Redemption Bible Chapel Sermon Podcast Redemption Bible Chapel

Main Points:
IF you have been raised with Christ THEN:
Seek Jesus (v. 1b)
And Him Alone (vv. 2-4)
Mortify your Flesh (vv. 5-7)
Put Off the Old Life (vv. 8-11)
Put On Your New Life (vv. 12-14)
Let Christ Rule in Your Affections (v. 15)
Let the Word of Christ Rule in your Living (v. 16)
Do All for God’s Glory (v. 17)
Application:
Ensure you don’t have a syncretistic worldview.
Trust in God’s Word in all areas of your life.
View problems, trials, and suffering Biblically.
Raise your children to have a Biblical worldview.
Think Biblically about death and the afterlife.

What is a worldview?
What a secular worldview is at its core.
What a secular worldview looks like in our society.

God’s Word is Always Trustworthy (vv. 1-7)
Man’s Actions are Often Selfish (vv. 8-14)
God’s Grace is Constantly Surprising (vv. 15-21)

10 Realities that set in when we begin to doubt God in unbelief:
We make God Smaller and less powerful than He is (v. 1)
We think more of ourselves than we should (v. 2)
We think less of others than we should (v. 2)
We think less of others than we should (vv. 2-7)
We think our problems are bigger than they really are (vv. 8-11)
We start to excuse our sin (vv. 12-13)
We see God’s grace, despite our sin (vv. 14-16)
We see our sin and God’s grace on others round us (vv. 17-18)
We see God still use us as witnesses to those around us (Genesis 21:22)
We see our faith grow in understanding of who God is (Genesis 21:23-34)

10 Realities that set in when we begin to doubt God in unbelief:
We make God Smaller and less powerful than He is (v. 1)
We think more of ourselves than we should (v. 2)
We think less of others than we should (v. 2)
We think less of others than we should (vv. 2-7)
We think our problems are bigger than they really are (vv. 8-11)
We start to excuse our sin (vv. 12-13)
We see God’s grace, despite our sin (vv. 14-16)
We see our sin and God’s grace on others round us (vv. 17-18)
We see God still use us as witnesses to those around us (Genesis 21:22)
We see our faith grow in understanding of who God is (Genesis 21:23-34)

Strong faith believes the best (18:16-33)
Weak faith will lead you to sin (19:1-11)
Weak faith will continually lure you back to sin (19:12-22)
Faith is God’s conduit of grace (19:23-29)
Faith does not mean we don’t sin or fail (19:30-38)