Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 1-4
Theme: Theological Triage
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Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 24-25
Theme: Our Confidence to Fight for Truth Must Rest in God's Powerful Work Through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Because God is able...
One: ...we are kept by steadfast love.
Two: ...we will be perfected by Divine promise.
Three: ...we are treasured for great joy.
Four: ...we should be focused on matchless glory.
Five: ...we are governed by sovereign lordship.
Now to him who is able...be glory... ~ Jude 24-25
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 22-23
Theme: You Must Fight for the Truth of the Gospel with the Mercy of the Gospel.
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 17-21
Theme: Strategies of Fighting for the Truth
One: Remember your mission to stand against error.
- Strategy #1: Know that you live in a world that opposes God.
- Strategy #2: Know that you belong to the God that overcomes the world.
Two: Anchor your confidence to God's love.
- Strategy #3: Grow in your understanding of Bible doctrine.
- Strategy #4: Depend on the Spirit as you pray.
- Strategy #5: Anticipate the fullness of salvation's promise.
Keep yourself in the love of God ~ Jude 21
Speaker: Ron Webber
Text: Psalm 90
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 8-16
Theme: False teaching leads to moral bankruptcy
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 5-7
Theme: Rejecting God's Truth Has Always Been a Bad Idea
One: Events from History
- The unbelief of the nation of Israel
- The pride of the angels of heaven
- The sensuality of the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah
Two: Common Factors from the Events From History
- Rejection of God's truth
- Rebellion against God's way
- Ruin by God's judgement
Three: Lessons to Learn from the Events of History
- Be warned by shipwrecks of the past.
- Be steadfast in your commitment to truth.
- Be thinking about applying to truth to life.
- Be confident in God's victory over sin and error.
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it... ~ Jude 5
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 4
Theme: You Must be Committed to Fight for the Truth...and Here's Why:
One: ...because error may be subtle, but it is always significant.
Two: ...because acknowledging God is the battle line.
- Is the truth of God the substance of our doctrine?
- Is the truth of God the standard of our lifestyle?
Three: ...because grace is often distorted to license.
- Love is distorted into acceptance.
- Forgiveness is distorted into indulgence.
Four: ...because many deny the lordship of Jesus.
- Jesus is the sovereign God.
- Jesus is the risen Christ.
...contend for the faith...for certain people...pervert the grace of God ~ Jude 3-4
Speaker: Allan Heney
Text: Matthew 14:22-33
Theme: Is God enough?
One: A life of obedience to God will involve storms.
- God, in His providence, will compel His children into storms.
- God is doing this for a purpose.
Two: God in His steadfast love promises His presence in the storm.
- God will come to us in our time of need.
- In the midst of the storm, God reveals Himself to us.
- God guides us through the storm.
Three: God's character provides a certain hope.
- I am the bread of life - John 6:35
- I am the Light of the world - John 8:12
- I am the Door - John 10:7,9
- I am the good shepherd - John 10:11,14
- I am the resurrection and the life - John 11:25
- I am the way, the truth and the life - John 14:6
- I am the vine - John 15:1,5
But immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying, "Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid." ~ Matthew 14:27
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 3
Theme: You Must be Committed to the Fight
Four Resolutions for the Fight for Truth
One: Because I am loved by God, I should risk being hated by the world.
Two: Because I have been saved, I should be motivated by gospel joy.
Three: Because I am a steward of God's truth, I should defend and promote it.
- Contend = to agonize for
- The faith = the collection of doctrine that reveals God and His salvation in Jesus the Son.
Four: Because I am tempted by ease, I should be stirred by the challenge to fight.
...contend for the faith... ~ Jude 3
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Jude: Fighting for the Truth
Text: Jude 1-2
Theme: Your Standing in Christ is the Basis for Your Fighting for Truth
One: What description of a fighter is given?
- Understands the submission to Christ's Lordship
- Understands the advance of Christ's church
- Understands the wonder of God's salvation
Two: What seems missing from the definition of a fighter?
- Fiery boldness, skilled speaking, superior intellect, engaging personality
- Your call to fight flows from your standing in Christ, not your skill set
Three: Why are mercy, peace, and love multiplied to a fighter?
