Due to the coming snowstorm and the Governor of New Jersey’s State of Emergency Declaration, there will no services or activities at the church this Sunday, January 25. We will be offering a virtual worship service at 9:00 a.m. Please join the online service, stay safe.
- Are you tempted to blame God when your life is filled with disappointments and challenges?
- Do you expect that your life should go reasonably well now that you are following Jesus? Why? Why not?
- Verses 14 & 15 indicate that sin comes out of our own desires and that sin is destructive. Do you view your sin as destructive to you and everyone around you?
- Since every good gift is from God, what can you thank God for right now?
- Paul alerts us to the fact that in Christ our old self has been put off. In other words, we are new people by the power of the gospel.
- Paul then exhorts us to put off the behavior of our old selves and live consistently with who we are now in Jesus.
- This gospel identity is crucial in our struggle against present temptation and sin.
- This text is a good reminder of how sin came into the world and how sin is destructive to every relationship and area of life.
- This text refers to the sin of adultery and impurity.
- The text details how we should take sin seriously and deal with it decisively.
- Too often, we put up with our sin rather than dealing with decisively in the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Preview of sermon text for September 25th.
- This is the first part of what it means to ‘Quick Hearers”.
