Sermons by Matt Murray (Page 12)

Sermons by Matt Murray (Page 12)

What Grace Does

What Grace Does Titus chapter 2, verses 11 to 12 “Why do I have to do  …?” Kids often say it. Adults too. Because God is concerned for our well-being, eternally. Grace, what is it? Merit is the almost universal answer, except for Biblical Christianity. There we find the way to reconciliation with God is all through what He has done, not the man-in-the-street’s “Just be good”. Grace saves us, verse 11 Grace trains us, verses 12 to 14 Grace…

A Grace Shaped Community

Titus chapter 2, verses 1 to 10, Grace shaping the church into a Grace-Shaped Community. A Christian asked a Hindu what he thought of the church. He replied “Your Christ is beautiful, glorious, but your church is despicable.” SAdly it is often true, and the church little different from the world. Three things:- God’s Word is to be the foundation. Honouring God before the world is to be the motivation. Learning to encourage other is to be the application.

Guarding against what is false

What to do about false teachers: Titus chapter 1, verses 10-16 Little Red Riding Hood teaches us to beware of appearances – a wolf can appear in Grandma’s clothes! Paul’s strategy for Crete – that the Cretan believers be in the Cretan society, but not like it. Salt and light: lives showing the grace of the Gospel. Church leaders are to Silence false teachers by teaching the truth, verses 10-11 Encourage sound teaching and godly living, verses 12-14 Understand how…

Leadership Shaped By Grace

Titus chapter 1, verses 5-9 What should leadership in the church look like in our culture? Leadership – Personal character and conduct. Titus 1:5-8 Leadership – Personal conviction and courage. Titus 1:9

Why Do Grace and Truth Matter?

Titus chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 Christ-centred living in a self-centred world. Why do Grace and Truth Matter? The Messenger of God; verse1 The Message of God verses; 1-4

Hearts Filled With Thankfulness

90th Anniversary of Engadine Church Philippians 1:1-6 HEARTS FILLED WITH THANKFULNESS World events of 1928. Penicillin discovered. Kingsford-Smith flew across the Pacific. The Engadine Story – a church is born. The Philippi Story Acts 16, Philippians 1. God was at work there. He is still at work. What has been done at Engadine has been done by God. A mindset of thankfulness v1-4 Joyful thanks & prayer. Not always easy to be thankful! Paul the Apostle, a “serial offender” because…

The Grace Shaped Church

Titus chapter 1 A world of change. Faith in Jesus is in the margins. “I can live without God” is the common ethos. Information When? Where? How? Titus on Crete as the man of God. Cretans were in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, when when Peter preached the first Christian sermon to thousands. Now some hear Paul describing what someone said of the Cretan character, and say “Yes, that’s what we were like!” Real people, real place, in real…