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Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 3:1-13  (ESV) 1 For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles— 2 assuming that you have heard of the stewardship of God's grace that was given to me for you, 3 how the mystery was made known to me by revelation, as I have written briefly. 4 When you read this, you can perceive my insight into the mystery of Christ, 5 which was not made known to the sons of men in other generations as it has now been revealed to his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit. 6 This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.7 Of this gospel I was made a minister according to the gift of God's grace, which was given me by the working of his power. 8 To me, though I am the very least of all the saints, this gra

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 2:11-22  (ESV) 11 Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands— 12 remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. 13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 2:1-10  (ESV)1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through fa

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 2:1-9  (ESV)1 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 2 in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience— 3 among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind. 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, 7 so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. An

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 1:15-23  (ESV)15 For this reason, because I have heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love toward all the saints, 16 I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers, 17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, 18 having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might 20 that he worked in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, 21 far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not on

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Joined Together, Growing TogetherEphesians 1:1-14  (ESV)1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 m

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangHebrews 11:30-31  (ESV) 30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days. 31 By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.Sermon OutlineFaith in weakness looks foolish (v. 30)Faith in weakness is costly (v. 31)Faith in weakness demonstrates true strengthPrayer of ConfessionOur living God, we desire to be strong and competent because we fear being and appearing weak. We confess that we seek salvation and rescue through our own strength and not through yours. We also admit that we are tired, weary, and exhausted from trying to be strong. Thank you for the promise from your Word that you give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak. May we trust the words of Jesus when he tell us that his grace is sufficient for us, for his power is made perfect in weakness. May we boast all the more gladly

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: The 4 RelationshipsPsalm 8  (ESV)1 O Lord, our Lord,    how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.2     Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes,    to still the enemy and the avenger.3 When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,    the moon and the stars, which you have set in place,4 what is man that you are mindful of him,    and the son of man that you care for him?5 Yet you have made him a little lower than the heavenly beings    and crowned him with glory and honor.6 You have given him dominion over the works of your hands;    you have put all things under his feet,7 all sheep and oxen,    and also the beasts of the fi

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: The 4 Relationships1 John 4:7-21  (ESV) 7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit. 14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. 15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, Go

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: The 4 RelationshipsMatthew 6:19-34  (ESV)19 “Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, 20 but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, 23 but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, wha

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: The 4 RelationshipsPsalm 115  (ESV)1 Not to us, O Lord, not to us, but to your name give glory,    for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!2 Why should the nations say,    “Where is their God?”3 Our God is in the heavens;    he does all that he pleases.4 Their idols are silver and gold,    the work of human hands.5 They have mouths, but do not speak;    eyes, but do not see.6 They have ears, but do not hear;    noses, but do not smell.7 They have hands, but do not feel;    feet, but do not walk;    and they do not make a sound in their throat.8 Those who make them become like them;    so do all who trust in them.9 O Israel, trust in the Lord!    He is their h

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 36Psalm 36  (ESV)1 Transgression speaks to the wicked     deep in his heart; there is no fear of God     before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes     that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;     he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 He plots trouble while on his bed;     he sets himself in a way that is not good;     he does not reject evil.5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,     your faithfulness to the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;     your judgments are like the great deep;     man and beast you save, O Lord.7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!    

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 36Psalm 36  (ESV)1 Transgression speaks to the wicked     deep in his heart; there is no fear of God     before his eyes. 2 For he flatters himself in his own eyes     that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated. 3 The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;     he has ceased to act wisely and do good. 4 He plots trouble while on his bed;     he sets himself in a way that is not good;     he does not reject evil.5 Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,     your faithfulness to the clouds. 6 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;     your judgments are like the great deep;     man and beast you save, O Lord.7 How precious is your steadfast love, O God!    

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Scott StrickmanSermon Series: Psalm 27Psalm 27  (ESV)1 The Lord is my light and my salvation;     whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life;     of whom shall I be afraid? 2 When evildoers assail me     to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes,     it is they who stumble and fall. 3 Though an army encamp against me,     my heart shall not fear; though war arise against me,     yet I will be confident. 4 One thing have I asked of the Lord,     that will I seek after: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord     all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord     and to inquire in his temple. 5 For he will hide me in his shelter     in the day of trouble; he will conceal me un

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Ed SiryaSermon Series: The Love of God1 Peter 1:22-2:3  (ESV) 22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; 24 for “All flesh is like grass     and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,     and the flower falls, 25 but the word of the Lord remains forever.” And this word is the good news that was preached to you. 2:1 So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. 2 Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation— 3 if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: The Love of GodMatthew 13:44-46  (ESV) 44 “The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and covered up. Then in his joy he goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. 45 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls,46 who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it.Sermon Outline1. The love of God is broad and wideFarmer vs merchantStumbles upon the treasure vs seeking a treasure2. The love of God is valuableBoth sell everything they own to secure the treasureThere is no cost too great to gain their prize3. The love of God is relentlessWe are God’s great pearl of valuePrayer of ConfessionAwesome and compassionate God, you have loved us with unfailing, self-giving mercy, but we have not loved you. You constantly call us, but we do not listen. You ask us to love, but we walk away from neighbors in need, wr

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: The Love of GodHosea 2:14-23  (ESV) 14 “Therefore, behold, I will allure her,     and bring her into the wilderness,     and speak tenderly to her. 15 And there I will give her her vineyards     and make the Valley of Achor a door of hope. And there she shall answer as in the days of her youth,     as at the time when she came out of the land of Egypt. 16 “And in that day, declares the Lord, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’ 17 For I will remove the names of the Baals from her mouth, and they shall be remembered by name no more. 18 And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety. 19 A

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: The Love of God1 John 4:11-21  (ESV) 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us. 13 By this we know that we abide in him and he in us, because he has given us of his Spirit.14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world.15 Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.16 So we have come to know and to believe the love that God has for us. God is love, and whoever abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him.17 By this is love perfected with us, so that we may have confidence for the day of judgment, because as he is so also are we in this world.18 There is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out fear. For fear has to do with punishment, and whoever fears has not been

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: The Love of GodIsaiah 49:13-16  (ESV) 13 Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;     break forth, O mountains, into singing! For the Lord has comforted his people     and will have compassion on his afflicted.14 But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;     my Lord has forgotten me.”15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?Even these may forget,    yet I will not forget you.16 Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;    your walls are continually before me.Sermon OutlineA Mother’s Love…1. Remembers49:15 – Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you2. Has Compassion49:13 – For the LORD has comforted his peop

Audio Recording Sermon OutlineSpeaker: Rev. Tim ChangSermon Series: The Love of GodGenesis 11:27-12:7  (ESV) 27 Now these are the generations of Terah. Terah fathered Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran fathered Lot. 28 Haran died in the presence of his father Terah in the land of his kindred, in Ur of the Chaldeans. 29 And Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran the father of Milcah and Iscah. 30 Now Sarai was barren; she had no child. 31 Terah took Abram his son and Lot the son of Haran, his grandson, and Sarai his daughter-in-law, his son Abram's wife, and they went forth together from Ur of the Chaldeans to go into the land of Canaan, but when they came to Haran, they settled there. 32 The days of Terah were 205 years, and Terah died in Haran. 12:1 Now the Lord said to Abram, “Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you