
John Murray
\nRedemption contemplates our bondage and is the provision of grace to release us from that bondage. Propitiation contemplates our liability to the wrath of God and is the provision of grace whereby we may be freed from that wrath.
Ezekiel 33:10–11 (ESV)
\nAnd you, son of man, say to the house of Israel, Thus have you said: ‘Surely our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we rot away because of them. How then can we live?’ Say to them, As I live, declares the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn from his way and live; turn back, turn back from your evil ways, for why will you die, O house of Israel?
The 1689 Baptist Confession (Article 11)
\nBy His obedience and death, Christ fully paid the debt of all those who are justified. He endured in their place the penalty they deserved. By this sacrifice of Himself in His bloodshed on the cross, He legitimately, really and fully satisfied God’s justice on their behalf. Yet their justification is based entirely on free grace, because He was given by the Father for them, and His obedience and satisfaction were accepted in their place. These things were done freely, not because of anything in them, so that both the exact justice and the rich grace of God would be glorified in the justification of sinners.
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim’s Progress, 1688
\nSo I saw in my dream that just as Christian came up to the cross, his burden loosed from off his shoulders and fell from off his back and began to tumble, and so continued to do till it came to the mouth of the sepulchre, where it fell in, and I saw it no more. Then was Christian glad and lightsome and said with a merry heart, “He hath given me rest by His sorrow and life by His death.” Then he stood still awhile to look and wonder, for it was very surprising to him that the sight of the cross should thus ease him of his burden. He looked therefore and looked again, even till the springs that were in his head sent the waters down his cheeks.
1 Corinthians 15:50–58 | Resurrection Reality from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n1 Corinthians 15:50–58
Philip Ryken
\n… when the Israelites praised God for bringing them out of Egypt — sending the plagues, providing the lamb, parting the sea, and all the rest of it — were they praising him for something that he had actually done or were they simply making up a story about where they came from?
J. Gresham Machen
\nThe great weapon with which the disciples of Jesus set out to conquer the world was not a mere comprehension of eternal principles; it was an historical message, an account of something that had recently happened, it was the message, “He is risen.”
Charles Spurgeon
\nWe believe that every portion of Scripture history is not only a faithful transcript of what did actually happen, but also a shadow of what happens spiritually in the dealings of God with his people, or in the dispensations of his grace towards the world at large.
John 21:24 (ESV)
\nThis is the disciple who is bearing witness about these things, and who has written these things, and we know that his testimony is true.
John 19:30 | The Word of Victory from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nJohn 19:30
A. W. Pink
\nFrom the beginning, God’s purpose has always been one and indivisible. It has been declared to men in various ways: in symbol and type, by mysterious hints and by plain intimations, through Messianic prediction and through didactic declaration. That purpose of God may be summarized thus: to display his grace and to magnify his Son in the creating of children in his own image and glory.
Luke 22:42 (ESV)
\nFather, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.
Psalm 85:10 (ESV)
\nSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;
\nrighteousness and peace kiss each other.
Colossians 1:17–20
\nAnd he is before all things, and in him all things hold together. And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Hebrews 1:1–4
\nLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Ephesians 3:8–12
\n… the unsearchable riches of Christ … is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Hebrews 2:9
\nBut we see him who for a little while was made lower than the angels, namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the suffering of death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone.
John 16:33 (ESV)
\nI have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.”
Romans 3:9–20 | None is Righteous from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 3:9–20
Psalm 53:1–3 (ESV)
\nThe fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”
\nThey are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity;
\nthere is none who does good.
\nGod looks down from heaven
\non the children of man
\nto see if there are any who understand,
\nwho seek after God.
\nThey have all fallen away;
\ntogether they have become corrupt;
\nthere is none who does good,
\nnot even one.
Psalm 5:9 (ESV)
\nFor there is no truth in their mouth;
\ntheir inmost self is destruction;
\ntheir throat is an open grave;
\nthey flatter with their tongue.
Psalm 140:3 (ESV)
\nThey make their tongue sharp as a serpent’s,
\nand under their lips is the venom of asps.
Psalm 10:7 (ESV)
\nHis mouth is filled with cursing and deceit and oppression;
\nunder his tongue are mischief and iniquity.
Proverbs 1:16 (ESV)
\nfor their feet run to evil,
\nand they make haste to shed blood.
Isaiah 59:7-8 (ESV)
\nTheir feet run to evil,
\nand they are swift to shed innocent blood;
\ntheir thoughts are thoughts of iniquity;
\ndesolation and destruction are in their highways.
\nThe way of peace they do not know,
\nand there is no justice in their paths;
\nthey have made their roads crooked;
\nno one who treads on them knows peace.
Isaiah 59:2 (ESV)
\nbut your iniquities have made a separation
\nbetween you and your God,
Psalm 36:1 (ESV)
\nTransgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
\nthere is no fear of God before his eyes.
Romans 7:22–23
\nFor I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members.
Romans 3:1-8 | What advantage has the Jew? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Sam Powers
\nRomans 3:1-8
Special Guest: Sam Powers.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 2:25–29
Romans 8:3–4 (ESV)
\nFor God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Ephesians 2:11–13 (ESV)
\nTherefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.
Ephesians 3:14-21 | The Trinitarian Commission from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Miguel Medina
\nEphesians 3:14-21
Special Guest: Miguel Medina.
","summary":"Global Mission Sunday | Guest Pastor Miguel Medina","date_published":"2024-03-03T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/b0e1616e-469d-40f3-b020-35e4993238b7.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":12239434,"duration_in_seconds":1529}]},{"id":"cb94a956-99bf-4084-80ed-6ab5da4a263b","title":"Romans 2:17–24 | Teach Yourself","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/rom19","content_text":"\n\nRomans 2:17–24 | Teach Yourself from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nRomans 2:17–24\n\n\nYOU CALL YOURSELF A JEW\nYOU ARE A GUIDE TO THE BLIND\nDO YOU NOT TEACH YOURSELF\nYOU DISHONOR GOD\nImplications\n\n\nYou Too Know God\nIt is Good, Not Evil to Instruct Others\nIt is Evil to Dishonor God with Hypocrisy\nTeach Yourself\n\n\n\nRomans 2:12 (ESV)\nFor all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.\n\nMatthew 15:14 (ESV)\nAnd if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.\n\nProverbs 6:23 (ESV)\nFor the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light, \nand the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,\n\nJames 3:1 (ESV)\nNot many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.\n\nJohn 9:39–41 (ESV)\nJesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.\n\nMatthew 5:27–28 (ESV)\nYou have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.\n\nRomans 1:21\nFor although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him\n\nRomans 2:23\nYou who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.\n\nRomans 3:22–23\nFor there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God\n\nRomans 3:21–22 (ESV)\nBut now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.\n\nRomans 3:27–28 (ESV)\nThen what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.\n\nPhilippians 1:9–11 (ESV)\nAnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.\n\nJohn Flavel\nIt is true, orthodoxy in itself is not sufficient to any man’s salvation; but the conjunction of an orthodox head, with an honest sincere heart, does always constitute an excellent Christian. Happy is the man that hath an head so hearted, and an heart so headed.","content_html":"\n\nRomans 2:17–24 | Teach Yourself from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 2:17–24
Romans 2:12 (ESV)
\nFor all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.
Matthew 15:14 (ESV)
\nAnd if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.
Proverbs 6:23 (ESV)
\nFor the commandment is a lamp and the teaching a light,
\nand the reproofs of discipline are the way of life,
James 3:1 (ESV)
\nNot many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.
John 9:39–41 (ESV)
\nJesus said, “For judgment I came into this world, that those who do not see may see, and those who see may become blind.” Some of the Pharisees near him heard these things, and said to him, “Are we also blind?” Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no guilt; but now that you say, ‘We see,’ your guilt remains.
Matthew 5:27–28 (ESV)
\nYou have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ But I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lustful intent has already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Romans 1:21
\nFor although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him
Romans 2:23
\nYou who boast in the law dishonor God by breaking the law.
Romans 3:22–23
\nFor there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God
Romans 3:21–22 (ESV)
\nBut now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe.
Romans 3:27–28 (ESV)
\nThen what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. By what kind of law? By a law of works? No, but by the law of faith. For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.
Philippians 1:9–11 (ESV)
\nAnd it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
John Flavel
\nIt is true, orthodoxy in itself is not sufficient to any man’s salvation; but the conjunction of an orthodox head, with an honest sincere heart, does always constitute an excellent Christian. Happy is the man that hath an head so hearted, and an heart so headed.
Romans 2:12-16 | The Work of the Law on the Hearts of Men from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 2:12-16
Romans 1:20 (ESV)
\nFor his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:32 (ESV)
\nThough they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
Romans 2:6-11 | God’s Righteous Judgement from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 2:6-11
Matthew 6:33 (ESV)
\nBut seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Romans 6:20–23 (ESV)
\nFor when you were slaves of sin, you were free in regard to righteousness. But what fruit were you getting at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? For the end of those things is death. But now that you have been set free from sin and have become slaves of God, the fruit you get leads to sanctification and its end, eternal life. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Ephesians 2:8–10 (ESV)
\nFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Romans 8:14–15 (ESV)
\nFor all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
Romans 2:1–5 | You Have No Excuse from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nRomans 2:1–5
Romans 3:21–25 (ESV)
\nBut now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Matthew 7:2 (ESV)
\nFor with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
Isaiah 6:9 (ESV)
\nKeep on hearing, but do not understand;
\nkeep on seeing, but do not perceive.
Ephesians 1:18–20 (ESV)
\nhaving the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places
Romans 3:21–25 (ESV)
\nBut now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Ephesians 1:4–8 (ESV)
\nIn love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
Acts 17:16-34 | Invitefrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Sam Powers
\nScripture: Acts 17:16-34
Because of what Christ has accomplished, we are invited to be proclaimers of the Gospel. In Acts 17 we see a helpful example of Gospel proclamation.
\n\nPAUL SAW AND WAS BURDENED BY THE IDOLATRY IN ATHENS. (v.16)
\nDo we see the spiritual reality around us?
PAUL ADDRESSES THE ATHENIAN’S GOSPEL GAP. (v.22-31)
\nThere is one God.
\nHe has made himself known.
\nHe is not far off.
THE GOSPEL FREES US FROM BELIEVING LIES ABOUT PROCLAMATION.
Only God can bring people from death to life.
\nWe are called to keep our eyes on him, trust him, and be faithful proclaimers.
Special Guest: Sam Powers.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 2:1–12; Philippians 1:21–24
1 Corinthians 13:3 (ESV)
\nIf I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.
Matthew 28:19 (ESV)
\nGo therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
1 Timothy 2:1–4 | Intercedefrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Timothy 2:1–4
1 Thessalonians 1:2–3 (ESV)
\nWe give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
Matthew 9:36 (ESV)
\nWhen he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.
Deuteronomy 6:4–9 | Remembering the Story Togetherfrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Deuteronomy 6:4–9
What would the Lord have for us as a congregation together?
\n\nRevelation 21 | The End of the Storyfrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Sam Powers
\nScripture: Revelation 21
Special Guest: Sam Powers.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Timothy 1:15
Matthew 1:21 (ESV)
\nShe will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.
Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)
\nTherefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
John 3:16–17 (ESV)
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Romans 1:16 (ESV)
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes …
Acts 2:1–4 | The Holy Spiritfrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 24:13–35
Jeremiah 31:34 (ESV)
\nAnd no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
J. I. Packer
\nLuke seems to have understood his four cases of ‘Pentecostal manifestations’ as God’s testimony to having accepted on equal footing in the new society four classes of folk whose coequality might hereto otherwise have been doubted—Jews, Samaritans, Gentiles, and disciples of John.
1 Corinthians 12:13
\nFor in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Romans 6:3–4
\nDo you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Galatians 3:27
\nFor as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians 4:4–6
\nThere is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Genesis 1:27 (ESV)
\nSo God created man in his own image,
\nin the image of God he created him;
\nmale and female he created them.
1 Corinthians 4:12
\nSo with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
John 1:1-13 | The Word, Light and Lifefrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 24:13–35
John 19:25 (ESV)
\nbut standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
Kent Hughes
\nCertainly they believed the prophets, but just as certainly they did not believe all that the prophets had said. They had read and believed the prophets selectively as they embraced the Messiah-ruler passages, ignoring the passages that prophesied his sufferings.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4
\nFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures
John 1:1-13 | The Word, Light and Lifefrom CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: John 1:1-13
Genesis 1:1 (ESV)
\nIn the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.
Athanasian Creed
\nThat we worship one God in trinity and the trinity in unity,
\nneither blending their persons
\nnor dividing their essence.
\nFor the person of the Father is a distinct person,
\nthe person of the Son is another,
\nand that of the Holy Spirit still another.
\nBut the divinity of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one,
\ntheir glory equal, their majesty coeternal.
\nThus the Father is Lord,
\nthe Son is Lord,
\nthe Holy Spirit is Lord.
\nYet there are not three lords;
\nthere is but one Lord.
Isaiah 40:3–5 (ESV)
\nA voice cries:
\n“In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord;
\nmake straight in the desert a highway for our God.
\nEvery valley shall be lifted up,
\nand every mountain and hill be made low;
\nthe uneven ground shall become level,
\nand the rough places a plain.
\nAnd the glory of the Lord shall be revealed,
\nand all flesh shall see it together,
\nfor the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”
Isaiah 9:2 (ESV)
\nThe people who walked in darkness
\nhave seen a great light;
\nthose who dwelt in a land of deep darkness,
\non them has light shone.
Stephen Charnock
\nReligious parents propagate corruption, not regeneration; carnal generation is by nature, not by grace
Job 38:1-7; 40:1-9; 42:1-6 | Will you even put me in the wrong?from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Job 38:1-7; 40:1-9; 42:1-6
Job 1:8
\n… there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil
Christopher Ash (Job 40:1)
\nAmazingly and soberingly, to the man whose wealth God has confiscated, whose family God has taken away, whose greatness God has removed, and whose health God has ruined, God says in summary, “I have made no mistake. I know exactly what I am doing in your life and in every detail of the government of the world. My counsel is perfect; I have got nothing wrong.”
Christopher Ash
\nNow this is the point. A walker enters a farmyard and is terrified by wild dogs, yapping, snarling, and snapping around his ankles. He is scared. And the question he is bound to ask is, “Are these dogs restrained in any way?
Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
\nAnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 2:1–5 (ESV)
\nAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved
Jeremiah 31:31-34 | The New Covenant from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Jeremiah 31:31-34
2 Corinthians 3:4–6 (ESV)
\nSuch is the confidence that we have through Christ toward God. Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God, who has made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
2 Corinthians 3:3 (ESV)
\n… written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
Hebrews 10:1–4 (ESV)
\nFor since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness of sins? But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
Hebrews 10:5–10 (ESV)
\nConsequently, when Christ came into the world, he said,
\n“Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired,
\nbut a body have you prepared for me;
\nin burnt offerings and sin offerings
\nyou have taken no pleasure.
\nThen I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,
\nas it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’ ”
\nWhen he said above, “You have neither desired nor taken pleasure in sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sin offerings” (these are offered according to the law), then he added, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He does away with the first in order to establish the second. And by that will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.
Luke 22:20 (ESV)
\nThis cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
2 Kings 17:6–23 | The Argument for Exile from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 2 Kings 17:6–23
John 14:6–7 (ESV)
\nI am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.
Deuteronomy 28:15 (ESV)
\nBut if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
Deuteronomy 28:64 (ESV)
\nAnd the Lord will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
Deuteronomy 30:1 (ESV)
\nAnd when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you …
Deuteronomy 29:18–19 (ESV)
\nBeware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
Deuteronomy 5:8 (ESV)
\nYou shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
Deuteronomy 4:19 (ESV)
\nAnd beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven.
Deuteronomy 30:6 (ESV)
\nAnd the Lord your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live.
Exodus 34:6 (ESV)
\nThe Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness …
John 13:1 (ESV)
\nNow before the Feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
1 Kings 18:20-40 | God is the Lord from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Kings 18:20-40
Exodus 3:6 (ESV)
\nI am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
John Woodhouse (PtW)
\nWhat did this all-consuming fire from Heaven do? It turned the beast on the altar into a “burnt offering.” No one “offered up” this offering. It was the Lord himself who turned it into a burnt offering. The Lord himself made atonement for the sins of his people!
1 Peter 1:3
\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!
2 Chronicles 6:18–21 | Will God Dwell With Man? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 2 Chronicles 6:18–21
2 Chronicles 2:6 (ESV)
\nBut who is able to build him a house, since heaven, even highest heaven, cannot contain him? Who am I to build a house for him, except as a place to make offerings before him?
Arthur Pink
\n“In the beginning, God.” There was no heaven, where His glory is now particularly manifested. There was no earth to engage His attention. There were no angels to sing His praises. There was no universe to be upheld by the word of His power. There was nothing, no one, but God; and that not for a day, a year, or an age, but “from everlasting.” During a past eternity God was alone—self-contained, self-sufficient, in need of nothing.
Psalm 113:4–6 (ESV)
\nThe Lord is high above all nations,
\nand his glory above the heavens!
\nWho is like the Lord our God,
\nwho is seated on high,
\nwho looks far down
\non the heavens and the earth?
Psalm 113:7–9 (ESV)
\nHe raises the poor from the dust
\nand lifts the needy from the ash heap,
\nto make them sit with princes,
\nwith the princes of his people.
\nHe gives the barren woman a home,
\nmaking her the joyous mother of children.
\nPraise the Lord!
2 Chronicles 6:24–25 (ESV)
\nIf your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and acknowledge your name and pray and plead with you in this house, then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.
Deuteronomy 30:1–3 (ESV)
\nAnd when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.
2 Chronicles 7:1 (ESV)
\nAs soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.
John 1:14 (ESV)
\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 2:19
\nDestroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.
Colossians 3:1–4 (ESV)
\nIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
1 Corinthians 3:16 (ESV)
\nDo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you?
Revelation 21:3 (ESV)
\nAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
1 Samuel 16 | We Have a King Problem from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Samuel 16
1 Samuel 7:3 (ESV)
\nAnd Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the Lord with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the Lord and serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.”
1 Samuel 8:6–9 (ESV)
\nBut the thing displeased Samuel when they said, “Give us a king to judge us.” And Samuel prayed to the Lord. And the Lord said to Samuel, “Obey the voice of the people in all that they say to you, for they have not rejected you, but they have rejected me from being king over them. According to all the deeds that they have done, from the day I brought them up out of Egypt even to this day, forsaking me and serving other gods, so they are also doing to you. Now then, obey their voice; only you shall solemnly warn them and show them the ways of the king who shall reign over them.”
1 Samuel 8:11–18 (ESV)
\nThese will be the ways of the king who will reign over you: he will take your sons and appoint them to his chariots …. He will take your daughters to be perfumers and cooks and bakers. He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive orchards and give them to his servants. He will take the tenth of your grain and of your vineyards …. He will take your male servants and female servants and the best of your young men and your donkeys, and put them to his work. He will take the tenth of your flocks, and you shall be his slaves.
1 Samuel 10:19 (ESV)
\nBut today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your calamities and your distresses, and you have said to him, ‘Set a king over us.’
1 Samuel 13:13–14 (ESV)
\nAnd Samuel said to Saul, “You have done foolishly. You have not kept the command of the Lord your God, with which he commanded you. For then the Lord would have established your kingdom over Israel forever. But now your kingdom shall not continue. The Lord has sought out a man after his own heart, and the Lord has commanded him to be prince over his people, because you have not kept what the Lord commanded you.”
1 Samuel 15:23 (ESV)
\nBecause you have rejected the word of the Lord,
\nhe has also rejected you from being king.”
Genesis 1:26 (ESV)
\nThen God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
\nFor to us a child is born,
\nto us a son is given;
\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,
Isaiah 9:7 (ESV)
\nOf the increase of his government and of peace
\nthere will be no end,
\non the throne of David and over his kingdom,
\nto establish it and to uphold it
\nwith justice and with righteousness
\nfrom this time forth and forevermore.
\nThe zeal of the Lord of hosts will do this.
Isaiah 53:2 (ESV)
\nFor he grew up before him like a young plant,
\nand like a root out of dry ground;
\nhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
\nand no beauty that we should desire him.
Hebrews 1:3 (ESV)
\nHe is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
Hebrews 1:3 (ESV)
\nAfter making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high …
1 Samuel 1:1-20 | Sorrow to Song from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Samuel 1:1-20
Judges 2:16–19 (ESV)
\nThen the Lord raised up judges, who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the commandments of the Lord, and they did not do so. Whenever the Lord raised up judges for them, the Lord was with the judge, and he saved them from the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge. For the Lord was moved to pity by their groaning because of those who afflicted and oppressed them. But whenever the judge died, they turned back and were more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods, serving them and bowing down to them. They did not drop any of their practices or their stubborn ways.
God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgement
\nThis narrative is bound together by three poems, one at the beginning (1 Sam. 2:1–10), one in the middle (2 Sam. 1:19–27), and one at the end (2 Sam. 22:1–23:7). Reversal is the rhyme and rhythm of these poems: the mighty, handsome, seemingly impressive people of the world (such as Peninnah, Saul, Goliath, and Absalom) are exposed as bankrupt, while the small, weak, infertile, and unimpressive (such as Hannah, Samuel, Jonathan, and David) are exalted (see 1 Sam. 2:1–10). In Samuel, the important distinctions between the worldly strong and the worldly weak are that those who are weak in the world’s eyes rely on Yahweh and repent of their sin.
Spurgeon
\nNow, it is idle to tell the night that it should be brilliant as the day, or bid the winter put on the flowers of summer; and equally vain is it to chide the broken heart.
1 Samuel 2:1–2 (ESV)
\nMy heart exults in the Lord;
\nmy horn is exalted in the Lord.
\nMy mouth derides my enemies,
\nbecause I rejoice in your salvation.
\nThere is none holy like the Lord:
\nfor there is none besides you;
\nthere is no rock like our God.
Psalm 30:11–12 (ESV)
\nYou have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
\nyou have loosed my sackcloth
\nand clothed me with gladness,
\nthat my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
\nO Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
\nHave you been honest before the Lord and before those who love you about your sorrow?
\nIn your sorrow do you rehearse the lines to your redemption song?
Revelation 21:3–4 (ESV)
\nAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Deuteronomy 30 | Blessing, Curse, Return from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Deuteronomy 30
Galatians 3:7–9 (ESV)
\nKnow then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all the nations be blessed.” So then, those who are of faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.
Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (ESV)
\nHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.
Tim Keller
\nJacob Needleman wrote a book called Why Can’t We Be Good? The basic point of the book is so obvious, and yet he points out that all social theorists are writing books about how we ought to live, and therapists are writing books about how we ought to live, and political leaders are writing books about how we ought to live, but they’re all just missing one point … we know how we ought to live; we can’t do it.
Oswald Chambers
\n_The teaching of the Sermon on the Mount produces despair in the natural man – the very thing Jesus means it to do. As long as we have a self-righteous, conceited notion that we can carry out Our Lord’s teaching, God will allow us to go on until we break our ignorance over some obstacle, then we are willing to come to Him as paupers and receive from Him. _
Deuteronomy 6:5–6 (ESV)
\nYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
Leviticus 16:30
\nFor on this day shall atonement be made for you to cleanse you. You shall be clean before the Lord from all your sins.
THE COMMAND IS TOO HARD!
\n\nRomans 10:5
\nFor Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them.
Romans 10:6–7
\nBut the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ down) “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’ ” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
Romans 10:8
\nBut what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim);
Romans 10:9–10
\n_… because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. _
Romans 10:14
\nHow then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching?
Leviticus 16 | The Day of Atonement from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Leviticus 16
Leviticus 10:1–3 (ESV)
\nNow Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I will be sanctified, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron held his peace.
Hebrews 9:11–14 (ESV)
\nBut when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have come, then through the greater and more perfect tent (not made with hands, that is, not of this creation) he entered once for all into the holy places, not by means of the blood of goats and calves but by means of his own blood, thus securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the ashes of a heifer, sanctify for the purification of the flesh, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God.
Hebrews 9:23–28 (ESV)
\nThus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf. Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with blood not his own, for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself. And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.
Hebrews 10:19–22 (ESV)
\nTherefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
Exodus 3 | He Is from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Genesis 3
Hebrews 12:28–29 (ESV)
\nlet us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
\nJacob
Genesis 46:3–4 (ESV)
\nDo not be afraid to go down to Egypt, for there I will make you into a great nation. I myself will go down with you to Egypt, and I will also bring you up again, and Joseph’s hand shall close your eyes.
Exodus 4:31 (ESV)
\nAnd the people believed; and when they heard that the Lord had visited the people of Israel and that he had seen their affliction, they bowed their heads and worshiped.
Philippians 2:9–11 (ESV)
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Genesis 45:1-10 from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Sam Powers
\nScripture: Genesis 45:1-10
Special Guest: Sam Powers.
","summary":"Part 2 of the BibleTogether | History of Redemption Sermon Series","date_published":"2023-09-17T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/1eca42da-65c1-424a-942b-0676ebb133ef.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19828946,"duration_in_seconds":2478}]},{"id":"6a91f43f-d14a-4874-a397-86778b963ed6","title":"Genesis 1:1 | The Story of God","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/hor01","content_text":"\n\nGenesis 1:1 | The Story of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Genesis 1:1\n\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT GOD?\nTHE STORY IS ABOUT GOD\nYOU CAN KNOW GOD\nGOD ALONE IS GOD\nFOUR IMPLICATIONS OF BEING CAUGHT UP IN THE STORY OF GOD\n\n\n The story of God lifts our story out of the mundane and inconsequential.\n The story of God lifts our story out of fear and anxiety.\n The story of God lifts our story out of self-importance.\n The story of God lifts our story out of idolatry.\n\n\n\nA. W. Tozer\nWhat comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.\n\nFrancis A. Schaeffer\nRegardless of a man's system, he has to live in God's world.\n\nRomans 1:19–20 (ESV)\nFor what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.\n\nJob 11:7–9 (ESV)\nCan you find out the deep things of God? \nCan you find out the limit of the Almighty? \nIt is higher than heaven—what can you do? \nDeeper than Sheol—what can you know? \nIts measure is longer than the earth \nand broader than the sea.\n\nColossians 1:15,19-20\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. … For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.\n\nGenesis 1:27 (ESV)\nSo God created man in his own image, \nin the image of God he created him; \nmale and female he created them.\n\nA. W. Pink\n“In the beginning, God.” There was no heaven, where His glory is now particularly manifested. There was no earth to engage His attention. There were no angels to sing His praises. There was no universe to be upheld by the word of His power. There was nothing, no one, but God; and that not for a day, a year, or an age, but “from everlasting.” During a past eternity God was alone—self-contained, self-sufficient, in need of nothing.","content_html":"\n\nGenesis 1:1 | The Story of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Genesis 1:1
A. W. Tozer
\nWhat comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.
Francis A. Schaeffer
\nRegardless of a man's system, he has to live in God's world.
Romans 1:19–20 (ESV)
\nFor what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Job 11:7–9 (ESV)
\nCan you find out the deep things of God?
\nCan you find out the limit of the Almighty?
\nIt is higher than heaven—what can you do?
\nDeeper than Sheol—what can you know?
\nIts measure is longer than the earth
\nand broader than the sea.
Colossians 1:15,19-20
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. … For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Genesis 1:27 (ESV)
\nSo God created man in his own image,
\nin the image of God he created him;
\nmale and female he created them.
A. W. Pink
\n“In the beginning, God.” There was no heaven, where His glory is now particularly manifested. There was no earth to engage His attention. There were no angels to sing His praises. There was no universe to be upheld by the word of His power. There was nothing, no one, but God; and that not for a day, a year, or an age, but “from everlasting.” During a past eternity God was alone—self-contained, self-sufficient, in need of nothing.
1 Peter 4:1-6 | Since Christ Suffered, Arm Yourselves from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:28–32
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
\nFor Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
1 Peter 3:18 (ESV)
\nFor Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit,
Philippians 2:5 (ESV)
\nHave this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
Philippians 2:8 (ESV)
\nAnd being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Philippians 2:9 (ESV)
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,
Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
\nlooking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Romans 1:16 (ESV)
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
1 Peter 3:17 (ESV)
\nFor it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
Romans 1:28–32 | Idolatry is Evil from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:28–32
Ephesians 2:1–2 (ESV)
\nAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—
Romans 1:26-27 | How Did We Get Here? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:26-27
Ephesians 4:17–19 (ESV)
\nNow this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
Genesis 1:27–28 (ESV)
\nSo God created man in his own image,
\nin the image of God he created him;
\nmale and female he created them.
\nAnd God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it ….”
Ephesians 2:1–2 (ESV)
\nAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience
1 Corinthians 6:9–11 (ESV)
\nDo not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.
9Marks
\nMany cultural norms concerning sex and acceptable sexual behaviour have been swept away. In particular, the Christian view of gender and marriage is being rejected as oppressive and damaging.
David Platt
\nThe most offensive and countercultural claim in Christianity is not what Christians believe about homosexuality or abortion, marriage or religious liberty. Instead, the most offensive claim in Christianity is that God is the Creator, Owner, and Judge of every person on the planet. Every one of us stands before him guilty of sin, and the only way to be reconciled to him is through faith in Jesus, the crucified Savior and risen King. All who trust in his love will experience everlasting life while all who turn from his lordship will suffer everlasting death.
Romans 1:24–25 | God Gave Them Up from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:24–25
2 Corinthians 12:21 (ESV)
\nI may have to mourn over many of those who sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality that they have practiced.
Colossians 3:5–6 (ESV)
\nPut to death therefore what is earthly in you: sexual immorality, impurity, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. On account of these the wrath of God is coming.
Anastatia Mayers
\nI think every time I look at the stars, it almost feels like I have a place in the universe. It reminds me that, like, everything happens for a reason, nothing happens without consequences and those consequences lead to whatever destined future you have.
1 Thessalonians 4:3–5 (ESV)
\nFor this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each one of you know how to control his own body in holiness and honor, not in the passion of lust like the Gentiles who do not know God;
Romans 1:18–23 | The Wrath of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:18–23
Romans 3:10 (ESV)
\nNone is righteous, no, not one;
John Murray
\nThe wrath of God is dynamically, effectively operative in the world of men and it is as proceeding from heaven, the throne of God, that it is thus active. We must regard the penal inflictions, therefore, as due to the exercise of God’s wrath upon the ungodly. There is a positive outgoing of the divine displeasure.
Deuteronomy 5:7 (ESV)
\nYou shall have no other gods before me.
Deuteronomy 5:8–10 (ESV)
\nYou shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
2 Thessalonians 2:12 (ESV)
\n… in order that all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.
Psalm 19:6-11 | The Law of the Lord from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 19:7-11
Deuteronomy 6:1–9
\n\nPsalm 36:9 (ESV)
\nFor with you is the fountain of life;
\nin your light do we see light.
2 Corinthians 4:6 (ESV)
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
London Baptist Confession
\n\nPsalm 19:1-6 | The Heavens Declare the Glory of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 19
C. S. Lewis
\nI take this to be the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world.
Romans 1:19–20 (ESV)
\nFor what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Romans 1:22–23 (ESV)
\nClaiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.
Acts 28:26–27 (ESV) — Paul quotes Isaiah at the end of Acts …
\nYou will indeed hear but never understand,
\nand you will indeed see but never perceive.”
\nFor this people’s heart has grown dull,
\nand with their ears they can barely hear,
\nand their eyes they have closed
2 Corinthians 4:6 (ESV)
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
Psalm 34 | You Look Radiant! from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 34
Prayer is pleading with the Lord for what he has promised in such a way that the soul increases in its desire for his promise. In this way we become prepared for a life of worship.
\n\nRomans 8:9 (ESV)
\nYou, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.
Hebrews 6:5 (ESV)
\n[those who] have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come
1 Peter 2:2–3 (ESV)
\nLike newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.
1 Peter 3:13–15 (ESV)
\nNow who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy …
1 Peter 3:17 (ESV)
\nFor it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
1 Peter 3:17 (ESV)
\nFor it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God’s will, than for doing evil.
John 19:36 (ESV)
\nFor these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: “Not one of his bones will be broken.”
Romans 8:33–39 (ESV)
\nWho shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—who is at the right hand of God, who indeed is interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long;
\nwe are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 4 | I Will Lie Down and Sleep from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 4
Psalm 3:5 (ESV)
\nI lay down and slept;
\nI woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
Ephesians 4:26 (ESV)
\nBe angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger,
Charles Spurgeon — Condensed from Henry Scudder's reflection on Psalm 4 (Jeremiah’s paraphrase)
\nWhen you have walked with God from morning until night, it remains that you conclude the day well, when you would give yourself to rest at night.
\nFirst, look back and consider how you have walked throughout the day. Reform what you find amiss; and rejoice, or be grieved, as you find you have done well or ill.
\nSecond, since you cannot sleep in safety if God, who is your keeper, does not wake and watch for you; and though you have God to watch when you sleep, you cannot be safe, if he that watches you is your enemy. It is right and good that at night you renew and confirm your peace with God by faith and prayer, commending and committing yourself to God’s care by prayer, with thanksgiving before you go to bed. Then shall you lie down in safety.
\nAll this being done, yet while you are putting off your apparel, when you are lying down, and when you are in bed, before you sleep, it is good that you commune with your own heart. Fall asleep with some heavenly meditation, then will your sleep be more sweet, and more secure, your dreams fewer, or more comfortable; your head will be fuller of good thoughts, and your heart will be in a better frame when you awake, whether in the night or in the morning.
Psalm 3 | Save me, O my God! from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 3
Where do you turn when you face suffering?
\nDo you rest in the Lord’s sustaining grace?
\nDo you see and believe that the Lord Jesus has arisen?
2 Samuel 16:7–8 (ESV)
\nAnd Shimei said as he cursed, “Get out, get out, you man of blood, you worthless man! The Lord has avenged on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the Lord has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, your evil is on you, for you are a man of blood.”
2 Samuel 16:12 (ESV)
\nIt may be that the Lord will look on the wrong done to me, and that the Lord will repay me with good for his cursing today.
2 Samuel 18:33 (ESV)
\nAnd the king was deeply moved and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said, “O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom, my son, my son!”
Matthew 27:43 (ESV)
\nHe trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’
Psalm 127:1–2 (ESV)
\nUnless the Lord builds the house,
\nthose who build it labor in vain.
\nUnless the Lord watches over the city,
\nthe watchman stays awake in vain.
\nIt is in vain that you rise up early
\nand go late to rest,
\neating the bread of anxious toil;
\nfor he gives to his beloved sleep.
