Calvary Chapel South Sermons

What is Your Name? Mark 5:1-20 By angels we mean those spiritual beings which God created higher than humans, some of whom have remained obedient to God and carry out his will, and others of whom disobeyed, lost their holy condition, and now oppose and hinder his work. - Millard Erickson I. The Demonic Realm is POWERFUL. (v1-5) The person so possessed is being destroyed, physically, emotionally and spiritually. II. The Demonic Realm is PERSISTENT. (v6-13) III. The Demonic Realm has A PROBLEM. (v14-20) MY NAME is CHRISTIAN. I confess JESUS as My SAVIOR, My LORD and My KING. My allegiance is forever and ever to His KINGDOM and His POWER and His GLORY! I will worship Him, and Him only will I serve. My LIFE belongs COMPLETELY to Him. MY NAME is CHRISTIAN - INDWELT by the Holy Spirit of God: (NOTE: Leave this as a header for the rest of the slides) I CANNOT be possessed by even ONE DEMON. I CAN EXPECT to be oppressed by THE DEVIL. I CAN RESIST the devil, TURN from his tempta

Luke 7:36 – 8:3 How to Love Much MORE! There will be no MORE LOVE without MORE FORGIVENESS and there is no MORE FORGIVENESS without MORE LOVE. I. When you Care LESS. (v37-39) II. When you Have NOTHING. (v40-43) III. When you Confess MANY. (v44-47) IV. When you Believe ONLY. (v48-50; 8:1-3)

Matthew 11:20-30 Repentance, Revelation and Rest WHEN there is REPENTANCE from sin, there comes REVELATION from God. WHEN there is REVELATION from God, there comes REST for your soul. “Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it finds its rest in thee.” ― Augustine I. REPENTANCE (v20-24) II. REVELATION (v25-27) III. REST (v28-30) · REST: JESUS will HOLD YOU by HAVING YOU. (v28) · REST: JESUS will HELP YOU by HARNESSING YOU. (v29) · REST: JESUS will HEAL YOU with HIS HEART FOR YOU. (v29-30)

Luke 7:18-35 Why We Look for Another I. Because the WAYS of God OFFEND our EXPECTATIONS. (v18-23) II. Because the WORD of God CONFRONTS our MOTIVATIONS. (v24-29) III. Because the WILL of God REJECTS our OPINIONS. (v30-35) Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form OPINIONS w/o having to get the facts. – White The greatest deception men suffer is from their own OPINIONS. – Leonardo da Vinci I. Because the WAYS of God OFFEND our EXPECTATIONS. (v18-23) II. Because the WORD of God CONFRONTS our MOTIVATIONS. (v24-29) III. Because the WILL of God REJECTS our OPINIONS. (v30-35)

NOTES: I do not want merely to possess a FAITH; I want a FAITH that possesses me. - Charles Kingsley A little FAITH will bring your soul to heaven; a GREAT FAITH will bring heaven to your soul. FAITH is to believe what we do not see; and the reward of FAITH is to see what we believe. FAITH sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible. I. CONSIDER the FAITH you put in people. (v1-5) II. CONTRAST the FAITH you put in JESUS. (v6-10) A GREAT FAITH KNOWS JESUS CARES for YOU. A GREAT FAITH KNOWS what JESUS CAN DO for YOU. 1 Timothy 2:1-7 · PRay · PRosper · PRovided · PReach III. COMPREHEND the FAITH JESUS CAME to give you. (v11-17) A GREAT FAITH KNOWS that JESUS will COME THRU for YOU. I. CONSIDER the FAITH you put in people. (v1-5) II. CONTRAST the FAITH you put in JESUS. (v6-10) III. COMPREHEND the FAITH JESUS CAME to give you. (v11-17) A GREAT FAITH KNOWS JESUS CARES for YOU. A

Slide #1 - “94 percent of peoplein prison are men. And 85 percent of those men grew up in fatherless homes.” Father Fiction, p.3 Slide #1 part 2 - “The loss of meaningful rituals ofinitiation into adulthood is considered by some to be the main cause ofdelinquency and malformed adult identity, particularly amongst men, in theWest.” - The Faith of Leap, p. 57 Slide #2 - Our culture isexperiencing a fatherhood crisis. How will we respond? Slide #2 part 2 - The church is strugglingto pass the faith on to the next generation. How will we respond? Slide #3 - Goal of a Protégé = be with teacher, become like the teacher, do what the teacher does Slide #4 - Pathway for Spiritual Parenting part 1 - information – mentor offers knowledge based upon their experience part 2 - imitation – mentor offers access to their life and environment part 3 - innovation – mentor trusts the Spirit and releases protégé Slide #5 - Tips for Mentors (points can accumulate on a single slide) 1. Ask about their expectations and

Matthew 7:13-29 ENTERING the Kingdom of Heaven 3 things JESUS tells us about ENTERING into KINGDOM LIFE 1. THE WAY which Leads to LIFE is NARROW 2. THE WAY which Leads to LIFE is DIFFICULT 3. THERE ARE FEW WHO find it. 3 things we must keep ENTERING into our SPIRITUAL LIVES. 1. SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK: BE ONE of the FEW (v13-14) 2. SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION: BEWARE of the FALSE (v15-23) 3. SPIRITUAL OUTWORKING: BE WISE, not FOOLISH (v24-29) 1. THE WAY which Leads to LIFE is NARROW 1. SPIRITUAL OUTLOOK: BE ONE of the FEW (v13-14) 2. THE WAY which Leads to LIFE is DIFFICULT 2. SPIRITUAL OPPOSITION: BEWARE of the FALSE (v15-23) 3. THERE ARE FEW WHO find it. 3. SPIRITUAL OUTWORKING: BE WISE, not FOOLISH (v24-29)