Sermons

True Biblical conversion is a gracious work of the Holy Spirit. When the gospel of Jesus Christ is preached, the Holy Spirit is able to make dead sinners alive so that they willingly repent of their sins and believe in Jesus Christ. The result of such an act of grace is a converted man/woman. In this passage of scripture, Paul talks about the fruits of true conversion. This helps us distinguish true conversion from false conversion.

This is the first sermon of a new series titled “Hold Fast to the Traditions”. It is an expositional series of sermons from I & II Thessalonians based on the admonition from Paul to the Thessalonicans that is found in II Thessalonians 2:15, “Therefore brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistles.”

God's plan of salvation is centered on the Lord Jesus Christ. There are five major events in the life of Christ that form God's plan of salvation. They are: His sinless life, His penal substitutionary death, His resurrection, His session in heaven as the sovereign, and His return.

Paul's closing desire is for the saints at Ephesus to live in Peace with each other while walking in Love with Faith, and adorned with Grace.  In order to do this the saints need the Wisdom of God in order to live a life of Good Works.

Just as the Christian soldier must clothe himself in the whole armor of God, he must also clothe himself in prayer. What is prayer? And how should the Christian soldier pray? Pastor Duncan encourages us to speak to God about grace to help us persevere in the fight and to speak boldly about the gospel of Christ.

The only weapon the Christian soldier has is the sword of the Spirit, or the Word of God. Pastor Duncan encourages soldiers of Christ to read the Bible, study the Bible, memorize the Bible and meditate upon the Bible in order to have an effective, two-edged sword to fight against the Devil.

As soldiers of Christ we must put on a thorough, Biblical understanding of Salvation.  Pastor Duncan explains the proper understanding of salvation, from the first chapter of Ephesians, and encourages soldiers of Christ to put on this understanding of salvation every day.

We should strive to live a life of wisdom by redeeming the time as wise people and discerning what God's will is especially in the evil days, instead of squandering our time as fools on sinful passions.

Paul's testimony covers (1) His life before his conversion, (2) His conversion, (3) His life after his conversion. Our testimony should follow this outline.