Troubled Times – Part 2
Last week, “Why are their troubled times?” this week, “What do you do during troubled times?” We are not called to fight every battle, but we are called to choose the battles and fight in them for the glory of God. God owns the entire world. Steadfast love. Justice. Pondering in our heart the way that is blamless. Integrity in your heart and in your house. Abstaining from every form of evil; just don’t go there. A king’s resolve. Those who love and obey God should be our closest confidantes. Story of...
read moreThe Lord’s Supper: Its Role in Discipline and Judgment
The Lord’s Supper is a privilege, not a right. Explanation of the keys of the kingdom. Matthew 18. Goal of Church Discipline–repentance and restoration. Christ did not shun or reject the Gentiles and tax collectors. He reaches out to them, to bring the gospel to bear in their lives, all the while not excusing their sinfulness. Marks of the true church. Jonathan Edwards and the Lord’s Supper. Text: Matthew 16:19, 18:17-20 What role does the Lord’s Supper play in discipline and judgment? It’s very simple—exclusion from the...
read moreThe Lords Supper: Its Preparation, Reception, and Application
Text: Hebrews 10:19-25 The Larger Catechism of the Westminster Confession of Faith gives some very clear and helpful instruction on how to prepare for the Lord’s Supper, as well as how to receive it and apply it. Take careful note, Q. 171: How are they that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper to prepare themselves before they come into it? A: They that receive the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper are, before they come, to prepare themselves thereunto, by examining themselves of their being in Christ, of their sins and...
read moreThe Lord’s Supper: Its Blessings for the Believer
Christ sustains us throughout our life, through being in relationship with Him and his church. By faith we feed upon Him and are ministered to by Him. During the Lord’s Supper, we renew, rekindle, re-ignite our passion and commitment to Christ. Tangible form, spiritual reality. “Whoever feeds on me, he will also live in me.” Feeding on Christ. He is present in the hearts of those who believe. Text: John 6:52-59 What does our Lord give his disciples as they partake of the Lord’s Supper? Or, stated more...
read moreThe Lord’s Supper: Its Proper Recipients
Text: 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 Who should participate in the Lord’s Supper? Some churches have an open Communion where any who wish to participate are welcome to the Lord’s Table. Other churches have a closed Communion where only those who are members of the local church are welcomed to the Table. Our own church practices a close Communion where all baptized Christians who are members in good standing of any evangelical church are welcome to participate in the Lord’s Table. What do we mean by this? Baptized = meaning that they...
read moreThe Lord’s Supper: Its Proper Observation
Text: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26 The church in Corinth was a very troubled congregation. As a result, Paul’s first epistle reads more like a laundry list of maladies, than a letter of spiritual encouragement. Nevertheless, the Lord was busily building his church in Corinth—even through the intense fire of schism and selfishness. It is also evident that the church combined a fellowship meal, or “love feast”, with the Lord’s Supper. In theory there was nothing wrong with this practice, but in reality it proved to be a stumbling-block in the life of...
read moreCovenant Baptism
Text: Acts 2:37-39 The Lord Jesus Christ taught His disciples that there were only two Sacraments in the Bible—the Lord’s Supper and Baptism. Consider what the Westminster Confession of Faith (Larger Catechism) says about baptism, Q. #165 – What is Baptism? A. Baptism is a sacrament of the New Testament, wherein Christ hath ordained the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, to be a sign and seal of ingrafting into himself, of remission of sins by his blood, and regeneration by his Spirit; of...
read moreThe Works of the Devil Destroyed
Text: 1 John 3:4-10 Guest Preacher, Pastor Yelton. [podcast]http://www.download.covenantfamilychurch.net/2008/mp3/2008_8_24_the_works_of_the_devil_destroyed_yelton.mp3[/podcast] Download
read moreMysterious Melchizedek
Text: Hebrews 7:1-4 Guest Preacher, Pastor Cheatham. [podcast]http://www.download.covenantfamilychurch.net/2008/mp3/2008_8_17_mysterious_melchizedek_cheatham.mp3[/podcast] Download
read moreThe Lord’s Supper: Its Basis as a Sacrament
Koinonia. The Lord ministers to weariness and fear through communion with Him. The worldliness of the culture weighs us down. Flee idolatry. Don’t think you can be strong enough. Pursue righteousness and peace. Explanation why we do not believe in transubstantiation, and at the other extreme, a strict remembrance. We are to look forward to the consummation of Koinonia at the marriage supper of the Lamb. False worship is worshiping the demons. We are called to spiritual communion with the Living Lord. Text: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22 How is...
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