Is Jesus What You Expected?

Sermon Text: Matthew 21:1-11

Sermon Outline:

Outline Questions

  1. When you started following Christ, did you think he would make all things right in your life?

  2. Did you ever wonder what was really going on with Jesus triumphal entry into Jerusalem? Why did he weep over Jerusalem?

  3. How can you explain that the same people who were yelling
    "Hosanna" and throwing down palms before Jesus, were yelling
    "crucify Him" just a short time later?

  4. Have you ever praised God one minute, just to question him a short time later?

  5. What would you have thought if you were there that day, when Jesus made his triumphal entry into Jerusalem on a donkey?

Are You Living In Resurrection Faith?

Sermon Text: Luke 15:11-24

Sermon Outline:

1. What will you do with Easter after it is over? Will you put it away until next spring?

2. What is it that God wants to do with Easter in you?

3. Why might the story of Lazarus Resurrection confuse you?

4. Why did Jesus wait until Lazarus was dead at four days before showing up?

5. What is more spectacular Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead, or He saves people every day who are dead in their trespasses?

Come To Yourself & Run To The Father

Sermon Text: Luke 15:11-24

Sermon Outline:

1. Does it grieve you that so many people die and not a single person seems to know or care when they die?

2. For you, would it be better to die unknown by every human in the world, then to die unknown by God?

3. Do you believe there is a party in Heaven for every sinner, who repents and turns from his ways?

4. True or False: When you are alienated from God, you are always alienated from yourself?

5. What did Martin Luther mean when he once said, "If I could believe that God was not angry with me, I would stand on my head for joy"?

The 5 Principles of Our Temple Reconstruction

Sermon Outline Questions

John 2:13-22

1. Do you believe Covid caused the destruction of our temple?

2. Do you believe the church isn't a building, it is a gathered people?

3. If so, then why bother going to church?

4. As virtual church spreads across the world, and it becomes easier and easier to worship from our homes, explain why scripture tells us "must not give up physically meeting, so we can encourage one another all the more as you see the day approaching."

5. What does it mean that the church experience is a corporate one?

The Only Real Fruit Bearing Tree

Sermon Outline Questions

Luke 9:28-36

1. Do you believe there is a biblical purpose for our trials that is all together for our good, regardless of how meaningless the trial feels?

2. Do you get discouraged when your mountaintop experiences are followed by a plummet into the valley?

3. Would your Christian walk be characterized by mountaintop peaks followed by valley lows? Why do you think that is so?

4. True or False: Trials and sorrows are necessary for spiritual growth!

5. How is our "momentary affliction" producing for us a weight of glory? What does that mean to you?

The Jesus We Prefer

Sermon Outline Questions

Matthew 4:1-11

1. Do we want a Jesus that can turn stones into bread?

2. Do we want a Jesus who would do something

spectacular, to make it easier for all our friends, families,

and colleagues to believe in Him?

3. Have you ever prayed,

"Jesus, if you are the Son of

God, straighten out this mess?

4. Would it be better to have a Jesus who would just

take charge, and sort out the government, bring peace

to Ukraine, make Covid go away for good, overcome all

injustice?

Do You Think About The Goodness, Greatness, and Grace of God Everyday?

Sermon Outline Questions

Psalm 145:1-21

1. Why am I all I think about sometimes?

2. Why am I so distracted by sin crouching at my door each day,

waiting for me to greet it?

3. Why is it a journey of great distance sometimes, for truth to get

from my head to my heart?

4. If I know, and have experienced God's greatness, goodness, and

grace, why then is my soul cast down sometimes?

What Can We Know For Sure

Sermon Outline Questions

1 John 5:14-21

1. What do we need to know for sure to live for God even when it's hard?

2. If you had to put your faith into one statement, what do you know for sure?

3. Can two Christians have different truths about assurance?

4. Is unity among all churches a good thing? Is it biblical?

5. Do you believe that we can know now with 100% assurance that we are going to heaven?

How Can I Know For Sure That I Am Saved?

Sermon Outline Questions

1 John 5:1-13

1. Have you ever waivered in your assurance that you are saved?

2. Did you ever say to yourself "I am not worthy to be saved?"

3. Have you ever taken personal inventory to see if you are bearing

the fruit consistent with being saved? Has that ever scared you

that maybe you aren't saved?

4. Do you believe that churches are filled with people who think

they are saved, but may not be?

5. Do you believe that we can know with 100% assurance that we

are going to heaven?

We Must Test Every Spirit

Sermon Outline

1 John 4:1-6

  1. Do you believe that what we believe forms what we worship, and what we worship forms who we become?

  2. My guess is that most deny the prosperity gospel as right doctrine, but do we functionally live as if it’s true?

  3. Is it possible to confess Jesus is Lord and Savior, and follow false spirits?

  4. Do you believe that whatever your heart clings to and confides in, that is really your god". (lower case “g” done intentionally)

  5. How does John say we test the spirits to discern truth from counterfeit?

Living The Uncondemned Life

Sunday January 15th, 2023

Sermon Outline

1 John 3:19-24

  1. As we are commanded to love even our enemies, have you ever heard a little voice inside say “You aren’t doing it right?

  2. Have you ever felt in your mind that the bar is set too high to obey all John is talking about in 1 John?

  3. As we fall short constantly, have you ever wondered if it is possible to live the Uncondemned Life?

  4. What do you think the results would be of a heart free of condemnation?

  5. Have you ever heard a voice inside you say “You have hardly laid down your life for others”? What truth in today’s passage can squash this lie?

We Are Commanded To Love The Unlovely, But How

Sermon Outline

1 John 3:11-18

  1. Do you believe that the possibility of loving one another the way

  2. Christ loves us, originates with conversion? How do you think the world will respond to that?

  3. Is it possible to truly love sandpaper people? Or your enemies?

  4. True or False ...

    ..As the love of God comes into the twisted,

    distorted heart of fallen mankind, it becomes twisted and distorted. It is deflected from its true goal, and in fallen man it becomes love directed only toward himself.

  5. Is it possible that the only love we show as non-Christians is really a love of ourselves. Then how do you explain an atheists love for his children?

  6. When was the last time you loved someone who disliked you?

The Greatest New Years Message Ever

Sermon Outline:

1 John 3: 1-10

Outline Questions:

  1. Have you ever made New Years resolutions that were completely successful?

  2. Have you ever wished for complete joy for the new year?

  3. Is complete joy even possible?

  4. Is it God's will for us to be in complete joy this new year?

  5. Did Jesus ever promise "He, the Creator of Joy, will put His joy in us and then that will complete us."?