by Papa Bravo | Apr 15, 2018 | Sermon Notes
April 15, 2018
Why Did things go wrong?
Genesis 3
We exist to have a relationship with the Lord that leads us to worship, love and serve Him.
Had we chosen this kind of relationship with God, we would have enjoyed an abundant life as Jesus promised!
Sin changed everything!
Our world was thrust into utter chaos, not only was our relationship with God broken, but every relationship in life was fractured.
The result is a decay in all of life and we find ourselves under the power of sin.
First, sin brought about separation in our life! (3:1-9)
- We can know love, compassion again.
- Death created separation. Immediately.
The issue of the authority of God’s Word! (vs. 1-3)
- Serpent: Has God indeed said (do not eat or die)? Doubt undermines His authority.
The issue of the deception of the mind! (vs. 4-6)
The issue of the disobedience of man! (vs. 7-9)
- Eve was deceived, Adam disobeyed.
- Today, I find blame in anything but myself.
Our transgression creates our separation!
Second, sin brought about bondage! (Romans 6:15-18)
Our bondage always distorts our view of life!
Our bondage destroys our purpose of life!
Third, sin brought about condemnation!
(Romans 3:23, John 3:18)
We are guilty before God because of our sin!
We are in debt to God because of our sin!
- Jesus fulfilled that debt.
- For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of eternal life comes from Christ Jesus.
- Wages come from my character, but gifts come from the character of the giver.
“We all are a debt we cannot pay!“
by Papa Bravo | Mar 18, 2018 | Sermon Notes
March 18, 2018
Psalm 126
Each of us has experienced joy of some time in our life.
However none of us have probably experienced and captured the joy that flows from Psalm 126.
This passage is referred to as a Psalm of Ascent, which focused on the people of God Traveling to Jerusalem to worship their God.
The occasion for this Psalm is possibly a return of God’s people from captivity in Babylon during the time of Ezra and Nehemiah.
Though the Pilgrims have known difficult days, they are anticipating better days from the Lord.
How might our Church experience joy in these days?
The remembrance of God’s faithfulness (vs. 1-3)
1. The joy of salvation.
Psalms 51:12 – David lost his joy due to sin and asks for restoration of joy.
2. The joy of spiritual victory
Psalms 43:4 – Dark cloud hanging over life. Eventually experience victory.
3. The joy of fellowship with God’s people.
Phil 1, Paul described his joy. From prison.
4. The joy of the work of God.
Psalms 85:6- revival. Crying out for a new work in life.
The restoration of God’s Favor (vs. 4-6)
1. The prayer of a desperate heart.
Bring back the captivity. Life is so dry, they yearn for a time of abundance.
2. The of tears a sorrowful heart.
Could be from sin in life.
Could be tears from lost joy.
Luke 19:41 no dry eyes. Do not let my eyes become dry for lost souls.
3. The sowing of a faithful heart.
A harvest cannot be made until seeds are sown.
The seed is the Gospel.
4. The reaping of a joyful heart.
The fallen returns to God and have joy.
by Papa Bravo | May 7, 2017 | Sermon Notes
What kind at church do I want?
Missions. Psalm 67
The church: God’s missionary agent.
- God’s concern for the nation. (v.1-2)
- God’s commitment to the nation’s. (v.3-5)
- God’s call to the nation. (v.6-7)
by Papa Bravo | Mar 26, 2017 | Sermon Notes
March 26, 2017
Joy is the theme of the book of Philippians and was the character of that church.
The way that Paul sought to challenge them to experience the greatest joy was by attaining the “mind of Christ.”So Paul appeals to the greatest theological and Christological passage in the New Testament to allow them to see what the mind of Christ looks like.
As Paul addresses the mind of Christ, He does so by looking at the incarnation, the crucifixion and the exaltation of Jesus Christ.
it is from these three pivotal theological subjects that Paul helps the church discover her greatest joy.
How did Jesus experience His greatest joy? (Hebrews 12:2)
His example. (vs. 5)
Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus,
- We achieve Unity. The greater unity, the greater manifestation of God.
- Or mind must be in unity with the mind of Christ.
- My true joy comes from having the mind of Christ. Hebrews 12:2.
- His example becomes our example.
- Jesus grew in maturity because of His obedience to the Word, not because of His diety.
His existence. (vs. 6)
who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,
- Jesus was, is, and always will be with/is God. Before sin, God made provision for me.
- He did not use His diety for His own purposes. He had the power to do so.
- I should humble myself even though I am a child of Christ.
His emptiness. (vs. 7)
but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant,
- He was God, but became man.
- He didn’t lose his divine attributes, but set the example for me to follow by denying His rights.
Our greatest joy comes with possessing the mind of Christ!
by Papa Bravo | Mar 12, 2017 | Sermon Notes
March 12, 2017
Matthew 16:13-17
Jesus Christ came to give us life!
Yet, many who saw and encountered Him never experienced His life.
We all must answer one of life’s greatest questions and that is, who is Jesus Christ!
Depending on your knowledge of Jesus Christ will influence how you answer the questions.
God wants to have a personal relationship with us, but that depends on how we answer the question.
Let’s give consideration to who Jesus is and what we must do with Jesus.
A probing question for consideration (vs. 13)
- Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?”
A thoughtful answer that was inadequate (vs. 14)
- And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
A personal decision that awaits each person (vs. 15)
- He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”
A statement of faith that that empowers our life (vs. 16-17)
- Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
Jesus is the Son of the Living God that is worthy of our worship!
