July 2008 Sermon Topics:

Vacation Bible School July 25 & 26 from 10AM to 2PM

Key Your Bible:

Apostasy (possible to fall away)

1Cor 10:12  (take heed so you don’t fall)

1Cor 9:27  (Paul could even be a castaway)

John 8:51  (must keep Jesus words to live)

Rom 8:12-13  (living after the flesh leads to death)  (written to Christians !)

1John 2:24  (hold to the word to remain in Christ)

Heb 10:26-30   (no more sacrifice for willful sin)

2Pet 2:20-22  (turning back is worse then never knowing)

Heb 6:4-6  (to fall away is to crucify Christ again)

2Pet 1:10  (work to make your election sure)

2Pet 2:24  (even angels are not secure in their position)

Baptism – into Christ

Matt. 28:18-20 (make and baptize disciples)

Mark 16:15-16 (necessary for salvation)

Acts 2:38 (necessary for the forgiveness of sins)

Acts 22:16 (to wash away sins)

1Cor. 12:13 (puts us into one body)

Gal. 3:27 (clothed with Christ by baptism)

Rom. 6:3-5 (reenacts the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus)

John 3:5-8 (called being born again)

1Peter 1:22-23 (born through the word by obedience)

Acts 8:36, 38 (requires going into and coming out of water)

Eph. 4:5 (one true baptism)

Acts 19:3-4 (must be in the name of Jesus)

Baptism - requirements

Matt 28:19  (must be taught)

Acts 2:41  (must receive the word, understand it)

Acts 8:12  (must believe)

Acts 18:8  (must hear and believe)

Mark 1:5  (must confess sins)

Acts 2:38  (must repent)

Acts 19:1-5  (must be done in the name of Jesus)

One must be of sufficient age to be able to hear the word, believe it, repent, and confess their sins before they can be Biblically baptized.

Matt 3:11  (requires water)

John 3:23  (requires much water)

Acts 8:36-39  (requires going into and coming out of the water)

Col 2:12  (described as a burial)

Rom 6:3-5  (is a reenactment of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ)

Baptizo literally means to dip, plunge beneath, immerse totally so the Biblical method is immersion in water.

2Tim 2:10  (salvation is in Christ)

Gal 3:27  (baptism puts us into Christ)

1Pet 3:21  (baptism saves you)

Acts 22:16  (baptism takes away sins)

Belief

John 8:24 (necessary for salvation)

Rom. 10:9 (necessary for salvation)

Rom. 1:16 (necessary for salvation)

Rom. 10:14-17 (comes from hearing God’s word)

James 2:17-18 (shown by actions)

James 2:19-20 (dead without actions)

1Cor. 13:2 (must be shown in love)

John 12:42-44 (must be confessed)

2Cor. 5:7 (live by faith, not sight)

Heb. 11:1 (is our assurance)

The Body - (the church)

Col 1:18, 24  (Christ is the head of the body, the church)

Eph 1:22-23

Rom 12:4-5  (many members but one body)

1Cor 12:12

Eph 4:4  (there is only one body)

1Cor 12:25-27  (body made of individuals caring for each other)

Eph 2:16  (the body, the church is reconciled to God)

Confession

Rom. 10:9 (necessary for salvation)

1John 1:9 (confess to be forgiven)

Philippians 2:9-11 (all will one day confess Jesus)

Matt. 16:15-16 (Peter’s confession)

1John 4:15 (is proof of God’s presence)

2Cor. 9:13 (accompanies obedience)

1Tim. 6:12 (to be done in the presence of witnesses)

Matt. 10:32-33 (acknowledge Jesus to be acknowledged by Him)

Luke 12:8-9 (acknowledge Jesus to be acknowledged by Him)

John 12:42 (confess Jesus is not popular)

Heb. 10:23 (hold to the hope you profess)

Divorce

Matt 19:8-9  (was never intended to be)

Mark 10:1-9  (was permitted under Moses because of hard hearts)

Matt 5:31-32  (one exception allowed by Jesus)

Luke 16:18  (can make people adulterers)

1Cor 7:10-11  (separation of Christians is allowed if they remain unmarried (goal is reconciliation))

1Cor 7:12-16  (separation of Christian and non-Christian is allowed if non-Christian leaves because mate is a Christian (goal is to save the unbeliever))

1Cor 7:17  (remain in the marital state you were in when you became a Christian (if married))

Eternal Life

Job 19:25-27  (eternal life recognized by Job in Old Testament)