Psalm 2 | The Lord's King from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 2
Charles Spurgeon
\nAre the bands of Omnipotence like green twigs before you?
Bob Dylan
\nOf every earthly plan that be known to man, He is unconcerned
\nHe’s got plans of His own to set up His throne
\nWhen He returns
Acts 13:33 (ESV)
\nthis he has fulfilled to us their children by raising Jesus, as also it is written in the second Psalm,
\n‘You are my Son, today I have begotten you.’
Ephesians 1:7–10 (ESV)
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
John Piper
\nThe only safe place from the wrath of God is in God. Everywhere outside of his care is dangerous. He is the only hiding place from his own wrath. If you see him as frightening and try to run away and hide, you will not find a place to hide. There is none. Outside of God’s care there is only wrath. But there is a refuge from the wrath of God, namely, God. The safest place from the wrath of God—the only safe place—is God. Come to God. Take refuge in God. Hide in the shadow of his wings. This is where we live and serve with joyful trembling. It is terrible and it is wonderful. It is like the eye of a hurricane—terror all around, and totally beautiful and calm. Here there is sweet fellowship. Here is quiet, loving communion. Here we speak to him as to a friend. Here he ministers to our deepest needs. I invite you to come.
Preacher: Joseph Swords
\nScripture: Psalm 62
Special Guest: Joseph Swords.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 1
Proverbs 31:25–26 (ESV)
\nStrength and dignity are her clothing,
\nand she laughs at the time to come.
\nShe opens her mouth with wisdom,
\nand the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
Psalm 1:3 (ESV)
\nHe is like a tree
\nplanted by streams of water
\nthat yields its fruit in its season,
\nand its leaf does not wither.
\nIn all that he does, he prospers.
Numbers 6:24–26 (ESV)
\nThe Lord bless you and keep you;
\nthe Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
\nthe Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Genesis 1:28 (ESV)
\nAnd God blessed them. And God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Psalm 84:12 (ESV)
\nO Lord of hosts,
\nblessed is the one who trusts in you!
Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV)
\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart,
\nand do not lean on your own understanding.
\nIn all your ways acknowledge him,
\nand he will make straight your paths.
James 1:6 (ESV)
\nlike a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind.
Malachi 3:2 (ESV)
\nBut who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
The Calvinist by John Piper
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 67
Numbers 6:24–26 (ESV)
\nThe Lord bless you and keep you;
\nthe Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
\nthe Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace.
Genesis 12:1–3 (ESV)
\nNow the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Numbers 6:27 (ESV)
\nSo shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.
Job 13:24 (ESV)
\nWhy do you hide your face
\nand count me as your enemy?
Psalm 27:9 (ESV)
\nHide not your face from me.
\nTurn not your servant away in anger,
\nO you who have been my help.
\nCast me not off; forsake me not,
\nO God of my salvation!
Colossians 1:19–20 (ESV)
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Numbers 6:27 (ESV)
\nSo shall they put my name upon the people of Israel, and I will bless them.
Mark 16:15 (ESV)
\nAnd he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation.
Matthew 28:19–20 (ESV)
\nGo therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Preacher: James Repp
\nScripture: Philippians 2:1-11
Philippians 2:1-11 - Unity in Christ from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
Special Guest: James Repp.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 78:1-8
WHAT ARE CHILDREN?
\nCAN THE HOME BE REPRODUCED ELSEWHERE?
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
\nHear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
Psalm 68:5 (ESV)
\nFather of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
Psalm 78:11
\nThey forgot his works and the wonders that he had shown them.
Psalm 78:42
\nThey did not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from their foe.
Psalm 78:18-19
\nThey tested God in their heart by demanding the food they craved. They spoke against God, saying, “Can God spread a table in the wilderness?”
Psalm 78:32
\nIn spite of all this, they still sinned. Despite his wonders, they did not believe.
Psalm 78:22
\nbecause they did not believe in God and did not trust his saving power.
Psalm 78:3
\nthings that we have heard and known, that our fathers have told us.
Psalm 78:35-36
\nThey remembered that God was their rock, the Most High God their redeemer. But they flattered him with their mouths; they lied to him with their tongues.
Psalm 78:7a
\nso that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments
Romans 1:17 | The Wrath of God is Revealed from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:17
Romans 3:10 (ESV)
\nNone is righteous, no, not one;
Habakkuk 1:6, 9 (ESV)
\nFor behold, I am raising up the Chaldeans,
\nthat bitter and hasty nation,
\nwho march through the breadth of the earth,
\nto seize dwellings not their own.
\nThey all come for violence
\nall their faces forward.
\nThey gather captives like sand.
Habakkuk 1:12 (ESV)
\nAre you not from everlasting,
\nO Lord my God, my Holy One?
\nWe shall not die.
\nO Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment,
\nand you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
Habakkuk 2:4 (ESV)
\nBehold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him,
\nbut the righteous shall live by his faith.
Romans 4:5 (ESV)
\nAnd to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,
Romans 3:21 (ESV)
\nBut now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it
Romans 3:23–24 (ESV)
\nfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 3:25 (ESV)
\n… whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
Romans 3:26 (ESV)
\nIt was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
The 1689 Baptist Confession (Article 11)
\nBy His obedience and death, Christ fully paid the debt of all those who are justified. He endured in their place the penalty they deserved. By this sacrifice of Himself in His bloodshed on the cross, He legitimately, really and fully satisfied God’s justice on their behalf. Yet their justification is based entirely on free grace, because He was given by the Father for them, and His obedience and satisfaction were accepted in their place. These things were done freely, not because of anything in them, so that both the exact justice and the rich grace of God would be glorified in the justification of sinners.
John Piper
\nHow does the gospel save believers? How does it save you? The gospel is the power of God to save everyone who believes, because in it is being revealed … the precious truth that God gives to us what he demands from us, namely, his own righteousness. He counts us as righteous with a perfect righteousness, namely, his own. He forgives us, acquits us, justifies us by our faith.
Romans 8:33 (ESV)
\nWho shall bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Romans 8:35, 37 (ESV)
\nWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
\nNo, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
Romans 8:38–39 (ESV)
\nFor I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
2 Corinthians 2:16 (ESV)
\nto one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
Romans 1:16 | To Everyone Who Believes from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:16
Romans 3:29–30 (ESV)
\nOr is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of Gentiles also? Yes, of Gentiles also, since God is one …
Genesis 3:15 (ESV)
\nI will put enmity between you and the woman,
\nand between your offspring and her offspring;
\nhe shall bruise your head,
\nand you shall bruise his heel.
Genesis 12:2–3 (ESV)
\nAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
John 4:22 (ESV)
\nYou worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.
Romans 2:9–11 (ESV)
\nThere will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek. For God shows no partiality.
Romans 10:12 (ESV)
\nFor there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.
Romans 1:16 | I Am Not Ashamed from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:16
2 Corinthians 11:23–29 (ESV)
\nAre they servants of Christ? I am [even more]—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
1 Corinthians 1:23 (ESV)
\n_ we preach Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and folly to Gentiles,_
Luke 18:32 (ESV)
\nFor [the Son of Man] will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and shamefully treated and spit upon.
Mark 8:34–38 (ESV)
\nIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
\n… Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
2 Timothy 1:8 (ESV)
\nTherefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God …
2 Timothy 1:12 (ESV)
\n… which is why I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.
Romans 10:10 (ESV)
\nFor with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.
Romans 3:23–24 (ESV)
\nfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus,
Romans 5:9 (ESV)
\nSince, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Romans 5:10 (ESV)
\nFor if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Hebrews 7:25 (ESV)
\nConsequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Romans 10:11 (ESV)
\nFor the Scripture says, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 9:33 (ESV)
\nas it is written, “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense; and whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 1:32 (ESV)
\nThough they know God’s righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
John 20:24-31 | Do Not Disbelieve, But Believe from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: John 20:24-31
Charles Spurgeon
\nI regard this cry of Thomas, first, as a devout expression of that holy wonder which came upon him when his heart made the great discovery that Jesus was assuredly his Lord and God.
John Chrysostom
\nFor he believed not the Apostles when they said, “We have seen the Lord”; not so much mistrusting them, as deeming the thing to be impossible.
1 Peter 1:8–9
\nThough you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
1 John 5:13
\nI write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life.
Romans 1:8–15 | I Long to See you from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:8–15
cpcoast.com/globalmission
\n\n1 Corinthians 15:16–17 (ESV)
\nFor if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
Question 55, Heidelberg Catechism:
\nWhat do you understand by “the communion of saints”?
\nFirst, that believers one and all, as members of Christ the Lord, have communion with him and share in all his treasures and gifts. Second, that each member should consider it a duty to use these gifts readily and joyfully for the service and enrichment of the other members.
Ephesians 2:8–9 (ESV)
\nFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 1:5-6
\n… we have received grace and apostleship to bring about the obedience of faith for the sake of his name among all the nations, including you
Christopher Ash — Teaching Romans
\nWhy is Paul ‘under obligation’? The metaphor of a monetary debt doesn’t capture the urgency. It is like a city being conquered by a new king, who entrusts to the herald the proclamation of his victory and the offer of his pardon. The herald therefore owes it to all the citizens to tell them urgently. If he does not, they will incur the anger of the new king by not bowing the knee to him and accepting his pardon. This urgency makes Paul ‘eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome’ (v. 15).
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:5–7
Ephesians 2:8-9
\nFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Romans 6:23 (ESV)
\nFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Acts 26:16–18 (ESV)
\nBut rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.
Galatians 1:15–16
\nhe who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me
Mark 8:35 (ESV)
\nFor whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Romans 14:23
\nFor whatever does not proceed from faith is sin.
Ephesians 2:8–10 (ESV)
\nFor by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Titus 2:11–12 (ESV)
\nFor the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,
Thomas Manton (modernized)
\nObedience owes the obligation, love inclines to discharge the duty, and faith looks up to God for help and acceptance, that we may do it in Christ, and for Christ’s sake to God’s glory.
Thomas Manton (modernized)
\nThe commands of the law sway the conscience, and love inclines the heart, and so it becomes an act of pure obedience. Obedience respects the command, as love respects the kindness and merit of the lawgiver.
1 John 2:12 (ESV)
\nI am writing to you, little children,
\nbecause your sins are forgiven for his name’s sake.
Matthew 10:22 (ESV)
\nand you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.
Revelation 2:3 (ESV)
\nI know you are enduring patiently and bearing up for my name’s sake, and you have not grown weary.
Romans 1:3–4 | Concerning the Son from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:3–4
John 1:1–2 (ESV)
\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.
Romans 9:5 (ESV)
\nTo them belong the patriarchs, and from their race, according to the flesh, is the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Athanasian Creed
\n_The Father was neither made nor created nor begotten from anyone.
\nThe Son was neither made nor created;
\nhe was begotten from the Father alone.
\nThe Holy Spirit was neither made nor created nor begotten;
\nhe proceeds from the Father and the Son.
Nothing in this trinity is before or after,
\nnothing is greater or smaller;
\nin their entirety the three persons
\nare coeternal and coequal with each other.
Romans 8:31–32 (ESV)
\nWhat then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
Ephesians 1:7–10 (ESV)
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us
London Baptist Confession
\nThis covenant is revealed in the gospel. It was revealed first of all to Adam in the promise of salvation through the seed of the woman. After that, it was revealed step by step until the full revelation of it was completed in the New Testament. This covenant is based on the eternal covenant transaction between the Father and the Son concerning the redemption of the elect.
Jeremiah 23:5 (ESV)
\nBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Athanasian Creed
\nHe is God from the essence of the Father,
\nbegotten before time;
\nand he is human from the essence of his mother,
\nborn in time;
\ncompletely God, completely human,
\nwith a rational soul and human flesh;
\nequal to the Father as regards divinity,
\nless than the Father as regards humanity.
J. Gresham Machen
\nThe great weapon with which the disciples of Jesus set out to conquer the world was not a mere comprehension of eternal principles; it was an historical message, an account of something that had recently happened, it was the message, “He is risen.”
Romans 6:5 (ESV)
\nFor if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his.
Philippians 2:9–11 (ESV)
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Matthew 28:18-19 (ESV)
\nAnd Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations …
1 Corinthians 15:25–26 (ESV)
\nFor he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet. The last enemy to be destroyed is death.
Ephesians 1:19–21 (ESV)
\n… what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.
Acts 2:36 (ESV)
\nLet all the house of Israel therefore know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
Te Deum Laudamus, fifth century
\nThou art the King of Glory, O Christ.
\nThou art the everlasting Son of the Father.
\nWhen thou tookest upon thee to deliver man,
\nthou didst not abhor the virgin’s womb.
\nWhen thou hadst overcome the sharpness of death,
\nthou didst open the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.
\nThou sittest at the right hand of God, in the glory of the Father.
Romans 12-16 | An Appeal in Light of the Power of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 12-16
Romans 1:16 (ESV)
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Romans 5:6 (ESV)
\nFor while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:10 (ESV)
\nFor if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Romans 8:35 (ESV)
\nWho shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Romans 8:37–39 (ESV)
\nNo, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Frederick William Faber
\nFor right is right, since God is God, And right the day must win.
Frederick William Faber
\nThrice blest is he to whom is given
\nThe instinct that can tell
\nThat God is on the field when he
\nIs most invisible.
Romans 2:1 (ESV)
\nTherefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.
Preacher: Chan Kilgore
\nScripture: Isaiah 6
Special Guest: Chan Kilgore.
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\nScripture: Romans 9-11
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 5-8
Romans 1-4 | Grace Alone Through Faith Alone from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1-4
John Murray
\n… “the righteousness of God” is not the attribute of justice but the righteousness provided in the gospel to meet the need of which the wrath of God is the manifestation.
Psalm 85:10 (ESV)
\nSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;
\nrighteousness and peace kiss each other.
Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
\nAnd he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.
Psalm 32:1–2 (ESV)
\nBlessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
\nBlessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Romans 1:1-2 | Paul, A Servant of Christ Jesus from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Romans 1:1-2
Our prayer for this series is that over the coming years the Lord would build for us a foundation for our faith in the power of God for salvation.
\n\n1 Corinthians 7:23 (ESV)
\nYou were bought with a price; do not become bondservants of men.
John Piper
\nHere in this history-making letter we are not dealing with a man and his genius. We are dealing with a man and his Owner and Ruler and God.
Galatians 1:11–12 (ESV)
\nFor I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
2 Timothy 2:4
\nNo soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
John Murray
\nall bonds of interest and attachment alien to the promotion of the gospel had been rent asunder
Romans 11:36 (ESV)
\nFor from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.
Ray Ortlund
\nYour gospel is old. You have given me something real and solid in the midst of my paper-thin, anti-historical pop culture.
Luke 24:27
\nAnd beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.
John Murray
\nExtant Scriptures contained the gospel in promise; the subject matter with which the apostle is going to deal is the gospel in fulfilment of that promise.
2 Peter 1:21 (ESV)
\nFor no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.
Romans 10:15 (ESV)
\nAnd how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
Exodus 34:5-8 | God’s Presence from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Brad Jones
\nScripture: Exodus 33:1-5, 12-23; 34:5-8
Exodus 13:21–22
\nAnd the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.
Exodus 33:1–5
\nThe LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To your offspring I will give it.’ I will send an angel before you, and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; but I will not go up among you, lest I consume you on the way, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
\nWhen the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments. For the LORD had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would consume you. So now take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’”
John Piper
\nWould you be satisfied to go to heaven…to have everyone there that you want…to have your health restored to your prime…to have everything about you that you disliked fixed…to have every recreation you’ve ever dreamed available to you and have infinite resources of money to spend…would you be satisfied…if God weren't there?
Exodus 33:14–15
\nAnd he said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.
Exodus 33:16
\nFor how shall it be known that I have found favor in your sight, I and your people? Is it not in your going with us, so that we are distinct, I and your people, from every other people on the face of the earth?”
Exodus 33:17
\nAnd the LORD said to Moses, “This very thing that you have spoken I will do, for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”
Exodus 33:18
\n_Moses said, “Please show me your glory.” _
Timothy Keller
\n_“Moses knows this, and Moses suddenly realizes, “Wait a minute. If that’s what happens when I experience the beauty of the ocean, the beauty of the diamonds, the beauty of the stars, what would it be like to see the absolute beauty of God, of which all oceans, all diamonds, and all stars are just a dim reflection? What would it be like to actually have overwhelming meaningfulness inflicted on the soul permanently because I’m seeing the beauty of God for who he is? That’s what I want,” he says. “Show me your glory.” _
Exodus 33:19–23
\n_And he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The LORD.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But,” he said, “you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” And the LORD said, “Behold, there is a place by me where you shall stand on the rock, and while my glory passes by I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and I will cover you with my hand until I have passed by. Then I will take away my hand, and you shall see my back, but my face shall not be seen.” _
Exodus 34:6–7
\nThe LORD passed before him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty
John 1:14
\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
2 Corinthians 3:18
\n_And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit. _
Special Guest: Brad Jones.
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\n\nPreacher: Ryan Armstrong
\nScripture: Mark 5:21-43
Special Guest: Ryan Armstrong.
","summary":"Part 4 in the sermon series The Greatest Sermon Series Ever","date_published":"2023-01-22T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/e81aabc5-db04-4da7-a568-fa90ba9da86b.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":31615744,"duration_in_seconds":2959}]},{"id":"2cc8d408-b1fd-42d4-8614-178720da1530","title":"Jeremiah 32:17 | Knowing God","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/bss03","content_text":"\n\nJeremiah 32:17 | Knowing God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Jeremiah 32:17\n\n\nSEEK ME AND FIND ME | Jeremiah 29:13\nKNOW CHRIST | Colossians 1:15,19-20\nSIX IMPLICATIONS OF KNOWING GOD\n\n\nWe know our Maker\nWe know our Savior\nWe have only begun to know\nWe worship\nWe imitate Him\nWe make Him known\n\n\n\nJeremiah 9:23–24 (ESV)\nThus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”\n\nJohn Fyffe\nA gift from my Father:\nthe only book on Earth\nfrom outside of creation\nSo that I might know His Son, Jesus the Christ,\nand gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of Him;\nfor He is not ashamed to call me \"brother.\"\n\nLady Julian of Norwich\nwhere Jesus appeareth the blessed Trinity is understood\n\nA. W. Tozer\nJesus Christ is the full, complete manifestation of the Trinity: “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).\n\nTozer\nAtonement, of course, is the objective work of Christ. It is what He did on the cross before any of us now living were living. It is something He did alone in the dark.\nJustified persons may be no better off for their justification if that’s all that happened to them, because justification is a legal thing. They may stand before a court and be declared innocent of a crime, but it doesn’t change them.\n\nJob 11:7-9\nCan you find out the deep things of God? \nCan you find out the limit of the Almighty? \nIt is higher than heaven—what can you do? \nDeeper than Sheol—what can you know? \nIts measure is longer than the earth\nand broader than the sea.\n\nJob 26:14\nBehold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, \nand how small a whisper do we hear of him! \nBut the thunder of his power who can understand?\n\nJohn Howe\nThe notion therefore we can hence form of His glory, is only such as we may have of a large volume by a brief synopsis, or of a spacious country by a little landscape.\n\nA. W. Tozer\nTo know something in your head is one thing; to feel it in your heart is another. And I think most Christians are trying to be happy without having a sense of the Presence. It’s like trying to have a bright day without having the sun.\n\nA. W. Tozer\nThis desire, this yearning to be near to God is, in fact, a yearning to be like Him.\n\nA. W. Tozer\nHow are we going to know what God is like so that we may know whether we’re like God? The answer is: God is like Christ, for Christ is God manifest to mankind. By looking at our Lord Jesus we will know what God is like and will know what we have to be like to experience the unbroken and continuous presence of God.\n\nColossians 1:19-20\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.","content_html":"\n\nJeremiah 32:17 | Knowing God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Jeremiah 32:17
Jeremiah 9:23–24 (ESV)
\nThus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
John Fyffe
\nA gift from my Father:
\nthe only book on Earth
\nfrom outside of creation
\nSo that I might know His Son, Jesus the Christ,
\nand gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of Him;
\nfor He is not ashamed to call me "brother."
Lady Julian of Norwich
\nwhere Jesus appeareth the blessed Trinity is understood
A. W. Tozer
\nJesus Christ is the full, complete manifestation of the Trinity: “He that hath seen me hath seen the Father” (John 14:9).
Tozer
\nAtonement, of course, is the objective work of Christ. It is what He did on the cross before any of us now living were living. It is something He did alone in the dark.
\nJustified persons may be no better off for their justification if that’s all that happened to them, because justification is a legal thing. They may stand before a court and be declared innocent of a crime, but it doesn’t change them.
Job 11:7-9
\nCan you find out the deep things of God?
\nCan you find out the limit of the Almighty?
\nIt is higher than heaven—what can you do?
\nDeeper than Sheol—what can you know?
\nIts measure is longer than the earth
\nand broader than the sea.
Job 26:14
\nBehold, these are but the outskirts of his ways,
\nand how small a whisper do we hear of him!
\nBut the thunder of his power who can understand?
John Howe
\nThe notion therefore we can hence form of His glory, is only such as we may have of a large volume by a brief synopsis, or of a spacious country by a little landscape.
A. W. Tozer
\nTo know something in your head is one thing; to feel it in your heart is another. And I think most Christians are trying to be happy without having a sense of the Presence. It’s like trying to have a bright day without having the sun.
A. W. Tozer
\nThis desire, this yearning to be near to God is, in fact, a yearning to be like Him.
A. W. Tozer
\nHow are we going to know what God is like so that we may know whether we’re like God? The answer is: God is like Christ, for Christ is God manifest to mankind. By looking at our Lord Jesus we will know what God is like and will know what we have to be like to experience the unbroken and continuous presence of God.
Colossians 1:19-20
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Titus 3:3-7 | The Goodness & Lovingkindness of God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\nScripture: Titus 3:3-7
Thomas Merton
\nBut the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be the object of God's love precisely because of his shortcomings, can begin to be sincere. His sincerity is based on confidence, not in his own illusions about himself, but in the endless, unfailing mercy of God.
Psalm 145:9 (ESV)
\nThe LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.
Psalm 31:19 (ESV)
\nOh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!
\\John 3:16 (ESV)
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.
Psalm 136:3 (ESV)
\nGive thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;
Hosea 11:4 (ESV)
\nI led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
Psalm 145:17 (ESV)
\nThe LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.
John Piper
\nGod loves to lavish kindness on us. The bigger your conception of God, the more amazing this is. God is the creator of the universe. He holds the galaxies in being. He governs everything that happens in the world, down to the fall of a bird and the change in your hair color. He is infinitely strong and wise and holy and just. And Paul says, he is kind. And because of this kindness we were born again. Let your very existence as a Christian tell you every hour of every day: God is kind to you.
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
\nFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
Titus 2:11–14 (ESV)
\nFor the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.
Titus 3:1 (ESV)
\nRemind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,
Psalm 25:6 (ESV)
\nRemember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.
Ephesians 2:4–7 (ESV)
\nBut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us,
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Colossians 1:15 (ESV)
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.
Ezekiel 36:25–28 (ESV)
\nI will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly
\nIt is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the warmth, to hear his beating heart within his chest, to instantly know the protective grip of his arms. It's one thing to hear he loves you; it's another thing to feel his love. This is the glorious work of the Spirit.
Romans 8:16–17 (ESV)
\nThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Brennan Manning
\nWe should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.
Preacher: Ryan Fast
\nScripture: 1 John 4:7-21
God is Love
\nThis is Love
\nAbide in Love
\nDo People See God?
\nConclusion
1 John 4:7-8
\nBeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
1 John 4:9-12
\nIn this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:13-17
\n_By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God. So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. _
1 John 4:18-21
\nThere is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
When we BELIEVE in Him
\nWe LIVE like Him
\nWhen we LIVE like Him
\nWe BECOME like Him
\nAnd when we BECOME like Him
\nWe LOVE like Him
\nAnd when we LOVE like Him
\nPeople SEE GOD!
Special Guest: Ryan Fast.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 2:8-12
Luke 2:28-32 | Simeon from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 2:28-32
Isaiah 9:6
\nFor to us a child is born,
\nto us a son is given;
\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,
\nWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Beautiful Eulogy - “Entitlement”
\nWe spend a lifetime trying to find love in anything and everything this life has to offer it's true
\nAnd often times we trade the temporal satisfaction for the things the genuine believer is entitled to
\nI'm convinced that it's because they don't understand that there exists an order
\nOf benefits of redemption that's applied to his bride
Romans 5:1
\nTherefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 26:3
\nYou keep him in perfect peace
\nwhose mind is stayed on you,
\nbecause he trusts in you.
John 14:27
\nPeace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.
1 Corinthians 15:53–55 (ESV)
\nFor this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
\n“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
\n“O death, where is your victory?
\nO death, where is your sting?”
1 Corinthians 15:58 (ESV)
\nTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Isaiah 26:3–4 (ESV)
\nYou keep him in perfect peace
\nwhose mind is stayed on you,
\nbecause he trusts in you.
\nTrust in the Lord forever,
\nfor the Lord God is an everlasting rock.
2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
\nAnd we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another.
Revelation 1:13–16 (ESV)
\n… and in the midst of the lampstands one like a son of man, clothed with a long robe and with a golden sash around his chest. The hairs of his head were white, like white wool, like snow. His eyes were like a flame of fire, his feet were like burnished bronze, refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters. In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
Revelation 1:17–18 (ESV)
\nWhen I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. But he laid his right hand on me, saying, “Fear not, I am the first and the last, and the living one. I died, and behold I am alive forevermore, and I have the keys of Death and Hades.
1 Corinthians 13:12 (ESV)
\nFor now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I have been fully known.
1 John 4:16–19 (ESV)
\nSo we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us.
Luke 1:46-55 | Mary from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 2:14
Isaiah 9:3 (ESV)
\nYou have multiplied the nation;
\nyou have increased its joy;
\nthey rejoice before you
\nas with joy at the harvest,
\nas they are glad when they divide the spoil.
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
\nFor to us a child is born,
\nto us a son is given;
\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,
\nand his name shall be called
\nWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Psalm 113:4–9 (ESV)
\nThe Lord is high above all nations,
\nand his glory above the heavens!
\nWho is like the Lord our God,
\nwho is seated on high,
\nwho looks far down
\non the heavens and the earth?
\nHe raises the poor from the dust
\nand lifts the needy from the ash heap,
\nto make them sit with princes,
\nwith the princes of his people.
\nHe gives the barren woman a home,
\nmaking her the joyous mother of children.
\nPraise the Lord!
Genesis 3:15 (ESV)
\nI will put enmity between you and the woman,
\nand between your offspring and her offspring;
\nhe shall bruise your head,
\nand you shall bruise his heel.
Luke 2:14 | A Multitude of the Heavenly Host from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 2:14
Job 38:7 (ESV)
\nwhen the morning stars sang together
\nand all the sons of God shouted for joy?
Angels, from the realms of glory,
\nWing your downward flight to earth,
\nYe who sing creation’s story,
\nNow proclaim Messiah’s birth;
\nCome and worship,
\nWorship Christ, the new-born King.
Charles Spurgeon
\nWe must learn from this, that if salvation glorifies God, glorifies him in the highest degree, and makes the highest creatures praise him, this one reflection may be added—then, that doctrine, which glorifies man in salvation cannot be the gospel. For salvation glorifies God.
Psalm 148:1–2 (ESV)
\nPraise the Lord!
\nPraise the Lord from the heavens;
\npraise him in the heights!
\nPraise him, all his angels;
\npraise him, all his hosts!
Colossians 1:19–20 (ESV)
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Psalm 148:13 (ESV)
\nLet them praise the name of the Lord,
\nfor his name alone is exalted;
\nhis majesty is above earth and heaven.
John 3:16–17 (ESV)
\n“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Charles Spurgeon
\nNo greater proof of kindness between the Creator and his subjects can possibly be afforded than when the Creator gives his only begotten and well beloved Son to die.
Ephesians 2:14 (ESV)
\nFor he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
Charles Spurgeon
\nWhen I read that, and found the angels singing it, I thought to myself, “Then if the angels ushered in the gospel’s great Head with singing, ought I not to preach with singing?
Luke 1:67-79 | Zechariah’s Song from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Luke 1:67-79
HOPE | Zechariah
\nPEACE | A Multitude of the Heavenly Host
\nJOY | Mary
\nLOVE | Simeon
\nJESUS | The Angel of the Lord
1 Kings 1:48 (ESV)
\nAnd the king also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has granted someone to sit on my throne this day, my own eyes seeing it.
2 Samuel 7:11–13 (ESV)
\nAnd I will give you rest from all your enemies. Moreover, the Lord declares to you that the Lord will make you a house. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Revelation 11:15 (ESV)
\nThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
Joel 3:16 (ESV)
\nThe Lord roars from Zion,
\nand utters his voice from Jerusalem,
\nand the heavens and the earth quake.
\nBut the Lord is a refuge to his people,
\na stronghold to the people of Israel.
Genesis 22:16–18
\nBy myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son, I will surely bless you, and I will surely multiply your offspring as the stars of heaven and as the sand that is on the seashore. And your offspring shall possess the gate of his enemies, and in your offspring shall all the nations of the earth be blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.
Zephaniah 3:15 (ESV)
\nThe Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your enemies.
\nThe King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst;
\nyou shall never again fear evil.
Malachi 4:5 (ESV)
\n“Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
Luke 1:16–17 (ESV)
\nAnd he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God, and he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.”
Hebrews 1:1–2 (ESV)
\nLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son
Matthew 1:21 (ESV)
\nShe will bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus, for he will save his people from their sins.”
Malachi 4:2 (ESV)
\nBut for you who fear my name, the sun of righteousness shall rise with healing in its wings.
Face to Face with Love from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: 1 Corinthians 13:1–13
1 Corinthians 10:24 (ESV)
\nLet no one seek his own good, but the good of his neighbor.
Romans 5:5 (ESV)
\nand hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.
John 15:13 (ESV)
\nGreater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
1 John 3:16 (ESV)
\nBy this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
Malachi from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Ryan Walker
\nScripture: Malachi
Special Guest: Ryan Walker.
","summary":"Part 12 of the Sermon Series: The Book of Twelve","date_published":"2022-11-13T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/892440e8-a4e0-4581-a22e-fee2012a4d0e.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21311056,"duration_in_seconds":1982}]},{"id":"4d7d3348-3453-4b9f-8164-6156cb38ba6a","title":"Zephaniah","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/bot11","content_text":"\n\nZephaniah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Zephaniah\n\nINTRODUCTION\nZephaniah 1:2-6 | THE TWO HORIZONS OF JUDGMENT\nZephaniah 1:7-18 | THE DAY OF THE LORD\nZephaniah 2:1-3 | GATHER FOR REPENTANCE\nZephaniah 2:4-15 | JUDGEMENT UPON THE NATIONS\nZephaniah 3 | JUDGEMENT, CONVERSATION, RESTORATION\n\n2 Chronicles 34:3 (ESV)\nFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and the metal images.\n\nKenneth L. Barker\nThere can be little doubt that Josiah’s political and economic success increased enthusiasm for his religious reforms. When Jeremiah said, “Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord” (Jer 3:10), he may have been referring to the fact that the people were more anxious about Josiah’s political accomplishments than they were in genuine experience of real religion.\n\nAmos 5:18–20 (ESV)\nWoe to you who desire the day of the Lord! \nWhy would you have the day of the Lord? \nIt is darkness, and not light, \nas if a man fled from a lion, \nand a bear met him, \nor went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall, \nand a serpent bit him. \nIs not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light, \nand gloom with no brightness in it?\n\nPaul House\nIt takes the ravages of the Day of Yahweh to melt away the wicked segment of the chosen people and bring forth the remnant.\n\nEphesians 2:4–5 (ESV)\nBut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—\n\nDane Ortlund\nIn his justice, God is exacting in his mercy, God is overflowing.","content_html":"\n\nZephaniah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Zephaniah
INTRODUCTION
\nZephaniah 1:2-6 | THE TWO HORIZONS OF JUDGMENT
\nZephaniah 1:7-18 | THE DAY OF THE LORD
\nZephaniah 2:1-3 | GATHER FOR REPENTANCE
\nZephaniah 2:4-15 | JUDGEMENT UPON THE NATIONS
\nZephaniah 3 | JUDGEMENT, CONVERSATION, RESTORATION
2 Chronicles 34:3 (ESV)
\nFor in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a boy, he began to seek the God of David his father, and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem of the high places, the Asherim, and the carved and the metal images.
Kenneth L. Barker
\nThere can be little doubt that Josiah’s political and economic success increased enthusiasm for his religious reforms. When Jeremiah said, “Judah did not return to me with her whole heart, but in pretense, says the Lord” (Jer 3:10), he may have been referring to the fact that the people were more anxious about Josiah’s political accomplishments than they were in genuine experience of real religion.
Amos 5:18–20 (ESV)
\nWoe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
\nWhy would you have the day of the Lord?
\nIt is darkness, and not light,
\nas if a man fled from a lion,
\nand a bear met him,
\nor went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
\nand a serpent bit him.
\nIs not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
\nand gloom with no brightness in it?
Paul House
\nIt takes the ravages of the Day of Yahweh to melt away the wicked segment of the chosen people and bring forth the remnant.
Ephesians 2:4–5 (ESV)
\nBut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Dane Ortlund
\nIn his justice, God is exacting in his mercy, God is overflowing.
Zechariah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Bill Adams
\nScripture: Zechariah
Special Guest: Bill Adams.
