Sunday Sermon
January 17, 2010
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton:
Sermonic Pericope: ESV Galatians 6:2-5 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks he is something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5 For each will have to bear his own load.
Sermonic Theme: Christian Ethics (Accountability)
Sermonic Subject: Christian Service (Responsibility)
Sermonic Tension: Christians have burdens. (Must Jesus bear the cross alone and all the world go free? No there’s a cross for everyone and there’s a cross for me.) Written by Thomas Shepherd & George N. Allen
Sermonic Sentence: God will give you no more than you can bear.
Sermonic Objective: God wants us to be for others what Christ Jesus has been for us.
NLT Matthew 25:40 And the King will tell them, 'I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!' NIV Ephesians 4:32 Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.
Sermonic Help: CHRISTIAN ETHICS, a practical science that investigates the personal and social rules or laws of human conduct. It is the discipline that deals with what is good and bad, with moral duty and obligation. Christian ethics is a system of right and wrong based on principles drawn from the Bible. The foundation of ethics for the believer is found in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Many in today’s diverse theological world argue that everything is relative. Discussions of conflicting ethical choices are seldom rooted in objective ethical norms, rights or wrongs that are right or wrong in every situation. Instead, actions are based on changing human understanding of what would be the most loving thing to do in the situation in which one is found. This “situation ethics” and ethical relativism that suggests that any action, including murder or adultery, could be righteous in a given situation is a total denial of Christian ethics. Ultimately, for the Christian, ethics must be based on the absolute nature and character of God. Our “choosing” and “doing” must be based on our understanding of His character as revealed to us in His Word.
Sermonic Title: “A BURDEN BEARER”
Sermonic Structure:
I. A Burden Bearer is Spiritually Mature (V.2)
II. A Burden Bearer has a Servants Mentality (V.3)
III. A Burden Bearer has a Standard for Ministry (V.4)
IV. A Burden Bearer is Strengthened by God & his own Muscles (V.5)
Monday, January 18, 2010
Monday, January 4, 2010
How I Got Over
Sunday Sermon
January 3rd 2010
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV Exodus 15:1-21 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name. 4 "Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. 7 In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble. 8 At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.' 10 You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 "Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. 13 "You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. 14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. 16 Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased. 17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. 18 The LORD will reign forever and ever." 19 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
Sermonic Theme: The Doctrine of Salvation (The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.)
Sermonic Subject: The Doctrine of Thanksgiving (Sing praises unto God for His mighty acts.)
Sermonic Tension: You have adversaries and an enemy. (God will deliver.)
Sermonic Goal: The goal of life is to see God.
Sermonic Sentence: He took me through to get me over. (A song of deliverance)
Sermonic Help: The Doctrine of Thanksgiving, a basic vital element of successful Christian living. Christians should give thanks to God for all things (Ephesians 5.20; Colossians 3.15-17; 1 Thessalonians 5.18). Prayer and petition ought always be combined with thanksgiving (Philippians 4.6; Colossians 2.7; 4.2; I Timothy 2.1). The mark of a Christian should be his thankful attitude toward God in the midst of all circumstances (Ephesians 5.4).
Sermonic Disclaimer: Before you sing the Lord’s song, you need to know the Lord of the song.
Sermonic Title: “HOW I GOT OVER”
Sermonic Structure:
I. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING UP & SEEING GOD (V.1-3)
II. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING BACK & SEEING GOD (V.4-10)
III. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING AHEAD & SEEING GOD (V.11-21)
January 3rd 2010
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV Exodus 15:1-21 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, "I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea. 2 The LORD is my strength and my song, and he has become my salvation; this is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will exalt him. 3 The LORD is a man of war; the LORD is his name. 4 "Pharaoh's chariots and his host he cast into the sea, and his chosen officers were sunk in the Red Sea. 5 The floods covered them; they went down into the depths like a stone. 6 Your right hand, O LORD, glorious in power, your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy. 7 In the greatness of your majesty you overthrow your adversaries; you send out your fury; it consumes them like stubble. 8 At the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up; the floods stood up in a heap; the deeps congealed in the heart of the sea. 9 The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil, my desire shall have its fill of them. I will draw my sword; my hand shall destroy them.' 10 You blew with your wind; the sea covered them; they sank like lead in the mighty waters. 11 "Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, majestic in holiness, awesome in glorious deeds, doing wonders? 12 You stretched out your right hand; the earth swallowed them. 13 "You have led in your steadfast love the people whom you have redeemed; you have guided them by your strength to your holy abode. 14 The peoples have heard; they tremble; pangs have seized the inhabitants of Philistia. 15 Now are the chiefs of Edom dismayed; trembling seizes the leaders of Moab; all the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away. 16 Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased. 17 You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O LORD, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established. 18 The LORD will reign forever and ever." 19 For when the horses of Pharaoh with his chariots and his horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought back the waters of the sea upon them, but the people of Israel walked on dry ground in the midst of the sea. 20 Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing. 21 And Miriam sang to them: "Sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into the sea."
Sermonic Theme: The Doctrine of Salvation (The Lord is a man of war; the Lord is his name.)
Sermonic Subject: The Doctrine of Thanksgiving (Sing praises unto God for His mighty acts.)
