The Promises Through Abraham
We ought to be gratefully reassured by the impeccable promises of God which have guaranteed us a future salvation through the work of the Jewish Messiah.
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Full-length sermons by Pastor Mike Fabarez.
And Our Champions
Acts 6:8-15
A godly fear of the Lord will prompt us to sincerely love and highly esteem his fruitful servants who courageously set an example of fighting for truth.
And Our Needs
Acts 6:1-7
We must fear the Lord as our omnipotent Provider who will graciously meet all our needs to accomplish all he requires.
Christmas Courage
Matthew 8:23-27
Because our Leader – the incarnate Christ – is sovereign and omnipotent we can traverse any crisis with calm and courage no matter how difficult the circumstances may get.
And Our Suffering
Acts 5:33-42
Being faithful and obedient to Christ in a fallen culture will always come with painful consequences for which we should be prepared and be willing to gladly endure for Christ’s sake.
And Our Government
Acts 5:17-32
When our governing authorities actively oppose the work of the Church, Christians must remember that for the good of all we must fear God and be loyal to the King of kings.
And Our Leaders
Acts 5:12-16
Like the early church and the Apostles, today’s Christians ought to sincerely love and highly esteem their church leaders who are gifted, called, trained, and qualified to lead them and their churches into greater fruitfulness.
And Our Behavior
Acts 5:1-11
We must take sin seriously, longing to please our Redeemer and fearing his discipline as we focus on our mission, doing nothing to detract from its effectiveness.
Enjoying God’s Growing Family
Acts 4:32-37
When the church is functioning as it ought, it serves as a strengthening and emboldening oasis for us as we venture out each day to point people to Christ in our anti-Christian culture.
Comparing Our Fruit Bearing
Galatians 5:26
We must be careful to never allow our quest to bear the fruit of the Spirit to become a prideful or competitive endeavor.
The Fruit Producing Relationship
Galatians 5:25
Because God’s Spirit has graciously done so much to redeem us, save us, and give us new life, we ought to certainly give our all to know him, love him, and wholeheartedly follow his instructions for our lives.
Zeroing in on the Battle to Bear Fruit
Galatians 5:24
Bearing the fruit of the Spirit is a battle that only results in real progressive victory over the desires of the flesh by those who are regenerate and actively reinforce and apply their repentance each day.
Fruit of the Spirit: Self-Control
Galatians 5:22-23
Getting our fallen physical and moral impulses to yield to our spiritual desires is never easy, but it is something that God’s Spirit has promised to enable us to do with increasing success as we pray for it and fight for it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Gentleness
Galatians 5:22-23
By God’s power our bold, courageous, and sometimes indignant resolve to do right must be thoughtfully governed by a humble, constructive, and Christlike propriety, regardless of the provocations from our sinful world.
Fruit of the Spirit: Faithfulness
Galatians 5:22-23
God is perfectly reliable, consistent, and faithful in all his words and actions – a virtuous pattern that his Spirit has promised to produce in us as we understand it and purpose to reflect it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Goodness
Galatians 5:22-23
God will change our core desires to enable us to persistently seek after what is good, as we call out for a new heart and continue to resolve to do what is good.
Fruit of the Spirit: Kindness
Galatians 5:22-23
We must learn the definition and application of kindness from an ongoing biblical study of God’s character, in prayerful hope of reflecting that same godly kindness in our relationships.
Fruit of the Spirit: Patience
Galatians 5:22-23
Christians are promised to have the strength to power through all of the daily demands of life as we hope in the faithful promises and perfect timing of our Sovereign God.
Fruit of the Spirit: Peace
Galatians 5:22-23
God wants to provide, produce, and promote peace in the most important arenas of your life, as you diligently seek it, pray for it, and pursue it.
Fruit of the Spirit: Joy
Galatians 5:22-23
God has commanded and will supply what is needed for us to experience and maintain the positive and optimistic virtue he calls joy, regardless of our circumstances.
Fruit of the Spirit: Love
Galatians 5:22-23
The presence and activity of God’s Spirit in our lives is displayed by the increasing expressions of Christlike love, which don’t come easy, but will come, as we understand and cooperate with what God is working to do through us.
Praying for Courage
Acts 4:23-31
We must draw together with other Christians to find strength as we ask our sovereign God to grant us courage and boldness in our evangelism.
Resolved to Keep Speaking
Acts 4:13-22
In view of our divine mandate to take the saving message of the gospel to our generation, we must solemnly resolve to keep speaking up for Christ regardless of the pressure to do otherwise.
Unashamed of God’s One Way
Acts 4:5-12
God has promised and we should expect his Spirit’s strong support in our efforts to promote his Son as the indispensable and exclusive means of the forgiveness of our sins.
Expecting Opposition
Acts 4:1-4
We must keep the prize of Christ’s growing and victorious church in view as we courageously incur any of the adverse consequences of engaging in the good fight of promoting the gospel in our generation.
Declaring the Blessings of Obedience
Acts 3:22-26
As messengers of the gospel we must fully appreciate and clearly communicate, not only the eternal benefits of salvation, but also the present benefits of being a follower of Christ.
Calling for Repentance
Acts 3:17-21
We, like Peter, must proclaim the offer of forgiveness in Christ by calling people to repentance and the hope of a promised future inheritance in God’s coming kingdom.
Telling the Truth
Acts 3:11-16
We must be careful in our evangelism to be painfully honest about the universal problem of human rebellion against God always keeping the focus on Christ and his power and not ourselves.
Proclaiming Christ’s Power
Acts 3:1-10
We must be more attuned to the effects of sin in our world and boldly proclaim the power of a Savior who will not only instantaneously forgive our transgressions, but will one day reverse all the systemic consequences of sin.