","summary":"Part 10 of the Sermon Series: The Book of Twelve","date_published":"2022-10-30T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/e8bae4a1-cc99-4ed9-badc-9b3ba59b0dfa.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21656704,"duration_in_seconds":2706}]},{"id":"a540ae89-e4c4-4b79-8ab3-230d2bbeaf02","title":"Haggai","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/bot09","content_text":"\n\nHaggai from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Haggai\n\n\nSOWING TO ETERNAL JOY\nCONSIDER YOUR WAYS: SOWN MUCH, HARVESTED LITTLE\nCONSIDER YOUR WAYS: THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD\n\n\nMatthew 6:30b–33 (ESV)\nO you of little faith! Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.\n\nGalatians 6:7–8 (ESV)\nDo not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.\n\nProverbs 21:17 (ESV)\nWhoever loves pleasure will be a poor man; \nhe who loves wine and oil will not be rich.\n\n1 Peter 1:3–4 (ESV)\nAccording to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,\n\n1 Peter 1:6 (ESV)\nIn this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials\n\nTitus 3:3–5,7 (ESV)\nFor we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures … But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us … so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.\n\nIsaiah 65:17, 22 (ESV)\nFor behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.\nThey shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.\n\nUnknown\nSince [God] does not need [creation], its whole reason for being must lie in its own goodness; He has no use for it; only delight.\n\nTim Chester\nThe world is more delicious than it needs to be. We have a superabundance of divine goodness and generosity.\n\nEphesians 1:7–8 (ESV)\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight\n\nPsalm 147:10–11 (ESV)\nHis delight is not in the strength of the horse, \nnor his pleasure in the legs of a man, \nbut the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, \nin those who hope in his steadfast love.\n\nPsalm 149:4 (ESV)\nFor the Lord takes pleasure in his people; \nhe adorns the humble with salvation.","content_html":"\n\nHaggai from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Haggai
Matthew 6:30b–33 (ESV)
\nO you of little faith! Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Galatians 6:7–8 (ESV)
\nDo not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Proverbs 21:17 (ESV)
\nWhoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
\nhe who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
1 Peter 1:3–4 (ESV)
\nAccording to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
1 Peter 1:6 (ESV)
\nIn this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials
Titus 3:3–5,7 (ESV)
\nFor we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures … But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us … so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Isaiah 65:17, 22 (ESV)
\nFor behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
\nThey shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
Unknown
\nSince [God] does not need [creation], its whole reason for being must lie in its own goodness; He has no use for it; only delight.
Tim Chester
\nThe world is more delicious than it needs to be. We have a superabundance of divine goodness and generosity.
Ephesians 1:7–8 (ESV)
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
Psalm 147:10–11 (ESV)
\nHis delight is not in the strength of the horse,
\nnor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
\nbut the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
\nin those who hope in his steadfast love.
Psalm 149:4 (ESV)
\nFor the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
\nhe adorns the humble with salvation.
Micah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Micah
CYCLE 1 | WITNESS INJUSTICE
\nCYCLE 2 | KNOW JUSTICE
\nCYCLE 3 | DO JUSTICE
Kenneth Barker
\nThe Book of Micah is arranged in three cycles of judgement and salvation. Cycles one and three are more lengthy in judgement. The middle cycle, cycle two, is more lengthy in salvation.
Sennacherib - King of Assyria - 701
\nAs for Hezekiah, the Judean, who did not submit to my yoke, forty-six of his strongly fortified cities as well as the villages of their environs … I surrounded and conquered; 200,150 people … I brought here and counted as booty. As for him, like a bird in a cage I shut him up in Jerusalem, his royal city.
2 Kings 19:35–36 (ESV)
\nAnd that night the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies. Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
Leviticus 25:23–24 (ESV)
\nThe land shall not be sold in perpetuity, for the land is mine. For you are strangers and sojourners with me. And in all the country you possess, you shall allow a redemption of the land.
2 Timothy 4:3–4 (ESV)
\nFor the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.
Isaiah 2:2–3 (ESV)
\nIt shall come to pass in the latter days
\nthat the mountain of the house of the Lord
\nshall be established as the highest of the mountains,
\nand shall be lifted up above the hills;
\nand all the nations shall flow to it,
\nand many peoples shall come, and say:
\n“Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord,
\nto the house of the God of Jacob,
\nthat he may teach us his ways
\nand that we may walk in his paths.”
\nFor out of Zion shall go forth the law,
\nand the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Hebrews 13:14 (ESV)
\nFor here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
1 Corinthians 1:27–29 (ESV)
\nBut God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.
Matthew 23:23 (ESV)
\nWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and dill and cumin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faithfulness. These you ought to have done, without neglecting the others.
C. L. Feinberg
\nThe piety that God approves consists of three elements: a strict adherence to that which is equitable in all dealings with our fellowmen; a heart determined to do them good; and diligent care to live in close and intimate fellowship with God.
Habakkuk from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Habakkuk
Achtemeier
\nHabakkuk is a book for all faithful people, of whatever era, who find themselves living “in the meantime”—in the time between the revelation of the promises of God and the fulfillment of those promises—in the time between their redemption, when God made his purposes clear, and the final time when that divine purpose will be realized in all the earth. As such, Habakkuk is a book from faith for faith.
Psalm 13:1–2 (ESV)
\nHow long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever?
\nHow long will you hide your face from me?
\nHow long must I take counsel in my soul
\nand have sorrow in my heart all the day?
\nHow long shall my enemy be exalted over me?
Psalm 74:10–11 (ESV)
\nHow long, O God, is the foe to scoff?
\nIs the enemy to revile your name forever?
\nWhy do you hold back your hand, your right hand?
\nTake it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!
Revelation 6:9–10 (ESV)
\nWhen he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the witness they had borne. They cried out with a loud voice, “O Sovereign Lord, holy and true, how long before you will judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?”
Luke 18:7–8 (ESV)
\nAnd will not God give justice to his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will give justice to them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
Satisfied in You (by The Sing Team)
\nSo when I′m drowning out at sea
\nAnd Your breakers and Your waves crash down on me
\nI′ll recall Your safety scheme
\nYou're the one who made the waves
\nAnd Your Son went out to suffer in my place
\nAnd to tell me that I′m safe
Psalm 42:5 (ESV)
\nWhy are you cast down, O my soul,
\nand why are you in turmoil within me?
\nHope in God; for I shall again praise him,
\nmy salvation and my God.
Romans 1:16–17 (ESV)
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
Jonah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Matt Hardy
\nScripture: Jonah
2 Kings 14:-23-27
\nIn the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher. For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel. But the LORD had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.
C.H. Spurgeon
\n“What struck me forcibly was not that he got angry, nor that he threw something when he was angry, but that when he was angry there was always something at hand to throw.
Proverbs 16:33
\nThe lot is cast into the lap,
\nbut its every decision is from the LORD
Matthew 12:38-40
\nThen some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth
Romans 8:28
\nAnd we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Psalms 86:15
\nBut you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Micah 7:18
\n"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.“
Matthew 12:41
\nThe men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here
ESV Study Bible Notes
\nFrom a temporal perspective, God responds to human action; from an eternal perspective, God chooses the means (human repenting) as well as the end (divine relenting).
Proverbs 3:11-12
\nMy son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
\nor be weary of his reproof,
\nfor the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
\nas a father the son in whom he delights.
Micah 7:18
\n"Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."
Special Guest: Matt Hardy.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Nahum
THE SETTING OF NAHUM
\nOUTLINE OF NAHUM
\nNahum 1 - The Character and Power of the Lord
\nNahum 2 - The Lord Makes Battle Against Nineveh
\nNahum 3 - The Lord Drives Home His Accusation Against Nineveh
\nWHO IS NAHUM’S AUDIENCE?
\nTHE LORD IS …
\nTHE DESTRUCTION OF NINEVEH
Jonah 3:8–9
\nbut let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and let them call out mightily to God. Let everyone turn from his evil way and from the violence that is in his hands. Who knows? God may turn and relent and turn from his fierce anger, so that we may not perish.
Clive Anderson
\nIn speaking of God as jealous, Nahum is not saying that God is:
\nCAPRICIOUS—he does not have any unreasonable change of mind or character;
\nMALICIOUS—he is not spiteful;
\nVICIOUS—he is not cruel.
Isaiah 45:22–25 (ESV)
\nTurn to me and be saved,
\nall the ends of the earth!
\nFor I am God, and there is no other.
\nBy myself I have sworn;
\nfrom my mouth has gone out in righteousness
\na word that shall not return:
\n‘To me every knee shall bow,
\nevery tongue shall swear allegiance.’
\n“Only in the Lord, it shall be said of me,
\nare righteousness and strength;
\nto him shall come and be ashamed
\nall who were incensed against him.
\nIn the Lord all the offspring of Israel
\nshall be justified and shall glory.
Philippians 2:9–11 (ESV)
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Joel from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Joel
CHIASTIC STRUCTURE
\nJoel 1 — LAMENT | Looking Back on the Locust Plague
\nJoel 2:1-11 — WARNING | Looking Forward to the Northern Army
\nJoel 2:12-19 — RETURN | Remembering the Covenant of the Lord
\nRESCUE and RESTORATION
\nJoel 2:28-32 — The Promise of BLESSING
\nJoel 3 — The Promise of JUDGEMENT
Duane Garrett
\nJoel used the immediate crisis facing the original audience to move toward eschatological and ultimate issues.
Malachi 3:2 (ESV)
\nBut who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap.
Hebrews 12:28 (ESV)
\nTherefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,
Psalm 51:17 (ESV)
\nThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Psalm 34:17–18 (ESV)
\nWhen the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears
\nand delivers them out of all their troubles.
\nThe Lord is near to the brokenhearted
\nand saves the crushed in spirit.
Acts 2:37–39 (ESV)
\nNow when they heard this they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?” And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
\nbut God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
\nAnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Amos from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Amos
Amos 3:4 (ESV)
\n_Does a lion roar in the forest,
\nwhen he has no prey? _
Amos 3:8 (ESV)
\nThe lion has roared;
\nwho will not fear?
\nThe Lord God has spoken;
\nwho can but prophesy?”
2 Chronicles 24:19 (ESV)
\nYet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord. These testified against them, but they would not pay attention.
Jeremiah 25:4–5 (ESV)
\nYou have neither listened nor inclined your ears to hear, although the Lord persistently sent to you all his servants the prophets, saying, ‘Turn now, every one of you, from his evil way and evil deeds ….’
Luke 11:49 (ESV)
\nTherefore also the Wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles, some of whom they will kill and persecute,’
Psalm 46:10
\n“Be still, and know that I am God.
\nI will be exalted among the nations,
\nI will be exalted in the earth!”
Amos 5:15 (ESV)
\nHate evil, and love good,
\nand establish justice in the gate;
\nit may be that the Lord, the God of hosts,
\nwill be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.
Hebrews 3:7–8 (ESV)
\nTherefore, as the Holy Spirit says,
\n“Today, if you hear his voice,
\ndo not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
\non the day of testing in the wilderness,
Acts 15:14 (ESV)
\nSimeon has related how God first visited the Gentiles, to take from them a people for his name.
Obadiah from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\nScripture: Obadiah
Genesis 25-27 (ESV)
\n\nDeuteronomy 2:1–6 (ESV)
\nThen we turned and journeyed into the wilderness in the direction of the Red Sea, as the Lord told me. And for many days we traveled around Mount Seir. Then the Lord said to me, ‘You have been traveling around this mountain country long enough. Turn northward and command the people, “You are about to pass through the territory of your brothers, the people of Esau, who live in Seir; and they will be afraid of you. So be very careful. Do not contend with them, for I will not give you any of their land, no, not so much as for the sole of the foot to tread on, because I have given Mount Seir to Esau as a possession. You shall purchase food from them with money, that you may eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money, that you may drink.
Jeremiah 49:14–17 (ESV)
\nI have heard a message from the Lord,
\n and an envoy has been sent among the nations:
\n“Gather yourselves together and come against her,
\n and rise up for battle!
\nFor behold, I will make you small among the nations,
\n despised among mankind.
\nThe horror you inspire has deceived you,
\n and the pride of your heart,
\nyou who live in the clefts of the rock,
\n who hold the height of the hill.
\nThough you make your nest as high as the eagle's,
\n I will bring you down from there,
\ndeclares the Lord.
\n“Edom shall become a horror. Everyone who passes by it will be horrified and will hiss because of all its disasters.
Psalm 137:7 (ESV)
\nRemember, O Lord, against the Edomites
\n the day of Jerusalem,
\nhow they said, “Lay it bare, lay it bare,
\n down to its foundations!”
Psalm 133:1–3 (ESV)
\n_ Behold, how good and pleasant it is
\n when brothers dwell in unity!
\nIt is like the precious oil on the head,
\n running down on the beard,
\non the beard of Aaron,
\n running down on the collar of his robes!
\n It is like the dew of Hermon,
\n which falls on the mountains of Zion!
\nFor there the Lord has commanded the blessing,
\n life forevermore._
Romans 12:14–21 (ESV)
\nBless those who persecute you; bless and do not curse them. Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. Live in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight. Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.” Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
Special Guest: Joel Fair.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Hosea 1
Exodus 4:11–12 (ESV)
\nThen the Lord said to him, “Who has made man’s mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? Is it not I, the Lord? Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.”
Micah 3:8 (ESV)
\nBut as for me, I am filled with power,
\nwith the Spirit of the Lord,
\nand with justice and might,
\nto declare to Jacob his transgression
\nand to Israel his sin.
Deuteronomy 28:1 (ESV)
\n“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the Lord your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:15 (ESV)
\n“But if you will not obey the voice of the Lord your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.
Deuteronomy 30:1–3 (ESV)
\n“And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse,
\n… return to the Lord your God
\n… then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you
Hebrews 1:1–2 (ESV)
\nLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.
Romans 1:21 (ESV)
\nFor although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.
Revelation 4:9–11 (ESV)
\nAnd whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to him who is seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever, the twenty-four elders fall down before him who is seated on the throne and worship him who lives forever and ever. They cast their crowns before the throne, saying,
\n“Worthy are you, our Lord and God,
\nto receive glory and honor and power,
\nfor you created all things,
\nand by your will they existed and were created.”
Revelation 21:3 (ESV)
\nAnd I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
John 13:1 (ESV)
\n… having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
Colossians 1:13–14 (ESV)
\nHe has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Ephesians 5:25 (ESV)
\nHusbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Mark 16:9–20 | The End of the Gospel from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nSCRIPTURE: Mark 16:9-20
Mark 1:1 (ESV)
\nThe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
Mark 1:15 (ESV)
\nand saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Herman Ridderbos
\n[The] absolutely theocentric character of the kingdom of God in Jesus’ preaching … implies that its coming consists entirely in God’s own action and is perfectly dependent on his activity. The kingdom of God is not a state or condition, not a society created and promoted by men …. It will not come through an immanent earthly evolution, nor through moral action; it is not men who prepare it for God.
Mark 9:7 (ESV)
\nThis is my beloved Son; listen to him.
Mark 3:9 (ESV)
\nAnd he told his disciples to have a boat ready for him because of the crowd, lest they crush him,
Psalm 118:1 (ESV)
\nOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
\nfor his steadfast love endures forever!
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 13:37 (ESV)
\nAnd what I say to you I say to all: Stay awake.”
Mark 16:1–8 | A Sudden Ending from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nSCRIPTURE: Mark 16:1–8
R. T. France
\nFor me the ‘abruptness’ of the ending consists not primarily in the stylistic form of its final sentence, but in the ‘unfinished’ nature of its contents.
Mark 15:40 (ESV)
\nThere were also women looking on from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome.
Mark 14:6–9 (ESV)
\nBut Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me. She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial. And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will be told in memory of her.”
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Acts 20:7 (ESV)
\nOn the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
Acts 20:7 (ESV)
\nOn the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight.
1 Corinthians 16:2 (ESV)
\nOn the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
Revelation 1:10 (ESV)
\nI was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 14:28 (ESV)
\nBut after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”
Mark 15:16–20 | The Crucifixion from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nSCRIPTURE: Mark 15:33–47
Amos 8:9 (ESV)
\n“And on that day,” declares the Lord God,
\n“I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the earth in broad daylight.”
Mark 14:58 (ESV)
\n“We heard him say, ‘I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another, not made with hands.’ ”
Hebrews 6:19 (ESV)
\nWe have this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul, a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain
Hebrews 10:19–20 (ESV)
\nTherefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way that he opened for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh
John 19:39 (ESV)
\nNicodemus also, who earlier had come to Jesus by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds in weight.
Romans 6:23 (ESV)
\nFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Psalm 37:25 (ESV)
\nI have been young, and now am old,
\nyet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
\nor his children begging for bread.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
A. W. Pink
\nHe who was the Holy One, whose own abhorrence of sin was infinite, who was purity incarnate was “made sin for us” …
Psalm 36:1–2 (ESV)
\nTransgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
\nthere is no fear of God before his eyes.
\nFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
\nthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Genesis 3:4 (ESV)
\nBut the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die.”
Mark 15:16–20 | The Crucifixion from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 15:16–32
Acts 3:18 (ESV)
\nBut what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled.
Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)
\nHe was despised and rejected by men,
\na man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
\nand as one from whom men hide their faces
\nhe was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Romans 16:13 (ESV)
\nGreet Rufus, chosen in the Lord; also his mother, who has been a mother to me as well.
Acts 13:1 (ESV)
\nNow there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
Proverbs 31:6 (ESV)
\nGive strong drink to the one who is perishing,
\nand wine to those in bitter distress
R. Kent Hughes
\nHis pain was alleviated by nothing. If anything, it was heightened by his soul’s health.
Hebrews 7:25 (ESV)
\nConsequently, he is able to save to the uttermost those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them.
Romans 8:1 (ESV)
\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
My Jesus, I Love Thee
\nI love thee because thou hast first loved me
\nand purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
\nI love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
\nif ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
Psalm 22:18 (ESV)
\nthey divide my garments among them,
\nand for my clothing they cast lots.
Matthew 2:2
\nsaying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.”
Revelation 19:16
\nOn his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Psalm 22:1 (ESV)
\nMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
\nWhy are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
Psalm 22:7 (ESV)
\nAll who see me mock me;
\nthey make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
Psalm 22:18 (ESV)
\nthey divide my garments among them,
\nand for my clothing they cast lots.
Lewis Bayly
\nSoule: Lord, why, wouldest Thou be taken, when Thou mightest have escaped Thine enemies?
\nChrist: That thy spiritual enemies should not take thee, and cast thee into the prison of utter darkness.
2 Timothy 1:8 (ESV)
\nTherefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,
2 Timothy 3:12 (ESV)
\nIndeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,
1 Peter 4:12 (ESV)
\nBeloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you.
Philippians 1:29 (ESV)
\nFor it has been granted to you that for the sake of Christ you should not only believe in him but also suffer for his sake,
Romans 8:16–17 (ESV)
\nThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
\nlooking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 2:11 (ESV)
\nFor he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers
Hebrews 2:13 (ESV)
\n“Behold, I and the children God has given me.”
My Jesus, I Love Thee
\nI love thee because thou hast first loved me
\nand purchased my pardon on Calvary's tree;
\nI love thee for wearing the thorns on thy brow;
\nif ever I loved thee, my Jesus, 'tis now.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 15:1-15
Apostles’ Creed
\nI believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried; he descended to the dead.
Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)
\nHe was despised and rejected by men,
\na man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
\nand as one from whom men hide their faces
\nhe was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:3 (ESV)
\nHe was despised and rejected by men,
\na man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
\nand as one from whom men hide their faces
\nhe was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Mark 10:33–34 (ESV)
\nSee, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.”
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Acts 10:42 (ESV)
\nAnd [Jesus] commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 17:30–31 (ESV)
\nThe times of ignorance God overlooked, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent, because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.
Psalm 22:6–8 (ESV)
\nBut I am a worm and not a man,
\nscorned by mankind and despised by the people.
\nAll who see me mock me;
\nthey make mouths at me; they wag their heads;
\n“He trusts in the Lord; let him deliver him;
\nlet him rescue him, for he delights in him!”
Ephesians 2:4–5 (ESV)
\nBut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Ephesians 2:7 (ESV)
\nso that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Mark 14:53–72 | The Open Statement of the Truth from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 14:53–72
James R. Edwards
\nAccording to the Mishnah, twenty-three members of the Sanhedrin were necessary to judge capital cases, with reasons for acquittal preceding reasons for conviction. In capital cases, a verdict of guilty required a second sitting the following day. Both sittings had to take place during daytime, and neither on the eve of Sabbath or a festival. Witnesses were to be warned against rumor and hearsay. A charge of blasphemy could not be sustained unless the accused cursed God’s name itself, in which case the punishment prescribed was death by stoning, with the corpse then hung from a tree.
Isaiah 53:7 (ESV)
\nHe was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
\nyet he opened not his mouth;
\nlike a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
\nand like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
\nso he opened not his mouth.
Proverbs 26:4 (ESV)
\nAnswer not a fool according to his folly,
\nlest you be like him yourself.
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 9:31 (ESV)
\nThe Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.
Mark 10:33–34 (ESV)
\nSee, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death and deliver him over to the Gentiles. And they will mock him and spit on him, and flog him and kill him. And after three days he will rise.
James Edwards
\nUntil the question of the high priest, however, Jesus has steadfastly silenced all proclamations of his divine Sonship. In order truly to understand the meaning of his person something has been missing. The missing element has been the necessity of his suffering. Only in the light of suffering can Jesus openly divulge his identity as God’s Son.
Mark 13:9 (ESV)
\nBut be on your guard. For they will deliver you over to councils, and you will be beaten in synagogues, and you will stand before governors and kings for my sake, to bear witness before them.
Mark 14:30–31 (ESV)
\nTruly, I tell you, this very night, before the rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times.” But he said emphatically, “If I must die with you, I will not deny you.”
Mark 14:41–52 | Jesus Stands Alone from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 14:41–52
Ephesians 1:4–6 (ESV)
\nIn love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Romans 5:8 (ESV)
\n… but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
Acts 20:37–38 (ESV)
\nAnd there was much weeping on the part of all; they embraced Paul and kissed him, being sorrowful most of all because of the word he had spoken, that they would not see his face again.
Matthew 26:50 (ESV)
\nJesus said to him, “Friend, do what you came to do.”
Mark 14:27 (ESV)
\nAnd Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’”
Mark 15:27 (ESV)
\nAnd with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.
Mark 14:1–2 (ESV)
\nAnd the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill him, for they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”
Psalm 36:1 (ESV)
\nTransgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
\nthere is no fear of God before his eyes.
\nFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
\nthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Mark 14:26–42 | The Stricken Shepherd and His Fallen Sheep from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 14:26–42
Psalm 115:1 (ESV)
\nNot to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
Psalm 116:1, 15 (ESV)
\nI love the Lord, because he has heard
\nmy voice and my pleas for mercy.
\nPrecious in the sight of the Lord
\nis the death of his saints.
Psalm 117 (ESV)
\n_Praise the Lord, all nations!
\nExtol him, all peoples!
\nFor great is his steadfast love toward us,
\nand the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. _
Psalm 118:1,14 (ESV)
\nOh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
\nfor his steadfast love endures forever!
\nThe Lord is my strength and my song;
\nhe has become my salvation.
Mark 9:12 (ESV)
\nAnd he said to them, “Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?”
Zechariah 13:7 (ESV)
\n“Awake, O sword, against my shepherd,
\nagainst the man who stands next to me,”
\ndeclares the Lord of hosts.
\n“Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
\nI will turn my hand against the little ones.”
Romans 8:15–17 (ESV)
\nFor you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Hebrews 5:7–8 (ESV)
\nIn the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers and supplications, with loud cries and tears, to him who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.
R. T. France
\nThis is in strong contrast with idealized portrayals of martyrs who go gladly to their death.
Mark 15:34 (ESV)
\nAnd at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
Mark 14:22–26 | The Lord's Supper from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 14:22–26
Isaiah 55:1 (ESV)
\nCome, everyone who thirsts,
\ncome to the waters;
\nand he who has no money,
\ncome, buy and eat!
\nCome, buy wine and milk
\nwithout money and without price.
Exodus 24:8 (ESV)
\nAnd Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Jeremiah 31:31–34 (ESV)
\nBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\n… the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
James Edwards
\n… they “all drank”, they “all [swear allegiance to Jesus]”; but they “all fall away”, and they “all fled”. The original Last Supper is attended by traitors and cowards; it a table not of merit but of grace!
Westminster Shorter Catechism
\nThe Lord’ s supper is a sacrament, wherein, by giving and receiving bread and wine, according to Christ’ s appointment, his death is shown forth; and the worthy receivers are, not after a corporal and carnal manner, but by faith, made partakers of his body and blood, with all his benefits, to their spiritual nourishment, and growth in grace.
Heidelberg Catechism
\nWhat is your only comfort in life and death?
\nThat I with body and soul, both in life and death, am not my own, but belong to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ …
Heidelberg Catechism
\nHow are you admonished and assured in the Lord’s Supper, that you are a partaker of that one sacrifice of Christ, accomplished on the cross, and of all his benefits?
\nThus: That Christ has commanded me and all believers, to eat of this broken bread, and to drink of this cup, in remembrance of him, adding these promises: first, that his body was offered and broken on the cross for me, and his blood shed for me, as certainly as I see with my eyes, the bread of the Lord broken for me, and the cup communicated to me; and further, that he feeds and nourishes my soul to everlasting life, with his crucified body and shed blood, as assuredly as I receive from the hands of the minister, and taste with my mouth the bread and cup of the Lord, as certain signs of the body and blood of Christ.
1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (ESV)
\nFor I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 13:32–37
Study Guide from Redeemer Presbyterian in New York
\nThere is little consensus among Christians with regard to the details of what the Bible teaches about the ‘end times’ (The theological term for this area of inquiry is eschatology). On the one hand, we must remember that the basic teaching of the New Testament on this could not be clearer: Jesus Christ will return visibly and personally at the end of time to judge and renew the whole world.
Revelation 5:1–5 (ESV)
\nThen I saw in the right hand of him who was seated on the throne a scroll written within and on the back, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a mighty angel proclaiming with a loud voice, “Who is worthy to open the scroll and break its seals?” And no one in heaven or on earth or under the earth was able to open the scroll or to look into it, and I began to weep loudly because no one was found worthy to open the scroll or to look into it. And one of the elders said to me, “Weep no more; behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so that he can open the scroll and its seven seals.”
Psalm 16:1–2 (ESV)
\nPreserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge.
\nI say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
\nI have no good apart from you.”
Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
\nYou make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
Stay Awake means:
\n * Prayerful Dependence
\n * Faith-filled Obedience
\n * Worshipful Proclaimation
Mark 14:12–21 | Jesus Shares Passover from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: James Repp
\nScripture: Mark 14:12–21
Special Guest: James Repp.
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\n\nPreacher: Mark Schledorn
\nScripture: Mark 14:1-11
Special Guest: Mark Schledorn.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 13:14–31
Mark 1:2 (ESV)
\nAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
Daniel 11:31 (ESV)
\nForces from him shall appear and profane the temple and fortress, and shall take away the regular burnt offering. And they shall set up the abomination that makes desolate.
Jeremiah 6:14 (ESV)
\nThey have healed the wound of my people lightly, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace.
Isaiah 13:10 (ESV)
\nFor the stars of the heavens and their constellations will not give their light; the sun will be dark at its rising, and the moon will not shed its light.
Isaiah 34:4 (ESV)
\nAll the host of heaven shall rot away, and the skies roll up like a scroll. All their host shall fall, as leaves fall from the vine, like leaves falling from the fig tree.
Daniel 7:13–14 (ESV)
\nv13 - I saw in the night visions,
\nand behold, with the clouds of heaven
\nthere came one like a son of man,
\nand he came to the Ancient of Days
\nand was presented before him.
\nv14 - And to him was given dominion
\nand glory and a kingdom,
\nthat all peoples, nations, and languages
\nshould serve him;
\nhis dominion is an everlasting dominion,
\nwhich shall not pass away,
\nand his kingdom one
\nthat shall not be destroyed.
Mark 9:1 (ESV)
\nTruly, I say to you, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God after it has come with power.
Mark 13:1–13 | The Lord Leaves the Temple from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 13:1–13
Isaiah 1:12–13 (ESV)
\nWhen you come to appear before me,
\nwho has required of you
\nthis trampling of my courts?
\nBring no more vain offerings;
Matthew 12:6 (ESV)
\nsomething greater than the temple is here
Ezekiel 11:23 (ESV)
\nAnd the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city.
Romans 8:18–22 (ESV)
\nFor I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now.
Philippians 4:5–7 (ESV)
\nLet your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Acts 12:24 (ESV)
\nBut the word of God increased and multiplied.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 12:38–44
Mark 12:38–44 | Beautiful Sacrifice from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nMark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
1 Corinthians 13:2 (ESV)
\nAnd if I … understand all mysteries and all knowledge … but have not love, I am nothing.
Numbers 15:38–39 (ESV)
\nSpeak to the people of Israel, and tell them to make tassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and to put a cord of blue on the tassel of each corner. And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
Numbers 15:40–41 (ESV)
\nSo you shall remember and do all my commandments, and be holy to your God. I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God: I am the Lord your God.
Mark 10:43–44 (ESV)
\nWhoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all.
Mark 9:42 (ESV)
\nWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Mark 9:42 (ESV)
\nWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Mark 12:30 (ESV)
\nAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.
Mark 8:34–36 (ESV)
\nIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 12:35–37
Mark 12:35–37 | The Lord of All from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\n2022-05-01 | ProPresenter
\nTITLE: The Lord of All
\nSCRIPTURE: Mark 12:35–37
James R. Edwards
\nJesus has bested the field and debate is closed. Jesus does not quit the field, however, but he takes it.
C. H. Spurgeon
\nHow greatly should we prize the revelation of his private and solemn discourse with the Son, herein made public for the refreshing of his people!
2 Samuel 7:12–13 (ESV)
\nWhen your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
Isaiah 11:1 (ESV)
\nThere shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,
\nand a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
Isaiah 9:6 (ESV)
\nFor to us a child is born,
\nto us a son is given;
\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,
\nand his name shall be called
\nWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Ezekiel 34:23 (ESV)
\nAnd I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David, and he shall feed them: he shall feed them and be their shepherd.
Luke 1:68–69 (ESV)
\nBlessed be the Lord God of Israel,
\nfor he has visited and redeemed his people
\nand has raised up a horn of salvation for us
\nin the house of his servant David
Luke 1:32–33 (ESV)
\nHe will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.
Romans 1:1–4 (ESV)
\nPaul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh and was declared to be the Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness by his resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Philippians 2:9–11 (ESV)
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Preacher: Joel Fair
\nScripture: Mark 12:28-34
Mark 1:15 (ESV)
\nThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
Colossians 1:19 (ESV)
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell,
Psalm 119:1–8 (ESV)
\nBlessed are those whose way is blameless, who walk in the law of the LORD!
\nBlessed are those who keep his testimonies, who seek him with their whole heart,
\nwho also do no wrong, but walk in his ways!
\nYou have commanded your precepts to be kept diligently.
\nOh that my ways may be steadfast in keeping your statutes!
\nThen I shall not be put to shame, having my eyes fixed on all your commandments.
\nI will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
\nI will keep your statutes; do not utterly forsake me!
John 14:15 (ESV)
\nIf you love me, you will keep my commandments.
1 John 4:7–11 (ESV)
\nBeloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.
\nAnyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love.
\nIn this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him.
\nIn this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
\nBeloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.
Matthew 5:17 (ESV)
\nDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.
Galatians 2:20–21 (ESV)
\nI have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me. I do not nullify the grace of God, for if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose.
Special Guest: Joel Fair.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 12:18–27
Acts 23:8 (ESV)
\nFor the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
Mark 8:31–32 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he said this plainly.
John 11:25 (ESV)
\nI am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live
1 Corinthians 15:17–19 (ESV)
\nAnd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
1 Corinthians 15:42–44 (ESV)
\nSo is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable. It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power. It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
1 Corinthians 15:50 (ESV)
\nI tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
Exodus 6:2–4 (ESV)
\nGod spoke to Moses and said to him, “I am the Lord. I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty, but by my name the Lord I did not make myself known to them. I also established my covenant with them to give them the land of Canaan, the land in which they lived as sojourners.
Hebrews 11:13–16 (ESV)
\nThese all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth. For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return. But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Hebrews 11:16 (ESV)
\nTherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
Revelation 21:9 (ESV)
\nCome, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.
Mark 16:6 (ESV)
\nYou seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him.
Matthew 27:46 | The Word of Anguish from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Matthew 27:46
Romans 6:23 (ESV)
\nFor the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
1 Peter 2:24 (ESV)
\nHe himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Psalm 37:25 (ESV)
\nI have been young, and now am old,
\nyet I have not seen the righteous forsaken
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
A. W. Pink
\nHe who was the Holy One, whose own abhorrence of sin was infinite, who was purity incarnate was “made sin for us” …
Philippians 2:8 (ESV)
\nAnd being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
A. W. Pink
\ntherefore did he bow before the storm of wrath, in which was displayed the divine displeasure against the countless sins of a great multitude whom no man can number.
Psalm 36:1–2 (ESV)
\nTransgression speaks to the wicked deep in his heart;
\nthere is no fear of God before his eyes.
\nFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
\nthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Genesis 3:4 (ESV)
\nBut the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die."
Psalm 22:1–2 (ESV)
\nMy God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
\nWhy are you so far from saving me, from the words of my groaning?
\nO my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer,
\nAnd by night, but I find no rest.
Psalm 22:3 (ESV)
\nYet you are holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 12:13–17
Mark 11:28
\nBy what authority are you doing these things, or who gave you this authority to do them?
Mark 3:6 (ESV)
\nThe Pharisees went out and immediately held counsel with the Herodians against him, how to destroy him.
Mark 11:32 (ESV)
\nBut shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.
Mark 12:1–12 | A Vineyard, It's Tenants and a Beloved Son from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 12:1–12
Isaiah 5:1–7
\n\nJeremiah 7:25–26 (ESV)
\nFrom the day that your fathers came out of the land of Egypt to this day, I have persistently sent all my servants the prophets to them, day after day. Yet they did not listen to me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck. They did worse than their fathers.
Mark 11:30 (ESV)
\nWas the baptism of John from heaven or from man?
Mark 11:32 (ESV)
\nBut shall we say, ‘From man’?”—they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John really was a prophet.
Matthew 3:17 (ESV)
\na voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
Mark 9:7 (ESV)
\na voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”
Ephesians 1:3–6 (ESV)
\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved.
Hebrews 1:1–2 (ESV)
\nLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son
Psalm 36:1–2 (ESV)
\nTransgression speaks to the wicked
\ndeep in his heart;
\nthere is no fear of God
\nbefore his eyes.
\nFor he flatters himself in his own eyes
\nthat his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
Matthew 28:18–20 (ESV)
\nAnd Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Mark 11:27–33 | By What Authority? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 11:27–33
Mark 14:61–64 (ESV)
\nAgain the high priest asked him, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?” And Jesus said, “I am, and you will see the Son of Man seated at the right hand of Power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.” And the high priest tore his garments and said, “What further witnesses do we need? You have heard his blasphemy. What is your decision?” And they all condemned him as deserving death.
Mark 1:1–3 (ESV)
\nThe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
\nAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet,
\n“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
\nwho will prepare your way,
\nthe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
\n‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
\nmake his paths straight,’”
Mark 1:7–8 (ESV)
\nAnd he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
Mark 11:12-26 | Fig and Temple from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Matt Hardy
\nScripture: Mark 11:12-26
Special Guest: Matt Hardy.
