Sierra Vista Baptist Church: Recent Episodes
Sierra Vista Baptist Church
Three marks of a True Church: 1. Where the Word is Faithfully Preached. 2. Where the Ordinances are Faithfully Practiced.3. Where Church Discipline is Faithfully Applied.
A Thanksgiving Prayer Col 1:9-14 Intro to Passage: Turn with me to Colossians, As Thanksgiving day approaches this passage is particularly fitting. 9-14 is a summary of the prayer that the Apostle Paul has for the Colossians. In fact it is a thanksgiving prayer. It starts out with Pauls desire to see…
Nahum 1:9-15 Turn with me in your Bibles to the book of Nahum, remember that it is a prophecy of Nahum given to the people living in Judah sometime before 612 BC. This prophecy written in poetic form is essentially a prediction that God would destroy the capital city of Nineveh. Orient to the passage,…
Intro: Thats not fair! why does good things happen to bad people? Why does bad things happen to good people? I think we have all said these things before. The Book of Nahum helps answer these. Turn in your Bibles to the book of Nahum, it can be found in the minor prophets, it is a small 3 chapter book…
A Fruitful Farewell This is our season finale on the book of Titus. We have seen what the Master Architect desires for a congregation the under contractor Paul has sent the blueprint and Titus is working to follow the directions. The goal is a healthy congregation a sturdy home that is a testament to…
Verbs of a Healthy Congregation Introduction: Turn in your Bibles to Titus 3 . We have had the joy of covering this letter of Titus for the last 4 Sundays. After today we only have one more Sunday in this book. To recap we have seen several elements of a healthy church. From leadership in Chap 1 to members…
You will be motivated to be holy on the basis of three truths, Our Place, Our Instruction, Our Hope.
Healthy Bible teaching produces fruit in the lives of Christians. A true church is comprised of people who are born again, who are believers and submit to Jesus Christ at their Lord and Savior. We saw last week that a healthy Biblical community requires healthy leadership who will hold fast to the faith and teach correctly the word of truth. Today we are going to see that healthy teaching produces healthy living.
Introduction As we approach the text of Titus today remember it was written by Paul to Titus for the sake of the churches in Crete. From this letter we are discovering what God’s plan for the church is. Last week we saw that the basis of all our work on earth is the hope of eternal life that drives us…
Titus 1:1-4 Outline perspective of Hope Introduction: (Illustration) How do you choose a restaurant? A church? While many of these aspects of choosing a church can be helpful, the problem is we look from the wrong perspective. We have a self-centered, this is about me perspective. When we look at all…