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Sermons by Todd Dykstra

Easter Service

Romans 6:8-11 If our Savior is dead – He’s no Savior This is the day that we meet in celebration of this reality .         Acts 2:24, Romans 1:1-4, 1 Corinthians 15:3 Three implications of this truth 1.  Christ’s Resurrection Becomes Our Resurrection Through Union With Him – Vs. 8-9 .               Hebrews 10:2 .  …

A Believer’s Responsibility to God and Government

Matthew 22:15-22 A believer is responsible to submit to and pray for authority – Romans 13:1-7, 1 Peter 2:13-17 Trap #1 – Is It Right To Pay Taxes? 1.  The Devious Plot – Vss. 15-17 .         Pharisees and Herodians – A most unlikely alliance, but united in their hatred for Christ .         Saying the correct things,…

The Cursing of the Fig Tree and the Barrenness of Empty Religion

Matthew 21:18-22 The most terrifying verse in the Bible – Matthew 7:21 .       James 1:22, Luke 18:11-12, Matthew 13:20-22 I.  The Curse Applied – Vss. 18-19 .         The only destructive miracle of Jesus – A curse on dead religion .               Jeremiah 8:4-7, 11-13, Hosea 2:12, Micah 7:1, Luke 13:2-9 .    …

Cleansing The Temple

Matthew 21:12-17 Ungodly, unbiblical worship is always an abomination to God Leviticus 10:1-3, Matthew 15:7-9, Romans 1:21-25 This is the second temple cleansing – the first was in John 2:13-17 Four Points That Demonstrate The Danger of False Worship 1.  The Righteous Indignation – Vs. 12 .         Mark 11:16, Isaiah 56:7, Jeremiah 7:11, Zechariah 14:21, Malachi 3:1-2 2.  The…

Sight For The Blind

Matthew 20:29-34 The Purpose of Miracles is to Show: .      His compassion .      His credentials – John 5:36; 10:25 .      To prove that He came to usher in a new creation How do we know that Christ has the authority to deal with our greatest problem – sin? 1.  The Passionate Appeal for Sight – Vs.…

Elder Q & A – Session 2

Luke 1:15 – John the Baptist filled with the Holy Spirit in his mother’s womb.  Is this the same as the “indwelling of the Spirit” in Acts? .         OT –  temporarily filled for specific tasks .         NT – permanent as function of believer in Christ Did God create evil?         No .     …

Elder Q & A – Session 1

What was the star of the Maji? – Matthew 2 .       The Maji would have recognized Balaam’s oracle – Numbers 24:17 Will we remember our sinful lives in heaven? .       Revelation 21 – no mourning .       New Covenant – God does not remember .       Isaiah 65:16-17 – The former troubles are forgotten .   …

God Made Flesh: The Glory of the Incarnation (Part 2)

Selected Scriptures Part 1 Christ added humanity to His deity Hebrews 2:14-17, 4:15, 1 Timothy 2:5, Philippians 2:7, 1 John 1:1-3a, 4:2-3, 2 John 2:7 Four Proofs of the Humanity of Jesus 1.  He Had A Human Birth – Galatians 4:4 .         A virgin birth (supernatural conception) – Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:20 .         A perfect life…