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\n\nPreacher: Scott Reavis
\nScripture: Mark 11:12-14, 20-26
Special Guest: Scott Reavis.
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Special Guest: Brian Sullivan.
","summary":"Global Mission Weekend 2022","date_published":"2022-03-06T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/45b72a4e-cccc-4cf5-8839-a97a0d12c838.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":17398192,"duration_in_seconds":1738}]},{"id":"4b97a716-0a32-440c-bd4b-332e266f5ff6","title":"Mark 11:1–11 | Entering the End of the Road","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/mark38","content_text":"\n\nMark 11:1–11 | Entering the End of the Road from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Mark 11:1–11\n\n\nBETHPHAGE, BETHANY AND THE MOUNT OF OLIVES\nTHE LORD PREPARES THE PILGRIMAGE\nTHE LORD FINISHES THE PILGRIMAGE\nTHE LORD ENTERS THE TEMPLE\n\n\nEzekiel 11:23 (ESV)\nAnd the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city.\n\nZechariah 14:4 (ESV)\nOn that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east …\n\nMark 10:45 (ESV)\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.\n\nZechariah 9:9 (ESV)\nRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! \nShout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! \nBehold, your king is coming to you; \nrighteous and having salvation is he, \nhumble and mounted on a donkey, \non a colt, the foal of a donkey.\n\nPsalm 118:25–26 (ESV)\nSave us, we pray, O Lord! \nO Lord, we pray, give us success! \nBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! \nWe bless you from the house of the Lord.\n\nMark 15:39 (ESV)\nAnd when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”","content_html":"\n\nMark 11:1–11 | Entering the End of the Road from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 11:1–11
Ezekiel 11:23 (ESV)
\nAnd the glory of the Lord went up from the midst of the city and stood on the mountain that is on the east side of the city.
Zechariah 14:4 (ESV)
\nOn that day his feet shall stand on the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east …
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Zechariah 9:9 (ESV)
\nRejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!
\nShout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem!
\nBehold, your king is coming to you;
\nrighteous and having salvation is he,
\nhumble and mounted on a donkey,
\non a colt, the foal of a donkey.
Psalm 118:25–26 (ESV)
\nSave us, we pray, O Lord!
\nO Lord, we pray, give us success!
\nBlessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!
\nWe bless you from the house of the Lord.
Mark 15:39 (ESV)
\nAnd when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Mark 10:46–52 | The Blind Man Sees from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 10:46–52
Hebrews 11:6 (ESV)
\nAnd without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Mark 10:32–45 | The Greatest Servant from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 10:32–45
James Edwards
\nThe reason why a servant is the most preeminent position in the kingdom of God is that the sole function of a servant is to give, and giving is the essence of God.
Philippians 2:1–2 (ESV)
\nSo if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind.
Philippians 2:3–8 (ESV)
\nDo nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.
Isaiah 50:7 (ESV)
\ntherefore I have set my face like a flint,
\nand I know that I shall not be put to shame.
Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
\nlooking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 9:31 (ESV)
\nThe Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.
A Might Fortress (Martin Luther)
\nDid we in our own strength confide, our striving would be losing
\nWere not the right Man on our side, the Man of God’s own choosing
\nDost ask who that may be? Christ Jesus, it is He
\nThe Lord of hosts His name, from age to age the same
\nAnd He must win the battle
Mark 10:14 (ESV)
\nLet the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.
Mark 8:35
\nwhoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Mark 9:35
\nIf anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.
Mark 9:40–41
\nFor the one who is not against us is for us. For truly, I say to you, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ will by no means lose his reward.
Mark 10:15
\nTruly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.
Mark 10:31
\nBut many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Mark 10:45
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:13–31 | The Impossibility of Eternal Life from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 10:13–31
Mark 9:42 (ESV)
\nWhoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.
Mark 9:37 (ESV)
\nWhoever receives one such child in my name receives me, and whoever receives me, receives not me but him who sent me.
Mark 8:35–36 (ESV)
\nFor whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 10:1–12 | Marriage: Permanent and Intimate from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 10:1–12
2022-01-30 | ProPresenter
\nTITLE: Marriage: Permanent and Intimate
\nSCRIPTURE: Mark 10:1–12
James Edwards
\nIn ancient Judaism, marriage was not regarded as a union of equals for the mutual benefit of both husband and wife but rather as an institution whose chief purpose was the establishment and continuance of the family and whose chief enemy was childlessness.
James Edwards
\nJesus, however, teaches that marriage is not a male-dominated institution but a new creation of God, to which both husband and wife are equally responsible to practice discipleship in lifelong obedience.
Matthew 19:9 (ESV)
\nAnd I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.
Deuteronomy 24:1 (ESV)
\nWhen a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house
James R. Edwards
\nJesus’ declaration, however, imputes to women the status of sovereign moral agents. In v. 12 Jesus further establishes a woman’s moral agency and responsibility by declaring that if she is responsible for initiating divorce and then remarries she must bear full culpability for her action.
James Edwards
\nThe essential thrust of 10:1–12 is the inviolability of the marriage bond as intended and instituted by God. Jesus does not conceive of marriage on the grounds of its dissolution but on the grounds of its architectural design and purpose by God. … Human failure does not alter that purpose.
Jesus
\n… from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’ ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.
Ephesians 2 | One in Christ, by Grace Through Faith from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Matt Hardy
\nScripture: Ephesians 2
Community Group Questions:
\n\nI. Read Eph. 2:1-3
\n\nII. Read Eph. 2:4-10
\n\nIII. Read Eph. 2:11-22
\n\nSpecial Guest: Matt Hardy.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 9:38–50
Mark 9:18b (ESV)
\nSo I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they were not able.
Matthew 7:16 (ESV)
\nYou will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles?
Matthew 12:30 (ESV)
\nWhoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
Thomas Cranmer
\nWhile the principle of Mk 9:40 should govern the attitude of the Church toward those without, the principle of Mt. 12:30 must be part of the Church’s preaching both to those without and to those within.
R. T. France
\nThe cliquishness which too easily affects a defined group of people with a sense of mission is among the ‘worldly’ values which must be challenged in the name of the kingdom of God.
R. C. Sproul
\nIn ancient Israel, during the reigns of Kings Ahaz and Manasseh in the southern kingdom of Judah, the people became involved in one of the worst of all pagan practices—the sacrifice of children to the pagan deity Molech. These sacrifices occurred in a deep ravine south of Jerusalem. That ravine came to be called Gehenna, an English transliteration of the Greek form of an Aramaic word. This practice of sacrificing children was roundly condemned by the prophet Jeremiah and was finally halted by King Josiah. To make sure it did not begin again, Josiah sought to desecrate the ravine where these sacrifices were made by turning it into the city garbage dump. The refuse from the city, including the carcasses of animals and even the corpses of criminals, was carted out on a regular basis and tossed into this massive garbage dump. To keep the dump from overflowing, the refuse there was burned, with the fires constantly fed by incoming garbage. Meanwhile, worms stayed busy devouring the carcasses of the animals and criminals that were dumped in Gehenna. … Eventually, Gehenna became a Jewish metaphor for the place of final punishment.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 9:30–37
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 8:31 (ESV)
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again.
Mark 10:45 (ESV)
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 25:40 (ESV)
\nTruly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.
Mark 9:14–29 | I Believe! from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 9:14–29
Mark 1:41 (ESV)
\nMoved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean.”
Matthew 19:26 (ESV)
\nWith man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.
Alexander McLaren
\nwhatever goes beyond God’s Word is not faith, but something else assuming its appearance.
Kent Hughes
\nWe fail to believe the promises of his Word, or to pray in faith for their fulfillment.
Kent Hughes
\nThey believed in the process, they believed in themselves because they had done it previously
Revelation 21:1-6 | Longings Fulfilled from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Revelation 21:1-6
Thaddeus Willams
\nJustice has been defined for millennia as giving others what is due them.
Thaddeus Willams
\nWhat no one seems to be talking about—though it is at the bedrock of all other injustice—is worship. Theistic justice—bowing down to something that is worth bowing down to—is not a justice issue; it is the justice issue from which all other justice blooms.
Revelation 5:12 (ESV)
\nWorthy is the Lamb who was slain,
\nto receive power and wealth and wisdom and might
\nand honor and glory and blessing!
Psalm 27:1-5 | Delight in Beauty from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 16:11; 27:1-5
Tim Challies reflecting on Steve Dewitt
\nBeauty is a breadcrumb trail intended to chaperone us back to Christ, who is the one that our hearts truly long for.
\nBeauty was created by God for a purpose: to give us the experience of wonder. And wonder, in turn, is intended to lead us to the ultimate human expression and privilege: worship. Beauty is both a gift and a map. It is a gift to be enjoyed and a map to be followed back to the source of the beauty with praise and thanksgiving.
John 12:32
\nAnd I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.
Isaiah 53:2–3
\nFor he grew up before him like a young plant,
\nand like a root out of dry ground;
\nhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
\nand no beauty that we should desire him.
\nHe was despised and rejected by men,
\na man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
\nand as one from whom men hide their faces
\nhe was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Michael Reeves
\nThis God makes no third party suffer to achieve atonement. The one who dies is the Lamb of God, the Son. And it means that nobody but God contributes to the work of salvation: the Father, Son and Spirit accomplish it all. Now if God were not triune, if there was no Son, no lamb of God to die in our place, then we would have to atone for our sin ourselves. We would have to provide, for God could not. But—hallelujah!—God has a Son, and in his infinite kindness he dies, paying the wages of sin, for us. It is because God is triune that the cross is such good news.
Philippians 3:7–11
\nBut whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, that by any means possible I may attain the resurrection from the dead.
C. S. Lewis
\nThe books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it was not in them, it only came through them, and what came through them was longing. These things—the beauty, the memory of our own past—are good images of what we really desire; but if they are mistaken for the thing itself they turn into dumb idols, breaking the hearts of their worshippers. For they are not the thing itself; they are only the scent of a flower we have not found, the echo of a tune we have not heard, news from a country we have never yet visited.
C. S. Lewis
\nIf we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.
Acts 17:16–34 | Quest For Spirituality from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Acts 17:16–34
ECHOES OF A VOICE
\n\nLonging for Justice: Jeremiah 23:1–8
\nHunger for Relationships: Genesis 1:26–27
\nQuest for Spirituality: Acts 17:22–34
\nDelight in Beauty: Psalm 27:1-5
SPIRITUALITY AND REALITY
\n1) The spiritual is not a code word for “not real.”
\n2) A focus on the spiritual is not an invitation to dualism.
THE SOMETHING THAT WE DO NO KNOW
\n\nA CITY FULL OF IDOLS
\n\nRELIGION AND REALITY
\n\nTHE CREATOR OF REALITY
\n 1. God does not live in temples
\n 2. God made the nations
\n 3. God made mankind for himself
\n 4. God is Not Us
REALITY AND RESURRECTION
\n\nColossians 1:15–16
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Genesis 1:26–27
Ontological Trinity — Alan Cairns
\n… that God exists from all eternity as the triune God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, as revealed in the word of God; that this is not merely a human conception of Him, but that it is absolutely, eternally, and necessarily what God is, and how God exists.
Jeremiah 23:1–8 | Longing for Justice from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Jeremiah 23:1–8
Romans 1:20
\nFor his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world, in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse.
Psalm 8:1,3-4
\nO Lord, our Lord,
\nhow majestic is your name in all the earth!
\nYou have set your glory above the heavens.
\nWhen I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
\nthe moon and the stars, which you have set in place,
\nwhat is man that you are mindful of him,
\nand the son of man that you care for him?
Jeff Bezos (after a recent Blue Origin flight)
\nThe most profound piece of it for me was looking out at the Earth, and looking at the Earth’s atmosphere … Every astronaut, everybody who’s been up in space, they say this, that it changes them. They look at it and they’re kind of amazed and awestruck by the Earth and its beauty, but also by its fragility, and I can vouch for that.
Genesis 1:27
\nSo God created man in his own image,
\nin the image of God he created him;
\nmale and female he created them.
Romans 1:25
\n… because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.
Jeremiah 21:12
\nO house of David! Thus says the Lord:
\n“‘Execute justice in the morning,
\nand deliver from the hand of the oppressor
\nhim who has been robbed,
\nlest my wrath go forth like fire,
\nand burn with none to quench it,
\nbecause of your evil deeds.’”
Jeremiah 5:30–31
\nAn appalling and horrible thing
\nhas happened in the land:
\nthe prophets prophesy falsely,
\nand the priests rule at their direction;
\nmy people love to have it so,
\nbut what will you do when the end comes?
Mark 6:34
\nWhen he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.
Jeremiah 3:15
\nAnd I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
Thaddeus Willams
\nJustice has been defined for millennia as giving others what is due them.
Thaddeus Willams
\nWhat no one seems to be talking about—though it is at the bedrock of all other injustice—is worship. Theistic justice—bowing down to something that is worth bowing down to—is not a justice issue; it is the justice issue from which all other justice blooms.
Revelation 11:15
\nThen the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.”
Mark 9:2-13 | Glory Revealed from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 9:2-13
2 Corinthians 3:18
\nAnd we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.
Malachi 4:4–5
\nRemember the law of my servant Moses, the statutes and rules that I commanded him at Horeb for all Israel.
\nBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
Luke 9:30–31
\nAnd behold, two men were talking with him, Moses and Elijah, who appeared in glory and spoke of his departure, which he was about to accomplish at Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 4:6
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:16–18
\nFor we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.
Deuteronomy 18:15
\nThe Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
James Edwards
\n[Jesus’ instruction to tell no one] reinforces that the cross and resurrection are the only vantage point from which Jesus’ life and ministry can be understood according to their divine purpose, and that until the cross and resurrection all other knowledge of Jesus is inadequate and peripheral.
James Edwards
\nOnce again Mark reminds readers that disciples are not in fellowship with Jesus because of their knowledge, virtue, or abilities. They are in fellowship solely because of Jesus’ sovereign call, and they remain in fellowship only because of his faithfulness to them.
Malachi 4:5
\nBehold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the Lord comes.
Mark 8:31–9:1 | The Center of Gospel Centered from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 8:31–9:1
To be GOSPEL-CENTERED is to the suffering, rejected, dying and resurrected Christ at the center of our gospel!
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 8:27-30
Mark 4:41
\nAnd they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Deuteronomy 18:15
\n“The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among you, from your brothers—it is to him you shall listen—
Jeremiah 23:5
\n“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Mark 8:1-26 | Feeding Faith from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 8:1-26
Mark 1:14–15
\nNow after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
John 6:51
\nI am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Mark 7:31–37 | Signs of Redemption from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 7:31–37
SIGNS OF REDEMPTION
\nTHE TOUCH
\nTHE LOOK
\nTHE SIGH
\nTHE WORD
\nONE MORE SIGN: JESUS DOES ALL THINGS WELL
Faber
\nThere is no place where earth’s sorrows are more felt than in heaven
Colossians 3:17
\nAnd whatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Ephesians 1:7
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace,
Isaiah 35:5–6
\nThen the eyes of the blind shall be opened,
\nand the ears of the deaf unstopped;
\nthen shall the lame man leap like a deer,
\nand the tongue of the mute sing for joy.
\nFor waters break forth in the wilderness,
\nand streams in the desert;
Acts 3:18–21
\nBut what God foretold by the mouth of all the prophets, that his Christ would suffer, he thus fulfilled. Repent therefore, and turn back, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for restoring all the things about which God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Mark 7:24-30 | The Faith of a Gentile Mother from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 7:24-30
Matthew 5:3
\nBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 15:23
\nBut he did not answer her a word.
Matthew 15:28
\nO woman, great is your faith!
Charles Spurgeon
\nThe Lord Jesus was charmed with the fair jewel of this woman’s faith, and watching it and delighting in it he resolved to turn it round and set it in other lights, that the various facets of this priceless diamond might each one flash its brilliance and delight his soul.
Psalm 51:17
\nThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
\na broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
Ephesians 1:7–8
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
Mark 6:53-7:23 | What Defiles a Person? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: James Repp
\nScripture: Mark 6:53-7:23
Special Guest: James Repp.
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\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 6:45–52
Kent Hughes
\nIt was obedience that made them so uncomfortable. It was obedience that accounted for Helen Roseveare’s amazing story of persecution during the sixties in Africa. It was obedience that landed Corrie Ten Boom in Ravensbruck. It was obedience that put the four young missionaries through the rigors of captivity in Sudan. In all these cases, their misery was their own fault. If you submit your life to Christ in obedient commitment, you will expose yourself to a variety of sorrows. Your caring, your commitment to Biblical living, will make you vulnerable to things which the uncommitted heart will never experience.
Job 9:2–12
\nBut how can a man be in the right before God?
\nIf one wished to contend with him,
\none could not answer him once in a thousand times.
\nHe is wise in heart and mighty in strength
\n—who has hardened himself against him, and succeeded?—
\nhe who removes mountains, and they know it not,
\nwhen he overturns them in his anger,
\nwho shakes the earth out of its place,
\nand its pillars tremble;
\nwho commands the sun, and it does not rise;
\nwho seals up the stars;
\nwho alone stretched out the heavens
\nand trampled the waves of the sea;
\nwho made the Bear and Orion,
\nthe Pleiades and the chambers of the south;
\nwho does great things beyond searching out,
\nand marvelous things beyond number.
\nBehold, he passes by me, and I see him not;
\nhe moves on, but I do not perceive him.
\nBehold, he snatches away; who can turn him back? Who will say to him, ‘What are you doing?’
Mark 4:41
\nAnd they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
James Edwards
\nDiscipleship is more endangered by lack of faith and hardness of heart than by external dangers.
Mark 6:30–44 | Jesus Shepherds the Flock from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 6:30-44
Matthew 11:29–30
\nTake my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”
John 6:15
\nPerceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself.
Exodus 18:25
\nMoses chose able men out of all Israel and made them heads over the people, chiefs of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
Exodus 16:14–15
\nAnd when the dew had gone up, there was on the face of the wilderness a fine, flake-like thing, fine as frost on the ground. When the people of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, “It is the bread that the Lord has given you to eat.
Mark 14:22–24
\nAnd as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.
John 6:51
\nI am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And the bread that I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.
Mark 6:14–29 | Mission and Martyrdom from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 6:14–29
Leviticus 20:21
\nIf a man takes his brother’s wife, it is impurity.
Kent Hughes
\nBut he was a “double-minded man” (grossly evil, but with some good impulses) and thus “unstable in all he does”.
Matthew 11:11
\nTruly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Mark 6:7–13 | Called and Sent from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 6:7–13
WHAT IS GOSPEL MINISTRY?
\n\nWE HAVE:
\n\nMark 3:14–15
\nAnd he appointed twelve (whom he also named apostles) so that they might be with him and he might send them out to preach and have authority to cast out demons.
Exodus 12:11
\nIn this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord’s Passover.
Luke 22:35–36
\nAnd he said to them, “When I sent you out with no moneybag or knapsack or sandals, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.” He said to them, “But now let the one who has a moneybag take it, and likewise a knapsack. And let the one who has no sword sell his cloak and buy one.
Mark 1:14–15
\nNow after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Mark 5:21–43 | Faith Meets Grace from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 6:1–6
Mark 1:14–15
\nNow after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
Isaiah 53:2–3
\n_For he grew up before him like a young plant,
\nand like a root out of dry ground;
\nhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
\nand no beauty that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men,
\na man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
\nand as one from whom men hide their faces
\nhe was despised, and we esteemed him not._
Mark 1:11
\nAnd a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
Psalm 118:22
\nThe stone that the builders rejected
\nhas become the cornerstone.
1 Peter 2:6–7
\n_For it stands in Scripture:
“Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,
\na cornerstone chosen and precious,
\nand whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe,
\n\n“The stone that the builders rejected
\nhas become the cornerstone,”_
Matthew 13:58
\nAnd he did not do many mighty works there, because of their unbelief.
Mark 4:12
\n_they may indeed see but not perceive,
\nand may indeed hear but not understand, _
Hebrews 11:6
\nAnd without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
Mark 5:21–43 | Faith Meets Grace from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 5:21–43
Matthew 5:3–5
\nBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
\nBlessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.
\nBlessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.
Ephesians 3:20–21
\nNow to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
Mark 5:1–20 | Begging Jesus from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 5:1–20
John Oxenham
\nRabbi, begone! Thy powers
\nBring loss to us and ours.
\nOur ways are not as Thine.
\nThou lovest men, we—wine.
\nOh, get you hence, Omnipotence,
\nAnd take this fool of Thine!
\nHis soul? What care we for his soul?
\nWhat good to us that Thou hast made him whole,
\nSince we have lost our swine?
Mark 8:36
\nFor what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Mark 4:35–41 | Great Storm, Great Calm, Great Fear from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 4:35–41
Philippians 4:5–6
\nThe Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
Philippians 4:7
\nAnd the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 16:3
\nAs for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
\nin whom is all my delight.
1 Peter 1:3–4
\nAccording to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
Ray Ortlund
\nJesus can calm any storm. And he can calm us down.
2 Corinthians 4:16–18
\nSo we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.
1 John 1:1–2
\nThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life— the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us
Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:4-6 | Grateful Life from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:4-6
1 Timothy 6:10
\nFor the love of money is a root of all kinds of evils. It is through this craving that some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many pangs.
Matthew 6:24
\nNo one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:1-3 | Grateful Community from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Hebrews 12:28-29; 13:1-3
John Piper
\nGrace is the hospitality of God to welcome sinners not because of their goodness but because of his glory.
Five Steps of Hospitality
\n1) Hospitality is gratitude.
\n2) Hospitality keeps the focus on worship (the glory of God).
\n3) Hospitality creates space in our lives.
\n4) Hospitality is to open our eyes.
\n5) Hospitality is to open our lives: our time, talent and treasure.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Proverbs 3:34; James 4:6–8
Humility is a posture of submission, dependence and thanksgiving towards God’s grace that becomes a way of life in the midst of God’s people together.
\n\nProverbs 3:34
\nToward the scorners he is scornful,
\nbut to the humble he gives favor.
James 4:6–8
\nTherefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.
C. S. Lewis
\nThe vice I am talking of is Pride or Self-Conceit: and the virtue opposite to it, in Christian morals, is called Humility...According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride. Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere flea bites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind.
C. S. Lewis
\nAs long as you are proud you cannot know God. A proud man is always looking down on thing and people: and, of course, as long as you are looking down you cannot see something that is above you.
Psalm 2:1–4
\nWhy do the nations rage
\nand the peoples plot in vain?
\nThe kings of the earth set themselves,
\nand the rulers take counsel together,
\nagainst the Lord and against his Anointed,
\n“Let us burst their bonds apart
\nand cast away their cords from us.”
\nHe who sits in the heavens laughs;
\nthe Lord holds them in derision.
Proverbs 16:18–19
\nPride goes before destruction,
\nand a haughty spirit before a fall.
\nIt is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor
\nthan to divide the spoil with the proud.
Matthew 5:3
\nBlessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Romans 12:3–5
\nFor by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Philippians 2:8–11
\nAnd being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Romans 12:4–5
\nFor as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.
Romans 12:16
\nLive in harmony with one another. Do not be haughty, but associate with the lowly. Never be wise in your own sight.
Micah 6:8
\nHe has told you, O man, what is good;
\nand what does the Lord require of you
\nbut to do justice, and to love kindness,
\nand to walk humbly with your God?
Ezekiel 28:17
\nYour heart was proud because of your beauty;
\nyou corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor.
\nI cast you to the ground;
\nI exposed you before kings,
\nto feast their eyes on you.
Genesis 3:4–5
\n_But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God … _
Robert Murray McCheyne
\nLearn much of the Lord Jesus. For every look at yourself, take ten looks at Christ. He is altogether lovely. Such infinite majesty, and yet such meekness and grace, and all for sinners, even the chief! Live much in the smiles of God. Bask in his beams. Feel his all-seeing eye settled on you in love, and repose in his almighty arms. . . .
Robert Murray McCheyne
\nLet your soul be filled with a heart-ravishing sense of the sweetness and excellency of Christ and all that is in Him. Let the Holy Spirit fill every chamber of your heart; and so there will be no room for folly, or the world, or Satan, or the flesh.
Preacher: James Repp
Special Guest: James Repp.
","summary":"Part 6 of the Fight for Joy Series: Our prayer is that we, as pastors from the CrossPointe family of churches, will bring the wisdom of Christ and his gospel to bear upon these patterns of sin that so often appear in our lives.","date_published":"2021-07-11T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/393b27e5-5602-439f-97e2-c1946b54858f.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":15993904,"duration_in_seconds":1734}]},{"id":"cc75b58d-d413-4fbb-adfb-18d9dc222035","title":"Wrath","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/fightforjoy05","content_text":"\n\nWrath from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Ryan WalkerSpecial Guest: Ryan Walker.","content_html":"\n\nWrath from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Ryan Walker
Special Guest: Ryan Walker.
","summary":"Part 5 of the Fight for Joy Series: Our prayer is that we, as pastors from the CrossPointe family of churches, will bring the wisdom of Christ and his gospel to bear upon these patterns of sin that so often appear in our lives.","date_published":"2021-07-04T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/cc75b58d-d413-4fbb-adfb-18d9dc222035.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22509376,"duration_in_seconds":2417}]},{"id":"1fb97cd2-e683-4cb4-ad24-7081d9ab9222","title":"Proverbs 14:30 | Envy","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/fightforjoy04","content_text":"\n\nProverbs 14:30 | Envy from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Proverbs 14:30\n\n\nDESCRIBING ENVY\n\n\nEnvy of Another’s Good\nEnvy Another’s Generosity\nEnvy as the Fruit of Laziness\nEnvy of Another Disciple\nEnvy of the profit of an evil doer\n\nENVY ROTS THE BONES\n\n\nEnvy is displeasure\nEnvy is displeasure at delight.\n\nSACRIFICIAL LOVE\nTHE GOSPEL’S CURE FOR ENVY\n\n\nLove Beauty\nCount Your Mercies\n\nWhat should we do when we envy?\n\n\nGalatians 5:26\nLet us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.\n\nMatthew 6:22–23\nThe eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!\n\nMatthew 20:15–16 \n‘Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.\n\nJames Stalker\nInstead of living laborious days, they have expected fortune to drop into their lap, and, instead of cultivating their minds by burning the midnight oil, they have calculated on winning the prize by genius or cleverness alone.\n\nJames Stalker \nWe cannot love the good cause very passionately if we do not welcome every talent consecrated to his service.\nAll of these above seek to take hold of the glory that belongs to Christ and leverage it for self.\n\nProverbs 3:31–32\nDo not envy a man of violence \nand do not choose any of his ways, \nfor the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, \nbut the upright are in his confidence.\n\nProverbs 12:12\nWhoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers, \nbut the root of the righteous bears fruit.\n\nProverbs 24:1–2\nBe not envious of evil men,\nnor desire to be with them, \nfor their hearts devise violence, \nand their lips talk of trouble.\n\nProverbs 24:19–20\nFret not yourself because of evildoers, \nand be not envious of the wicked, \nfor the evil man has no future; \nthe lamp of the wicked will be put out.\n\nGerman Proverb\nI love a thing that’s fine\nEv’n when it is not mine,\nAnd, though it never mine can be,\nYet it delights and gladdens me.\n\n1 Peter 1:3–5\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.","content_html":"\n\nProverbs 14:30 | Envy from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Proverbs 14:30
Galatians 5:26
\nLet us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Matthew 6:22–23
\nThe eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!
Matthew 20:15–16
\n‘Am I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’ So the last will be first, and the first last.
James Stalker
\nInstead of living laborious days, they have expected fortune to drop into their lap, and, instead of cultivating their minds by burning the midnight oil, they have calculated on winning the prize by genius or cleverness alone.
James Stalker
\nWe cannot love the good cause very passionately if we do not welcome every talent consecrated to his service.
\nAll of these above seek to take hold of the glory that belongs to Christ and leverage it for self.
Proverbs 3:31–32
\nDo not envy a man of violence
\nand do not choose any of his ways,
\nfor the devious person is an abomination to the Lord,
\nbut the upright are in his confidence.
Proverbs 12:12
\nWhoever is wicked covets the spoil of evildoers,
\nbut the root of the righteous bears fruit.
Proverbs 24:1–2
\nBe not envious of evil men,
\nnor desire to be with them,
\nfor their hearts devise violence,
\nand their lips talk of trouble.
Proverbs 24:19–20
\nFret not yourself because of evildoers,
\nand be not envious of the wicked,
\nfor the evil man has no future;
\nthe lamp of the wicked will be put out.
German Proverb
\nI love a thing that’s fine
\nEv’n when it is not mine,
\nAnd, though it never mine can be,
\nYet it delights and gladdens me.
1 Peter 1:3–5
\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you, who by God’s power are being guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Lust from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Miguel Medina
Special Guest: Miguel Medina.
","summary":"Part 3 of the Fight for Joy Series: Our prayer is that we, as pastors from the CrossPointe family of churches, will bring the wisdom of Christ and his gospel to bear upon these patterns of sin that so often appear in our lives.","date_published":"2021-06-20T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/d52d9e7c-3561-4e65-b589-699b145bb3b5.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22577440,"duration_in_seconds":2331}]},{"id":"3380a104-fbf8-4b07-97a9-18aff2f24350","title":"Gluttony","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/fightforjoy02","content_text":"\n\nGluttony from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Mark SchledornSpecial Guest: Mark Schledorn.","content_html":"\n\nGluttony from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Mark Schledorn
Special Guest: Mark Schledorn.
","summary":"Part 2 of the Fight for Joy Series: Our prayer is that we, as pastors from the CrossPointe family of churches, will bring the wisdom of Christ and his gospel to bear upon these patterns of sin that so often appear in our lives.","date_published":"2021-06-13T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/3380a104-fbf8-4b07-97a9-18aff2f24350.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22150576,"duration_in_seconds":2506}]},{"id":"fb236583-ec38-44ce-bf31-dfd44ad29f90","title":"Proverbs 9 | Fight for Joy","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/fightforjoy01","content_text":"\n\nProverbs 9 | Why Wisdom? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Proverbs 9\n\n\nv1-2 | A HOUSE PREPARED\nv3-4 | AN OPEN INVITATION\nv5-6 | A BANQUET OF GRACE\nv7-12 | THE WAY OF LIFE\nv13 | A HOUSE OF NOTHING\nv14-16 | A SEDUCTIVE INVITATION\nv17 | AN EMPTY MEAL\nv18 | THE WAY OF DEATH\n\n\nMark 7:20–23\nWhat comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.\n\nProverbs 27:14\nWhoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice, \nrising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.\n\nProverbs 1:22\nHow long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?\n\nRay Ortlund\nProverbs is Wisdom for Idiots\n\nRay Ortlund\nWisdom is the gospel of Christ reshaping us for royalty.\n\nPsalm 1:1\nBlessed is the man \nwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked, \nnor stands in the way of sinners, \nnor sits in the seat of scoffers;\n\nChan Kilgore\nThe great blunder we all can make is leaving God out, and making ourselves the judges of everything. But it can be extremely painful to learn the fear of the Lord. It is death to our narcissistic egos and self-assured opinions.\n\nRay Ortlund\n[When] you look at the cross. You see a wise man hanging there, dying in the place of fools like you, because he loves you. You may despise him, but he does not despise you. You may be above him, but he humbled himself for you. Look there at him. Look away from yourself. Look at him, and keep looking until your pride melts. You will not only worship, you will begin to grow wise.\n\nProverbs 3:5–8\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart, \nand do not lean on your own understanding. \nIn all your ways acknowledge him, \nand he will make straight your paths. \nBe not wise in your own eyes; \nfear the Lord, and turn away from evil. \nIt will be healing to your flesh \nand refreshment to your bones.","content_html":"\n\nProverbs 9 | Why Wisdom? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Proverbs 9
Mark 7:20–23
\nWhat comes out of a person is what defiles him. For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.
Proverbs 27:14
\nWhoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,
\nrising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
Proverbs 1:22
\nHow long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
Ray Ortlund
\nProverbs is Wisdom for Idiots
Ray Ortlund
\nWisdom is the gospel of Christ reshaping us for royalty.
Psalm 1:1
\nBlessed is the man
\nwho walks not in the counsel of the wicked,
\nnor stands in the way of sinners,
\nnor sits in the seat of scoffers;
Chan Kilgore
\nThe great blunder we all can make is leaving God out, and making ourselves the judges of everything. But it can be extremely painful to learn the fear of the Lord. It is death to our narcissistic egos and self-assured opinions.
Ray Ortlund
\n[When] you look at the cross. You see a wise man hanging there, dying in the place of fools like you, because he loves you. You may despise him, but he does not despise you. You may be above him, but he humbled himself for you. Look there at him. Look away from yourself. Look at him, and keep looking until your pride melts. You will not only worship, you will begin to grow wise.
Proverbs 3:5–8
\nTrust in the Lord with all your heart,
\nand do not lean on your own understanding.
\nIn all your ways acknowledge him,
\nand he will make straight your paths.
\nBe not wise in your own eyes;
\nfear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
\nIt will be healing to your flesh
\nand refreshment to your bones.
Mark 4:30-34 | The Kingdom: Small and Insignificant from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 4:30-34
Mark 1:15
\nThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
Ezekiel 17:22–23
\nThus says the Lord GOD: “I myself will take a sprig from the lofty top of the cedar and will set it out. I will break off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I myself will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. On the mountain height of Israel will I plant it, that it may bear branches and produce fruit and become a noble cedar. And under it will dwell every kind of bird; in the shade of its branches birds of every sort will nest.
Genesis 12:1–3
\nNow the LORD said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father’s house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Mark 10:27
\nWith man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.
Mark 10:31
\nBut many who are first will be last, and the last first.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 4:26-29
Isaiah 40:9–10
\nGo on up to a high mountain,
\nO Zion, herald of good news;
\nlift up your voice with strength,
\nO Jerusalem, herald of good news;
\nlift it up, fear not;
\nsay to the cities of Judah,
\n“Behold your God!”
\nBehold, the Lord GOD comes with might,
\nand his arm rules for him;
\nbehold, his reward is with him,
\nand his recompense before him.
Revelation 11:15
\nThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
Acts 12:24
\nBut the word of God increased and multiplied.
Steve Timmis
\nI think success [in ministry] is … seeing the Word of God taken by the Spirit of God in the lives of the people of God and just changing them, making them more like Christ, and [non-believers] being attracted by the kind of corporate life [of the church] and seeing the Gospel as the only explanation for what is going on and them responding in repentance and faith.
