Sermons

Who Does The Kingdom Of Heaven Belong To? | Matthew 5:3-12 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday February 23rd, 2025

Sermon Title: "Who Does The Kingdom Of Heaven

Belong To?" (Matthew 5:3-12)

Sermon Outline

1. Why is it that, as important as the Beatitudes are, as principles of Kingdom Life, we don't memorize them, teach them, or focus on them like we do the commandments?

2. Would you consider yourself a merciful person?

3. Can you think of situations in the past where God has given you mercy?

4. Jesus tells us in the Beatitudes who the "Kingdom of Heaven" belongs to ….. how significant is the truth to you?

5. True or False: Some like the miracle worker who heals their diseases, but the radical intruder into their personal lifestyles, they are not so interested in Him?

Don't Give Up, Look Up And Live Up | Galatians 6:9 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday February 16th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Don't Give Up, Look Up And Live Up"

(Galatians 6:9)

Sermon Outline

1. In Galatians 6:9, what is the doing good that Paul speaks of?

2. Why would one grow weary in doing good?

3. What is the promise for those who don't lose heart?

4. True or False: We may grow impatient doing good because the fruit of our labors is usually not immediate?

5. Have you ever grown weary working for the Lord, and asked yourself "what difference am I making"?

Two Ways You Can Serve The Lord | Galatians 6:1-5 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday February 9th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Two Ways You Can Serve The Lord"

(Galatians 6:1-5)

Sermon Outline

1. What does it mean to be a "burden bearer" to those in need?

2. What does Paul mean in Galatians 6 by "restore the fallen"? Who are the fallen?

3. What is meant by the words of General William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army "If you are looking for Jesus, don't start by going to church on Sunday morning"?

4. What does Paul mean in Galatians 6:3-4 that sometimes we think are too good to help others?

5. When you see someone suffering, are you often too busy to stop?

Warning Against Neglecting Salvation: Focus Or Drift | Hebrews 2:1 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday February 2nd, 2025

Sunday February 2nd, 2025

Sermon Title: "Warning Against Neglecting Salvation: Focus Or Drift" (Hebrews 2-1)

Sermon Outline

1. True or False: If we take our eyes off of Christ, we'll soon find ourselves further from Him?

2. One mark of Christian maturity is learning that none of us passively drifts towards Christ, not even after we've followed Him for years or even decades. Do you agree?

3. Do you agree that if we're not currently swimming closer to Jesus, we cannot stay where we are. Paddling in place is not an option.

4. Whatever ways our souls tend to drift, how do we counter the pull?

5. True or False: If we could catch a glimpse of who Jesus really is, we wouldn't struggle to focus on Him.

Living Our New Lifestyle | Ephesians 4:25-32 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday January 26th, 2025

Sunday January 26th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Living Our New Lifestyle"

(Ephesians 4:25-32)

Sermon Outline

1. What exactly does it mean to be angry but do not sin as it tells us in Ephesians 4:26?

2. It is possible that these statistics truly apply to Christians who attend church weekly ... 91% lie routinely about trivial matters, 36% lie about important matters, 86% lie to parents, 69% lie to spouses?

3. Is it even possible to obey Ephesians 4:25 where it says "Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with him neighbor"?

4. What must I do, and not do, for my new life in Christ to lead to a new lifestyle?

God Is Now Calling Us To Do Something | Romans 12:1 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday January 19th, 2025

Sunday January 19th, 2025

Sermon Title: "God Is Now Calling Us To Do Something" (Romans 12:1)

Sermon Outline

1. True or False: After belief comes behavior; after creed comes conduct. Right thinking leads ultimately to right living.

2. If good theology is the foundation of the Christian life, then Godly Christian living rises naturally from that solid foundation. Then why is Godly Christian living sparse?

3. Romans 12:1 has been considered by many to be God's alter call. How will you respond to this call?

4. God is calling us to be living sacrifices to Him. What does that entail?

5. Can you explain what it means when theologians say that the difference between Christianity and all other religions can be summarized in 3 words ... Do vs Done?

Keep Following The White Tape | Hebrews 12-1:2 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday January 12th, 2025

Sunday January 12th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Keep Following The White Tape" (Hebrews 12-1:2)

Sermon Outline

1. Scripture instructs us to"...run with endurance the race that is set before us." What is the race set before us?

2. From this one imperative, we learn that our lives aren't a random meandering through a meaningless series of events. No, there is a race that was set before us by someone. Who?

