Sermons by James Stone (Page 8)

Sermons by James Stone (Page 8)

Sola 5 For God’s Glory Alone

1 Peter 4 God will not give His glory to another….. At the name of Jesus, every knee should bow in Heaven and on earth and under the earth and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father. Allow Scripture alone to point you to Christ alone, where you will see that it is through grace alone, by faith alone so that it might be to the glory of God alone.

Sola 4 Faith Alone

Romans 3 and 4 We come to the heart and centre of what the Reformation was all about…. “the doctrine by which the church stands or falls.”

Sola 3 Grace Alone

Ephesians 2 We live with a merit mentality rather than a grace mentality…… It will rob you of your joy like nothing else. Salvation comes to us, not on the basis of merit but by grace alone.

Sola 2 Christ Alone

Hebrews 4 Through reading the book of Hebrews the reformers saw that direct access to God was possible through Jesus Christ, that He is the great high priest.. not through priest or pope or purgatory, not through Mary or the mass, not through saints or confession but through Christ alone.

Sola 1 Scripture Alone

2 Timothy 3 Rediscovery of  truth that shook the church to its foundations……….What we need is a personal reformation.

Refuge and Raging – Psalm 2

Refuge and Raging – The World we all live in Psalm 2 ‘This is where we [really] live’ North Korean missiles, Trump, G20 riots, Medicare details and the Dark Web. And that’s just this week! Vain rebellion, verses 1-3 1 Why do the nations conspireand the peoples plot in vain?2 The kings of the earth rise upand the rulers band togetheragainst the Lord and against his anointed, saying,3 ‘Let us break their chainsand throw off their shackles.’ Fearing God as…

The Pursuit of Happiness – Psalm 1

The Pursuit of Happiness. The Pursuit of Happiness – Psalm 1. We are all wired to pursue happiness. The Church has been suspicious about happiness. Our culture has been worshipping at the feet of happiness. Christians need to reclaim happiness. To be blessed is to have supreme happiness! Blessed is the Man Blessed is the one    who does not walk in step with the wickedor stand in the way that sinners take    or sit in the company of mockers,2 but whose delight is…