Sunday Morning, September 25, 2016
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Sermon
Scripture: Romans 12, 13 & 16
-When you attend church…SPEAK.
-Make an effort to make a connection with people. It’s not fake, it’s intentional.
-The Gospel deals with real relationships and people.
-Your body is the temple of God, don’t defile it.
Scripture: Malachi 3
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 5, 6 & 16
-People spend too much time trying to convince people of how good God is.
-Sex is one of the deepest sins that you can commit according to God.
-It’s sad that people tend to treat obvious sins as if it’s not big deal.
-A lot of people have no standard of holiness. Let the world carry on as they will but the church should be holy.
-Holy is Holy regardless of how the world changes.
-To be willfully ignorant is a sin.
-Sexual sin is a very serious sin.
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 13
-Be what you are supposed to be. Stop making excuses and trying to be less than what God has called you to be.
-Don’t wait for people to reach out for you in order to respond. You be the proactive one.
-Do you have care and affection for the things God told you to be concerned with?
-If God tells you something to do and you don’t do it, then you will be judged by it.
-God knows what he is doing. He created you for connection and communication.
Scripture: Hebrews 13
-Apart of being a living sacrifice means using your body as a vehicle to praise and honor God.
-If nobody has seen or heard you praise God then shame on you.
-When you come to church you should be bringing something.
-There is no reason fellow church members should not be in communication with one another (including outside of church).
-Be authentic. You will be judged for the lies you tell.
-An excuse is an excuse. Don’t end up being the person who lies so much that you don’t even know that your lying.
Scripture: Isaiah 40
-Make sure that what you present to God is holy.
-You’re not as important as you think you are outside of God.
-God is beyond science.
-Understand what it means to be holy.
-Some folks claim they don’t believe in the bible but haven’t even read it. People say ignorant things about God but don’t even read or know the word.
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5
-Be children of the light and day.
Scripture: 1 Timothy 2
Scripture: Proverbs 7
-The world doesn’t want you to present your body as a living sacrifice. They want you to look sexy and promote lust.