David Head
\nHere’s the challenge: Apart from some very careful, intentional thoughtfulness, the evangelical church and the gospel message may become just another item on the buffet of products and services spread for suburban people. In the pile of mail on the kitchen table, there is an announcement of openings in a new Pilates class, a discount on teeth whitening from the dentist, the community college adult education schedule for the fall-and an invitation to the church down the street. And inevitably, the church ad uses much of the same language as the others — “New! Exciting! For the whole family! Quality!– and my favorite – “relevant!”.
Psalm 127:1–2
\nUnless the LORD builds the house,
\nthose who build it labor in vain.
\nUnless the LORD watches over the city,
\nthe watchman stays awake in vain.
\nIt is in vain that you rise up early
\nand go late to rest,
\neating the bread of anxious toil;
\nfor he gives to his beloved sleep.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 4:21-25
Psalms 36:9
\nFor with you is the fountain of life;
\nin your light do we see light.
Mark 1:14–15
\nNow after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God, and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.”
2 Corinthians 4:4
\nthe light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.
2 Corinthians 4:6
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
James Edwards
\nThe kingdom of God—and the parables that witness to it—are like a piece of embroidery: one side is a mass of knots and tangles, while the other is a finished pattern.
Mark 10:45
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Ephesians 3:8–9
\nthe unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God
James Edwards
\nIn whatever measure you measure it will be measured to you and will be added to you.
Proverbs 18:15
\nAn intelligent heart acquires knowledge,
\nand the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 3:20–35
James Edwards
\nThe center of the sandwich in vv. 10–13 is the key to understanding the whole, that only in fellowship with Jesus do parables disclose the meaning of the kingdom of God.
ANOTHER VERY LARGE CROWD
\n\nTHE PARABLE
\n\nTHE PURPOSE OF THE PARABLES
\n\nTHE MEANING OF THE PARABLE
\n\nFOUR OBSERVATIONS
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 3:20–35
Matthew 12:28
\nBut if it is by the Spirit of God that I cast out demons, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.
James Edwards
\nThe sin against the Holy Spirit is thus not an indefinable offense against God, but a specific misjudgment that Jesus is motivated by evil rather than by good, that he is empowered by the devil rather than by God.
Isaiah 5:20–21
\nWoe to those who call evil good
\nand good evil,
\nwho put darkness for light
\nand light for darkness,
\nwho put bitter for sweet
\nand sweet for bitter!
\nWoe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
\nand shrewd in their own sight!
C. S. Lewis
\nI’m trying here to prevent anyone from saying the really silly thing that people often say about Him: “I’m ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I don’t accept His claim to be God.” That’s the one thing we mustn’t say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said wouldn’t be a great moral teacher. He’d either be a lunatic—on a level with the man who says he’s a poached egg—or else he’d be the Devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But don’t let us come with any patronising nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He hasn’t left that open to us. He didn’t intend to.
Kent Hughes
\nIt is an exercise in sanity to trust him. It is growing sanity to commit all of your life to him. In the light of his claims and the full revelation of Scripture, any other life is crazy.
Mark 3:7–21 | Jesus Makes Twelve from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 3:7–21
JESUS IS CRUSHED BY THE CROWD
\nJESUS MAKES TWELVE
Luke 2:32
\na light for revelation to the Gentiles,
\nand for glory to your people Israel.
Kent Hughes
\n[Jesus] understands the pressures which we feel when we try to reach out to others as he did. He knows that when you really care about others, you open yourself to troubles virtually incomprehensible to those who do not care. He understands that those who stand with him are assaulted by a demonized culture which tries to gain mastery. He understands the pressures of a life of faith.
Acts 1:21–22
\naccompanied us during all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, beginning from the baptism of John until the day when he was taken up from us
Matthew 19:28–30
\nTruly, I say to you, in the new world, when the Son of Man will sit on his glorious throne, you who have followed me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
2 Timothy 2:2
\nwhat you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
Preacher: Mark Schledorn
\nScripture: Mark 2:18–3:6
Special Guest: Mark Schledorn.
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\nScripture: Mark 2:13-17
Special Guest: Matt Hardy.
","summary":"Part 8 of the Sermon Series: On the Road with Jesus | A Study in the Gospel of Mark","date_published":"2021-04-11T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/5ba4d27e-cdf6-48c6-9c5f-b2b962879b05.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21131488,"duration_in_seconds":2331}]},{"id":"d6565567-7ac4-447c-b745-c9cc34f3d0d0","title":"Mark 2:1–12 | Who can forgive sin?","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/mark07","content_text":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Mark 2:1–12\n\n\nSETTING THE SCENE\nFAITH, HOPE AND LOVE\nWHO CAN FORGIVE?\nEASTER\n\n\nSong of Solomon 8:7\nIf a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.\n\nKent Hughes\nThey believed Christ was the only way! Their belief wrought persistence, invincible determination. They would not be denied. It also brought creativity, so that they found a way. It was sacrificial, for it really cost them.\n\nMark 10:43–45\nBut it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.\n\nR. C. Sproul\nHe is a heavenly being appointed by the Ancient of Days to be the Lord of the earth and to receive the kingdom forever. The Son of Man, having descended from heaven, returns there and is enthroned in glory.\n\nMark 10:45\nthe Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.","content_html":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 2:1–12
Song of Solomon 8:7
\nIf a man offered for love all the wealth of his house, he would be utterly despised.
Kent Hughes
\nThey believed Christ was the only way! Their belief wrought persistence, invincible determination. They would not be denied. It also brought creativity, so that they found a way. It was sacrificial, for it really cost them.
Mark 10:43–45
\nBut it shall not be so among you. But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
R. C. Sproul
\nHe is a heavenly being appointed by the Ancient of Days to be the Lord of the earth and to receive the kingdom forever. The Son of Man, having descended from heaven, returns there and is enthroned in glory.
Mark 10:45
\nthe Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:40-45
Kent Hughes
\nAll Christ’s miracles were parables which visibly portrayed the effects of his Spirit’s work among mankind. … Realizing, then, that Christ’s miracles were parables, we must note that leprosy was especially symbolic of sin, and the healing of it especially a parable of deliverance from sin.
Leviticus 13:45–46
\nThe leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.
New City Catechism
\nSin is rejecting or ignoring God in the world he created.
\nSin is not being or doing what he requires in his law.
James Edwards
\nOther illnesses had to be healed, but leprosy had to be cleansed.
2 Corinthians 5:21
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
James Edwards
\nJesus has relieved the leper of his burden, but in broadcasting the news the leper imposes a burden on Jesus, for “he could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places.” … Jesus and the leper have traded places.
R. C. Sproul
\nNow that Jesus has been to the cross, died and risen again, and been raised to the right hand of the Father, the messianic secret is no longer in effect. The church is charged with telling one and all about Jesus.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:29–39
Mark 10:45
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
James Edwards
\n… until the consummation of Jesus’ work on the cross all speculations about him are premature.
James Edwards
\nOnly on the cross can Jesus rightly be known for who he is. Until the confession of the centurion at the cross, all utterances about Jesus … are either premature or false.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:21–28
Nahum 1:6-7
\nWho can stand before his indignation? Who can endure the heat of his anger? His wrath is poured out like fire, and the rocks are broken into pieces by him. The LORD is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; he knows those who take refuge in him.
Preacher: Bill Dumphy
\nScripture: John 16:16-33
Special Guest: Bill Dumphy.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-03-07T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/e10b343d-1f61-42a7-89c8-6a3c531fdb71.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":21453856,"duration_in_seconds":2219}]},{"id":"ccb73753-4eaf-4c11-a83b-1d576b416d50","title":"Mark 1:14-20 | Jesus Preaches the Gospel","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/mark03","content_text":"\n\nMark 1:21-28 | Jesus Preaches the Gospel from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Mark 1:14-20\n\n\nJOHN ARRESTED\nJESUS PREACHES\nJESUS CALLS PREACHERS\n\n\nCharles Spurgeon\nWhen one servant of God is laid aside, it is a call to the rest to be the more earnest.\n\nMark 9:31\nThe Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.\n\nExodus 15:18\nThe LORD will reign forever and ever.\n\nHerman Ridderbos\n[The] absolutely theocentric character of the kingdom of God in Jesus’ preaching … implies that its coming consists entirely in God’s own action and is perfectly dependent on his activity.\n\nLuke 10:1\nAfter this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.\n\nJames Edwards (Pillar)\nIn Jesus of Nazareth the kingdom of God makes a personal appearance.\n\nMark 8:34–35\nIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.","content_html":"\n\nMark 1:21-28 | Jesus Preaches the Gospel from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:14-20
Charles Spurgeon
\nWhen one servant of God is laid aside, it is a call to the rest to be the more earnest.
Mark 9:31
\nThe Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. And when he is killed, after three days he will rise.
Exodus 15:18
\nThe LORD will reign forever and ever.
Herman Ridderbos
\n[The] absolutely theocentric character of the kingdom of God in Jesus’ preaching … implies that its coming consists entirely in God’s own action and is perfectly dependent on his activity.
Luke 10:1
\nAfter this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go.
James Edwards (Pillar)
\nIn Jesus of Nazareth the kingdom of God makes a personal appearance.
Mark 8:34–35
\nIf anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it.
Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1-11 | The Temptation of Jesus from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:12-13; Matthew 4:1-11
Job 1:9–10
\nDoes Job fear God for no reason? Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side?
James 1:13–14
\nLet no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.
Matthew 27:40
\n… save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.
Mark 10:45
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Mark 1:1-11 | The Beginning of the Gospel from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Mark 1:1-11
Isaiah 40:4–5
\nEvery valley shall be lifted up,
\nand every mountain and hill be made low;
\nthe uneven ground shall become level,
\nand the rough places a plain.
\nAnd the glory of the LORD shall be revealed,
\nand all flesh shall see it together,
\nfor the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
Kent Hughs
\nJohn’s dress and lifestyle were a protest against the godlessness and self-serving materialism of his day. It amounted to a call to separate oneself from the sinful culture, repent, and live a life focused on God. Even his context, the desert wilderness, was meant to emphasize this, for it was originally to the wilderness that Israel came out of Egypt. The people’s coming out to John in the wilderness was a subtle acknowledgment of Israel’s history of disobedience and rebellion, and a desire to begin again.
Kent Hughs
\nWhat was beautiful was that John’s life and actions bore out what he was. He lived a life of continual repentance and uncompromising devotion to God.
John 5:35–36
\nHe was a burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. But the testimony that I have is greater than that of John. For the works that the Father has given me to accomplish, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father has sent me.
John 3:6-7
\nThat which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’
R. C. Sproul
\nThe Spirit anointed the human nature of Jesus. We tend to think that Jesus performed His miracles in His divine nature. Actually, He performed them in His human nature through the power of the Holy Spirit given to Him at His baptism. It was there that God empowered Jesus to fulfill the mission He had been given.
Mark 10:45
\nFor even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
Matthew 3:15
\nBut Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.
Preacher: Matt Helmintoller
\nScripture: Psalm 23
Special Guest: Matt Helmintoller.
","summary":"","date_published":"2021-02-07T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/98b57955-f124-4bb4-8071-2d51efb93783.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22047376,"duration_in_seconds":2185}]},{"id":"77cc5f87-bf7d-4d75-80a7-ea9eee781c0d","title":"Colossians 3:1-4 | Glorification","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/hiddenwithchrist03","content_text":"\n\nColossians 3:1-4 | Glorification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Colossians 3:1-4\n\nCommunity Group Questions\n\nComing Soon …\n\nSermon Notes\n\n\nYOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN\nCHRIST WHO IS YOUR LIFE\nTHEN YOU ALSO WILL APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY\n\n\nJohn Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied\nunion with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”\n\nJUSTIFICATION | What does it mean to be in Christ?\nSANCTIFICATION | How do we live in light of this identity?\nGLORIFICATION | What does it mean to “appear with him in glory?”\n\nGalatians 2:20\nI have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.\n\nRomans 8:16–17\nThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.\n\nRomans 8:15\nyou have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”\n\n1 John 3:2\nBeloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.\n\nPeter O’Brien\nOur heavenly life will be fully manifest in all its glory when Christ who embodies it appears at his Parousia. We too who share his life will share his glorious epiphany. What is now secretly present shall be revealed when Christ shall appear.\n\nJoseph Lightfoot\nThen you also will appear with him. The veil which now shrouds your higher life from others, and even partly from yourselves, will then be withdrawn. The world which persecutes, despises, ignores now will then be blinded with the dazzling glory of the revelation.\n\nCornerstone\nWhen He shall come with trumpet sound,\nOh, may I then in Him be found;\nIn Him, my righteousness, alone,\nFaultless to stand before the throne.","content_html":"\n\nColossians 3:1-4 | Glorification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Coming Soon …
\n\nJohn Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied
\nunion with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”
JUSTIFICATION | What does it mean to be in Christ?
\nSANCTIFICATION | How do we live in light of this identity?
\nGLORIFICATION | What does it mean to “appear with him in glory?”
Galatians 2:20
\nI have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Romans 8:16–17
\nThe Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
Romans 8:15
\nyou have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
1 John 3:2
\nBeloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
Peter O’Brien
\nOur heavenly life will be fully manifest in all its glory when Christ who embodies it appears at his Parousia. We too who share his life will share his glorious epiphany. What is now secretly present shall be revealed when Christ shall appear.
Joseph Lightfoot
\nThen you also will appear with him. The veil which now shrouds your higher life from others, and even partly from yourselves, will then be withdrawn. The world which persecutes, despises, ignores now will then be blinded with the dazzling glory of the revelation.
Cornerstone
\nWhen He shall come with trumpet sound,
\nOh, may I then in Him be found;
\nIn Him, my righteousness, alone,
\nFaultless to stand before the throne.
Colossians 3:1-4 | Sanctification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\nScripture: Colossians 3:1-4
Special Guest: Joel Fair.
","summary":"John Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied\r\nunion with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”","date_published":"2021-01-24T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/80cf3ec2-722c-4795-b00b-5bc053a8c323.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":22578064,"duration_in_seconds":2269}]},{"id":"fb7acd84-d281-4e96-972e-ad5d5e59104c","title":"Colossians 3:1-4 | Justification","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/hiddenwithchrist01","content_text":"\n\nColossians 3:1-4 | Justification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Colossians 3:1-4\n\n\nUNION WITH CHRIST\n\n\nUnion through the Election of the Father\nUnion through the Work of the Son\n\nUnion through Indwelling of the Spirit\nWHERE ARE YOU?\nYOU DIED\nYOUR LIFE IS HIDDEN\n\n\nJohn Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied\nunion with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”\n\nCharles Hodge\nThe first effect of faith, according to the Scriptures, is union with Christ.\n\n2 Timothy 1:8–9\n… God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,\n\n2 Timothy 1:9–10\n… grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel\n\nRomans 8:11\nIf the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.\n\nColossians 2:12\nhaving been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.\n\nColossians 2:13–14\nAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.\n\n2 Corinthians 5:21\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.","content_html":"\n\nColossians 3:1-4 | Justification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Colossians 3:1-4
John Murray — Redemption Accomplished and Applied
\nunion with Christ is . . . the central truth of the whole doctrine of salvation. . . . It is not simply a phase of the application of redemption; it underlies every aspect of redemption”
Charles Hodge
\nThe first effect of faith, according to the Scriptures, is union with Christ.
2 Timothy 1:8–9
\n… God, who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began,
2 Timothy 1:9–10
\n… grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began, and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel
Romans 8:11
\nIf the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Colossians 2:12
\nhaving been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead.
Colossians 2:13–14
\nAnd you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses, by canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
2 Corinthians 5:21
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 134
Hebrews 8:11
\nAnd they shall not teach, each one his neighbor
\nand each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’
\nfor they shall all know me,
\nfrom the least of them to the greatest.
Psalm 120:1
\nIn my distress I called to the LORD,
\nand he answered me.
Psalm 121:1–2
\nI lift up my eyes to the hills.
\nFrom where does my help come?
\nMy help comes from the LORD,
\nwho made heaven and earth.
Psalm 122:1
\nI was glad when they said to me,
\n“Let us go to the house of the LORD!”
\nThe trouble is mounting
Psalm 123:3
\nHave mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us,
\nfor we have had more than enough of contempt.
Psalm 124:2–3
\nif it had not been the LORD who was on our side
\nwhen people rose up against us,
\nthen they would have swallowed us up alive,
Psalm 125:1
\nThose who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion,
\nwhich cannot be moved, but abides forever.
Psalm 126:1–2
\nWhen the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,
\nwe were like those who dream.
\nThen our mouth was filled with laughter,
\nand our tongue with shouts of joy;
Psalm 127:1
\nUnless the LORD builds the house,
\nthose who build it labor in vain.
Psalm 128:1
\nBlessed is everyone who fears the LORD,
\nwho walks in his ways!
Psalm 129:2
\nGreatly have they afflicted me from my youth,
\nyet they have not prevailed against me.
Psalm 130:1–2
\nOut of the depths I cry to you, O LORD!
\nO Lord, hear my voice!
\nLet your ears be attentive
\nto the voice of my pleas for mercy!
Psalm 131:1
\nO LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
\nmy eyes are not raised too high;
\nI do not occupy myself with things
\ntoo great and too marvelous for me.
Psalm 132:8
\nArise, O LORD, and go to your resting place,
\nyou and the ark of your might.
Psalm 133:1
\nBehold, how good and pleasant it is
\nwhen brothers dwell in unity!
Psalm 134:1
\nCome, bless the LORD, all you servants of the LORD,
Revelation 5:12
\nWorthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!
Hebrews 10:11–14
\nAnd every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
Romans 12:1–2
\nI appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.
Charles Spurgeon
\nToo often men look at public worship only from the side of its usefulness to the people; but the other matter is of even higher importance: we must see to it that the Lord God is adored, extolled, and had in reverence.
Charles Spurgeon
\nZion cannot bless us; the holiest ministers can only wish us a blessing; but Jehovah can and will bless each one of his waiting people.
Numbers 6:24–26
\nThe Lord bless you and keep you;
\nthe Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;
\nthe Lord lift up his countenance[a] upon you and give you peace.
Eugene Peterson
\nCharis always demands the answer eucharistia (that is, grace always demands the answer of gratitude). Grace and gratitude belong together like heaven and earth. Grace evokes gratitude like the voice an echo. Gratitude follows grace as thunder follows lightning.”
Preacher: Matt Hardy
\nScripture: Psalm 133
Special Guest: Matt Hardy.
","summary":"James K. A. Smith — \"Imagine a refugee spirituality, an understanding of human longing and estrangement that not only honors those experiences of not-at-homeness but also affirms the hope of finding a home …. The immigrant is migrating toward a home she’s never been to before. She will arrive in a strange land and, in ways that surprise her, come to say, “I’m at home here,” not least because someone is there to greet her and say, 'Welcome home.' The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, 'You belong here.'\"","date_published":"2021-01-03T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/1a5364ad-6f3d-4410-b1c0-8d6b7d04e1bd.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":35182782,"duration_in_seconds":2676}]},{"id":"6c0a44a6-b209-4205-911d-e475c5690d5a","title":"John 1:1–5 | Christmas in the Gospel of John","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/christmas2020","content_text":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: John 1:1–5\n\nJohn 1:1–5\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.\n\nJohn 20:31\nthese are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.\n\nTHE SON IS SENT BY THE FATHER\n\nJohn 8:18\nI am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.\n\nJohn 7:33\nI will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.\n\nJohn 20:21–22\nAs the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.\n\nTHE SON CAME TO REVEAL THE TRUTH\n\nJohn 18:37\nFor this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.\n\nJohn 1:9, 12\nThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. … to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God\n\nJohn 3:34\nFor he whom God has sent utters the words of God …\n\n1 John 1:1–2\nThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life\n\nTHE SON CAME TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER\n\nJohn 4:34\nMy food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.\n\nJohn 6:38–40\nFor I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.\n\nJohn 6:37\nAll that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.\n\nTHE SON CAME TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE\n\nJohn 3:16–17\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.\n\nJohn 5:24\nTruly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.\n\nTHE SON CAME TO GLORIFY THE FATHER\n\nJohn 12:27–28\nNow is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.\n\nJohn 15:8–9\nBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.","content_html":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: John 1:1–5
John 1:1–5
\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 20:31
\nthese are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
THE SON IS SENT BY THE FATHER
\n\nJohn 8:18
\nI am the one who bears witness about myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness about me.
John 7:33
\nI will be with you a little longer, and then I am going to him who sent me.
John 20:21–22
\nAs the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, “Receive the Holy Spirit.
THE SON CAME TO REVEAL THE TRUTH
\n\nJohn 18:37
\nFor this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world—to bear witness to the truth.
John 1:9, 12
\nThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. … to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God
John 3:34
\nFor he whom God has sent utters the words of God …
1 John 1:1–2
\nThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life
THE SON CAME TO DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER
\n\nJohn 4:34
\nMy food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
John 6:38–40
\nFor I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him who sent me. And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me, but raise it up on the last day. For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
John 6:37
\nAll that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.
THE SON CAME TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE
\n\nJohn 3:16–17
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
John 5:24
\nTruly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.
THE SON CAME TO GLORIFY THE FATHER
\n\nJohn 12:27–28
\nNow is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour. Father, glorify your name.
John 15:8–9
\nBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 132
Christopher Starke
\nThe sufferings of believers for the cause of truth are not meritorious, but neither are they in vain; they are not forgotten by God.
Charles Spurgeon
\nThe plea is urged with God that he would bless the family of David for the sake of their progenitor; how much stronger is our master-argument in prayer that God would deal well with us for Jesus’ sake! David had no personal merit; the plea is based upon the covenant graciously made with him: but Jesus has deserts which are his own, and of boundless merit—these we may urge without hesitation. … This was good pleading, but it was not so good as ours, which runs on this wise, “Lord, remember Jesus, and all his afflictions.”
Exodus 33:15
\nIf your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here.
2 Kings 22:2
\nAnd he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD and walked in all the way of David his father
Revelation 11:15
\nThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
Revelation 21:10-11
\nAnd he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God
Isaiah 9:7
\nOf the increase of his government and of peace
\nthere will be no end,
\non the throne of David and over his kingdom,
\nto establish it and to uphold it
\nwith justice and with righteousness
\nfrom this time forth and forevermore.
\nThe zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Preacher: Bill Adams
\nScripture: Psalm 131
Special Guest: Bill Adams.
","summary":"James K. A. Smith — \"Imagine a refugee spirituality, an understanding of human longing and estrangement that not only honors those experiences of not-at-homeness but also affirms the hope of finding a home …. The immigrant is migrating toward a home she’s never been to before. She will arrive in a strange land and, in ways that surprise her, come to say, “I’m at home here,” not least because someone is there to greet her and say, 'Welcome home.' The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, 'You belong here.'\"","date_published":"2020-12-13T12:00:00.000-05:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/68482b65-a74d-48b9-8799-d30d83b4e2dc.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":37579184,"duration_in_seconds":2702}]},{"id":"da6cdc2c-e4cb-4aae-98b8-0da906994532","title":"Psalm 130 | Out of the Depths","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/journey10","content_text":"\n\nPsalm 130 | Out of the Depths from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nScripture: Psalm 130\n\n\nv1-2 — OUT OF THE DEPTHS\nv3-4 — FORGIVENESS AND FEAR\nv5-8 — WAITING AND HOPE\n\n\nThe Choir\nOh Mercy lives here\nAt home with the saints and the sinners\nMercy lives here\n\nEphesians 2:1–7\nAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.\n\nMatthew 10:28\nAnd do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell\n\nCharles Spurgeon\nWhat one Israelite does he wishes all Israel to do.","content_html":"\n\nPsalm 130 | Out of the Depths from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 130
The Choir
\nOh Mercy lives here
\nAt home with the saints and the sinners
\nMercy lives here
Ephesians 2:1–7
\nAnd you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
Matthew 10:28
\nAnd do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell
Charles Spurgeon
\nWhat one Israelite does he wishes all Israel to do.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 129
2 Corinthians 4:8–9
\nWe are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed
Charles Spurgeon
\nThey missed not an inch, but went from end to end of the field, meaning to make thorough work of their congenial engagement. Those who laid on the scourge did it with a thoroughness which showed how hearty was their hate.
I'm Troubled In Mind
\nOh, Jesus, my Saviour, on Thee I'll depend
\nWhen troubles are near me you'll be my true friend
I'm troubled
\nI'm troubled
\nI'm troubled in mind
\nIf Jesus don't help me
\nI surely will die
When ladened with troubles and burdened with grief
\nTo Jesus in secret I'll go for relief
In dark days of bondage to Jesus I prayed
\nTo help me to bear it, and He gave me His aid
Deuteronomy 32:4
\nThe Rock, his work is perfect,
\nfor all his ways are justice.
\nA God of faithfulness and without iniquity,
\njust and upright is he.
Deuteronomy 32:43
\nRejoice with him, O heavens;
\nbow down to him, all gods,
\nfor he avenges the blood of his children
\nand takes vengeance on his adversaries.
\nHe repays those who hate him
\nand cleanses his people’s land.
Charles Spurgeon
\nWe desire their welfare as men, their downfall as traitors. Let their conspiracies be confounded, their policies be turned back. How can we wish prosperity to those who would destroy that which is dearest to our hearts? This present age is so flippant that if a man loves the Saviour he is styled a fanatic, and if he hates the powers of evil he is named a bigot.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 127
Stephen Witmer (Desiring God)
\n\nPsalm 126 | Sowing in Tears; Reaping with Joy from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 126
Eugene Peterson
\nThe enormous entertainment industry in America is a sign of the depletion of joy in our culture. Society is a bored, gluttonous king employing a court jester to divert it after an overindulgent meal. But that kind of joy never penetrates our lives, never changes our basic constitution.
Matthew 5:16
\nlet your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
Eugene Peterson
\nA common but futile strategy for achieving joy is trying to eliminate things that hurt: get rid of pain by numbing the nerve ends, get rid of insecurity by eliminating risks, get rid of disappointment by depersonalizing your relationships. And then try to lighten the boredom of such a life by buying joy in the form of vacations and entertainment. There isn’t a hint of that in Psalm 126. Laughter is a result of living in the midst of God’s great works. Enjoyment is not an escape from boredom but a plunge by faith into God’s work.
Charles Spurgeon
\nThe Lord who alone turns our captivity does nothing by halves: those whom he saves from hell he brings to heaven. He turns exile into ecstasy, and banishment into bliss.
Galatians 6:9
\nAnd let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.
1 Corinthians 15:58
\nTherefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.
Tim Keller
\nWhy was Jesus always weeping? Why do you think he was always crying? Because he was perfect. Because he was more loving than us. Because he was more compassionate than us. Because he was more sensitive to God’s heart than us. Because he had higher aspirations for people than we do. And the more perfect you get, the more you’re going to weep.
Psalm 30:11–12
\nYou have turned for me my mourning into dancing;
\nyou have loosed my sackcloth
\nand clothed me with gladness,
\nthat my glory may sing your praise and not be silent.
\nO LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever!
COMMUNITY GROUP QUESTIONS
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nScripture: Psalm 125
Hebrews 11:1
\nNow faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
A. W. Pink
\n“Faith,” then, is first the hand of the soul which “lays hold of” the contents of God’s promises; second, it is the eye of the soul which looks out toward and represents them clearly and convincingly to us.
Romans 8:31
\nWhat then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 8:28
\nAnd we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
Colossians 3:1–4
\nIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
Proverbs 3:5–6
\nTrust in the LORD with all your heart,
\nand do not lean on your own understanding.
\nIn all your ways acknowledge him,
\nand he will make straight your paths.
W. H. J. Page
\nSome persons are like the sand—ever shifting and treacherous. Some are like the sea—restless and unsettled. Some are like the wind—uncertain and inconstant. Believers are like a mountain—strong, stable, and secure. To every soul that trusts him the Lord says, “Thou art Peter.”
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: Psalm 124
Eugene Peterson
\nThe people who know this psalm best and who have tested it out and used it often (that is, the people of God who are travelers on the way of faith, singing it in all kinds of weather) tell us that it is credible, that it fits into what we know of life lived in faith.
Psalm 118:6
\nThe LORD is on my side; I will not fear.
\nWhat can man do to me?
Beautiful Eulogy — Entitlement
\nOften times we trade temporal satisfaction for the things the genuine believer is entitled to
\nI’m convinced that it’s because we don’t understand that there exists an order
\nOf benefits of redemption that is applied to his bride
Psalm 123 | O Lord, Have Mercy from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: Psalm 123
Pass me not, O gentle Savior
\nLet me at Thy throne of mercy
\nFind a sweet relief;
\nKneeling there in deep contrition,
\nHelp my unbelief.
John Calvin
\nWe know how shamefully servants were treated in ancient times, and what reproaches might be cast upon them, whilst yet they durst not move a finger to repel the outrage. Being therefore deprived of all means of defending themselves, the only thing which remained for them to do was, what is here stated, to crave the protection of their masters.
Exodus 33:19
\nI will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
John 13:16–17
\nTruly, truly, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
Colossians 4:2
\nContinue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.
Stephen McAlpine
\nAthens is Fencing: Babylon is a Cage Fight
Titus 3:3–5
\nFor we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy,
Ephesians 2:4–5
\nBut God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved
Psalm 122 | Let us go to the house of the LORD! from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: Psalm 122
Ligon Duncan
\n… every call, “come,” is itself a call of grace because what we deserve is to hear God say, “Go! Go away! Go far away! You may not come into My presence!”
John Calvin’s
\nI take delight in the company of those who allure me to the service of God, and offer themselves to me as companions, that we may go to the sanctuary together.
A disciple is one among many disciples …
\n\nJohn Calvin
\nBy this example we are taught, that our joy, in like manner, should be doubled, when God by his Holy Spirit not only frames each of us to the obedience of his word, but also produces the same effect upon others, that we may be united together in the same faith.
Hebrews 10:24-25
\nAnd let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
Hebrews 12:22–24
\nBut you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
Revelation 21:1–4
\nThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:1–4
\nThen I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
John Fyffe
\nWhen something’s true you just gotta sing it.
Ligon Duncan
\nOur zeal for public worship as believers ought to excel, ought to exceed, the zeal of the worshipers of the old covenant. No Israelite [of the Old Covenant] ought to be able to give us a run for our money in gathering with the people of God to worship Him because we have seen the One that all of the types and shadows of the Old Testament pointed to. We have seen the fulfillment of all the prophecies and all the promise of the Old Testament, and our zeal should exceed the zeal of those Israelites under the old covenant.
Eugene Peterson
\nWe think that if we don’t feel something there can be no authenticity in doing it. But the wisdom of God says something different: that we can act ourselves into a new way of feeling much quicker than we can feel ourselves into a new way of acting. Worship in an act that develops feelings for God, not a feeling for God that is expressed in an act of worship. When we obey the command to praise God in worship, our deep, essential need to be in relationship with God is nurtured.
John 1:14
\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Colossians 1:19–20
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Ephesians 2:13–14
\nBut now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility
John 16:33
\nIn the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.
Deuteronomy 8:11-19
\nTake care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today, lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied, then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish.
SCRIPTURE FOR BUILDING UP
\n\nRomans 14:19
\nSo then let us pursue what makes for peace and for mutual upbuilding.
Romans 15:2
\nLet each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up.
1 Corinthians 14:26
\nWhat then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
Ephesians 4:11–12
\nAnd he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ
Ephesians 4:15–16
\nRather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Ephesians 4:29
\nLet no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
1 Thessalonians 5:11
\nTherefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
Hebrews 10:24–25
\nAnd let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.
CG QUESTIONS:
\n\nPreacher: Justin Serra
\nScripture: Psalm 121
Special Guest: Justin Serra.
","summary":"James K. A. Smith — \"Imagine a refugee spirituality, an understanding of human longing and estrangement that not only honors those experiences of not-at-homeness but also affirms the hope of finding a home …. The immigrant is migrating toward a home she’s never been to before. She will arrive in a strange land and, in ways that surprise her, come to say, “I’m at home here,” not least because someone is there to greet her and say, 'Welcome home.' The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, 'You belong here.'\"","date_published":"2020-10-11T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/b7244a98-a91a-4d16-99c5-e1efc08c0e53.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19868997,"duration_in_seconds":2053}]},{"id":"b4e55d57-6449-4f3a-b9cd-257fd84e2b91","title":"Psalm 120 | Song of Distress","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/journey01","content_text":"\n\nPsalm 120 | Song of Distress from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\nPassage: Psalm 120\n\n\nREDEMPTION IS A STORY OF MOVEMENT\nTHE REALITY OF DISTRESS\nTHE PRAYER FOR DELIVERANCE\nWHAT SHALL BE GIVEN?\nWOE TO ME\nI AM FOR PEACE\n\n\nDeep River\nMy home is over Jordon\nDeep River\nLord I wanna cross over into campground\nOh don't you want to go\nTo that gospel feast\nThat promised land\nWhere all is peace\nWalk into heaven\nand take my seat\nand cast my crown\nat Jesus feet\nDeep River\nMy home is over Jordon\nDeep River\nLord I wanna cross over into campground\n\nJames K. A. Smith\nImagine a refugee spirituality, an understanding of human longing and estrangement that not only honors those experiences of not-at-homeness but also affirms the hope of finding a home …. The immigrant is migrating toward a home she’s never been to before. She will arrive in a strange land and, in ways that surprise her, come to say, “I’m at home here,” not least because someone is there to greet her and say, “Welcome home.” The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, “You belong here.”\n\nJeremiah 4:31\nFor I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,\nanguish as of one giving birth to her first child,\nthe cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,\nstretching out her hands,\n“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”\n\nCalvin\nMen, it is true, have need of God’s help every moment; but there is not a more suitable season for seeking him than when some great danger is immediately menacing us. It is therefore worthy of notice, that he was heard when, constrained and shut up by tribulation, he betook himself to the protection of God.\n\nJohn 1:9–11\nThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.\n\nCG QUESTIONS:\n\n\nWhen you think of home, what do you think of? How does that relate to this quote from James K. A. Smith “The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, ‘You belong here.’“? What do “home” and “belonging” have to do with each other?\nAs we think about the Psalms of Ascent, Songs for the Road, there are a few words that describe who we are as people journeying toward home - Pilgrim, Sojourner, Exile, Refugee. How are these biblical descriptions of the believer? How have you experienced this reality?\nIn the first 2 verses of Psalm 120 the psalmist cries out to the Lord for deliverance. What have you cried out to God for recently? How has he delivered you or are you still currently crying out for deliverance? Take some time and praise God for his deliverance and pray with those who are currently crying out to God.\nThe psalmist has experienced being different from those around him and this caused him anxiety. How do we as a body of believers experience the peace of the gospel in the midst of circumstances that cause anxiety?\n","content_html":"\n\nPsalm 120 | Song of Distress from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.