Dan 12:2  (all will rise to eternal life or eternal shame)

1Cor 15:35-55  (eternal life will be in a new spiritual body)

1Thess 4:13-17  (those in Christ caught up into the air)

Phil 1:23  (Christians who die will be with Christ)

Luke 18:30  (eternal life promised to Christ’s followers)

Titus 1:2

John 3:16  (belief required for eternal life)

Mark 16:15-16  (belief and baptism required for salvation)

John 14:1-3  (Jesus is preparing an eternal home)

Feelings

Prov 14:12  (what seems right to us can be wrong)

Prov 28:25-26  (trust the Lord, not ourselves)

Rom 12:3  (don’t think too highly of self, use sound judgment)

1Cor 14:20  (don’t think like children, be mature)

1Tim 4:2  (a conscience can become seared)

Examples of following wrong feelings:

Matt 9:3-4  (teacher of law considered Jesus to blaspheme)

Rom 14:14  (some considered certain foods to be unclean)

James 1:26  (felt religious but didn’t control tongue)

John 16:2  (some would feel religious by killing Christians)

Acts 26:9-10  (Paul’s thinking caused him to do wrong)

Eph 4:17-19  (some follow the futility of their minds)

Examples of right feelings:

Rom 12:15  (share joy and sorrow with fellow Christians)

James 4:15  (have the if it is the Lords will attitude)

2Thess 3:14  (discipline should make one feel ashamed)

Col 3:17  (do everything in the name of the Lord)

Giving

2Cor 9:5-7  (give generously as freewill offering)

2Cor 8:1-4  (Macedonians gave generously even in poverty)

Acts 11:28-30  (reason for the collection being made)

1Cor 16:1-2  (collections made on first day of the week)

Acts 2:44-45  (believers pooled and shared their resources)

Gal 6:10  (we are to do good to all, especially fellow Christians)

James 1:27  (we are to care for widows and orphans)

1John 3:17-18  (sharing shows our love for God)

Matt 25:34-40  (helping others is like helping Christ)

Heaven (description)

Rev 21:1-8  (No earthly troubles, dwelling with God, nothing impure)

Rev 21:10-27  (description of the city of God)

Rev 22:1-5  (location of the throne of God)

Matt 25:46  (called eternal life)

Heb 11:10  (city whose architect and builder is God)

1Cor 2:9  (it is beyond our imagination)

Heaven (occupants)

Matt 6:9  (God is there)

Matt 18:10  (Angels are there)

Acts 3:20-21  (Jesus is there)

Acts 7:56

John 14:1-6  (Jesus is preparing a place for Christians there)

Rev 22:14  (Those who have washed their robes)

Rev 7:13-17  (those with robes washed in the blood of Christ)

Matt 5:10-12  (those who are persecuted for Jesus sake)

Matt 25:23  (those who faithfully serve the master)

Matt 25:37-40,46  (those who serve Christ by serving others)

Matt 10:22  (those who stand firm to the end)

Rev 2:10

Hell (description)

Rev 20:14-15  (the lake of fire)

Matt 25:30  (outer darkness)

Luke 16:23  (place of torment)

Matt 25:46  (eternal punishment)

Mark 9:47-48  (where the worm doesn’t die, fire is not quenched)

Matt 10:28  (destruction of body and soul)

Hell (occupants)

2Thess 1:7-9  (those who don’t know God, those who don’t obey)

Rev 21:8  (the cowardly, unbelieving, vile)

2Pet 2:20-21  (those who have turned back to the world)

Rev 20:15  (those whose names are not in the book of life)

Matt 25:41  (the devil and his angels)

2Pet 2:4  (angels who sinned)

Matt 7:21-27  (those who do not know Jesus, or follow His words)

Holy Spirit (the work)

John 16:8  (convicts of sin)

Heb 2:3-4  (God testifies through the Spirit)

Rom 15:18-19  (confirms the preaching of the gospel)

John 6:63  (gives spiritual life)

John  15:26  (testifies about Christ)

John 14:26  (will teach and remind the apostles of all things)

John 16:13-14  (will guide the apostles into all truth)

            John 17:17  (Gods word is truth)

            Eph 6:17  (word is the sword of the Spirit)

            (Holy Spirit guided the apostles into all truth which is recorded for us as the Bible)

1Pet 1:12  (works through the preaching of the gospel)

1Cor 6:11  (sanctifies and justifies us)

