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Dying without Hope
Bible Text: Matthew 27:1-10 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of Matthew Dying without hope A semblance of justice produces death Judas attests to Jesus’ innocence True and false repentance distinguished Worldly grief produces death Sin produces death The potter’s field
Do Not Love the World
Bible Text: 1 John 2:15-17 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of 1 John Do not love the world. An important command and warning Contrary desires Foolish desires
Denying Jesus
Bible Text: Matthew 26:69-75 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of Matthew Denying Jesus What happened Lessons The degenerating course of sin The bitter cry of repentance The responsibility to confess Christ The grace of God
The Confidence of God’s People
Bible Text: 1 John 2:12-14 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of 1 John The confidence of God’s people is in their heavenly Father and in his Son, Jesus Christ. I am writing to you, little children, fathers, and young men Little children Fathers Young men
Living and Dying By Faith
Bible Text: Hebrews 11:1 – 12:2 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses A faith that is assured of God’s promises becoming reality A faith that honors and seeks after God A faith that obeys A faith that suffers and accepts loss A faith that overcomes Looking to Jesus The founder and perfecter of our faith The joyful Savior
Till Now the Lord has Helped Us
Bible Text: 1 Samuel 7:12 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts Till now the Lord has helped us. The past: Israel’s and ours The present: Israel’s and ours The future: Israel’s and ours
The New, Yet Old, Commandment
Bible Text: 1 John 2:7-11 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of 1 John Believers keep the new, yet old, commandment: love one another. An old commandment A new commandment A case in point: loving vs. hating your brother
By This We Know That We Have Come to Know Him
Bible Text: 1 John 2:3-6 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of 1 John By this we know that we have come to know him. We keep his commandments. We keep his word. We walk the way Christ did.
The Angel Announces the Birth of John
Bible Text: Luke 1:1-25 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts God is giving Israel a prophet who will make ready for the Lord a people prepared. What happened in the temple: The prelude to overwhelming grace. The prelude to overwhelming grace is met with doubt and answered with still more grace.
Our Advocate, Jesus Christ
Bible Text: 1 John 2:1-2 | Preacher: Rev. Christopher Folkerts | Series: Exposition of 1 John Our advocate, Jesus Christ, is the propitiation for our sins. The apostle’s loving desire for the believers Our advocate with the Father He is the propitiation for our sins and for the sins of the world