9/18/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Financial Giving a Means of Grace - Acts 20:33-35

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9/18/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Worship Leader: Tyler Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Acts 20:33-35
Title: Financial Giving a Means of Grace

"I have not coveted anyone's silver or gold or clothing. You yourselves know that these hands of mine have supplied my own needs and the needs of my companions. In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'"

Notes:

1. The Old Testament background
A. The "Regular Tithe"
B. The Poor Tithe
C. Leaving Gleanings for the Poor

2. Is the tithe for today?
A. How important is giving?
B. What is necessary in order to be able to give? Work

3. How giving helps with sanctification
A. Giving gives joy...and joy helps with holiness
B. Giving weans you from this world and gives you focus on the next

4. Two final thoughts
A. Earning money is not wrong
B. The least likely people should give

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9/4/2022 Worship Service and Sermon

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9/4/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: John 17:17
Title: Help With Being Holy: The Means of Grace: The Bible

NIV: "Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth."
NLT: "Make them pure and holy by teaching them your words of truth."

Notes

1. The "means of grace"
A. The meaning of grace
B. The paradox of grace
C. An illustration of the paradox
D. The means of grace

2. Who, exactly, needs to be sanctified by the Bible?
A. The twelve apostles
B. Jesus (while He was on earth)
C. Your holiness is linked with your familiarity with the Bible

3. What did Jesus mean by "your word"?

4. How the Bible helps you with holiness
A. Most basic: information about what really counts
B. God breathes life into that information

5. Challenges to reading the Bible
A. "I already know what's in the Bible."
B. "I don't understand it."
C. "I'm a poor reader."
D. "The Bible doesn't seem to help."

6. Closing Appeal

Benediction: "Now I commit you to God and to the word of his grace, which can build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified." -Acts 20:32

7/31/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Being Mindful of the Wonder of the Gospel - Colossians 1:13-14

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7/31/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Andrew Hageman
Speaker: David Royes
Title: Being Mindful of the Wonder of the Gospel
Scripture: Colossians 1:13-14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Notes:

1. The Terror of Being Lost
a. Spiritual enslavement is real.

2. The Centrality of Jesus Himself
a. Joy in God's Son
b. Fruit for God's Son
c. Union with God's Son

3. The often-overlooked means

7/24/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Sanctification Sermon #4: Bad Slavery, Good Slavery - Romans 6

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7/24/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship leader: Luke Stoltzfus
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: Romans 6:15-23
Title: Sanctification Sermon #4: Bad Slavery, Good Slavery

Notes

1. Everyone is a slave to either righteousness or sin
A. We tend to think, "I'm my own person"
B. Experience confirms we are slaves
C. Scripture teaches we are slaves

2. In your pre-Christian life, sin was a terrible slave master
A. Slavery to sin led to shame
B. Slavery to sin leads to death
C. Sin inevitably leads to more sin

3. Righteousness is a wonderful slave master
A. Noteworthy contrast between the two slaveries

4. Applications
A. If your life basically ignores God, why would you be confident of eternal life?
B. If righteousness feels like drudgery, you may not be a Christian
C. If you are a slave of God...

Benediction

No longer will there be any curse. The throne of God and of the Lamb will be in the city, and his slaves will serve him. They will see his face. (Revelation 22:3)

The grace of the Lord Jesus be with God's people. Amen. (Revelation 22:21)

7/17/22 Worship Service and Sermon: Sanctification Sermon #3: Death to Sin (Part 2) - Romans 6:1-14

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7/17/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Tyler Estes
Speaker: Pastor Steve Estes
Title: Sanctification Sermon #3: Death to Sin (Part 2)
Scripture: Romans 6:1-14

Notes

1. We died to sin
A. The Christian's death to sin relates to his baptism.
B. The Christian's death to sin is from being joined to Christ's death in particular

2. The death of Christ Himself was a "death to sin."
A. Christ's death was a death to the power of sin and death (hear Steve out on this)

3. We were buried with Christ through our baptism.

4. Your resurrection to new life is certain.
A. Since we are united with Christ in His death, we will certainly be united with Him in His resurrection

5. Your death to sin affected your whole person, including your body.
A. Your death to sin affected your whole person
B. Your death to sin included your body

6. Your resurrection to new life is certain.
A. Christ cannot die again. Death no longer has mastery over Him
B. Neither does spiritual death have mastery over you. You are a new creation

7. What do we do with all of this?

8. All this comes with a promise.

Benediction "May God himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." -1 Thessalonians 5:23

#sanctification #deathtosin #lifeinChrist