Pastor's Outlines

    Freedom in Christ- 2   TITLE: Defend Purity, not Perversity TEXT: Galatians 1:6-10 TONE: Rebuke TARGET: Believers TASK: To warn believers of the dangers of deserting from the true Gospel. TEACH: Once during a visit with a church member at their home, an elderly woman gave me some brownies. I ask her if she wanted one, to which she replied that she and her husband were cutting out sweets and they were all for me. With the anticipation of full pleasure, I took a huge bit, immediately I knew something was terribly wrong, my tastebuds went into revolt, my gage reflexes were trying to engage, I was able to maintain complete control. The sweet older lady had accidently used garlic instead of sugar in her brownies. To say the least when you add garlic to brownies it is no longer a treat. In same way when you add anything to the gospel it is no longer the gospel and losses the power to save.   TRUTH: There was a good reason for Paul’s ...

  Freedom in Christ- 1   TITLE: No Other Gospel TEXT: Galatians 1:1-10 TONE: Warning TASK: To warn believers of tampering with the Gospel message. TEACH: There is no other way to board a plane unless you do what the airline requires. You must have a real government issues ID. If it is an international flight, you must have a valid passport. You also must check the visa requirements for entering such country. You must have a ticket, a boarding pass. If you bag is too heavy, then you will need to check it. And then there are all the carry-on regulations. There is only one way to get on that plane and that is obey the rules.   TRUTH: Paul wrote the book of Galatians to the assemblies of Christians scattered around the southern portion of the Roman province of Galatia in order to warn them against the influence of false teachers in their communities. These troublemakers insisted that the Gentile Galatian Christians had to complete their Christian commitmen...

  Olivet Discourse- 7   TITLE: Affections for the End Times TEXT: Matthew 25:31-46 TONE: Encouragement TARGET: Believers TASK: To encourage my hearers to have compassion toward others in light of Christ imminent return and the final judgement. TEACH: All the acts of compassion witnessed by our church in the past few weeks. TRUTH: Over the past two weeks we have dealt with the need to be vigilant concerning the Parousia of Jesus through our study on the ten virgins. Last week we looked at the parable of talents to which we learned the need for diligence concerning the Parousia of Jesus. This morning our texts does not deal primarily with the Parousia of Jesus, but specifically the final judgment. This final section deals with compassion. We are to be vigilant, diligent, and compassionate in our daily living.   Matthew 25:31-46 describes Jesus’ parable of the final judgment where humanity is separated into two groups: the sheep an...