3. So what does success look like in this race we find ourselves?

4. You and I live our life, run our race, with an audience. Who?

5. True of False: If we look to their races, the ones who have gone before us, and look to the way in which they made it to their finish lines, we will find ours within reach by the same faith that lived in them?

Career Or Mission: Which Will You Live For In 2025? | Mark 8:34-36 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday January 5th, 2025

Sunday January 5th, 2025

Sermon Title: "Career Or Mission: Which Will You Live For In 2025?"

Mark 8:34-36

Sermon Outline

1. If I asked you "What do you do for a living?" what would you say?

2. However, if I asked you "What are you living for?" how would you answer that?

3. Bob Dylan once said "You're gonna have to serve somebody ... well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord ... but you're gonna have to serve somebody." Do you agree?

4. True or False: Jesus was a total failure by worldly standards?

5. True or False: You can't save your own life, but you can lose it?

Keys To Allowing God To Write Your Story | Hebrews 12:1-3 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday December 22, 2024

Sunday December 22nd, 2024

Sermon Title: "Keys To Allowing God To Write Your Story"

(Hebrews 12:1-3)

Sermon Outline

1. True or False: In our own strength, we are incapable of following the guidelines of the Christian walk.

2. A crucial part of the Christian experience is believing that God can change your story, or rewrite it. Are you willing to let him do that?

3. Is there anything in your heart that comes before God because He needs to be first before He can fully write your story in your heart.

4. True or False: 3 sins that will kill our rewrite are pride, bitterness, and unbelief?

5. True or False: 3 things that must be present for God to rewrite your story are admission of fear, flexibility and faith?

Bringing Hope And Light To the World's Darkness | Psalms 98:1-9 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday December 15, 2024

Sunday December 15th, 2024

Sermon Title: "Bringing Hope and Light To the World's Darkness" (Psalms 98:1-9)

Sermon Outline

1. Do you find the anxiousness we feel over the state of the world is at odds with the joyful expectation that Advent begins?

2. True or False: The Advent mood these first two weeks is such that there is something unsettling, darkly anxious, almost threatening about it.

3. To the ears of the world the Good News often sounds like too-good-to-be-true news. Does it sound that way to you sometimes?

4. During Advent God rejoices along with those whose sentence He has overturned. What does that mean to you?

5. When you consider that happiness seems to be the main goal of most of the whole world, it seems surprising that the Bible doesn't talk much about happiness. Why do you think that is?

Don't Scrape Into Eternity "By the Skin Of Your Teeth | 1 Peter 1:17-25 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday December 8, 2024

Message Title: " Don't Scrape Into Eternity "By the Skin Of Your Teeth"

(1 Peter 1:17-25)

Outline Questions

1. Have you ever given serious thought to what your rewards in heaven will be?

2. If God knew mankind would sin, why did he create us?

3. What does the Bible mean that even Christians will be judged when we die?

4. True or False: Jesus was chosen to become our Saviour and Redeemer before the creation of the world. Jesus and his sacrifice was not a last-minute, ad hoc solution to an unexpected sin problem.

5. How can we grow in our faith as a way to build up our rewards in heaven?

Jesus Is Coming... But In The Meantime | 1 Peter 1:13-16 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday December 1, 2024

Sunday December 1st, 2024

Sermon Title: "Jesus Is Coming ... In The Meantime?"

(1 Peter 1:13-16)

Sermon Outline

1. Why do you think there is such a shortage of Hope in our world today?

2. Why has hopelessness crept into our churches as well?

3. True or False: Most people react negatively to God's command in 1 Peter 1:14-16 to "But as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in your conduct."

4. Do you take the call to holiness as a burdensome command, or "to be who we truly are"?

5. Does the Bible say whether Christian perfection, or perfect holiness, is possible on this side of eternity?

We Must Finish The Mission | Isaiah 6 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday November 10, 2024

Sunday November 17th, 2024

Sermon Title: "We Must Finish The Mission - More Thoughts On Isaiah 6" ( Isaiah 6)

Sermon Outline

1. There are an estimated seventeen thousand people groups on the planet, and God deserves praise from every single one of them. Do you agree with this statement?

2. Why did Isaiah say "Woe is me?" When he saw the Lord sitting on His thrown in his vision?

3. The glory of God among nations is not simply a reason for a conference or a book; the glory of God among the nations is the reason for which we have breath. What do you think of that statement?

4. Why do angels sing Holy, Holy, Holy three times at the thrown of God?

Let's Get To It | Isaiah 6 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday November 10, 2024

Sunday November 10th, 2024

Sermon Title: "Let's Get To It!"