Gal 5:16-25  (leads the Christian in daily life)

Rom 8:26  (helps the Christian in prayer)

1Cor 2:10  (reveals the mind of God)

2Pet 1:21  (guided the words of the Biblical writers and prophets)

1Cor 12:4-11  (is the means through which spiritual gifts came)

Holy Spirit (His Person)

John 14:16  (is a separate individual from Jesus)

John 14:17  (lives in Christians)

Eph 4:4  (only one Spirit)

Luke 24:39  (a spirit is not flesh and bones)

Acts 7:51  (the Spirit can be resisted)

Eph 4:30  (the Spirit can be grieved)

1Thess 5:19  (can be extinguished)

Holy Spirit (Given to whom)

Acts 5:32  (given to those that obey God)

Gal 4:6  (given to Sons of God)

Acts 2:38  (given after baptism)

John 7:39  (given to believers)

      (this verse and Acts 2:38 together tell us that a person is not a believer until they obey the Lord in baptism)

John 14:16-17  (is not given to those in the world)

Matt 3:16  (given to Jesus at baptism)

John 14:26  (was given to the apostles to teach them)

Acts 10:44-48  (was given to Cornelius household to show that God had accepted the Gentiles)

Idolatry

Ex 20:3  (have no other gods before the Lord)

Ex 20:4  (do not make any graven images)

Acts 17:29  (God isn’t like an image made by men)

Rom 1:21-23  (idols are the result of a foolish heart rejecting God)

Jer 10:2-5  (idols have no power, they are made by men)

Deut 4:28

1Cor 10:14  (flee from idolatry)

1John 5:21

Col 3:5  (greed is idolatry (putting physical things before God))

The Kingdom (the church)

Dan 2:36-44  (Gods kingdom to be set up in the days of Rome)

Isa 2:2-3  (Gods word will go out from Jerusalem)

Mark 1:15  (the kingdom is at hand)

Luke 12:32  (Jesus promised the kingdom to disciples)

Matt 6:10  (disciples taught to pray for kingdom to come)

Matt 16:18-19  (church and kingdom used as one)

Mark 9:1  (people living then would see the kingdom come)

Luke 23:42  (thief on cross asked to be remember in kingdom)

Mark 15:43  (after crucifixion, Joseph was waiting for kingdom)

Acts 1:6-8  (apostles were to receive power)

Acts 2:1-4  (Holy Spirit comes on apostles on Pentecost)

Acts 2:29-36  (Jesus is sitting on David’s throne)

Acts 2:37-47  (God adds the saved to the church)

Acts 8:12  (Philip preached about the existence of the kingdom)

Col 1:13  (Christians are transferred from darkness into the kingdom)

Heb 12:28  (we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken)

Rev 1:6  (Christians are a kingdom of priests)

Rev 1:9  (John is our brother in the kingdom)

1Cor 15:24  (at the end, Christ will hand the kingdom back to God)

The Lords Supper

Luke 22:15-20  (instituted by Jesus in His memory at Passover)

1Cor 11:23-24  (same instructions also given to Paul)

1Cor 11:26  (partaking proclaims His sacrifice on our behalf)

1Cor 11:27-28  (must recognize the significance when partaking)

1Cor 11:29-31  (taking it unthinkingly will bring judgment)

1Cor 11:20-22,33-34 (don’t include it as part of the common meal)

Acts 2:42  (early church took the Lords supper regularly)

1Cor 16:2  (Christians met every first day of the week)

Acts 20:6-7  (Christians met to break bread every seven days)

Lost (who will be)

Rev 21:8  (cowardly, vile, immoral, wicked, idolaters)

Mark 16:16  (those who do not believe in Jesus)

John 8:21  (those who die with sins unforgiven)

Rom 2:4  (the unrepentant)

Acts 2:38  (those who are not baptized for the forgiveness of sins)

James 5:19-20  (those who wander away and are not brought back)

Heb 6:4-6  (those who go back into sin and never repent)

Gal 5:19-21  (those who follow the sinful actions of the flesh)

1Cor 6:9-11  (sinners not cleansed by Jesus blood)

Matt 5:22-23  (those who insult and degrade their brothers)

Rev 22:18-19  (those who take from or add to God’s word)

2John 9

Matt 15:9  (those who follow men’s teachings rather than God’s)

Matt 6:15  (those who do not forgive others)

Marriage

Prov 18:22  (marriage is a good thing)

Heb 13:4  (marriage is honorable)

