10/13/24 Worship Service & Sermon: Spiritual Flourishing - Titus 1:1-11

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10/13/2024 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Sermon: Dave Royes
Scripture: Titus 1:1-11
Title: Spiritual Flourishing

Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God's elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, in hope of eternal life, which God, who lever lies, promised before the ages began, and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our savior;

To Titus, my true child in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.

This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you--if anyone is above reproach, the husband of one wife, and his children are believers and not open to the charge of debauchery or insubordination. For an overseer, as God's steward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain, but hospitable, a lover of good, self-controlled, upright, holy, and disciplined. He must hold firm to the trustworthy word as taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and also to rebuke those who contradict it. For there are many who are insubordinate, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for shameful gain what they ought not to teach.

Notes:

1. Elders are a Source of Discipleship

2. Elders are a Display of the Spirit
A. Character
B. Conviction
C. Competency

3. Elders are for Soundness of Doctrine

#paul #titus #elders

9/8/2024 Worship Service and Sermon: Jehu Kills Joram, Ahaziah, and Jezebel - 2 Kings 9

9/8/2024 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Sermon: Steve Estes
Scripture: 2 Kings 9
Title: Jehu Kills Joram, Ahaziah, and Jezebel

Notes:

1. Previously on The Northern Kingdom...
A. Elijah flees
B. Jehovah replies
C. God's plan to topple Baal in Israel

2. Jehu anointed as king
A. Elisha sends a young prophet on a mission
B. Reaction of Jehu's lieutenants

3. Jehu kills two Baal-worshiping kings
A. Killing Joram of Israel
B. Killing Ahaziah of Judah

4. Killing Jezebel
A. Jezebel prepares to die in style
B. Jehu has Jezebel thrown out the window
C. Jehu feasts while Jezebel is feasted on

5. Lessons
A. Rebellion against God is fanned into flame by those we associate with
B. Rebels vs. God are gradually storing up wrath for themselves
C. God avenges His suffering people
D. Is God's wrath so gory and terrible?

#jehu #joram #ahaziah #jezebel

6/2/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: Elijah, Depressed in the Desert - 1 Kings 19:1-9a

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6/2/2024 Worship Service and Sermon at Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1-9a
Title: Elijah, Depressed in the Desert
Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Sermon: Senior Pastor Steve Estes

Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, "May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them." Elijah was afraid and ran for his life. When he came to Beersheba in Judah, he left his servant there, while he himself went a day's journey into the desert. He came to a broom tree, sat down under it and prayed that he might die. "I have had enough, LORD," he said. "Take my life; I am no better than my ancestors." Then he lay down under the tree and fell asleep. All at once an angel touched him and said, "Get up and eat." He looked around, and there by his head was a cake of bread baked over hot coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drank and then lay down again. The angel of the LORD came back a second time and touched him and said," Get up and eat, for the journey is too much for you." So he got up and ate and drank. Strengthened by that food, he traveled forty days and forty nights until he reached Horeb, the mountain of God. There he went into a cave and spent the night.

Notes:

1. Immediately after Carmel
A. What Ahab said
B. How Jezebel reacted
C. What Elijah did

2. Elijah's flight to the desert
A. Leaves servant in Beersheba
B. Weeps in a wadi
C. Sleeps in the shade

3. Commentators' criticism of Elijah's despondency

4. How we should see Elijah under the broom tree
A. What the text implies about Elijah's heart
B. What the text shows about God's heart

5. What should we make of all this?
A. God is tender toward discouraged servants
B. God's tenderness ultimately comes through Jesus

3/17/2024 Worship Service & Sermon: Jeroboam’s Dying Son & Dying Kingdom

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3/17/2024 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 1 Kings 14:1-20
Title: Jeroboam's Dying Son & Dying Kingdom
Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: Steve Estes

Notes:

1. Sorrow in Tirzah
A. Jeroboam's son is gravely ill
B. Jeroboam sends his wife to inquire of Ahijah the prophet
C. Jeroboam's message travels ahead of his wife
D. Ahijah's message looks backward
E. Ahijah's message looks forward

2. God wants us to feel the loss that comes from rejecting Him
A. We learn Abijah's name
B. The story grows gradually darker
C. Tragedy is told through the sad experience of the mother
D. A short summary of Jeroboam's life
E. The point

3. This tragedy exposes the horrible nature of sin
A. Sin = ingratitude for mercies God has shown
B. Sin = attempting to manipulate God
C. Sin = Thrusting God behind one's back
D. Result

4. God's mercy in a message of judgment
A. Mercy to David
B. Mercy to Abijah
C. Mercy to readers of 1 Kings

#Jeroboam #sin

12/3/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Faith Rewarded in This Life - Hebrews 11:32-35

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12/3/23 Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Hebrews 11:32-35a
Title: Faith Rewarded in This Life

And what more shall I say? I do not have time to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies. Women received back their dead, raised to life again.

Notes:

1. Our author's approach in chapter 11

2. A general and a judge
A. Barak
B. Samson

3. Four famous faithful foreigners
A. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
B. Daniel

4. Two anonymous women
A. The Zarephath widow
B. The Shunammite woman
C. Summary

5. Some principles
A. Many times, God rewards our faith in this life
B. God rewards our faith even in times of national decline
C. God rewards the faith of people whose faith has faltered

Benediction: May God give you grace to persevere in faith, so when you've done the will of God you'll receive what He has promised.

#Hebrews #faith

11/26/23 Worship Service and Sermon: Thanksgiving and (Not) Understanding - Various Scripture

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11/26/23 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Dave Daily
Speaker: Steve Boyer
Scripture: Various
Title: Thanksgiving and (Not) Understanding

Notes:

1. Thanksgiving as Memory (Psalm 136)
A. Giving thanks for all the good things
B. Giving thanks must become a habit

2. Thanksgiving as Anticipation (Luke 22:14-20)
A. Trusting God to keep His promises

3. Thanksgiving as Faith (Ephesians 5)
A. Giving thanks in these evil day
B. Giving thanks in the Name of Jesus
C. Giving thanks even when we don't understand

Nicene Creed

#thanksgiving #faith #bricklanecommunitychurch #bricklanechurch #elverson #pennsylvania #worship #sermon

5/28/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Correct Confidence - Philippians 3:1-11

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5/28/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: David Royes
Scripture: Philippians 3:1-11
Title: Correct Confidence

Notes:

1. A False Teaching
A. The danger of putting confidence in the flesh

2. A Powerful Testimony
A. Earthly gain as rubbish
B. Self-abandonment as the beginning of righteousness
C. Knowing Jesus as resurrection

3. A Simple Safeguard