\n\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: Psalm 120
Deep River
\nMy home is over Jordon
\nDeep River
\nLord I wanna cross over into campground
\nOh don't you want to go
\nTo that gospel feast
\nThat promised land
\nWhere all is peace
\nWalk into heaven
\nand take my seat
\nand cast my crown
\nat Jesus feet
\nDeep River
\nMy home is over Jordon
\nDeep River
\nLord I wanna cross over into campground
James K. A. Smith
\nImagine a refugee spirituality, an understanding of human longing and estrangement that not only honors those experiences of not-at-homeness but also affirms the hope of finding a home …. The immigrant is migrating toward a home she’s never been to before. She will arrive in a strange land and, in ways that surprise her, come to say, “I’m at home here,” not least because someone is there to greet her and say, “Welcome home.” The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, “You belong here.”
Jeremiah 4:31
\nFor I heard a cry as of a woman in labor,
\nanguish as of one giving birth to her first child,
\nthe cry of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath,
\nstretching out her hands,
\n“Woe is me! I am fainting before murderers.”
Calvin
\nMen, it is true, have need of God’s help every moment; but there is not a more suitable season for seeking him than when some great danger is immediately menacing us. It is therefore worthy of notice, that he was heard when, constrained and shut up by tribulation, he betook himself to the protection of God.
John 1:9–11
\nThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him. He came to his own, and his own people did not receive him.
CG QUESTIONS:
\n\nWhen you think of home, what do you think of? How does that relate to this quote from James K. A. Smith “The goal isn’t returning home but being welcomed home in a place you weren’t born, arriving in a strange land and being told, ‘You belong here.’“? What do “home” and “belonging” have to do with each other?
As we think about the Psalms of Ascent, Songs for the Road, there are a few words that describe who we are as people journeying toward home - Pilgrim, Sojourner, Exile, Refugee. How are these biblical descriptions of the believer? How have you experienced this reality?
In the first 2 verses of Psalm 120 the psalmist cries out to the Lord for deliverance. What have you cried out to God for recently? How has he delivered you or are you still currently crying out for deliverance? Take some time and praise God for his deliverance and pray with those who are currently crying out to God.
The psalmist has experienced being different from those around him and this caused him anxiety. How do we as a body of believers experience the peace of the gospel in the midst of circumstances that cause anxiety?
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: 2 Corinthians 12:11–13:14
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: 1 Corinthians 10:14–17, 1 Peter 2:9–12, John 13:35, Mark 4:20, John 13:14–15
GATHERED GOSPEL CELEBRATION | 1 Corinthians 10:14–17
\nThe body gathers to remember the ground of the gospel and to celebrate the fruit of the gospel.
SCATTERED GOSPEL COMMUNITY | 1 Peter 2:9–12
\nA missional church requires missional households scattered in mission.
DISCIPLES ARE THE FACE OF THE CHURCH | John 13:35
\nThe church is made up of disciples together making disciples.
FRUITFUL MULTIPLICATION | Mark 4:20
\nFaithfulness will produce fruitful multiplication as households and as a movement.
INCARNATIONAL | John 13:14–15
\nDon't institutionalize what can be embodied.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10
Colossians 2:15
\nHe disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Scott Hafemann
\nPaul’s gospel does not come from his experience in heaven, but from the history of redemption recorded in the Scriptures, from early Christian tradition concerning the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, and from his own encounter with the resurrected Christ on the Damascus road.
Scott Hafemann
\nWhat is needed is not more willpower, but the power of God’s grace.
2 Corinthians 13:4
\nFor he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the power of God.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\nPassage: 2 Corinthians 11:16–33
Proverbs 26:4
\nAnswer not a fool according to his folly,
\nlest you be like him yourself.
Proverbs 26:5
\nAnswer a fool according to his folly,
\nlest he be wise in his own eyes.
make slaves
\nMatthew 20:26–28
\nBut whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.
2 Corinthians 4:5
\nFor what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
devours you
\nGalatians 5:15
\n_But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. _
Mark 12:38–40
\nBeware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.”
takes advantage of you
\n2 Corinthians 12:16
\nBut granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by deceit.
puts on airs
\nSam Storms
\nConstant reference to one’s calling or gifting or anointing or past success or publishing record, perhaps ever so often with a prominent named “dropped” into conversation at just the right time, are tell-tale signs of the sort of arrogance that Paul has in view.
strikes you in the face
\n1 Timothy 3:3
\nnot violent but gentle
Philippians 3:4–7
\nthough I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh also. If anyone else thinks he has reason for confidence in the flesh, I have more: circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; as to zeal, a persecutor of the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless. But whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ.
2 Corinthians 4:11–12
\nFor we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
2 Corinthians 12:9
\n“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Preacher: Joel Fair
\n\n2 Corinthians 11:1-15
","summary":"A troubled church …\r\nA rejected mentor …\r\nAn impassioned letter …\r\n\r\nPaul points the church in Corinth towards:\r\n\r\na Savior that reconciles enemies, a Savior that redeems suffering, a Savior that transforms adversaries into comforters, suffering into glory, and weakness into strength \r\n\r\n… as he shines the Light of the Gospel.","date_published":"2020-08-30T12:00:00.000-04:00","attachments":[{"url":"https://aphid.fireside.fm/d/1437767933/49ec2eb5-25ab-4f32-ba77-88db8bae0505/c4978342-3b7a-4bba-83f4-c8df67d3266c.mp3","mime_type":"audio/mpeg","size_in_bytes":19175814,"duration_in_seconds":2192}]},{"id":"dd776f08-4c12-4582-9577-c7d483cc8940","title":"2 Corinthians 10:1-18 | Boast in the Lord","url":"https://cpcoastpineda.fireside.fm/lightofthegospel19","content_text":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe\n\n2 Corinthians 10:1-18\n\n\nTHE MEEKNESS AND GENTLENESS OF CHRIST\nBOASTING IN THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL\nA MEASURED BOAST\nA SINGLE ISSUE BOAST\n\n\nLloyd Jones\nThe man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.”\n\nJohn 3:17\nFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.\n\nEzekiel 13:2–3, 8\nHear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! … Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.\n\nScott Hafemann\nRather, the meekness and gentleness of Christ can be seen in his patient restraint from pronouncing judgment …. Like Christ, Paul is giving the Corinthians one last chance to repent. … For, ironically, in confronting one last time those who are still in rebellion against him, Paul is actually attempting to avoid the very kind of consistency that his opponents apparently desire (i.e., being “bold” both in letter and in person)!\n\n2 Timothy 4:1–2\nI charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.\n\nScott Hafemann\nIn particular, Paul’s weapons are the manifold proclamation of the truth of the gospel in the power of the Spirit, embodied in and mediated through his own life of suffering as an apostle.\n\n1 Corinthians 1:26–31\nFor consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”\n\nEphesians 6:10\nFinally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.\n\nJeremiah 9:23–24\nLet not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.","content_html":"Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n2 Corinthians 10:1-18
\n\nLloyd Jones
\nThe man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.”
John 3:17
\nFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
Ezekiel 13:2–3, 8
\nHear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! … Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
Scott Hafemann
\nRather, the meekness and gentleness of Christ can be seen in his patient restraint from pronouncing judgment …. Like Christ, Paul is giving the Corinthians one last chance to repent. … For, ironically, in confronting one last time those who are still in rebellion against him, Paul is actually attempting to avoid the very kind of consistency that his opponents apparently desire (i.e., being “bold” both in letter and in person)!
2 Timothy 4:1–2
\nI charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
Scott Hafemann
\nIn particular, Paul’s weapons are the manifold proclamation of the truth of the gospel in the power of the Spirit, embodied in and mediated through his own life of suffering as an apostle.
1 Corinthians 1:26–31
\nFor consider your calling, brothers: not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many were powerful, not many were of noble birth. But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:10
\nFinally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might.
Jeremiah 9:23–24
\nLet not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n2 Corinthians 9:10-15
\n\nGalatians 6:8
\nFor the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nPsalm 112:9
\nHe has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
\nhis righteousness endures forever;
\nhis horn is exalted in honor.
John Piper
\nEven when this person hears a command coming from God, he hears it as a hopeful gift not a depleting demand.
Psalm 112:9
\nHe has distributed freely; he has given to the poor;
\nhis righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor.
Seneca
\nno gratitude is felt for a [gift] when it has lingered long in the hands of him who gives it, when the giver has seemed sorry to let it go, and has given it with the air of one who was robbing himself.
Proverbs 11:24
\nOne gives freely, yet grows all the richer;
\nanother withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
Proverbs 11:26
\nThe people curse him who holds back grain,
\nbut a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.
Habakkuk 2:4 | Shutter Up and Hunker Down
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
2 Corinthians 8:16-24 | Thanks be to God
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
v16 - THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE GIFT
\nv17-23 - THE DELEGATION
\nv24 - THE INSTRUCTION
2 Corinthians 1:3
\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort,
2 Corinthians 2:14
\nBut thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
2 Corinthians 9:15
\nThanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!
James 1:17
\nEvery good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.
Charles Spurgeon
\n… if they speak well of you, do not let them have cause to retract their holy boasting, and to say with tears “I was deceived in these people.” If any have brought you to Christ, be an honour to them and to the gospel that they preach, because, dear friends, the world turns round, and however retired a minister may be, yet worldlings are sure to throw the inconsistencies of his people in his teeth. They say “That is one of So-and-so’s people: see how he acts;” and our ministry is hindered and our hearts are grieved whenever those who profess to have been brought to Christ walk unworthily. Show us a proof of the love you often express to us as your servants in Christ Jesus, by endeavouring so to walk that when we give in our account we may do it with joy and not with grief, for that would be unprofitable to you.
1 Corinthians 16:1–2
\nNow concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come.
\nThe controversy in Corinth prevented the continuing of the collection.
Galatians 2:9–10
\n… when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to do.
Romans 15:25–27
\nAt present, however, I am going to Jerusalem bringing aid to the saints. For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem. For they were pleased to do it, and indeed they owe it to them. For if the Gentiles have come to share in their spiritual blessings, they ought also to be of service to them in material blessings.
Scott Hafemann
\nExcelling in spiritual gifts grounds and necessitates excelling in giving.
Philippians 2:5–7
\nHave this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant
Ephesians 1:7–8
\nIn him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight
John Piper
\nLove is the overflow of joy in God which gladly meets the needs of others.
2 Corinthians 7:2-16 | Joy in Proclamation and Repentance
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Scott Hafemann
\nlove is often painful and costly, full of risk and filled with self-denial.
John Piper
\nLove is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others.
2 Corinthians 2:4
\nFor I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you.
Scott Hafemann
\nIn our pluralistic, therapeutic, and privatistic culture, this kind of intervention is uncomfortable and increasingly uncommon.
Scott Hafemann
\nWorldly sorrow is the grief that comes about because one’s actions result in missing out on something the world has to offer. Worldly sorrow feels bad because it wants more of the world.
Mark 8:35–36
\nFor whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
John Piper
\n… we should let this joy [of edifying others] free us from bondage to private pleasures that make us indifferent to the good of others. Love does not seek its own private, limited joy, but instead seeks its own joy in the good—the salvation and edification—of others.
John 11:1–44 | Lament and Resurrection
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
Lament
\nTwo Sisters
\nResurrection
\nDying Again
Psalm 73 | The Goodness of God
\nPreacher: John Menton
Psalm 146 | The Justice of God
\nPreacher: Mark Schledorn
Genesis 18:25
\nFar be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?
A.W. Tozer
\nThe truth is there is not and can never be anything outside of the nature of God which can move Him in the least degree. All God’s reasons come from within His uncreated being. Nothing has entered the being of God from eternity, nothing has been removed, nothing has been changed.
Exodus 34:6-7
\n[God is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.
Luke 4:17-20
\nAnd the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was given to him. He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.
1 John 1:9
\nIf we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
Micah 6:8
\nHe has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness [mercy], and to walk humbly with your God.
Job 29:11-17
\nWhen the ear heard, it called me blessed, and when the eye saw, it approved, because I delivered the poor who cried for help and the fatherless who had none to help him. The blessing of him who was about to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; my justice was like a robe and a turban. I was eyes to the blind and feet to the lame. I was a father to the needy, and I searched out the cause of him whom I did not know. I broke the fangs of the unrighteous and made him drop his prey from his teeth.
Leviticus 19:15
\nYou shall do no injustice in court. You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
John Piper
\nChristians care about all suffering—especially eternal suffering.
\nChristians care about all injustice—especially injustice against God.
\nEvery human is guilty of injustice that is infinitely worse than all the injustices against man put together. God is infinitely deserving of human worship, trust and obedience; therefore, treating God as unworthy of our total allegiance makes every person guilty of infinite injustice against God.
1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | The Wisdom of God
\nPreacher: Joel Fair
Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 4 “What is God?”
\nGod is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
Psalm 104:24
\nO LORD, how manifold are your works!
\nIn wisdom have you made them all;
\nthe earth is full of your creatures …
Jeremiah 10:12-13
\nIt is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens. When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses.
Genesis 50:20
\nAs for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.
John 1:1-5
\nIn the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
John 3:16-17
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.
1 Corinthians 2:2
\nFor I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.
Romans 16:25-27
\nNow to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages but has now been disclosed and through the prophetic writings has been made known to all nations, according to the command of the eternal God, to bring about the obedience of faith — to the only wise God be glory forevermore through Jesus Christ! Amen.
Psalm 46:1-11 | The Power of God
\nPreacher: John Menton
It is in the midst of trying times that God’s people celebrate God’s Power. Though the world is full of trouble we have a God who is our help and strength
\n\nJob 26:14
\nBehold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?
Genesis 17:1
\nWhen Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty"
Psalm 62:11
\nOnce God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God.
Jeremiah 32:27
\nBehold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me?
Job 42:2
\n_ I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted._
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
\nMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. … Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Martin Luther,
\nWe sing this psalm to the praise of God, because He is with us and powerfully and miraculously preserves and defends His church and His word against all fanatical spirits, against the gates of hell, against the implacable (plack-able) hatred of the devil, and against all the assaults of the world, the flesh, and sin.
Revelation 19:11-16
\nThen I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Joshua 24:14–22 | The Holiness of God
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
1. FOR HE IS HOLY
\n2. HE IS A JEALOUS GOD
\n3. REVEALED IN CHRIST: Philippians 2:5-11
Tim Keller
\nRudolf Otto, in the book “The Idea of the Holy” studied all the different religions to find out what they all seemed to have in common when people approached that which they thought was holy. And in that study, Rudolf Otto decided the main thing they all had in common was when they approached the holy they felt radically unholy.
A W Tozer
\nYou may find this hard to believe, but God is just as far above an archangel as he is above a caterpillar.
R. C. Sproul
\nThe clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness [See Isaiah 6]. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods.”
Leviticus 11:44
\nFor I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy.
1 Corinthians 1:30-31
\nYou are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and [holiness] and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
Galatians 6:14
\nBut far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
1 John 4:17–18
\nBy this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love.
Isaiah 40:12-26 | The Being of God
\nPreacher: Joel Fair
**1. Who has measured God?
\n\nIsaiah 40:8
\nThe grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever.
R. C. Sproul
\nThe thing that characterizes creaturely existence is not being, but becoming, because the chief character trait of all creatures is they change. Whatever you are today, you will be different ever so slightly tomorrow. And today, you’re that much different from what you were yesterday if it’s only that you are 24-hours older than you were at this time yesterday… If you ask me, “Is God?” I say, “Yes of course God is.” But does He exist? Not in this sense, because that would make Him what? A creature, a dependant, derived existence. But rather we say God is Being. God is being, not becoming, not changing. He is eternally the same. And so we say there’s one being.
Genesis 1:3
\nthe Spirit of the Lord was hovering over the face of the waters.
Psalm 89:6
\nFor who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
Hebrews 1:3
\nHe is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power.
1 Timothy 1:17
\nTo the King of the ages, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
Preacher: Joel Fair
\n\n2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 | Call to Holiness
\n\nWestminster Shorter Catechism Question 4 “What is God?”
\nGod is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth.
A W Tozer - Attributes of God
\nWe educated Americans can create gods just the same as the heathen can. You can make a god out of silver or wood or stone—or you can make it out of your own imagination. And the god that’s being worshiped in many places is simply a god of imagination. He’s not the true God. He’s not the infinite, perfect, all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving, infinitely boundless, perfect God. He’s something short of that. Christianity is decaying and going down into the gutter because the god of modern Christianity is not the God of the Bible. I don’t mean to say that we do not pray to God; I mean to say that we pray to a god short of what he ought to be. We have got to think of God as being the perfect One.
Romans 11:33
\nOh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
A.W. Tozer - The Knowledge of the Holy
\nWhat comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us
Ephesians 4:15-16
\nRather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.
Colossians 1:15 & 19
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation…. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell
Hebrews 1:1-4
\nLong ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.
Preacher: Joel Fair
\n\n2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 | Call to Holiness
\n\nThree Calls To Holiness
\n\nDeuteronomy 22:10
\nYou shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
2 Corinthians 5:21
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God
Romans 10:4
\nFor Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes
2 Corinthians 4:6
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 9:19-23
\nFor though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win Jews. To those under the law I became as one under the law (though not being myself under the law) that I might win those under the law. To those outside the law I became as one outside the law (not being outside the law of God but under the law of Christ) that I might win those outside the law. To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some. I do it all for the sake of the gospel, that I may share with them in its blessings.
Leviticus 26:11&12
\nI will make my dwelling among you, and my soul shall not abhor you. And I will walk among you and will be your God, and you shall be my people.
Ezekiel 37:26-28
\nI will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant with them. And I will set them in their land and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in their midst forevermore. My dwelling place shall be with them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Then the nations will know that I am the Lord who sanctifies Israel, when my sanctuary is in their midst forevermore.”
Isaiah 52:11
\nDepart, depart, go out from there; touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; purify yourselves, you who bear the vessels of the Lord.
John 1:14
\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
John 2:19-21
\nJesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.” The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?” But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
1 Corinthians 3:16&17
\nDo you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple.
Eph 2:20-22
\nbuilt on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
1 Peter 2:5
\nyou yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
1 Peter 2:9
\nBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Ezek 37:23
\nThey shall not defile themselves anymore with their idols and their detestable things, or with any of their transgressions. But I will save them from all the backslidings in which they have sinned, and will cleanse them; and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n2 Corinthians 6:3-13 | Ministry Hardship
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\n\n2 Corinthians 6:1-2 | Do Not Receive the Grace of God in Vain
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\n\n2 Corinthians 5:11–21 | A New Creation
\n\nRevelation 21:3
\nBehold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
1 Peter 2:22–24
\nHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n2 Corinthians 5:11–21 | The Love of Christ Controls Us
\n\nA truly gospel-centered church requires gospel-centered households.
\n\nJames 5:19–20
\nMy brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins.
Ephesians 2:10
\nFor we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.
1 John 4:16–21
\nSo we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him. By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been perfected in love. We love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Psalm 34:8–9
\nOh, taste and see that the LORD is good!
\nBlessed is the man who takes refuge in him!
\nOh, fear the LORD, you his saints,
\nfor those who fear him have no lack!
James Denney
\nHe is not simply a person doing us a service; He is a person doing us a service by filling our place and dying our death!
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n2 Corinthians 5:1–10 | We are Always of Good Courage
\n\nJohn Lennon
\nImagine there's no heaven
\nIt's easy if you try
\nNo hell below us
\nAbove us only sky
\nImagine all the people living for today
Philip Hughes
\n‘the earnest of the Spirit’ is not a mere static deposit, but the active vivifying operation of the Holy Spirit within the believer, assuring him that the same principle of power which effected the resurrection of Christ Jesus from the dead is also present and at work within him, preparing his mortal body for the consummation of his redemption in the glorification of his body.
John Calvin
\nLet us, however, consider this settled: that no one has made progress in the school of Christ who does not joyfully await the day of death and final resurrection.
Titus 2:11–13
\nFor the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ
2 Timothy 4:8
\nHenceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.
Luke 21:28
\nNow when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.
Philippians 1:20-24
\n… it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better. But to remain in the flesh is more necessary on your account.
2 Corinthians 4:17–18
\n… this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.
1 Peter 1:8–9
\nThough you have not seen him, you love him. Though you do not now see him, you believe in him and rejoice with joy that is inexpressible and filled with glory, obtaining the outcome of your faith, the salvation of your souls.
Romans 8:1:
\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**2 Corinthians 4:7-18 | Treasure in Jars of Clay
Lamentations 3:22–24
\nThe steadfast love of the LORD never ceases;
\nhis mercies never come to an end;
\nthey are new every morning;
\ngreat is your faithfulness.
\n“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul,
\n“therefore I will hope in him.”
Sam Storms
\nGod is determined to secure all the glory for himself! I hope you’re o.k. with that, for your ultimate joy is dependent on God being God. Were God to be less than supremely glorious and praiseworthy, we are the ones who stand to lose. Our ultimate and eternal satisfaction is dependent on his being ultimately and eternally satisfying. If God should ever be less than infinitely deserving of all praise and honor and credit for whatever good is achieved, our delight in him is to that extent diminished.
\nIf any degree of power derives from us or if the praise it deserves should go to someone or something other than God, to that degree we endure irrevocable loss.
Philip Hughes
\nto be at the end of man’s resources is not to be at the end of God’s resources; on the contrary, it is to be precisely in the position best suited to prove and benefit from them, and to experience the surplus of the power of God breaking through and resolving the human dilemma
Beautiful Eulogy
\nThe culture could change if someone stepped up for the cause
\nTo rep us and our God, but who will accept the job?
\nIf only we had better rappers to gain us more respect
\nTo validate what we believe and keep our name up in the press
\nBut God does not use the same methods as the world
\nHe chose the foolish and the weak to bring His message to the world
\nWe were rescued from the world, He left us here to be His servants
\nWe don't need more superstars we need more Gospel-centered churches
\nWorking as the body to bring the Gospel to the nations
\nEven when we face rejection Jesus is our validation
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**2 Corinthians 4:1–6 | Light of the Gospel
v1 - WHAT IS THIS MINISTRY?
v2-3 - WHAT IS THE METHOD OF THIS MINISTRY?
v4 - WHAT IS THE MESSAGE OF THIS MINISTRY?
v5-6 - WHO IS THE PROCLAIMER OF THIS MINISTRY?**
Isaiah 60:1-3
\nArise, shine, for your light has come,
\nand the glory of the LORD has risen upon you.
\nFor behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
\nand thick darkness the peoples;
\nbut the LORD will arise upon you,
\nand his glory will be seen upon you.
\nAnd nations shall come to your light,
\nand kings to the brightness of your rising.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n2 Corinthians 3:1–18 | Ministry Commendation
**1. MINISTRY COMMENDATION
\n\nMINISTRY CONFIDENCE
MINISTRY GLORY
MINISTRY UNVEILED**
2 Corinthians 1:12
\nFor our boast is this … that we behaved in the world with simplicity and godly sincerity, not by earthly wisdom but by the grace of God, and supremely so toward you.
2 Corinthians 1:17–18
\nDo I make my plans according to the flesh, ready to say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” at the same time?
As surely as God is faithful, our word to you has not been Yes and No.
2 Corinthians 2:14
\nBut thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4
\nFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures
Romans 4:15
\nFor the law brings wrath
Exodus 34:29–33
\nWhen Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God. Aaron and all the people of Israel saw Moses, and behold, the skin of his face shone, and they were afraid to come near him. But Moses called to them, and Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses talked with them. Afterward all the people of Israel came near, and he commanded them all that the LORD had spoken with him in Mount Sinai. And when Moses had finished speaking with them, he put a veil over his face.
2 Corinthians 4:6
\nthe light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ
2 Corinthians 5:20
\nTherefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
George Guthrie
\nReal Christian ministry is about being transformed by the presence of Christ in a way that you then manifest the glory of Christ in the world.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n04 | 2 Corinthians 2:5-17 | Captives to Grace
\n\n**1. DISCIPLINE IS GRACE AT WORK IN THE BODY
\n\n2 Corinthians 7:5–7
\nFor even when we came into Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were afflicted at every turn—fighting without and fear within. But God, who comforts the downcast, comforted us by the coming of Titus, and not only by his coming but also by the comfort with which he was comforted by you, as he told us of your longing, your mourning, your zeal for me, so that I rejoiced still more.
1 Corinthians 12:26
\nIf one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together.
2 Corinthians 11:29
\nWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to fall, and I am not indignant?
Hebrews 12:7–8
\nIt 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? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
2 Timothy 4:2
\npreach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.
NIV App
\nSatan’s “schemes” revolve around destroying the mutual acceptance and forgiveness that is to characterize God’s people, since they are the evidence of God’s redeeming work in Christ and of the unity of the Spirit that it creates.
David Garland
\nPaul pictures himself as a previously defeated enemy of God being led in a triumph that reveals and heralds God’s majesty and power.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n03 | 2 Corinthians 1:12-2:4 | Our Boast is the Grace of God
\n\nFOR OUR BOAST IS THIS …
THE THEOLOGICAL ARGUMENT: THE PROMISE IS YES
THE PRACTICAL ARGUMENT: IT WAS TO SPARE YOU**
The method of ministry is to be congruent with the grace of God to which our ministry bears witness.
\n\nSimplicity and godly sincerity are the means by which the minister of the gospel labors so that our boast is in the grace of God.
\n\n1 Corinthians 1:28–31
\nGod chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God. And because of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became to us wisdom from God, righteousness and sanctification and redemption, so that, as it is written, “Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”
2 Corinthians 10:17–18
\nLet the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
Jeremiah 9:23–24
\nLet not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the LORD.
Welbourn
\nYou suspect me of acting insincerely; you accuse me of vacillation and self-interestedness; you deem me untrustworthy. As a result, I am like a man who must continually seek to establish the truth of his statements by employing what amounts to an oath.
Preacher: Joel Fair
\n\nGod of All Comfort | 2 Corinthians 1:3-11
\n\nGod of all Comfort Vs 3
\n\nSharing in our Suffering and Comfort Vs 4-7
\n\nRely on God not ourselves Vs 8-11**
\n\n Psalm 86:15
\nBut you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious,
\nslow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.
Psalm 25:6
\nRemember your mercy, O Lord, and your steadfast love,
\nfor they have been from of old.
Exodus 33:19
\nAnd he said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name ‘The Lord.’ And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Matthew 16:24-25
\nThen Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. 25 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.
Romans 8:32
\nHe who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things?
James 1:2-4
\n2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**2 CORINTHIANS GOSPEL HIGHLIGHTS
BACKGROUND ON CORINTH
\n\nTHEMES
\n Encouragement and Apostleship
\n Suffering and Generosity
\n Weakness and Power
2 CORINTHIANS 1:1-2
\n\n2 Corinthians 4:6
\nFor God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 5:14–15
\n… we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised.
2 Corinthians 5:17
\nTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
2 Corinthians 5:21
\nFor our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 8:9
\nFor you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
2 Corinthians 1:3–4
\nBlessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
2 Corinthians 3:2–3
\nYou yourselves are our letter of recommendation, written on our hearts, to be known and read by all. And you show that you are a letter from Christ delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.
2 Corinthians 7:10
\nFor godly grief produces a repentance that leads to salvation without regret, whereas worldly grief produces death.
2 Corinthians 4:8–10
\nWe are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
2 Corinthians 9:6–7
\nThe point is this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
2 Corinthians 5:1
\nFor we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
2 Corinthians 4:7
\nBut we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.
2 Corinthians 11:30
\nIf I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
2 Corinthians 12:9
\nMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
2 Corinthians 4:5
\nFor what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**v6 - THIS IS THE MYSTERY
v9 - THE PLAN OF THE MYSTERY
\n\nv10 - THROUGH THE CHURCH
\n\nv11 - REALIZED IN CHRIST**
\n\nIsaiah 53:10
\nYet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief;
Colossians 1:15–22
\n_He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
\n\nAnd you, who once were alienated and hostile in mind, doing evil deeds, he has now reconciled in his body of flesh by his death, in order to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**1. THE FORGOTTEN ONE
THE HOLY CATHOLIC CHURCH
THE ATHANASIAN CREED
THE WORK OF THE TRIUNE GOD
THE ECONOMICS OF THE APOSTLES’ CREED**
And the catholic faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity; Neither confounding the persons nor dividing the substance. For there is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Spirit.
\n\nBut the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit is all one, the glory equal, the majesty coeternal. Such as the Father is, such is the Son, and such is the Holy Spirit. The Father uncreated, the Son uncreated, and the Holy Spirit uncreated. The Father incomprehensible, the Son incomprehensible, and the Holy Spirit incomprehensible. The Father eternal, the Son eternal, and the Holy Spirit eternal. And yet they are not three eternals but one eternal. As also there are not three uncreated nor three incomprehensible, but one uncreated and one incomprehensible. So likewise the Father is almighty, the Son almighty, and the Holy Spirit almighty. And yet they are not three almighties, but one almighty. So the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God; And yet they are not three Gods, but one God. So likewise the Father is Lord, the Son Lord, and the Holy Spirit is Lord; And yet they are not three Lords but one Lord.
\n\nJohn 16:13–15
\nWhen the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
Hebrews 9:14
\nhow much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God
Ephesians 4:5
\none Lord, one faith, one baptism,
Romans 8:14–16
\nFor all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God,
Romans 8:1–4
\nThere is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Titus 3:4–6
\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Romans 8:11
\nIf the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
Romans 8:23
\nAnd not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.
Titus 3:7
\nso that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
A. W. Tozer
\nThe Christian doctrine of the Trinity boldly declares the equality of the Three Persons and the right of the Holy Spirit to be worshiped and glorified. Anything less than this is something less than Trinitarianism.
Charles Spurgeon
\nNow, if you wanted to praise Jesus Christ tonight, what would you have to do? Why, you would only have to speak of Him as He is—holy, blessed, glorious!
A. W. Tozer
\nAnd let us remember that He is drawn to the sweet name of Jesus as bees are drawn to the fragrance of clover. Where Christ is honored the Spirit is sure to feel welcome; where Christ is glorified He will move about freely, pleased and at home.
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\n**1. CHRIST | Matthew 1:1
ONLY SON | Matthew 16:16
OUR LORD | Philippians 2:9–11
INCARNATE | 1 John 1:1–2
SUFFERED, REJECTED, CRUCIFIED, RESURRECTED | Mark 8:33
ASCENDED, SEATED AND RETURNING | Colossians 3:1–4**
Matthew 1:1
\nThe book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David
Matthew 16:16
\nYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Philippians 2:9–11
\nTherefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
1 John 1:1–2
\nThat which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands, concerning the word of life—the life was made manifest, and we have seen it, and testify to it and proclaim to you the eternal life, which was with the Father and was made manifest to us
Mark 8:33
\nAnd he began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests and the scribes and be killed, and after three days rise again
Colossians 3:1–4
\nIf then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is your life appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.
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\n**1. 1. ADVENT ISN’T OVER
THE QUESTION
REVELATION 5:1-5
THE FOREVER KING**
Faith
\nJoy to the world! the Lord is come;
\nLet earth receive her King;
\nLet every heart prepare him room,
\nAnd heaven and nature sing,
Worship
\nJoy to the world! the Saviour reigns;
\nLet men their songs employ;
\nWhile fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains
\nRepeat the sounding joy,
Obedience
\nNo more let sins and sorrows grow,
\nNor thorns infest the ground;
\nHe comes to make His blessings flow
\nFar as the curse is found,
Hope
\nHe rules the world with truth and grace,
\nAnd makes the nations prove
\nThe glories of His righteousness,
\nAnd wonders of His love,
Psalm 98:4–6
\nMake a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;
\nbreak forth into joyous song and sing praises!
\nSing praises to the LORD with the lyre,
\nwith the lyre and the sound of melody!
\nWith trumpets and the sound of the horn
\nmake a joyful noise before the King, the LORD
John Piper
\nHear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All rebels, insurgents, dissidents, and protesters against the King! Hear the royal decree! A great day of reckoning is coming, a day of justice and vengeance. But now hear this, all inhabitants of the King’s realm! Amnesty is herewith published by the mercy of your Sovereign. A price has been paid. All debts may be forgiven. All rebellion absolved. All dishonor pardoned. None is excluded from this offer. Lay down the weapons of rebellion, kneel in submission, receive the royal amnesty as a gift of imperial love, swear fealty to your sovereign, and rise a free and happy subject of your King.
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\n**1. THE SITUATION LEADING TO DAVID AND SOLOMON
THE PROMISE
THE CONDITION
THE FAILURE
THE HOPE**
1 Samuel 15:26
\nFor you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.
Psalm 131
\nO LORD, my heart is not lifted up;
\nmy eyes are not raised too high;
\nI do not occupy myself with things
\ntoo great and too marvelous for me.
\nBut I have calmed and quieted my soul,
\nlike a weaned child with its mother;
\nlike a weaned child is my soul within me.
\nO Israel, hope in the LORD
\nfrom this time forth and forevermore.
1 Kings 2:4
\nIf your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk before me in faithfulness with all their heart and with all their soul, you shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:16
\nNow therefore, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father what you have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your sons pay close attention to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
1 Kings 11:11–12
\nTherefore the LORD said to Solomon, “Since this has been your practice and you have not kept my covenant and my statutes that I have commanded you, I will surely tear the kingdom from you and will give it to your servant. Yet for the sake of David your father I will not do it in your days, but I will tear it out of the hand of your son.
Isaiah 9:6–7
\nFor to us a child is born,
\nto us a son is given;
\nand the government shall be upon his shoulder,
\nand his name shall be called
\nWonderful Counselor, Mighty God,
\nEverlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
\nOf the increase of his government and of peace
\nthere will be no end,
\non the throne of David and over his kingdom,
\nto establish it and to uphold it
\nwith justice and with righteousness
\nfrom this time forth and forevermore.
\nThe zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.
Revelation 11:15
\nThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
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\n**1. THE GARDEN KINGDOM
WHAT WENT WRONG?
THE FIRST GOSPEL **
Hebrews 2:14–15
\n… through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery.
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\n**1. THE AUTHORITY OF JESUS
Leviticus 13:45–46
\nThe leprous person who has the disease shall wear torn clothes and let the hair of his head hang loose, and he shall cover his upper lip and cry out, ‘Unclean, unclean.’ He shall remain unclean as long as he has the disease. He is unclean. He shall live alone. His dwelling shall be outside the camp.
Hebrews 13:12
\nSo Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.
Hebrews 13:13–14
\nTherefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.