Matt 19:5-6  (God joins the couple in marriage)

1Cor 11:11-12  (each is part of the other in marriage)

1Cor 7:1-6  (each belongs to each other in marriage)

1Tim 4:3  (don’t forbid the unmarried to marry)

1Tim 5:14-15  (younger widows are to remarry)

1Cor 7: 39  (Christian widows are to marry Christians)

Rom 7:2-3  (marriage lasts until death)

Eph 5:22-33  (the husband wife relationship is to mirror the relationship between Christ and the church)

Personal Responsibility

Rom 14:12  (everyone is accountable to God)

Matt 12:36-37  (we are accountable for our words)

2Cor 5:10  (we are accountable for our actions)

2Cor 9:6-8  (we are accountable for the use of our money)

Matt 5:28  (we are accountable for our thoughts)

2Cor 10:5  (we are to make our thoughts obedient to Christ)

James 4:17  (we are accountable for doing what we know is right)

James 2:24  (we are justified by actions as well as faith)

Prayer

1Thess 5:17 (always have the mindset of prayer)

John 14:6 (can only come to God through Jesus)

Col 3:17 (do all, including pray in Jesus name)

James 1:6-7 (Believe and expect an answer)

1John 5:14-15 (pray in accordance to Gods will)

Luke 22:42 (Jesus garden prayer)

James 4:3 (pray with the right motives)

1John 3:21-22 (prayers are answered for the obedient)

1Pet 3:12

Luke 11:1-4 (The model prayer)

Mark 11:25-26 (forgive in prayer to be forgiven)

1Pet 5:7 (pray about your concerns)

1Tim 2:1-2 (pray for leaders and governments)

James 5:15-16 (pray for the sick)

2Thess 3:1 (pray for the spread of the gospel)

Rom 10:1

Matt 6:5-8 (pray simply in your own words)

Rom 8:26-27 (the Spirit helps Christians with their prayers)

Preach/Teach

Rom 10:14-15 (preaching necessary to spread gospel)

1Cor 1:21 (preaching was chosen by God)

2Tim 2:15 (need to study to correctly handle the Word)

2Tim 2:24 (Christians are to be able to teach)

1Pet 3:15 (must be able to tell why we believe)

Matt 28:18-20 (gospel is to be preached and taught to everyone)

Eph 6:4 (fathers are to teach their children)

Eph 4:15 (purpose is to mature in Christ)

Col 1:28

Heb 5:12 (Christians are expected to learn and mature)

Rom 6:17-18 (obeying gospel sets us free from sin)

2John 2:9 (following the word keeps us in Christ)

James 3:1 (great responsibility to teach correctly)

2Thess 1:7-9 (punishment for those who do not follow gospel)

Repentance

Luke 13:3 (necessary for salvation)

Acts 17:30 (commanded by God)

2Peter 3:9 (God wants all to repent)

Acts 3:19 (necessary to remove sins)

Luke 24:46-47 (preached as part of the gospel)

Acts 26:20

Acts 2:38 (precedes baptism, required for forgiveness)

Acts 11:18 (leads to life)

Luke 3:8 (shown in actions)

2Cor. 7:10 (the result of Godly sorrow)

Matt. 11:20-24 (refusal to repent leads to condemnation)

Heb. 6:4-8 (refusal to repent leads to condemnation)

Salvation – Biblical examples

Acts 2:36-40 (Pentecost) – believes, repent, baptized

Acts 8:5-13 (Philip in Samaria) – believed, baptized

Acts 8:26-39 (Ethiopian eunuch) – believed, confessed, baptized

Acts 9:1-19 (Saul) – believed, baptized

Acts 10:30-48 (Cornelius) – believed, baptized

Acts 16:12-15 (Lydia) – believed, baptized

Acts 16:29-33 (Philippian jailer) – believed, baptized

Acts 19:1-5 (disciples of John) – believed, rebaptized into Jesus

Salvation – general need and requirements

Rom. 3:23 (all have sinned and need salvation)

Rom. 10:13-14 (must hear and believe to be saved)

Rom. 1:16 (gospel is the power to save)

Acts 16:30-33 (first hear about Jesus and believe)

Rom. 10:17 (hearing God’s word brings faith)

Eph. 2:8 (saved by grace through faith)

Rom. 5:9 (blood of Christ justifies us)

Rom. 10:9-10 (confession leads to salvation)

Mark 16:16 (belief and baptism saves)

