Building And Establishing Our Family

Colossians 3:12-21 (NKJV)

Character of the New Man

12 Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; 13 bearing with one another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do. 14 But above all these things put on love, which is the bond of perfection. 15 And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful. 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. 17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.

The Christian Home

18 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

19 Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.

20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

SERMON NOTES:

Introduction: The family is the object of the enemy’s attack today. Because of this, many are crumbling. But God, who has established the home as the primary institution for the welfare of the human race, won’t let it be destroyed. However we have a part to do to keep our families strong and resilient. Here are some biblical guidelines to follow:

1. ____________________ one another (1 Peter 3:7)

2. Keep your ________________ to one another (Ecclesiastes 5:4,5)

3. Show ____________________ to one another (Romans 12:10)

4. Offer __________________ to one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

5. _______________________ one another (Colossians 3:13(

Following Jesus

Luke 14:25-33 (NKJV)

Leaving All to Follow Christ

25 Now great multitudes went with Him. And He turned and said to them, 26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be My disciple. 27 And whoever does not bear his cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. 28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not sit down first and count the cost, whether he has enough to finish it— 29 lest, after he has laid the foundation, and is not able to finish, all who see it begin to mock him, 30 saying, ‘This man began to build and was not able to finish’? 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand? 32 Or else, while the other is still a great way off, he sends a delegation and asks conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple.

SERMON NOTES:

Three things to consider as we look at the pasage:

1. Consider the ____________.

2. Consider the ____________.

3. Consider the ____________.

Nothing Can Separate Us From The Love of Christ

Romans 8:31-39 (NKJV)

God’s Everlasting Love

31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? 32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. 34 Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, and furthermore is also risen, who is even at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written:

“For Your sake we are killed all day long;

We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

37 Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, 39 nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

SERMON NOTES:

1. If God is for us, who can be against us (vs. 31-34)

2. Christians will face hardships (vs. 35-36)

3. We are more than conquerors in Christ (vs 37-39(

Divine Makeover

Jeremiah 18:1-6 New King James Version (NKJV)

The Potter and the Clay

18 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: 2 “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the [a]wheel. 4 And the vessel that he [b]made of clay was [c]marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

5 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?” says the Lord. “Look, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

SERMON NOTES:

Introduction: The Scriptures, both the Old and New Testaments, compare God to a potter. As such He can do whatever He wishes to do with us who are like a clay in His hands. What will guarantee His success?

1. His S__________________ P________________.
   (vs.3,6) “…there he was, making something at the wheel”

2. His S_________________ P________________.
   (vs. 3,4) “..making something..and the vessel that he made..”

3. His S_________________ P__________________.
   (v.4) “the vessel was.. marred …so he made it again…”