1 Corinthians

Relevant instruction for the modern church from an ancient church’s example. Come and learn what God intended for His church, the gospel in the believer’s life, and His calling upon us to walk in holiness.

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Sermon Preview for Sunday, July 13, 2025

The warning is clear, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is bigger than we think, and believing it by saving faith takes more than we think. These words are not meant to change the terms Christ accomplished on the cross, meaning I do not intend to add work to the cross. Jesus said it is finished and that does not mean we need to believe in Jesus AND be a good person as well in order to be saved. These words are also not meant to alter the simplicity of salvation Christ purchased for us, it is true all that is necessary for salvation is to believe in Jesus Christ no matter how wretched of a sinner one is. Christ’s mercy is sufficient to save anyone from any sin. The warning deals with the specifics involved in what Jesus actually meant when he used the word believe. If one believes in the Gospel, he or she also receives it as their own, he or she also stands on it in all circumstances of life, and he or she is also being renewed by it daily from one degree of glory to another. If there is only one Gospel that saves, and if it is possible to “believe in vain”, then we all must heed the warning Paul gives us. We must know the Gospel inside and out, and we must pay attention to what is truly going on in our hearts when we say we believe in Jesus. I pray every one of us become “children of God, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:13).

Sermon Preview for Sunday, July 6, 2025

What does the Bible teach about the Salvation God brings to sinful men and women? The centerpiece of the Gospel is that the veil has been torn, direct access to the Father has been opened in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, who lived the perfect life you and I are completely incapable of living which allowed for his death on the cross, the death of a perfect lamb, to purchase the forgiveness of sins for all who believe, who receive Jesus Christ as Lord, all who “hearing the word, hold it fast in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience” (Luke 8:15). The words the Bible continuously uses to describe true salvation must challenge us, they must warn us appropriately, we must not be a people who merely honor Christ with our mouths while our hearts are far from Him. Let us seek to glorify our God through acting in accordance to what he is pleased with, not because we are saved through these works but because we understand what God has done on our behalf, know what He has saved us from, and because we fully understand this true salvation, we want nothing more than to glorify Him with our lives. Anytime our lives do not reflect the glory of God it reveals we have not fully understood all that went into God saving us. I pray we can grow in what Paul teaches us here in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, that we will “receive” the Gospel, “stand” in the Gospel, and “hold fast” to the Gospel that not only brings justification, but sanctification as well.