Acts 2:37-38 (repentance and baptism saves)

Rev. 2:10 (be faithful until death)

Matt. 24:13 (endure until the end)

1Cor. 15:1-2 (hold to the gospel to be saved)

Sin

Rom 3:23  (everyone has sinned)

Rom 3:9

1John 3:4  (sin is breaking Gods law)

Rom 14:23  (what is not of faith is sin)

James 4:17  (failure to do good is sin)

Isa 59:1-2  (sin separates us from God)

Ezek 18:20  (sins are not inherited)

Rom 14:12  (each is responsible for their own actions)

Rom 5:12  (Adams sin started death, but our own sin keeps it going)

Acts 2:38  (sins can be forgiven (repentance and baptism))

Acts 22:16  (baptism washes away sins for non-Christians)

Acts 8:22  (sin forgiven by repentance and prayer for Christian)

1John 3:5  (Jesus came to take away sin)

1John 3:6  (Christians cannot stay in Christ if they continue to sin willfully)

Heb 6:4-8  (Christians can fall so far that they will not repent)

Heb 10:25-31  (continuing willful sin will cause Christians to be lost)

1John 5:16-18  (sins continued until death cannot be forgiven)

Matt 12:31  (blasphemy of the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven (attributing Gods work to Satan))

Singing

Eph 5:19  (make melody in your heart)

Col 3:16  (sing with gratitude)

1Cor 14:15-19  (sing with the mind, use intelligible words)

Rom 15:9,11  (sing to the Lord)

James 5:13  (sing to express joy)

Acts 16:25  (Paul and Silas sing even in prison)

Matt 26:30  (Jesus and disciples sing together)

John 4:24  (worship in spirit and truth)

John 17:17  (Gods word is truth, follow it in worship)

Matt 15:9  (worship is vain if done by men’s ideas)

John 12:48  (will be judged by Jesus words)

Using only the Bible

 Gal 1:6-9  (no man or angel can change the gospel)

Gal 3:15  (a covenant can’t be changed)

Heb 9:15-17  (new covenant in effect upon Jesus death)

1Pet 4:11  (speak as the utterances of God - only His words)

1Cor 4:6  (don’t go beyond what is written)

Rev 22:18-19  (don’t add or subtract from the word)

2John 9-11  (abide in the teachings of Christ)

John 4:24  (worship must be in spirit and truth)

John 17:17  (Gods word is the truth)

John 16:13  (Holy Spirit guided the apostles into all truth)

John 8:32  (the truth sets us free)

Col 3:17  (do all in the name of Christ - by His authority)

Matt 15:7-9  (worship is vain if we teach men’s laws)

Rom 10:14-17  (faith comes by hearing Gods word)

Rom 14:23  (whatever is not of faith is sin)

2Tim 3:16-17  (scripture supplies all the teaching that we need)

Rom 2:8  (rejecting the word will bring wrath)

Matt 7:21-23  (only those who DO God’s will are saved)

Col 2:8  (don’t be caught up in human ideas)

1Tim 6:3-4  (those who reject Christ understand nothing)

Matt 28:18  (Jesus has all power in heaven and on earth)

John 12:48  (Jesus words will judge us)

Word of God

John 17:17  (Gods word is truth)

Heb 4:12  (the word is alive and powerful)

Ps 119:130  (it gives understanding)

John 15:3  (it cleanses us)

1Pet 1:22  (it purifies our soul)

Ps 19:7  (it converts the soul)

Phil 2:16  (it is the word of life)

James 1:21  (it can save our souls)

John 6:63  (Gods words are spirit and life)

1Pet 1:23  (we are born again through the word)

Eph 6:17  (the word is the sword of the Spirit)

Ps 119:105  (Gods words are a lamp to our path)

Jer 23:29  (the word is like a fire or a hammer)

John  8:28  (Jesus words came from the Father)

John 12:48  (the words of Christ will judge us)

Matt 24:35  (Gods words are unchangeable)

James 1:22  (hearing the word is not enough, must do it)

1John 2:5  (love is perfected by keeping Gods word)

Worship (general)

John 4:24 (must be in spirit and truth)

Matt 15:7-9 (vain if following men’s rules)

Col 2:18-23 (don’t follow human ideas)

Rom 1:23-25 (don’t worship images)

Acts 17:29

Acts 10:25-26 (don’t worship men)

Rom 12:1 (involves offering yourself as a living sacrifice)

Matt 5:23-24 (requires right relationships between brothers)