Sermonic Tension: You have adversaries and an enemy. (God will deliver.)
Sermonic Goal: The goal of life is to see God.
Sermonic Sentence: He took me through to get me over. (A song of deliverance)
Sermonic Help: The Doctrine of Thanksgiving, a basic vital element of successful Christian living. Christians should give thanks to God for all things (Ephesians 5.20; Colossians 3.15-17; 1 Thessalonians 5.18). Prayer and petition ought always be combined with thanksgiving (Philippians 4.6; Colossians 2.7; 4.2; I Timothy 2.1). The mark of a Christian should be his thankful attitude toward God in the midst of all circumstances (Ephesians 5.4).
Sermonic Disclaimer: Before you sing the Lord’s song, you need to know the Lord of the song.
Sermonic Title: “HOW I GOT OVER”
Sermonic Structure:
I. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING UP & SEEING GOD (V.1-3)
II. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING BACK & SEEING GOD (V.4-10)
III. I GOT OVER BY LOOKING AHEAD & SEEING GOD (V.11-21)
Monday, December 28, 2009
Good News for People with Bad Credit
Sunday Sermon
December 27th 2009
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV 2 Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." 2 And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil." 3 Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside." 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."
Sermonic Theme: God’s miraculous power (Miracles)
Sermonic Subject: Prophetic Ministry
Sermonic Tension: Elisha can’t be wrong. (Stop using credit, start using cash)
Sermonic Disclaimer: This sermon presentation is not intended for “Wall Street” this sermon is intended for “Y'all Street”.
Sermonic Objective: This OT story teaches us how to live after a love one dies and leaves us in financial debt.
Sermonic Sentence: God wants us to live debt free.
Sermonic Question: Is there any oil in your house? (What have you in the house?)
Sermonic Title: “GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH BAD CREDIT”
Sermonic Structure:
I. USE YOUR RESOURCES (v.1-4)
A. Pain is a resource
B. Prophetic ministry is a resource
C. People are a resource
II. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY (v.5-6)
A. Obey God’s word
B. Go to work
III. LIVE ON THE REST (v.7)
A. Work toward paying off your debt
B. Pay off your debt
C. Stay out of debt
December 27th 2009
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV 2 Kings 4:1-7 Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried to Elisha, "Your servant my husband is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD, but the creditor has come to take my two children to be his slaves." 2 And Elisha said to her, "What shall I do for you? Tell me; what have you in the house?" And she said, "Your servant has nothing in the house except a jar of oil." 3 Then he said, "Go outside, borrow vessels from all your neighbors, empty vessels and not too few. 4 Then go in and shut the door behind yourself and your sons and pour into all these vessels. And when one is full, set it aside." 5 So she went from him and shut the door behind herself and her sons. And as she poured they brought the vessels to her. 6 When the vessels were full, she said to her son, "Bring me another vessel." And he said to her, "There is not another." Then the oil stopped flowing. 7 She came and told the man of God, and he said, "Go, sell the oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on the rest."
Sermonic Theme: God’s miraculous power (Miracles)
Sermonic Subject: Prophetic Ministry
Sermonic Tension: Elisha can’t be wrong. (Stop using credit, start using cash)
Sermonic Disclaimer: This sermon presentation is not intended for “Wall Street” this sermon is intended for “Y'all Street”.
Sermonic Objective: This OT story teaches us how to live after a love one dies and leaves us in financial debt.
Sermonic Sentence: God wants us to live debt free.
Sermonic Question: Is there any oil in your house? (What have you in the house?)
Sermonic Title: “GOOD NEWS FOR PEOPLE WITH BAD CREDIT”
Sermonic Structure:
I. USE YOUR RESOURCES (v.1-4)
A. Pain is a resource
B. Prophetic ministry is a resource
C. People are a resource
II. TAKE RESPONSIBILITY (v.5-6)
A. Obey God’s word
B. Go to work
III. LIVE ON THE REST (v.7)
A. Work toward paying off your debt
B. Pay off your debt
C. Stay out of debt
Monday, December 14, 2009
Who are you walking with?
Sunday Sermon
December 13th 2009
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV Galatians 5:16-26 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Sermonic Theme: Saved & Set Free (The Doctrine of Justification)
Sermonic Theme: The Fruit of the Spirit
Sermonic Tension: The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit.
Sermonic Sentence: Walk with the Spirit it’s the right choice.
Sermonic Subject: “WHO ARE YOU WALKING WITH?”
Sermonic Structure:
I. Are you walking according to the flesh? (V. 16-21)
II. Are you walking according to the Spirit? (V. 22-26)
December 13th 2009
Rhema Community Church
Sermonic Skeleton
Sermonic Pericope: ESV Galatians 5:16-26 But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. 17 For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, 20 idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, 21 envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 24 And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. 25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. 26 Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
Sermonic Theme: Saved & Set Free (The Doctrine of Justification)
Sermonic Theme: The Fruit of the Spirit
Sermonic Tension: The desires of the flesh are against the Spirit.
Sermonic Sentence: Walk with the Spirit it’s the right choice.
Sermonic Subject: “WHO ARE YOU WALKING WITH?”
Sermonic Structure:
I. Are you walking according to the flesh? (V. 16-21)
II. Are you walking according to the Spirit? (V. 22-26)
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