(Isaiah 6)

Sermon Outline

1. What might your response to the election, feelings, actions, and thoughts say about your understanding of God's sovereign reign over all earthly leaders?

2. How does the reality of God's sovereign control comfort you these days? How might your life of faith in Him change as you increasingly believe and embrace His sovereign holiness, and fully surrender and yield to

3. What shortcomings and/or personal sin have previous weeks made you aware of in your own life and holiness, as you recall your uneasiness with the candidates running in the election and world events?

4. Despite the opening election, Israel, and Russia/ Ukraine challenges, have you continued striving to make disciples? If so, how? Are there ways in previous months that you feel you may have stepped aside from Jesus' command to make disciples?

Key Take Aways from 1 Thessalonians | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday November 3, 2024

Sunday November 3rd, 2024

Sermon Title: "Key Take Aways Of 1 Thessalonians"

(1 Thessalonians)

Sermon Outline

1. True or False: We are to view Christ's death and resurrection as the climax of all human history?

2. What is it about Christ's second coming that gives encouragement to Christians around the world facing various forms of adversity and opposition?

3. True or False: 1 Thessalonians provides Christians with the clearest biblical passage on the coming rapture of believers, an event that will inaugurate the seven-year tribulation.

4. Paul taught the people that any spiritual growth would ultimately be motivated by their hope in the ultimate return of Jesus Christ. Do you agree?

5. Based on the book of 1 Thessalonians, is it true that every Christian should expect to grow in holiness over the course of his or her life?

Why Is Sanctification So Important? | 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday October 20th, 2024

Sunday October 20th, 2024

Sermon Title: "Why Is Sanctification So Important?"

(1 Thessalonians 5:23-24)

Sermon Outline

1. Why is sanctification a guarantee?

2. What role and responsibility do / have in my own sanctification?

3. True and False: As we strive for sanctification, we must be honest and humble enough to recognize that sin still remains in various areas of our lives. Yet we must also be of the mindset that it is not welcome and we must do all that we can to remove it.

4. We fail miserably at ridding ourselves of sin, so can we rely on God to do it?

5. True or False: When we face temptations in this life that threaten our progress as we seek to be holy, we can rest assured that God had nothing to do with it.

How Can We Be Hope And Holiness Amid Hostility? | 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday October 6th, 2024

Sunday October 6th, 2024

Sermon Title: "How Can We Be Hope And Holiness Amid Hostility?"(1 Thess 5:12-22)

Sermon Outline

1. Can you more than simply survive or endure hostility, and can you actually flourish in the midst of it?

2. True or False: The Gospel Community is to be humble in respecting leaders, who are respectable, by being responsive to their leadership, correction, and instruction.

3. True and False: A healthy Gospel Community does not ignore challenging or struggling individuals nor does it seek to condemn or expel them.

4. True or False: Respectable leadership, rejuvenated people, and rejoicing even in difficult and painful circumstance does not naturally happen without the super natural work of the Holy Spirit and the prophetic power of God's word brought to bear in the life of the church.

If Jesus Came Back Today, Would That Be A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing For You | 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday September 29th, 2024

Sunday September 29, 2024

Sermon Title: "If Jesus Came Back Today, Would That Be A Good Thing Or A Bad Thing For You?

(1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)

Sermon Outline

1. How close are we to the end of the world?

2. What does it mean when scripture tells us "that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night"?

3. When the Bible describes the end of times as a period of great destruction, does that concern you?

4. Paul's message seems to be "keep calm and carry on" in this chaotic world. Do you think that's possible?

5. Our Destiny is Deliverance. If you know Jesus Christ, you are completely delivered from the wrath of God- now and in the future. So, are you ready for Christ to return?

Will We See Our Loved Ones Again | 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 | Pastor Joe Roach

Sunday September 22nd, 2024

Sunday September 22, 2024

Sermon Title: "Will We See Our Loved Ones Again?"

(1 Thessalonians 4:13-18)

Sermon Outline

1. We know that Christ is returning, but what about those who die in the interim? What happens to them?

2. Will we ever see them again?

3. What does Paul mean when he says "We should not grieve like those who have no hope" in verses 13-14?

4. How do you arrive at the place where you do not grieve like the rest of men who have no hope?

5. True or False: There are many people who assume that when you die you automatically go to a better place. But God's word is clear. Only those who are in Christ Jesus have true hope?