Jamey Vizzini
\nThe King who astonishes is Savior who cleanses
Kent Hughes
\n… the plight of the leper illustrated the effects of sin, though the leper was actually not any more sinful than anyone else.. R. C. Trench, the great Greek scholar and the inspiration for and first editor of the monumental Oxford English Dictionary (OED), recognized this, saying that though the leper was not worse or guiltier than his fellow Jews, nevertheless he was a parable of sin—an “outward and visible sign of innermost spiritual corruption.” The leper is a physical illustration of the heart of every human being! If for a moment we could see a visible incarnation of ourselves apart from the cleansing work of Christ, we would see ourselves as the walking dead—forms dead in their trespasses and sins—forms trying to cover themselves with filthy rags.
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\n**1. TWO GATES
TWO TREES
TWO HOUSES**
2 Corinthians 4:8-9
\nWe are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
2 Timothy 3:1–5
\nBut understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good, treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power.
2 Corinthians 12:9
\nMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Matthew 3:8
\nBear fruit in keeping with repentance.
Jonathan Pennington
\nThe broad and easy way is the way of the Pharisees, whose righteousness is easily definable and can be gritted out solely at the external level—not committing adultery, not murdering, and so on. The narrow and difficult way is Jesus’s vision, a righteousness that requires deep roots and the exposure of one’s whole person to God, true virtue.
Carl Trueman
\nAt the heart of [the theology of the cross] was the notion that God reveals himself under his opposite; or, to express this another way, God achieves his intended purposes by doing the exact opposite of that which humans might expect. The supreme example of this is the cross itself: God triumphs over sin and evil by allowing sin and evil to triumph (apparently) over him. His real strength is demonstrated through apparent weakness. This was the way a theologian of the cross thought about God.
\nThe opposite to this was the theologian of glory. In simple terms, the theologian of glory assumed that there was basic continuity between the way the world is and the way God is: if strength is demonstrated through raw power on earth, then God’s strength must be the same, only extended to infinity. To such a theologian, the cross is simply foolishness, a piece of nonsense.
Carl Trueman
\nSad to say, it is often hard to discern where these theologians of the cross are to be found. Yes, many talk about the cross, but the cultural norms of many churches seem no different to the cultural norms of—well, the culture. They often indicate an attitude to power and influence that sees these things as directly related to size, market share, consumerist packaging, aesthetics, youth culture, media appearances, swagger and the all-round noise and pyrotechnics we associate with modern cinema rather than New Testament Christianity.
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\n**1. v1 - THE TEACHING
v2-6 - THE FAMILY
v7-11 - THE FATHER
v12 - THE SUMMARY**
Romans 2:1
\nTherefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things
James 4:12
\nThere is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor?
James 2:12–13:
\nSo speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
Galatians 6:1–2
\nBrothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.
1 Corinthians 13:6–7
\n[Love] does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Matthew 10:14
\nAnd if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town.
James 4:2–3
\nYou do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.
Romans 3:23–26
\n… for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.
Jonathan Pennington
\nIf one has a condemning attitude toward others, this will be one’s experience of the world; if one has a welcoming and accepting attitude, this will be one’s experience.
Scot McKnight
\nChristians can pronounce “that is good” and “that is wrong” but not “you are condemned by God.”
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\n1) v25 - Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing?
2) v26 - The birds of the air … your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?
\n\n3) v27 - And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life?
\n\n4) v30 - But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you.
\n\n5) v32 - For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
\n\n6) v34 - Tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
\nv33 - Seek the Kingdom
He Provides
\n He Provides the Right Amount
\n He Provides at the Right Time
\n He Provides in the Right Order
Matthew 6:33
\nBut seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Proverbs 12:25
\nAnxiety in a man’s heart weighs him down,
\nbut a good word makes him glad
John 4:31–34
\nMeanwhile the disciples were urging him, saying, “Rabbi, eat.” But he said to them, “I have food to eat that you do not know about.” So the disciples said to one another, “Has anyone brought him something to eat?” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Matthew 4:4
\nMan shall not live by bread alone,
\nbut by every word that comes from the mouth of God.
Revelation 3:5
\nThe one who conquers will be clothed thus in white garments, and I will never blot his name out of the book of life.
Matthew 8:20
\nFoxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.
Isaiah 53:5
\nBut he was pierced for our transgressions;
\nhe was crushed for our iniquities;
\nupon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
\nand with his wounds we are healed.
John Piper
\nWhat we see when we look at the birds is a creature who does not act as though God is only a merciful provider for today but won’t be tomorrow. Birds don’t anxiously horde things for the day of God’s demise. They go about their work as though when the sun comes up tomorrow, God will still be God.
John Piper
\nWe must not measure the perfection of God’s provision by some standard below his calling. He does not call us to live in palaces, but to take up our crosses and love people no matter the cost. And when we have finished carrying our crosses—on torn shoulders, if God wills—there will be kingly robes for us all.
Great is Thy Faithfulness
\nPardon for sin and a peace that endureth,
\nThine own dear presence to cheer and to guide;
\nStrength for today and bright hope for tomorrow,
\nBlessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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Deuteronomy 15:7–11
\n_If among you, one of your brothers should become poor, in any of your towns within your land that the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart or shut your hand against your poor brother, but you shall open your hand to him and lend him sufficient for his need, whatever it may be. Take care lest there be an unworthy thought in your heart and you say, ‘The seventh year, the year of release is near,’ and your eye look grudgingly on your poor brother, and you give him nothing, and he cry to the LORD against you, and you be guilty of sin. You shall give to him freely, and your heart shall not be grudging when you give to him, because for this the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all that you undertake. For there will never cease to be poor in the land. Therefore I command you, ‘You shall open wide your hand to your brother, to the needy and to the poor, in your land.’ _
Proverbs 23:6–7
\nDo not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
\ndo not desire his delicacies,
\nfor he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
\n“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
\nbut his heart is not with you.
Proverbs 28:22
\nA stingy man hastens after wealth
\nand does not know that poverty will come upon him.
Matthew 20:15
\nAm I not allowed to do what I choose with what belongs to me? Or do you begrudge my generosity?’
Isaiah 55:1
\nCome, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
Mark 8:36
\nFor what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?
Charles Studd
\nOnly one life 'twill soon be past.
\nOnly what's done for Christ will last.
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\nThe God who sees is the God who hears.
\nOur Need for Prayer
\nIs the Prayer to be Recited?
OUR FATHER
\n\nPsalm 104:34
\nMay my meditation be pleasing to him,
\nfor I rejoice in the LORD
Psalm 119:15–16
\nI will meditate on your precepts
\nand fix my eyes on your ways.
\nI will delight in your statutes;
\nI will not forget your word.
Psalm 143:5
\nI remember the days of old;
\nI meditate on all that you have done;
\nI ponder the work of your hands.
Psalm 19:14
\nLet the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
\nbe acceptable in your sight,
\nO LORD, my rock and my redeemer.
Psalm 63:5–8
\nMy soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food,
\nand my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
\nwhen I remember you upon my bed,
\nand meditate on you in the watches of the night;
\nfor you have been my help,
\nand in the shadow of your wings I will sing for joy.
\nMy soul clings to you;
\nyour right hand upholds me.
John 17:25–26
\nO righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.
J. I. Packer
\nFather is the Christian name for God.
Kent Hughes
\nLuther was right. We best hallow God’s name when our life and our doctrine are truly Christian. When we pray, “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name,” we are dedicating ourselves to lead lives that reverence all that he is.
Luke 22:41–42
\nAnd he withdrew from them about a stone’s throw, and knelt down and prayed, saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”
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\n**1. THE STRUCTURE OF THE TEACHING
YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS VS. THE HYPOCRITES
BEFORE OTHERS TO BE SEEN
BUT WHEN ...
RECEIVED THEIR REWARD VS FATHER WILL REWARD YOU**
Matthew 5:16.
\n… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.
1 John 2:28–3:3
\nAnd now, little children, abide in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink from him in shame at his coming. If you know that he is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of him. See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him. Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is. And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
Matthew 23:5
\nThey do all their deeds to be seen by others._Kent Hughes
The truth is, they were not giving but buying, and they got what they paid for. It is possible to be the most generous Christian around, both in the amount and proportion you give, and yet have no reward except what you immediately receive.
Hebrews 12:1–2
\nTherefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:7
\nIt 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?
Kent Hughes
\nThe truth is, they were not giving but buying, and they got what they paid for. It is possible to be the most generous Christian around, both in the amount and proportion you give, and yet have no reward except what you immediately receive.
C. S. Lewis
\nWe must not be troubled by unbelievers when they say that this promise of reward makes the Christian life a mercenary affair. There are different kinds of reward. There is the reward which has no natural connexion with the things you do to earn it, and is quite foreign to the desires that ought to accompany those things. Money is not the natural reward of love; that is why we call a man a mercenary if he marries a woman for the sake of her money. But marriage is the proper reward for a real lover, and he is not mercenary for desiring it.… The proper rewards are not simply tacked on to the activity for which they are given, but are the activity itself in consummation.
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\nThe Way of the King demands an unobtainable perfection freely gifted to us in Christ
The Way of the King
\n Seldom is the way of the King
\n Our natural response
\n Easy
\n Us obtaining what we want
\n Often the Way of the King is
\n Suffering
\n Persecution
\n Dying - If not literal, then at least to what I want
Deuteronomy 6:4-6 The SHEMA
\nHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
Joel 2:12-13
\n“Yet even now,” declares the Lord, “return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.” Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love; and he relents over disaster.
Matthew 5:17
\n“Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them”
Col 1:19-20
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
Matthew 5:31-32 - Divorce
\n_“It was also said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.’ But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery. _
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
\n“When a man takes a wife and marries her, if then she finds no favor in his eyes because he has found some indecency in her, and he writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, and she departs out of his house, and if she goes and becomes another man’s wife, and the latter man hates her and writes her a certificate of divorce and puts it in her hand and sends her out of his house, or if the latter man dies, who took her to be his wife, then her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination before the Lord. And you shall not bring sin upon the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance.
Matthew 19:3-9
\nAnd Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” 4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” 7 They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” 8 He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
Matthew 5:33-37 - Oaths
\n“Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.’ But I say to you, Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, or by the earth, for it is his footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. Let what you say be simply ‘Yes’ or ‘No’; anything more than this comes from evil.”
Leviticus 19:11-12
\nYou shall not steal; you shall not deal falsely; you shall not lie to one another. You shall not swear by my name falsely, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
Matthew 23:16
\nWoe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it is nothing, but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.
Col 1:19-20
\nFor in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.
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\nMatthew 4:17
\nFrom that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 5:17 & 20
\nDo not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them…For I say to you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven
Psalm 51:17
\nThe sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise
Psalm 34:18
\nThe Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit
Deuteronomy 6:4-6
\nHear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.
RETALIATION
\nLeviticus 24:17-20
\nWhoever takes a human life shall surely be put to death. Whoever takes an animal’s life shall make it good, life for life. If anyone injures his neighbor, as he has done it shall be done to him, fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth; whatever injury he has given a person shall be given to him.
LOVE YOUR ENEMIES
\nLeviticus 19:17-18.
\nYou shall not hate your brother in your heart, but you shall reason frankly with your neighbor, lest you incur sin because of him. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the sons of your own people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
Who can walk in the way of the King?
\nA. Only the king has walked it perfectly
\nB. Jesus the King was humiliated and suffered it without resisting
\nC. Jesus bore our sin and shame all the way to the cross.
\n 1. He was slapped in the face before the High Priest
\n 2. He was stripped naked and bare by the soldiers outside Pilates court
\n 3. He was conscripted to carry his own cross to his death
\n 4. Even on the cross he was begged of by the dying thief and he did not
\n withhold but offered grace for his belief
\nD. Now we too can walk in the way of the King
Hebrews 10:12-14
\nBut when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting from that time until his enemies should be made a footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\n**1. CALL TO REPENTANCE
WHAT ARE THESE TEACHINGS?
ANGER
LUST**
In the Sermon on the Mount Jesus is comparing God's own interpretation of the law against those of the religious establishment.
\n\nMatthew 4:17
\n_From that time Jesus began to preach, saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” _
Isaiah 29:13
\nthis people [draws] near with their mouth
\nand [honors] me with their lips,
\nwhile their hearts are far from me,
Hosea 6:6
\nFor I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice,
the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
You can hear that. The prophets are drawing a contrast between religious\n formalism, and an actual act of humble submission before God.\nEzekiel 11:19–20
\nAnd I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Jeremiah 32:37
\nAnd they shall be my people, and I will be their God.I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me forever
Micah 6:6–8
\nWith what shall I come before the LORD,
\nand bow myself before God on high?
\nShall I come before him with burnt offerings,
\nwith calves a year old?
\nWill the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams,
\nwith ten thousands of rivers of oil?
\nShall I give my firstborn for my transgression,
\nthe fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?”
\nHe has told you, O man, what is good;
\nand what does the LORD require of you
\nbut to do justice, and to love kindness,
\nand to walk humbly with your God?
James 4:1–4
\nWhat causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
Psalm 66:18
\nIf I had cherished iniquity in my heart,
the Lord would not have listened.
Exodus 20:17
\nYou shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.
Ezekiel 11:19–20
\nAnd I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
Kent Hughes
\nSome time ago my wife and I were watching TV. In the middle of a program she stepped out for a moment, and when she returned, she asked what had transpired. I responded, “A worthless dope peddler was leading the two young boys astray.” My wife’s response brought me up short. “No one is worthless!” she said. And she is absolutely right. My sentiment was wrong theologically, emotionally, and socially. God loves everyone, even the debased sinner!
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\n**1. CLARIFIES
CAUTIONS
COMPELS**
James 2:10
\nFor whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become guilty of all of it.
Romans 7:6
\nBut now we are released from the law, having died to that which held us captive, so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit and not in the old way of the written code.
Romans 10:4
\nFor Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
Romans 8:3–4
\nFor God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
A. W. Pink
\nThe ceremonial law has not been destroyed by Christ, but the substance now fills the place of its shadows.
A. W. Pink
\nSo far was it from being His design to repudiate the holy Law, He had become incarnate in order to work out that very righteousness it required, to make good what the Levitical institutions had foreshadowed, and to bring to pass the Messianic predictions of Israel’s seers.
Theodore Beza
\nChrist came not to bring any new way of righteousness and salvation into the world, but to fulfil that in deed which was shadowed by the figures of the Law: by delivering men through grace from the curse of the Law; and moreover to teach the true use of obedience which the Law appointed, and to grave in our hearts the force of obedience.
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\n1. SALT
\n a. PRESERVATIVE:
\n i. Salt changes the environment.
\n ii. Salt gathers in clumps, but salt scatters into meat.
\n iii. Imagine the work of salt in decaying meat
\n b. FLAVOR ENHANCER:
\n c. SALTINESS OR WORTHLESSNESS:
2. LIGHT
\n a. WHAT DOES LIGHT DO?
\n i. Shines
\n ii. Reflects the light of the True Light.
\n iii. Walks in Holiness
3. THE HARSH REALITY OF SALT AND LIGHT IN A WORLD OF DARKNESS AND DECAY
\n a. Salt in Rotten Meat
\n b. Light in a Dark World
John 15:8
\nBy this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.
Job 6:6
\nCan that which is tasteless be eaten without salt,
Philippians 4:8
\nFinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.
Matthew 23:15
\nWoe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel across sea and land to make a single proselyte, and when he becomes a proselyte, you make him twice as much a child of hell as yourselves.
1 Peter 2:9
\nBut you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
John 1:6-9
\nThere was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.
John 8:12
\nI am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
Lloyd-Jones
\nWhat if the church engaged in Christian living with evangelistic fervour?
chemistry.about.com
\nBasically, salt works by drying food. Salt absorbs water from foods, making the environment too dry to support harmful mold or bacteria.
todayifoundout.com
\nThe extra salt has other effects as well though, outside of simply making things more salty. Particularly, adding salt to foods helps certain molecules in those foods more easily release into the air, thus helping the aroma of the food, which is important in our perception of taste.
C.S. Lewis describes Aslan:
\nWrong will be right, when Aslan comes in sight,
\nat the sound of his roar, sorrows will be no more,
\nWhen he bares his teeth, winter meets its death,
\nAnd when he shakes his mane, we shall have spring again.
A. W. Pink
\nThis figure plainly warns the minister of his pressing need of fortitude. It is “salt” and not sugar candy he is to employ: something which the ungodly will be more inclined to spit out than swallow with a smile, something which is calculated to bring water to the eyes rather than laughter to the lips.
A. W. Pink
\nHereby each one may see what he is in himself by nature: depraved and corrupt, as unsavoury flesh and stinking carrion in the nostrils of God, or else what need of salt?
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\nTHE SERMON OUTLINE
THE SERMON OUTLINE
\n Matthew 5:1-16: The Character of the Christian
\n Matthew 5:17-48: The Christian Faces the Law
\n Matthew 6:1-34: The Christian Lives in the Presence of God
\n Matthew 7:1-29: The Christian Lives in the Fear of God
THE INTRODUCTION TO THE SERMON
THE GOSPEL
Revelation 11:15
\nThe kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.
Matthew 4:23–5:1
\nAnd he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought him all the sick, those afflicted with various diseases and pains, those oppressed by demons, those having seizures, and paralytics, and he healed them. And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan. Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him.
John 13:34
\nA new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.
Psalm 19:7–11:
\n_The law of the LORD is perfect,
\nreviving the soul;
\nthe testimony of the LORD is sure,
\nmaking wise the simple;
\nthe precepts of the LORD are right,
\nrejoicing the heart;
\nthe commandment of the LORD is pure,
\nenlightening the eyes;
\nthe fear of the LORD is clean,
\nenduring forever;
\nthe rules of the LORD are true,
\nand righteous altogether.
\nMore to be desired are they than gold,
\neven much fine gold;
\nsweeter also than honey
\nand drippings of the honeycomb.
\nMoreover, by them is your servant warned;
\nin keeping them there is great reward.
Hebrews 12:28–29
\nTherefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.
Matthew 7:28–29
\n_And when Jesus finished these sayings, the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as their scribes. _
Martin Lloyd-Jones
\nThe world today is looking for, and desperately needs, true Christians. I am never tired of saying that what the Church needs to do is not to organize evangelistic campaigns to attract outside people, but to begin herself to live the Christian life. If she did that, men and women would be crowding into our buildings.
Kent Hughes
\nContrary to popular opinion, blessed does not mean “happy,” even though some translations have rendered it this way. Happiness is a subjective state, a feeling. But Jesus is not declaring how people feel; rather, he is making an objective statement about what God thinks of them. Blessed is a positive judgment by God on the individual that means “to be approved” or “to find approval.” So when God blesses us, he approves us.
Lloyd-Jones puts it this way
\nA man may play a piece of great music quite accurately; he may make no mistakes at all. And yet it may be true to say of him that he did not really play Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. He played the notes correctly, but it was not the Sonata. What was he doing? He was mechanically striking the right notes, but missing the soul and the real interpretation. He wasn't doing what Beethoven intended and meant. … The artist, the true artist, is always correct. Even the greatest artist cannot afford to neglect rules and regulations. But that is not what makes him the great artist. It is this something extra, the expression; it is the spirit, it is the life, it is the whole that he is able to convey.
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\nActs: Diverse Global Family
**1. ONE FAMILY IN ADAM
\n\nLink to Video: Church planting in rural Guatemala
\n\nGenesis 1:27
\nSo God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
Acts 2:38–39
\nRepent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.
1 Corinthians 15:22 again:
\nFor as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
John Calvin
\nIt is a requirement for certainty of faith that everyone is fully convinced that he is included with those to whom God is speaking. This is the rule of a genuine faith; then I am sure that salvation is mine because this is the promise offered to me.
Ephesians 2:11–13
\nTherefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands—remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ
Ephesians 2:16
\nthat he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross
Romans 8:29-30
\nFor those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Ephesians 3:8–10
\nTo me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to bring to light for everyone what is the plan of the mystery hidden for ages in God, who created all things, so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
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\nActs: The Holy Spirit
1. UNIQUE WORK OF THE SPIRIT AMONG THE PEOPLES IN ACTS
\nActs 2:1–4 - Jerusalem
\nActs 8:14–17 - Samaritans
\nActs 10:44–48 - Gentiles
\nActs 19:4–7 - Disciples of John
2. PAUL’S EXPRESSION OF BAPTISM IN ONE SPIRIT
\n\n3. SHOULD WE EXPECT TO BE BAPTIZED WITH THE SPIRIT?
\n\n4. THE HOLY SPIRIT WITHIN US
\n\nJesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God (John 3:5).”
\n\nJohn the Baptist said, “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire (Matthew 3:11).”
\n\nActs 2:1–4 - Jerusalem
\nWhen the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested on each one of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Acts 8:14–17 - Samaritans
\nNow when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.
Acts 10:44–48 - Gentiles
\nWhile Peter was still saying these things, the Holy Spirit fell on all who heard the word. And the believers from among the circumcised who had come with Peter were amazed, because the gift of the Holy Spirit was poured out even on the Gentiles. For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared, “Can anyone withhold water for baptizing these people, who have received the Holy Spirit just as we have?” And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ.
Acts 19:4–7 - Disciples of John
\nAnd Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, Jesus.” On hearing this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. And when Paul had laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began speaking in tongues and prophesying. There were about twelve men in all.
1 Corinthians 12:13
\nFor in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Romans 6:3–4
\nDo you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
Galatians 3:27
\nFor as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
Ephesians 4:4–6
\nThere is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call—one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.
Acts 15:7–9
\nAnd after there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the gospel and believe. And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, by giving them the Holy Spirit just as he did to us, and he made no distinction between us and them, having cleansed their hearts by faith.
1 Corinthians 4:12 says
\nSo with yourselves, since you are eager for manifestations of the Spirit, strive to excel in building up the church.
Here is how Guy Duffield answers this question in his “Foundations of Pentecostal Theology”:
\nThe Baptism with the Holy Ghost is a definite experience, subsequent to salvation, whereby the Third Person of the Godhead comes upon the believer to anoint and energize him for special service. This experience is designated, in the New Testament, as the Spirit “falling upon,” “coming upon,” or being “poured out upon” the yielded believer in a sudden and supernatural manner.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\nActs: Gospel Clarity
ONE QUESTION
SEVEN PROCLAMATIONS
\na. Acts 2:22ff
\nb. Acts 3:12ff
\nc. Acts 4:8ff
\nd. Acts 5:30ff
\ne. Acts 10:39ff
\nf. Acts 13:26ff
\ng. Acts 17:29ff
FOUR OBSERVATIONS
\na. God-centered
\nb. Audience-conscious
\nc. Christ-focused
\nd. Response-expectant
\ne. (bonus) BOLD
SINGULAR CLARITY
Luke 12:11–12 Jesus says …
\nAnd when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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\nActs: Church PlantingCHURCH PLANTING IN ACTS
\n1) Acts begins with Jesus
\n2) Jesus has established the core of the church
\n3) The Holy Spirit enables a great gospel proclamation
\n4) The Father, Son and Holy Spirit have mightily established the church in worship, discipleship and mission
\n5) Apostolic witnesses go with news of this gospel and the church it establishes.
THE CHURCH PLANTED AT CROSSPOINTE COAST
\n1) We came from a church plant
\n2) We are a church plant
\n3) We are a church
\n4) We are a church planting church
\n5) We are a member of a diverse global family
Acts 29 | A diverse, global family of church-planting churches
\nThe first and last of the five distinctives of Acts 29.
\n1) We are passionate about gospel centrality.
\n5) We embrace a missionary understanding of the local church and its role as the primary means by which God chooses to establish his kingdom on earth.
FOUR THINGS TO CELEBRATE WITH ACTS 29 IN 2019
\n1) 800 Churches
\n2) 52 Countries
\n3) 31 Languages
\n4) 82 Churches Planted in 2018
TWO PRAYER REQUESTS
\n1) Aaron Proffitt at Aletheia in Tampa
\n2) John Menton and Grace Bible Church in East London, South Africa**
TWO PRAYER REQUESTS
\n1) Aaron Proffitt at Aletheia in Tampa
\n2) John Menton and Grace Bible Church in East London, South Africa
We cannot understand the church or its mission if we do not first understand Jesus and his gospel.
\n\nActs 6:7
\nAnd the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly
Acts 1:1
\nI have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach,
Acts 1:2
\n… until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 2:22–24, 38
\n“Men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man attested to you by God with mighty works and wonders and signs that God did through him in your midst, as you yourselves know—this Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed by the hands of lawless men. God raised him up, loosing the pangs of death, because it was not possible for him to be held by it.” … And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 2:42, 46–47
\nAnd they devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. … And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they received their food with glad and generous hearts, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to their number day by day those who were being saved.
Acts 9:31
\nSo the church throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria had peace and was being built up. And walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit, it multiplied.
Acts 28:30–31
\nHe lived there [in Rome] two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.
John Piper
\nI think we have enough churches being planted by means of music, drama, creative scheduling, sprightly narrative, and marketing savvy. And there are too few that are God-centered, truth-treasuring, Bible-saturated, Christ-exalting, cross-focused, Spirit-dependent, prayer-soaked, soul-winning, justice-pursuing congregations with a wartime mindset ready to lay down their lives for the salvation of the nations and the neighborhoods. There is a blood-earnest joy that sustains a church like this, and it comes only by embracing Christ-crucified as our righteousness.
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\nPsalm 42 | Oh My Soul
Why Are You Cast Down, Oh My Soul?
\n\n“We should, in general, reassure Christians suffering from depression that most often their damaged spiritual relationships and feelings are not the cause of the depression, but the consequence of it.”
\n“I’m Not Supposed to Feel Like This”
Psalms 32:1-4
\n1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
\n2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
\n3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
\n4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
\nmy strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
Psalms 52:3-5
\n3 For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me.
\n4 Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight,
\nso that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.
\n5 Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Philippians 1:6
\nAnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
John 10:27-30
\n27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. 30 I and the Father are one.”
Romans 9:10-13
\n10 And not only so, but also when Rebekah had conceived children by one man, our forefather Isaac, 11 though they were not yet born and had done nothing either good or bad—in order that God’s purpose of election might continue, not because of works but because of him who calls— 12 she was told, “The older will serve the younger.” 13 As it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
Ephesians 2:1-5
\n1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ
2 Corinthians 12:9-10
\nBut he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
C.H. Spurgeon
\n“Reader, never ridicule the nervous and hypochondriacal, their pain is real; though much of the malady lies in the imagination or thought processes it is not imaginary”
Martin Lloyd Jones
\n“Christians don’t understand how physical, physcological, and spiritual realms interrelate because Satan muddies the boundaries. Many of our troubles are caused because we think a problem is spiritual when it physical or we think a problem is physical when it is emotional or spiritual.
Broken Minds
\n“David and the other psalmist often found themselves deeply depressed for various reasons. They did not, however, apologize for what they are feeling, nor did they confess it as a sin. It was a legitimate part of their relationship with God. They interacted with Him through the context of his depression”
“Spiritual Depression” Martin Lloyd Jones
\n“The essence of this matter is to understand that this self of ours, this other man within us, has got to be handled. Do not listen to him; turn on him; speak to him; condemn him; upbraid him; exhort him; encourage him; remind him of what you know, instead of listening placidly to him and allowing him to drag you down and depress you.”
“Spiritual Depression” Martin Lloyd Jones
\nHave you realized that most of your unhappiness in life is due to the fact that you are listening to yourself instead of talking to yourself?
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\nPsalm 139 | How Well Do You Know the God Who Knows You So Well
Exodus 20:18-19
\n“Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen; but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”
John 3:16
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal live.
John 3:17-18
\nFor God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be save through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
In light of the cross,
\nGod’s inescapable knowledge of me becomes “He knows me!”
\nGod’s inescapable presence becomes “He is with me!”
\nAnd God’s inescapable power becomes *“He is for me!” *
Zephaniah 3:17
\nThe Lord your God is in your midsts, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with singing.
A.W. Tozer
\n“What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.”
A.W. Tozer
\n“God knows instantly and effortlessly all matter and all matters, all mind and every mind, all spirit and all spirits, all being and every being, all creaturehood and all creatures, every plurality and all pluralities, all law and every law, all relations, all causes, all thoughts, all mysteries, all enigmas, all feeling, all desires, every unuttered secret, all thrones and dominions, all personalities, all things visible and invisible in heaven and in earth, motion, space, time, life, death, good, evil, heaven, and hell. ... Because God knows all things perfectly, he knows no thing better than any other thing, but all things equally well. He never discovers anything, he is never surprised, never amazed. He never wonders about anything nor (except when drawing men out for their own good) does he seek information or ask questions.”
R.C. Sproul
\n“To be separated from the Lord and cast into hell does not mean that a person will finally be free of God. That person will remain eternally accountable to Him. He will remain Lord over the person’s existence. But in hell, a person will be forever separated from God in His kindness, mercy, grace, and goodness. He will be consigned to deal with Him in His holy wrath.”
Derek Kidner
\n“David has moved on from contemplating his own thoughts and their nakedness before God, to considering God’s innumerable thoughts towards him. He is not exaggerating. Even in his own body. There is an unimaginable wealth of detail, every point of it from the mind of God. Such divine knowledge is not only ‘wonderful’ but precious, since it carries its own proof of
\ninfinite commitment: God will not leave the work of his own hands, either to chance or to ultimate extinction.”
Will Storr
\n“We are living in an age of perfectionism, and perfection is the idea that kills. Whether it’s social media or pressure to be impossibly perfect twenty-first century iterations of ourselves, or pressure to have the perfect body, or pressure to be successful in our careers, or any of the myriad ways in which we place overly high expectations on ourselves and on other people, we’re creating a psychological environment that’s toxic.”
\nSelfie: How We Became So Obsessed and What It’s Doing to Us
R.C. Sproul
\n“If there is such a thing as perfect hatred it would mirror and reflect the righteousness of God. It would be perfect to the extent that it excluded sinful attitudes of malice, envy, bitterness, and other attitudes we normally associate with human hatred. In this sense a perfect hatred could be deemed compatible with a love for one’s enemies. One who hates his enemy with a perfect hatred is still called to act in a loving and righteous manner toward him.”
Charles Spurgeon
\n“To love all men with benevolence is our duty; but to love any wicked man with complacency would be a crime. To hate a man for his own sake, or for any evil done to us, would be wrong; but to hate a man because he is the foe of all goodness and the enemy of all righteousness, is nothing more nor less than an obligation. The more we love God the more indignant shall we grow with those who refuse Him their affection.”
John Linn
\n“The only way we will ever be fully loved and affirmed is if we are searched and known; yet being fully searched and known may be the exact thing that keeps us from being truly loved.”
John Linn
\n“But for Jesus on the cross, all David can say is verse 11. Why? Because on the cross Jesus is lost to the darkness. Jesus loses the light of His Father’s approval so you can receive he light of the Father’s approval even in your darkness. On the cross, Jesus is utterly exposed, naked, laid bare, ashamed. People walked by. They laughed, they jeered, they yawned. Even worse, His Father hid Him in darkness so that you never need be ashamed, so that He could shine the light of His approval on you, so that even when He looks into the depths of your heart, he can delight in you.”
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\nJoel Fair
\n•
\nPsalm 146 | Praise the Lord
*I Three Looks at the Psalm *
\nA. Literary Work of Art
\nB. Liturgy of the Psalms
\nC. Exposit View
II Application
\nA. Praise the Lord!
\nB. Participate in the story
\nC. Hallelujah
Isaiah 61:1-3
\nThe Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion— to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
Colossians 1:15-17
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.
Hebrews 10:23
\nLet us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.
Romans 8:30
\nAnd those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
Luke 22:19-20
\nAnd he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood
Romans 4:23-5:2
\nBut the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also. It will be counted to us who believe in him who raised from the dead Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification. Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God
St Augustine
\nBrethren, here we receive a mighty task; it is a voice from heaven, from above it soundeth to us. For now through some kind of weakness the soul of man, whensoever it is in tribulation here, despaireth of God, and chooseth to rely on man. Let it be said to one when set in some affliction, "There is a great man, by whom thou mayest be set free;" he smileth, he rejoiceth, he is lifted up. But if it is said to him, "God freeth thee," he is chilled, so to speak, by despair. The aid of a mortal is promised, and thou rejoicest; the aid of the Immortal is promised, and art thou sad? It is promised thee that thou shalt be freed by one who needeth to be freed with thee, and thou exultest, as at some great aid: thou art promised that Liberator, who needeth none to free Him, and thou despairest, as though it were but a fable. Woe to such thoughts: they wander far; truly there is sad and great death in them. Approach, begin to long, begin to seek and to know Him by whom thou wast made.
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\nMatt Hardy
\n•
\nPaul In Rome
*1) God is Sovereign and will accomplish his will *
\n a) The spread of his word
\n b) The salvation of his people
\n c) The glory of his name
2) There is no promise that life will be pleasant for us here
\n a) This is not your best life now
\n b) Sorry Joel Osteen Everyday is not a Friday
\n c) Jesus, Paul, Peter, Stephen, all the disciples
\n d) The Millions of martyrs around the world since
*3) We are called to endure *
\n a) 2 Timothy 4:6-8
4) Acts is a story about God
\n a) Not about Peter, Paul, or Stephen
\n b) God Alone is faithful and good
5) A call to the faithfulness of the ordinary by example of the extraordinary
\n a) We are called to obedience in the everyday
Philippians 1:12-13
\n12 I want you to know, brothers, that what has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel, 13 so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.
Acts 23:11
\n_11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said, “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so you must testify also in Rome.” _
Luke 17:20-21
\n_20 Being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them, “The kingdom of God is not coming in ways that can be observed, 21 nor will they say, ‘Look, here it is!’ or ‘There!’ for behold, the kingdom of God is in the midst of you.” _
Matthew 13:31-33
\n_31 He put another parable before them, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.”
\n33 He told them another parable. “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened.” _
2 Timothy 3:16
\n_16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, _
Abraham Kuyper
\n_“There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, Mine!” _
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\nPreacher: Miguel Medina
\n•
\n**Suffering Breeds Servanthood
R. Kent Hughes “ACTS - The Church Afire”
\n“Paul was mature in Christ but was still being shaped through trials. We are often objective-oriented but God is process-oriented. We just want to get to Rome, but God is even more interested in how we get there.”
Charles Haddon Spurgeon
\n“There is no attribute more comforting to His children than that of God’s sovereignty. Under the most adverse circumstances, in the most severe trials, they believe that Sovereignty has ordained their afflictions, that Sovereignty overrules them, and that Sovereignty will sanctify them.”
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\nPreacher: Mark Schledorn
\n•
\n**1. What is Paul’s goal?
Reasonable proof
\n\n1. What is Paul’s goal?
