Text: John 4:35 What Did Jesus See? People who were lost People who were interested What Did the People Need? A willing teaching The gospel Are the Fields White for Harvest Today? People are still lost (Romans 3:23) Are people interested? It depends – But we must plant the seed (1 Corinthians 3:6) We must [...]

Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Two Views of the Message – foolishness or the power of God Inherent Conflict between God’s Wisdom & Man’s – due to man’s arrogance People Want Something More – Jews wanted signs, Gentiles wanted wisdom We Must Not Give Them More – the gospel is sufficient God Is Greater than Man [...]

Text: Acts 18:19-19:41 Interest in the Gospel (Acts 18:20; 19:10) Recognition of the Need for a Savior – John’s disciples, waiting for the Savior (Acts 19:1) Honest Hearers – Willing to change when presented with the truth (Acts 18:24-28; 19:1-7) Committed Disciples – Continued with Paul despite the opposition (Acts 19:9) Reasoned Preaching – Paul [...]

The Lord’s Invitation (Matthew 11:28-30) Those Who Help Extend the Invitation (Revelation 22:17) The Spirit – through the word (Ephesians 6:17) The bride, church (1 Thessalonians 1:8) The one who hears, Christians (1 Peter 3:15)

Misunderstanding Grace Leads to Error More sin leads to more grace (Romans 6:1-2) Grace is a license to sin (Jude 4) With the grace-unity movement, grace is the basis for unity What is Grace? God’s gift of salvation (Ephesians 2:8) The gospel is the message of God’s grace (Acts 20:24) Grace is not without works [...]

Text: 2 Corinthians 11:3 Revelation Understandable (Ephesians 3:4) Concise (John 21:25) Complete (Jude 3) Salvation Problem of sin (Isaiah 59:2) God’s grace (Titus 2:11) Our faithful obedience (Romans 5:1; James 2:24) Evangelism Message (2 Timothy 4:2) Individual work (1 Peter 3:15) Collective work (1 Timothy 3:15)

Text: Mark 16:16 We must believe… The Existence of God – Hebrews 11:6 God Will Reward Those Who Seek Him – Hebrews 11:6 The Gospel – Mark 16:15-16 The Lordship of Jesus – Matthew 28:18 Jesus is the Christ – Acts 2:36 Jesus is the Son of God – John 20:31 The Deity of Christ [...]

Several passages in the Bible repeat a phrase to emphasize a thought and to help us remember it. These are a few such phrases. Repent – Luke 13:3,5 Rejoice – Philippians 4:4 Do Not Follow a Different Gospel – Galatians 1:8-9 Do Not Harden Your Heart – Hebrews 3:7-8, 15, 4:7

Text: Luke 7:18-28 Proof of Christ (v. 22) Miracles Poor have the gospel preached to them Work of John (v. 25-27) Sacrificed Prophet with a special mission Why Did People Go Out to the Wilderness? Not some ordinary thing (v. 24) Not to see someone “important” (v. 25) Came for the message John’s Place (v. [...]

Text: Matthew 28:18-20 Jesus Has All Authority – “All authority has been given to Me” The Gospel is for All – “make disciples of all the nations” The Role of Baptism – “baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit” The Necessity of Obedience – “teaching them to [...]