Sermons on New Testament (Page 22)
“Fake Wisdom vs. Real Wisdom” James 3:13-18
An Expositional Sermon James 3:13-18 “Fake Wisdom vs. Real Wisdom” Outline: (1) Show Your Faith by Your Works (James 3:13) (2) Fake Wisdom & Its Fruit (James 3:14-16) (3) Real Wisdom & Its Fruit (James 3:17) (4) We Will Reap a Harvest of Eternal Life if We do not Give Up (James 3:18; cf. Gal. 6:9)
“Taming the Tongue” James 3:1-12
An Expositional Sermon James 3:1-12 “Taming the Tongue” Theme/Big Idea: The tongue is powerful, use it for good to the glory of God. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Let your trust in the Word, Jesus Christ, first silence your sin in selfish pride and vain boasting, but then second let it fuel a life of words used to make Christ known and to build one another up in Him. Outline: (1) A Warning for Teachers (James 3:1) (2) Where Are You Going? Your Small Tongue Directs Your…
“Faith Without Works Is Dead, Part 2” James 2:20-26
An Expositional Sermon James 2:20-26 “Faith Without Works Is Dead, Part 2” Theme/Big Idea: Real faith bears works consistent with belief in God’s ability to raise the dead, and of a love that looks like taking risks for the good of God’s people. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would grow us up in Christ bearing the kind of fruit that increasingly reflects the perfections of Christ. Outline: (1) Empty Useless Faith (James 2:20) (2) Real Faith Bears the Kind of Fruit that Only Makes Sense…
“Faith Without Works Is Dead, Part 1” James 2:14-19
An Expositional Sermon James 2:14-19 “Faith Without Works Is Dead, Part 1” Theme/Big Idea: Faith in Christ is not lovelessness and mere belief. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Show your faith in the way you love one another. Outline: (1) The Faith that Can’t Save (James 2:14) (2) Fake Faith Lacks Love (James 2:15-17) (3) Fake Faith Believes Like Demons (James 2:18-19) (4) Show Your Faith in the Way You Love
“Favoritism vs. Love” James 2:1-13
An Expositional Sermon James 2:1-13 “Favoritism vs. Love” Theme/Big Idea: We are free through Christ to love our neighbor as ourselves. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would grow us to be merciful because we know His powerful mercy in the gospel of Jesus Christ. Outline: (1) Beware of Partiality & Judgmental Distinctions (James 2:1-4) (2) Love Because of God’s Promise of an Inheritance (James 2:5-7) (3) Live As Those Who Are to be Judged Under the Law of Liberty (James 2:8-13)
“Hearers & Doers of the Word” James 1:19-27
An Expositional Sermon James 1:19-27 “Hearers & Doers of the Word” Theme/Big Idea: Don’t only hear what the Bible says, but have it shape every aspect of how you live. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would save us from self-deception and bear fruit in our lives through the gospel of Jesus Christ. Outline: (1) Doers Are Quick to Hear, Slow to Speak, & Slow to Anger (James 1:19-20) (2) Doers of the Word Are Blessed (James 1:21-25) (3) Embrace True Religion (James 1:26-27)
“Blessed Are the Steadfast in Trials” James 1:12-18
An Expositional Sermon James 1:12-18 “Blessed Are the Steadfast in Trials” Theme/Big Idea: God brings forth his people by the gospel, so remain steadfast. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would help us to remain steadfast in our love for God, because He has first loved us by sending His Son to die for us. Pray that God would help us fight our unbelief in trials with the truth that God is good and that He is unchangeably able to save. Outline: (1) Blessed…
“Wise Boasting in Trials” James 1:5-11
An Expositional Sermon James 1:5-11 “Wise Boasting in Trials” Theme/Big Idea: Fight for joy in trials by asking God for help and boasting in Christ. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would preserve us and strengthen us to fight for faith as we sojourn through this broken world, keeping our eyes fixed upon Christ. Outline: (1) Ask God for Help (James 1:5) (2) Fight Your Doubts in God (James 1:6-8) (3) Boast in Christ (James 1:9-11)
“Joy in Trials” James 1:1-4
An Expositional Sermon James 1:1-4 “Joy in Trials” Theme/Big Idea: We have joy in the midst of our trials because Christ has overcome the world. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Pray that God would strengthen each of us to run the race that He has marked out for us with perseverance and joy that comes from the knowledge that God has reconciled us to Himself through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Outline: (1) We Are in Exile (James 1:1) (2) We Face Trials (James 1:2) (3) Respond…
“Bring Each Other Back” James 1:1-5:20 (Overview)
An Expositional Sermon James 1:1-5:20 “Bring Each Other Back” Theme/Big Idea: Christians turn and bring sinners back from wandering on the path of dead faith for the salvation of each other’s souls. Aim/Appropriation/Application: Turn from the temptation to turn from the narrow way that leads to eternal life – the gospel of Jesus Christ – and seek to bring others to the way, the truth and the life that is only found in Jesus. Outline: 2 Threats to the Christian Walk and…