\nTo share the Gospel with everyone with whom he comes into contact.
2. How does Paul achieve that goal?
\nBy identifying with the lost and appealing to their reason.
3. From where does he get the power to achieve his goal?
\nFrom the knowledge that he forgiven, accepted and adopted into Christ. He knows to whom he belongs.
Acts 26:6-7
\n“I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, to which the twelve tribes hope to attain, as they earnestly worship night and day. And for this hope I am accused by the Jews, O king! Why is it thought incredible by any of you that God raises the dead?”
Ephesians 2:1-7
\n“And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.”
Romans 7:7-11
\n“If it had not been for the law, I would not have known sin. For I would not have known what it is to covet if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.” But sin, seizing an opportunity through the commandment, produced in me all kinds of covetousness.
\nFor apart from the law, sin lies dead. I was once alive apart from the law, but when the commandment came, sin came alive and I died. The very commandment that promised life proved to be death tome. 11 For sin, tseizing an opportunity through the commandment, deceived me and through it killed me.”
Acts 26:29
\n“Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am — except for these chains.”
C.S. Lewis, “The Weight of Glory”
\n“The sense that in this universe we are treated as strangers, the longing to be acknowledged, to meet with some response, to bridge some chasm that yawns between us and reality, is part of our inconsolable secret. And surely, from this point of view, the promise of glory, in the sense described, becomes highly relevant to our deep desire. For glory means good report with God, acceptance by God, response, acknowledgment, and welcome into the heart of things. The door on which we have been knocking all our lives will open at last.”
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\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\n•
\nI. Paul before the Council/Sanhedrin 22:30-23:11
\nII. The Lord reveals himself to Paul again 23:11
\nIII. A Plot to Kill Paul and God’s Rescue 23:12-35
\nIV. Paul and the Governors 24:1-25:12
\nV. Application
\n A. Compelling Story But how does it Apply to Me?
\n B. God is Sovereign and in Control
\n C. As We Proclaim the Truth of God’s Word We WILL Experience Trials
\n D. Be Glad and Rejoice
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”
2 Corinthians 11:23-28
\nAre they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death. Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And, apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxiety for all the churches.
Philippians 2:14-18
\nDo all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life, so that in the day of Christ I may be proud that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Likewise you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
Tony Merida Exalting Jesus in Acts
\n“The names of God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit aren’t mentioned in these verses—it’s a notable absence that reminds me of the book of Esther. In that book, too, the name of God is missing, but his fingerprints are everywhere within the story. God works in various ways to accomplish his purposes, even when we can’t see him. In this passage the same Lord who promised that Paul would get to Rome works through people and circumstances to accomplish his agenda. We sometimes think God isn’t working when we don’t see visible signs of his sovereignty. But never mistake the lack of the spectacular for the inactivity of God. His quiet, invisible hand is always at work.”
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\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\n•
\nActs 21:37 - 22:29 Pauls Identity as a Witness to the Gospel
\nWe are witnesses who both observe and proclaim.
\nActs 1:8
Paul uses his identity as a Jew to create an avenue to proclaim his identity as a Witness
\n\nPaul Confirms his Identity as a Witness of Jesus
\nLike many other cases in the Gospels and Acts the healing from the blindness was the proof of the spiritual healing
\nMatthew 9:4-8
Paul is Given the Will, Voice and A Sight of the Righteous One
\nColossians 1:13-14
\n1 Timothy 1:12-17
Paul Embraces the Call to Proclaim the Gospel of Jesus
\nRomans 9:30-10:4
\nI often ask why I do not proclaim Christ with this same conviction?
\nIt is because I do not believe the Gospel that I am sharing.
Paul did not deny his identity but leveraged them for the telling of the Gospel.
\nJew of Jews / Greek / Educated / Roman
\nAll of these were used so that he would be able to Proclaim the Gospel.
\nWitness was his greatest Identity.
\nGalatians 2:20
What identities do we have that we, like Paul, can leverage for the Gospel?
\nSome examples could be:
\n-Education
\n-Nationality
\n-Economic Status
\n-Race
\n-Job Title/Position
\n-Heritage
\n-Neighborhood
\n-Stage of Life
Have any of these titles taken a priority over my identity as a Witness to Jesus Christ?
\n\nIn my life, have I let my identity as dominate my identity as Christian.
\n\nAll of these are good identities but they serve my greatest and eternal identity.
\n\nIf the Bible is true then these other identities will pass away and forever we will continue to be witnesses to Jesus and his Glory and Majesty.
\nRevelation 4:9-14
This was Paul’s greatest identity and it is the greatest identity we have.
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\nPreacher: Joel Fair
\n•
\nQuestion #1 What is the title of our series through Acts?
\nWITNESSES
\nQuestion #2 What were the apostles in the book of Acts?
\nWITNESSES
\nQuestion #3 What are we called to be in the world today?
\nWITNESSES
\nQuestion #4 Whose gospel are we called to be a witness to?
\nJESUS
Acts 1:8
\nMatthew 28:18-20
Five things to look at in the passage that Paul is revealing in his missionary life and his address to the elders at Ephesus
\nRemember the Encouragement Paul gave
\nRemember the Example Paul Set
\nRemember the Gospel He Preached
\nProtect the Flock
\nDo it all in Relationship
I. Paul’s Encouragement - Vs 1-12
\nA. Vs 1 - After encouraging them
\nB. Vs 2 - Given them much encouragement
\nC. Vs 7-11 - The sovereignty of God to save and resurrect (Same sovereignty throughout all of Acts to both give and take life)
\n 1. Remember Peter raising Dorcas from the dead in Acts 9
\n 2. Ananias & Sapphira were killed in Acts 5
\n 3. Even the air we breathe is a gift we think we are entitled to
\nD. vs 12 - Not a little comforted
\nE. Vs 13 - 16 Pauls travels from Troas to Miletus
II. You have seen the life I have lived because of the Gospel - Vs 18 - 20 & 33 - 35
\nA. Consistent
\n 1. Spent three years with them in Ephesus
\n 2. From the first day
\nB. Serving
\nC. Humble
\nD. Bold
\nE. Not coveting but content
\n 1. 2 Corinthians 12:9&10
\nF. Laboring
\nG. Working Hard
\n 1. 1 Thessalonians 2:9-10
\nH. Helping the Weak
\nI. Giving, Not Receiving
III. You have heard the Gospel (Repentance & Faith) I have proclaimed - Vs 21 - 27 & 32
\nA. Repentance toward God
\nB. Faith in our Lord Jesus Christ
\n 1. Ephesians 2:1-10
\nC. Testified to by the Holy Spirit
\nD. Gospel of the Grace of God
\nE. Proclaiming the Kingdom
\nF. Boldly declaring the Whole Counsel of God
\nG. Word of the Grace of God
\nH. Inheritance of those who are Sanctified
\n 1. Ephesians 1:13-14
IV. Pay attention & Be alert - Vs 28 - 30
\nA. Pay careful attention to yourselves
\nB. Pay careful attention to the flock
\nC. Care for the Precious Church of God - Purchased by His Blood
\nD. Protect from Fierce Wolves
\nE. Twisted Things drawing away from the Gospel
\n 1. How can good things become twisted things?
\n a) Partial Truth - NOT the whole counsel of God
\n b) Wrong motivation
\n (1) Revelation 2:2-5
V. All of this is given in the context of relationship - Vs 17 & 36 - 38
\nA. Called and They Came
\nB. Praying Together
\nC. Weeping Together
\nD. Showing Great Affection
\nE. Sorrow in the Sending & Leaving
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n•
\n1. THE DISCIPLES OF JOHN THE BAPTIST
\nWhat the passage tells us:
\n• The Effectiveness of John the Baptist’s ministry
\n• Necessity that Jesus is the Christ.
\n• Relationship between the Holy Spirit and faith in JESUS as the Christ.
\nThe passage raises a few questions:
\n• What is the difference between the baptism of John and the Baptism of Jesus?
\n• What is the relationship between the timing of these disciples’ belief, their baptism and the Holy Spirit coming on them?
\n• Is the Holy Spirit coming on them in this way something that should always happen when a person believes?
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE RIOT
\n\n3. NO LITTLE DISTURBANCE
\n• This line of business of ours will come into disrepute
\n• The temple of the great goddess Artemis will be regarded as nothing
\n• Artemis is about to be brought down from her grandeur
4. GREAT IS ARTEMIS OF THE EPHESIANS
\n5. PAUL WISHED TO GO
\n6. THE TOWN CLERK
\n7. THE GOSPEL CONFRONTS CULTURE
Are there any teachings in the scriptures that you need to allow to interrupt and confront the normal flow of your life?
\n\nDavid Peterson (Pillar)
\nThese colleagues acted with a measure of independence, standing in for Paul in some contexts, so that, ‘for all his heroic stature in Acts, Paul does not stand alone’. Once more, an implicit ecclesiology[that is, teaching about the church] is indicated by Luke.
Pillar - David Peterson
\nChristianity had the potential to change the culture of the city, but would it succeed?
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n•
\n**1. PRISCILLA AND AQUILA
1 Corinthians 3:6
\nI, [Paul], planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.
Romans 16:3
\nGreet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus
1 Corinthians 16:19
\nThe churches of Asia send you greetings. Aquila and Prisca, together with the church in their house, send you hearty greetings in the Lord.
2 Timothy 4:19
\nGreet Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
Skye Jethani, wrote an article entitled “Mission and Recession”
\n1) It would mean helping people to see the missional dignity of ordinary work; communicating that their jobs matter to Christ and his kingdom, not just what happens within the walls of the church.
2) It would mean elevating the role of family and household relationships as vehicles for spiritual growth and missional engagement.
\n\n3) It would mean not extracting people from their lives and communities to engage in church programming, but equipping them to live in communion with Christ within the context he has placed them.
\n\n4) It would shift the focus of Sunday worship away from mission and outreach to a time of celebration and encouragement for Christians who are engaged in mission the other six days of the week.
\n\n5) It would mean an adjustment in what the church counts as growth-not only institutional expansion or programmatic growth, but stories of ordinary people, faithful to Christ, at home, at work, at school and everywhere life happens.
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\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n•
\n**v16-21 - A CITY FULL OF IDOLS
\nv22-28 - YOU ARE VERY RELIGIOUS
Colossians 1:15–16
\nHe is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.
Kent Hughes
\nThe Epicureans believed that everything happens by chance, and death is the end—extinction with no afterlife. They believed there are gods, but those gods have nothing to do with the world. They were practical agnostics who believed pleasure is the chief end of man and that a simple lifestyle is the most pleasurable. The Stoics were pantheists, believing that everything is god and that whatever happened to them was their destiny. Consequently, they sought to live with apathy and detachment—fatalistic resignation. Together, these two philosophies represented the popular pagan alternatives for dealing with the plight of humanity apart from Christ. Epicureanism? Simple lifestyle. Stoicism? Apathy.
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\nTHE STORY
\nTHE GOSPEL
\nTHE NOBILITY
They received the word with eagerness
\nThey examined the scriptures daily
\nThey believed
Colossians 2:8
\nSee to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
John 3:16
\nFor God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son …
1 Corinthians 15:17–19
\nAnd if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied.
Mark 16:6
\nAt the tomb they found an angel who said: Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here.
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\n**1. THEY WENT TO THE TOMB
The resurrection is not about a better way to live until we die.
\nThe resurrection is about the promise that though we will die, yet we will live.
Tim Keller
\nA faith without some doubts is like a human body without any antibodies in it. People who blithely go through life too busy or indifferent to ask hard questions about why they believe as they do will find themselves defenseless against either the experience of tragedy or the probing questions of a smart skeptic. A person’s faith can collapse almost overnight if she has failed over the years to listen patiently to her own doubts, which should only be discarded after long reflection.
Kent Hughes
\nAll Resurrection-denying churches look for Jesus “among the dead.” They love the example of the dead Jesus. They preach his courage, his conviction, even his faith. Sentimentality fills their sermons with language about recurrent spring making hope eternal, about a butterfly discarding its chrysalis. But the R word is never used, except metaphorically.
J. C. Ryle
\nThe first preachers were men who were convinced in spite of themselves and in spite of a determined, obstinate unwillingness to believe.
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\nMatthew 9:5–6
\nFor which is easier, to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he then said to the paralytic—“Rise, pick up your bed and go home.”
Psalm 85:10
\nSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;
righteousness and peace kiss each other.
A. W. Pink
\n“Who can forgive sins but God only?” (Mark 2:7). But you say, Christ was God. Truly; but man also—the God-man. He was the Son of God that had become the Son of Man with the express purpose of offering himself as a sacrifice for sin. And when the Lord Jesus cried “Father, forgive them” he was on the cross, and there he might not exercise his divine prerogatives. …
Hence it was that hanging there as our representative, he was no longer in the place of authority where he might exercise his own divine prerogatives, therefore takes he the position of a suppliant before the Father.
A. W. Pink:
\nWhat is the ground on which a Holy God will forgive sins? And here it is important to remark that there is a vital difference between divine forgiveness and much of human forgiveness. As a general rule human forgiveness is a matter of leniency, often of laxity. We mean forgiveness is shown at the expense of justice and righteousness. In a human court of law, the judge has to choose between two alternatives: when the one in the dock has been proven guilty, the judge must either enforce the penalty of the law, or he must disregard the requirements of the law—the one is justice, the other is mercy. The only possible way by which the judge can both enforce the requirements of the law and yet show mercy to its offender, is by a third party offering to suffer in his own person the penalty which the convicted one deserves. Thus it was in the divine counsels. God would not exercise mercy at the expense of justice. God, as the judge of all the earth, would not set aside the demands of his holy law. Yet, God would show mercy. How? Through one making full satisfaction to his outraged law. Through his own Son taking the place of all those who believe on him and bearing their sins in his own body on the tree. God could be just and yet merciful, merciful and yet just. Thus it is that “grace reigns through righteousness.”
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\n**1. THE SECOND MISSIONARY JOURNEY
Philippians 4:4–7
\nRejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 1:8
\nTherefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God
2 Timothy 1:12
\n… But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed
Philippians 1:3–5
\nI thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
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Ephesians 2:19–22
\nSo then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.
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\n**THE MIRACLE & THE MESSAGE
BLASPHEMY
\n\nZEAL FOR GLORY: Paul and Barnabas’ Reaction
\nCONFRONTING THE CULTURE**
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses
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To summarize Paul’s preaching of the gospel:
\n\nHebrews 3:7–8
\nToday, if you hear his voice,
\ndo not harden your hearts as in the rebellion,
\non the day of testing in the wilderness,
Acts 2:23
\nthis Jesus, delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God, you crucified and killed
Apostles’ Creed
\nI believe in Jesus Christ, God's only Son, our Lord,
\nwho was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
\nborn of the Virgin Mary,
\nsuffered under Pontius Pilate,
\nwas crucified, died, and was buried;
\nhe descended to the dead.
\nOn the third day he rose again;
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Acts 14:26–28
\n[They returned to Antioch], where they had been commended to the grace of God for the work that they had fulfilled. And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done with them, and how he had opened a door of faith to the Gentiles. And they remained no little time with the disciples.
Acts 9:15
\nhe is a chosen instrument of mine to carry my name before the Gentiles and kings and the children of Israel.
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
John Calvin
\nThe question of building the kingdom of Christ among the Gentiles was such an important matter that the teachers of Antioch had good reason to ask God earnestly to make them equal to the task.
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Ephesians 3:6
\nThis mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
Acts 10:28
\nYou yourselves know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with or to visit anyone of another nation, but God has shown me that I should not call any person common or unclean.
Ephesians 2:14 says that Jesus …
\n… came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near.
Isaiah 55:6–7
\nSeek the LORD while he may be found;
\ncall upon him while he is near;
\nlet the wicked forsake his way,
\nand the unrighteous man his thoughts;
\nlet him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
\nand to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Galatians 3:2
\nLet me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?
Pillar Commentary
\nHowever, the challenge remains in every local context to express the reality of that fellowship by abandoning every form of prejudice, and adopting habits such as sharing food and hospitality, which practically demonstrate the unity which the NT proclaims.
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Mark 2:9–11
\nWhich is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
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Galatians 1:15–17
\nBut when he who had set me apart before I was born, and who called me by his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son to me, in order that I might preach him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with anyone; nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me, but I went away into Arabia, and returned again to Damascus.
Galatians 1:11–12
\nFor I would have you know, brothers, that the gospel that was preached by me is not man’s gospel. For I did not receive it from any man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:3–6
\nI thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
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R. C. Sproul:
\nThe theme of Acts is this: the church’s obedience to Christ’s commission and commandment to be His witnesses as the ascended King, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
Titus 2:11
\nFor the grace of God has appeared …
Acts 8:3
\n… Saul was ravaging the church, and entering house after house, he dragged off men and women and committed them to prison.
Acts 26:16-18
\n_But rise and stand upon your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things in which you have seen me and to those in which I will appear to you, delivering you from your people and from the Gentiles—to whom I am sending you to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’ _
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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Our confidence is not in our ethnicity or nationality, social standing or circumstances.
\nOur confidence is not in our obedience.
\nOur confidence is in the grace of God and our hope of eternal life.
Romans 1:16:
\nThis is one of the most precious of verses about salvation
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Matthew 11:11
\nTruly, I say to you, among those born of women there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Isaiah 49:6
\nI will make you as a light for the nations,
\nthat my salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”
Acts 14:16–17
\nIn past generations he allowed all the nations to walk in their own ways. Yet he did not leave himself without witness, for he did good by giving you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, satisfying your hearts with food and gladness.
John 1:14,16
\nAnd the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. … For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
Romans 5:9
\nSince, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God.
Romans 5:10
\nFor if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.
Titus 3:4–7
\nBut when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Romans 1:16
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.
Thomas Manton
\nbut here is not only a ransom and deliverance, but an inheritance, an exaltation.
Leon Morris
\nwhen sinners could do nothing to escape the results of their evil deeds, God took action to deliver them.
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Psalm 65
\n\nHebrews 12:12
\nTherefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.
Luke 7:22
\nAnd he answered them, “Go and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good news preached to them.
Philippians 1:6
\nAnd I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
Robert Webber
\nUnfortunately, we frequently fail to see what Isaiah saw. We allow the goals, ambitions, and everyday responsibilities of life to be so central to our thoughts that we fail to shut down and center on the Holy One, the Creator, the one who is high and lifted up above all that is.
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Revelation 22:16
\nI, Jesus, have sent my angel to testify to you about these things for the churches. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star.
John 7:24
\nDo not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.
Psalm 85:8–13
\n_Let me hear what God the Lord will speak,
\nfor he will speak peace to his people, to his saints;
\nbut let them not turn back to folly.
\nSurely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
\nthat glory may dwell in our land.
\nSteadfast love and faithfulness meet;
\nrighteousness and peace kiss each other.
\nFaithfulness springs up from the ground,
\nand righteousness looks down from the sky.
\nYes, the Lord will give what is good,
\nand our land will yield its increase.
\nRighteousness will go before him
\nand make his footsteps a way.
Miguel Medina
\nI am both provoked and encouraged hearing that you will judge with equity.
Miguel Medina
\nWe will rejoice in the work of your Son and in the truth of your judgements.
Ray Ortlund
\nThe kingdom is established; the flag is flying. It will never fall, but it is opposed. Our part is to stay true.
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CRADLE | Sentimentalized
\nCROSS | Trivialized
\nCROWN | Forgotten
Isaiah 1:11–12
\nWhat to me is the multitude of your sacrifices?
\nsays the LORD;
\nI have had enough of burnt offerings of rams
\nand the fat of well-fed beasts;
\nI do not delight in the blood of bulls,
\nor of lambs, or of goats.
\nWhen you come to appear before me,
\nwho has required of you
\nthis trampling of my courts?
Isaiah 1:16–17
\nWash yourselves; make yourselves clean;
\nremove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes;
\ncease to do evil, learn to do good;
\nseek justice, correct oppression;
\nbring justice to the fatherless,
\nplead the widow’s cause.
Isaiah 1:18
\nCome now, let us reason together, says the LORD:
\nthough your sins are like scarlet,
\nthey shall be as white as snow;
\nthough they are red like crimson,
\nthey shall become like wool.
2 Chronicles 26:15
\nAnd his fame spread far, for he was marvelously helped, till he was strong.
2 Chronicles 26:16
\nBut when he was strong, he grew proud, to his destruction.
Robert Webber
\nUnfortunately, we frequently fail to see what Isaiah saw. We allow the goals, ambitions, and everyday responsibilities of life to be so central to our thoughts that we fail to shut down and center on the Holy One, the Creator, the one who is high and lifted up above all that is. Isaiah saw above the details of his own life and the issues of his nation. By faith he went to the very heart of human existence itself. Like Isaiah we need to get beyond the form of our worship. We need to experience the presence of the one who stands over us to judge us, heal us, and restore us to life.
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The Holy Spirit sends.
\nThe church preaches.
\nThe nations hear.
\nAnd out from among the nations, a redeemed people believe.
John 16:13 says
\nWhen the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth …
Romans 10:14–15
\nHow then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
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Acts 1:8
\n_But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” _
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1 Peter | God is not preparing this generation to be successful or affluent, but to endure; and to endure in such a way that we proclaim and take hold of the excellencies of Christ.
\n\nThe WORD, that is the gospel about Jesus the Christ, is the ever present character that runs like a thread through the fabric of the establishment and spread of the church.
\n\nWhat if generosity,
\ntoward one another,
\ntoward our community,
\ntoward the mission of the church,
\nand among the missionaries of the world,
\n a. … becomes a means by which God would
\n remove the deceitfulness of riches from us
\n b. … that we would be prepared and
\n engaged in the proclamation of the
\n excellencies of Christ no matter where w
\n are scattered.
Acts 7:58
\nThen they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Acts 7:54
\nNow when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
Acts 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Acts 2:41
\nSo those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.
Acts 4:4
\nBut many of those who had heard the word believed, and the number of the men came to about five thousand.
Acts 4:29
\nAnd now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to speak your word with all boldness …
Acts 6:4
\nBut we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.
Acts 6:7
\n_And the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem _
Genesis 12:2–3
\nAnd I will make of you a great nation, and I will bless you and make your name great, so that you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.
Mark 4:19
\n… but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful.
\nPreacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
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Pillar, Peterson
\nMost importantly, however, the present context suggests that, if decisive action had not been taken to deal with the social issue disturbing the church, ‘growth’ of the word may not have continued.
Steve Timmis
\nI think success [in ministry] is … seeing the Word of God taken by the Spirit of God in the lives of the people of God and just changing them, making them more like Christ, and [non-believers] being attracted by the kind of corporate life [of the church] and seeing the Gospel as the only explanation for what is going on and them responding in repentance and faith.
1 Corinthians 13:1
\nIf I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
What wisdom the disciples had on this day to maintain the centrality of the ministry of the word, while also maintaining the integrity of that ministry by seeing to its necessary implications.
\n\nJames 1:22:
\n_But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. _
James 1:27:
\nReligion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained from the world.
Acts 6:7
\nAnd the word of God continued to increase, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests became obedient to the faith.
Pillar, Peterson
\n… the church which is the creature of the word grew.
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\nv12–16 - THE MISSION OF THE CHURCH IS A MESSAGE
\nv17-21 - THIS MESSAGE IS ENTRUSTED BY GOD
\nv21b-32 - THE COMMAND TO PREACH THIS MESSAGE SUPERSEDES EVERY OTHER AUTHORITY
\nv30-32 - THE MESSAGE WHICH THE WITNESSES PROCLAIM
When the Spirit’s wind blew, the apostles’ proclamation of the death and resurrection of Jesus became the abundant and substantial fuel source such that the fire is still burning in our hearts and in our community to this day!
\n\nI look at the church and I wonder if our greater problem, even in the present cultural moment, is not external authorities, but internal priorities.
\n\nActs 1:8
\nBut you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
1 Thessalonians 2:2–4
\nBut though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.
Acts 3:13–15
\nThe God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus, whom you delivered over and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had decided to release him. But you denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and you killed the Author of life, whom God raised from the dead. To this we are witnesses.
Calvin Christian School in Coalhurst, Alberta
\nIf it comes down to a choice between Minister Eggen who says I cannot use the words male and female in my policy, or Jesus Christ who said from the beginning of creation, he made them male and female. If we need to line up with Minister Eggen or with Jesus Christ, the choice is very clear.
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I wonder, how many here squirm a bit at this story, not because of the shocking death of Ananias and Sapphira, but because you identify with their pretension?
\n\nThe legalist always looks at religion as transactional.
\n\nBecause the legalist believes he can perform his way into the kingdom in his pride he begins to believe he can also pretend his way into the kingdom.
\n\nThe legalistic hypocrite spends his day testing his heart against his own thoughts about himself and his perception of what others think of him.
\n\nJoshua 7:21
\nwhen I [Achan] saw among the spoil a beautiful cloak from Shinar, and 200 shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing 50 shekels, then I coveted them and took them. And see, they are hidden in the earth inside my tent, with the silver underneath.
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To be saved under the name of Jesus is to abandon all other names and every other hope.
\n\nJohn 15:18-20
\nIf the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you: ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you.
Matthew 10:19–20, 22
\nWhen they deliver you over, do not be anxious how you are to speak or what you are to say, for what you are to say will be given to you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you. … you will be hated by all for my name’s sake.
Psalm 118:22–24
\nThe stone that the builders rejected
\nhas become the cornerstone.
\nThis is the LORD’s doing;
\nit is marvelous in our eyes.
\nThis is the day that the LORD has made;
\nlet us rejoice and be glad in it.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nLuke is reinforcing a vivid point that he has been making since the beginning of this book:
\n\nThe apostles teaching didn’t originate with the apostles.
\nThe power and authority of the apostles’
\npreaching doesn’t reside in the apostles
\nthemselves, but in the Holy Spirit, who alone
\nbrings forgiveness and salvation.
Psalm 36:7–9
\nHow precious is your steadfast love, O God!
\nThe children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
\nThey feast on the abundance of your house,
\nand you give them drink from the river of your delights.
\nFor with you is the fountain of life;
\nin your light do we see light.
Mark 2:3-11
\nAnd they came, bringing to [Jesus] a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him, and when they had made an opening, they let down the bed on which the paralytic lay. And when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.” Now some of the scribes were sitting there, questioning in their hearts, “Why does this man speak like that? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?” And immediately Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they thus questioned within themselves, said to them, “Why do you question these things in your hearts? Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Rise, take up your bed and walk’? But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins”—he said to the paralytic—“I say to you, rise, pick up your bed, and go home.”
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nWhat is the result of this most amazing manifestation of the Holy Spirit of God?
\n 1. A clear, reasoned, biblical, impassioned declaration of Jesus and a call to repentance and faith.
Numbers 11:29
\nBut Moses said to him, “Would that all the LORD’s people were prophets, that the LORD would put his Spirit on them!”
1 Corinthians 12:13
\nFor in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.
Luke 1:3–4
\nit seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
R. C. Sproul
\n[Peter] did not ask people to circumvent their intelligence, because the gospel that moves the heart gets to the heart through the mind.
R. C. Sproul
\nThat is my dream—a laity empowered by God, one that is not satisfied with hiring professionals to do the work of ministry but will come when their neighbor is in need and pray as priests for their friends.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nMartyn Lloyd-Jones
\nIt seems to me to be simply ludicrous to suggest that such men, without learning, without any influence or authority, without any money behind them, with none of the means of propaganda that we are familiar with today, that such men by their own efforts and abilities could succeed in doing what we read of in the pages of this book. How did it come about? There is only one answer. The world was turned upside-down not because of what they did, but because of what God did to them, in them, and by means of them. And that is the essential message concerning the Christian church—her meaning, her function, her message, her purpose.
Calvin
\nThere is nothing, no matter how full of wonder, that may not be turned into a joke by men and women who are indifferent to God.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
\nAny notion that Christianity is mainly the result of something that we do is always completely, fatally wrong.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n**1. THE LORD SENDS AND THEY GO
\n\n2 Timothy 3:16
\nAll Scripture is breathed out by God
R. C. Sproul
\nThe theme of Acts is this: the church’s obedience to Christ’s commission and commandment to be His witnesses as the ascended King, the King of kings and the Lord of lords.
John Calvin
\n… certainly if we are to call God our Father, it is essential that we should be brothers and agree together as brothers.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\n**1. JESUS: RISEN (v1-3)
\n\nThe purpose of the distinction between baptism with water and baptism with the Holy Spirit is to be careful to distinguish the external sign (administered by a mere human using earthly means) with the inward result of salvation (administered by Jesus, the Redeemer, using Spiritual means)
\n\nLuke 1:1–4 ESV
\nInasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.
Hebrews 8:1–2 ESV
\nNow the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places, in the true tent that the Lord set up, not man.
Matthew 3:11 John the Baptist says …
\nI baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
R. C. Sproul:
\nThe theme of Acts is this: the church’s obedience to Christ’s commission and commandment to be His witnesses as the ascended King, the King of kings and the Lord of lords. If you wonder why the first-century church turned the world upside down and why we do not, it is because they preached the kingdom of God, and we do not.
John Calvin summarizes:
\nChrist spoke chiefly about the corruption of human nature, the tyranny of sin—whose slaves we are, the curse and judgment of eternal death—to which we are all bound, the receiving of salvation, the forgiveness of sins, self-denial, spiritual righteousness, the hope of eternal life, and so on. If we wish to be taught the Christian faith and understand it correctly, we must apply ourselves to these things.
John Calvin
\nIt was appropriate that the apostles should be the first to get in the habit of obedience, for they were soon to lay Christ’s yoke upon the neck of the world.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nWe are saved by a God that is greater than ourselves into a church that is greater than ourselves.
\n\nJohn 15:9–11
\nAs the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things I have spoken to you, that my joy may be in you, and that your joy may be full.
John 15:12–13
\nThis is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.
Philippians 3:8
\nIndeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord.
John 15:26–27
\nBut when the Helper [the Holy Spirit] comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
Tim Chester and Steve Timmis in Total Church
\nAn identity that I construct for myself is far removed from an identity I received by grace. Churches are full of people trying to earn their identity or prove their worth. As a result we lack assurance and contentment or put others down to bolster our own self-perception or are dependent on the approval of others or are self-righteous or vulnerable to any circumstance that prevents us from fulfilling our ministry. But the key defining relationship for Christians is our relationship with God. Who am I? I'm a child of God, the bride of his son, the dwelling place of his Spirit. And this identity is given to me by grace.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nIt is only as we grow with Christ as our head that our growth is a growth that is from God.
\n\nWe want to do all that we do in such a particular way that if there is any growth, if there is any increase, if there is any fruitfulness in our midst, it is obvious that it is the Lord who has done this so that the Lord would be marvelous in our eyes and in the eyes of our community.
\n\nWe pay attention to not only whether or not we get our gospel proclamation right, but also whether or not we get our gospel practice right.
\n\n1 Peter 5:4
\nAnd when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
Ephesians 1:22–23
\nAnd he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
Colossians 2:18–19
\nLet no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels, going on in detail about visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
James 1:14–15
\nBut each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.
Romans 1:16
\nFor I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God the salvation to everyone who believes.
Matthew 28:19–20
\nGo therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Francis Schaeffer - No Little People
\nThere is no source of power for God's people–for preaching or teaching or anything else–except Christ Himself. Apart from Christ, anything which seems to be spiritual power is actually the power of the flesh.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nDeuteronomy 6:6–7
\nAnd these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
1 Corinthians 15:3–4
\nFor I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures,
Colossians 3:16
\nLet the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
Tim Chester - Meal with Jesus
\nChrist doesn’t begin with a resurrection pronouncement. He begins with a question: “What is this conversation that you are holding with each other as you walk? . . .” (Luke 24:17). He gives them space to tell their story, to share their pain, to speak their disappointment. Luke captures the drama of it: “And they stood still, looking sad”.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nLuke 14:24
\nFor I tell you, none of those men who were invited shall taste my banquet.
Proverbs 25:6–7
\nDo not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great, for it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.
Revelation 19:9
\nBlessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb.
C. S. Lewis
\nIt would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about … like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
ETrade Commercial
\nThere they are. Your neighbors. You like them. They always remember everyone’s names. Your kids love swimming in their pool. You love them. You forget your trucks, they’ll loan you some. They have a section in their stock portolio just for pool stuff. Everyone likes them. You like them. But you’d like them better if you made more money than they do. Don’t get mad at your well-loved neighbors. Get e-trade.
Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
\n\nTim Chester - A Meal with Jesus
\nProstitution, if that was her business, is a commercial parody of hospitality.
Kent Hughes
\nConsider her hair. It was her womanly glory, but she loosed it to wipe the Savior’s feet. Her comeliness was devoted to Jesus’ glory.
Luke 1:46-48
\nMy soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, for he has looked on the humble estate of his servant. For behold, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
What a glorious community of faith: Mary, the mother of Jesus, and this woman of the city.
\n\nIt is a story about costly grace before it is a story of thanksgiving and love.
\n\nThe first test for the assurance of faith is whether or not you actually love the Jesus who is not afraid to call you a sinner, and who is also sure to forgive you of that very sin.
\n\n1 John 4:19–21
\nWe love because he first loved us. If anyone says, “I love God,” and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen. And this commandment we have from him: whoever loves God must also love his brother.
Come Though Fount
\nCome Thou Fount of every blessing
\nTune my heart to sing Thy grace;
\nStreams of mercy, never ceasing,
\nCall for songs of loudest praise.
Oh, to grace how great a debtor,
\nDaily I'm constrained to be!
\nLet Thy goodness, like a fetter,
\nBind my wand'ring heart to Thee.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
\nChristian community is not an ideal we have to realize, but rather a reality created by God in Christ in which we may participate. … we enter into that life together with other Christians, not as those who make demands, but as those who thankfully receive …. We do not complain about what God does not give us; rather we are thankful for what God does give us daily.
Tim Chester - A Meal with Jesus
\nOur meals express our doctrine of justification. It’s possible to articulate an orthodox theology of justification by faith, but communicate through your meals a doctrine of justification by works.
Preacher: Bill Dumphy
\n\nWhat are the implications of grace turning everything upside down?
\n\nWhat are the implications of grace turning everything upside down?
\n\n1 Corinthians 10:31
\nSo, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
The end of salvation is “reclining at table” with God (Luke 13:29).
\n\nSoma Music - King of the Ball
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\n
\nAll creation, man and beast.
\nAt the center of it all,
\nsits the king of the ball.
\nPlay the trumpets and melodies.
\nBang the drums and your tamborines.
\nBreak the bread and pour the wine.
\nDrink it in and have a good time.
\nOh what a party. Oh what a feast.
\nA beautiful circus of crazies and freaks