- To know how good God is
- To show how good God is
Conclusion:
- Stop making excuses for your fear.
- Celebrate what God has done for you.
- Believe that mercy, peace, and love empower you and your message.
...to those who are called, beloved...and kept... ~ Jude 1
Speaker: Daniel Moorehead
Text: Psalm 19
Theme: A Single Thread Connecting Nature, The Law and Christ
Speaker: Matt Hargrave
Text: Job 1-2
Theme: Have You Considered My Servant Job?
Speaker: Dennis Clemons
Series: Mark
Text: Mark 4:1-20
Theme: Demystifying the Kingdom
One: The secret of the kingdom...
Two: ...is concealed from outsiders...
Three: ...through spiritual warfare...
Four: ...but revealed to insiders...
Five: ...at the discretion of the King.
..."He who has ears to hear, let him hear." ~ Mark 4:9
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Peter
Text: 2 Peter 3:14-18
Theme: Keep Growing
One: Work at holiness.
Two: Rehearse the gospel.
Three: Study the Bible.
Four: Look to Jesus...for...
- Sustaining grace
- Transformational knowledge
- Benevolent Lordship
- Eternal rescue
- Fulfilled promises
...grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord... ~ 2 Peter 3:18
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Peter
Text: 2 Peter 3:11-13
Theme: Your Beliefs About "THEN" Should Affect Your Behavior "NOW".
One: I should live like I belong to God.
Two: I should live to reflect the character of Christ.
Three: I should trust God to avenge sin.
Four: I should contribute to God's kingdom victory.
Five: I should believe that restoration will be better than I can imagine.
...what sort of people ought you to be... ~ 2 Peter 3:11
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Peter
Text: 2 Peter 3:8-10
Theme: For a Confident Faith, You Must Understand God's Relationship to Time
One: God has a different Perspective of time.
- Verse 8 is not a literal Equation.
- God does not Experience time as we do.
Two: God has a merciful Purpose for time.
- What v.9 can NOT mean: a god who is disappointed or Unsuccessful
- What is helpful to know: God's _ can be expressed in various ways. God's compassion for All does not contradict God's electing of Some.
- What is the contrast in our text?
Patient toward Us.
Three: God will keep His Promise in time.
- The imminence of His coming should produce Urgency in evangelism.
- The justice of His coming should produce Comfort in opposition.
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Peter
Text: 2 Peter 3:1-7
Theme: Know the Truth, Because the World Will Oppose It
One: Continue to study the Bible...
Two: ...knowing that...
Three: ...unbelievers will attack your beliefs...
- With their words.
- With their lifesyles.
Four: ...and...unbelievers will reject God's revelation.
- They will reject the truth that God created.
- They will reject the truth that God judged.
- They will reject the truth that God will judge.
Applications
- The truth will anchor you.
- The truth is always the answer.
- The truth is powerful to change lives.
...remember the commandment of the Lord...knowing...that scoffers will come... ~ 2 Peter 3:2-3
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: 2 Peter
Text: 2 Peter 2:10-22
Theme: Rejecting God's Truth Leads to Ruin.
Rejecting God's truth leads to...
One: ...stubborn arrogance.
Two: ...pervasive sensuality.
Three: ...financial greed.
Four: ...deceptive teaching.
- It lacks substance.
- It preys on the weak.
- It distorts freedom.
Five: ...self-destruction.
Six: ...eternal destruction.
- A weightier punishment.
- A diminished hope.
Conclusion: Embrace God's truth.
...forsaking the right way, they have gone astray... ~ 2 Peter 2:15
Speaker: Adam Godshall
Series: Resurrection Sunday
Text: Various Passages
Theme: We Must Anticipate Resurrection Power
One: Why should we anticipate resurrection power?
- Jesus said he could exercise resurrection power, and he did.
- Jesus said he would experience resurrection power, and he did.
- Jesus said we should expect resurrection power, so me must.
Two: What should we anticipate resurrection power to do?
- To redeem from unbelief.
- To restore from failure.
- To relieve from doubt.
- To ready for mission.
...that you may know...the greatness of his power toward us...that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead... ~ Ephesians 1:18-20