Listen to weekly sermons from Immanuel Baptist Church wherever you are. Rooted in Scripture and centered on Christ, our messages are designed to inspire, challenge, and encourage your walk with God.
Main Idea: “Don’t make Jesus out to be a servant of sin!”
1. How misrepresenting the saving work of Christ makes Him out to be a servant of sin.
2. How misrepresenting the holy teaching of Christ makes Him out to be a servant of sin.
Main Idea: “Because Christ suffered, died, rose from the dead, and victoriously ascended into heaven to His Father, we have an eternal hope of salvation to persevere in living for Jesus.”
1. Jesus brings us safely to God
2. Jesus proclaimed His victory
3. Jesus brings His enemies into subjection to Himself
Main Idea: “We’re justified by faith alone in Christ alone, apart from who we are or what we’ve done.”
1. Not our blood, but His.
2. Not our works, but His.
Main Idea: “Beware of walking out of step with the truth of the gospel.”
1. People-pleasing leads us out of step with the truth of the gospel
2. None of us is above walking out of step with the truth of the gospel.
3. When others are walking out of step with the truth of the gospel, confrontation is necessary.
Main Idea: “Don’t turn to another gospel!”
1. How the Galatians were turning to another gospel
2. Reasons we must avoid turning to another gospel
Main Idea: We can have confidence in Christ in the midst of an evil age.
1. We live in an evil age.
2. We can have confidence in Christ in the midst of this evil age.
3. Reasons for confidence in Christ.
Main Idea: In this broken world the righteous learn to trust the sovereign God that protects them.
1. Trust God in chaotic circumstances
2. Trust God in confusing answers
3. Trust God will rescue
Main Idea: In a day of trouble, persevere in fervent prayer and in remembrance of God's might acts.
1. A day of trouble
2. What to do in a day of trouble:
Persevere in prayer.
Persevere in remembrance of God's might acts.
Main Idea: God intends to dwell with His redeemed people in a glory-filled new creation, and this will happen through the obedience of Christ.
1. The obedience of the people
2. The result
3. What this tells us about God's plan for history
4. What this means for us
Main Idea: Listen to Christ because He is the glory-light and in Him God has spoken.
1. Glory-light on the face of Moses: What did it mean?
2. Glory-light in the face of Christ: What does it mean? How do we see it?
Main Idea: God forgives, but always in a manner consistent with His justice.
1. God is abundantly forgiving
2. God is uncompromisingly just
Main Idea: God's presence is more to be desired than His gifts.
1. To have God is to have His favor
2. To have God is to be known
3. To have God is to have rest
4. To have God leads to seeing His glory
Main Idea: “Because we have sinned a great sin like Israel, we too need a mighty intercessor.”
1. Israel's Idolatry (and ours)
2. Aaron's self-justification (and ours)
3. Moses's Intercession (and Christ's)
Main Idea: Christians, you have been called and empowered by the Holy Spirit to assist in temple-buildering.
1. The men called and empowered by God to build his tabernacle
2. Christ, the ultimate Temple-Builder
3. Our calling and empowering as temple-builders
