This sermon continues the exploration of Paul’s first prayer in Ephesians, which petitions God for assurance. This assurance comes from God infusing every part of our being with the knowledge of the hope He has called us to, the riches of His inheritance, and the greatness of His power. In this message, Pastor Jim explores in more detail the knowledge of the riches of His inheritance with the realization that Christ’s inheritance is us. In doing so he answers the question: Why does God consider us His rich inheritance?
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ
Jim Sole
In this Easter morning service, Pastor Jim Sole talks about how Christ’s ressurection unlocked the door to our intimacy with God.
Pastor Jim begins this exploration of Paul’s first prayer in Ephesians, which petitions God for assurance. This assurance comes from God infusing every part of our being with the knowledge of the hope He has called us to, the riches of His inheritance, and the greatness of His power. In this message we learn about the general petition and more detail about where the knowledge of God is received by us and what is the hope that He has called us to.
Matthew 27:27-31 – Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him,…
In this sermon, pastor Jim provides a broad and encouraging overview of QBC’s current outreach ministries, which includes a look into the scriptures at the qualities found in a Gospel-centered church on her God-directed Gospel mission. The text is 1 Thessalonians 1:3-10. In addition, he also takes a look into the book of Acts to see how we, as individuals, are to be active in assuring our church gets on Gospel mission and maintains this focus as we move ahead in the future.
In the previous sermon, Pastor Jim covered how Peter establishes and defines in these opening verses our relationship to God as Father. Now he dives into an analysis of what Peter says about our inheritance that is based on our relationship. That inheritance is our Lord Jesus and He embodies: A living hope, an imperishable, undefiled, unfading inheritance; and a secure salvation.