Spiritual gifts are an important part in the life of of a Christians. Especially when they are used to deliver the gift of love to those around them.
Akigawa Baptist Church
Sermons by Steve Carter
God designed your body in an amazing way. All the different parts are made to both help each other and need each other. It’s the same way that God designed your church as the body of Christ. He designed each of us to both help each other and need each other.
What are the spiritual gifts? Why do we have them? Today we’re going to see that our spiritual gifts were designed as tools to be used to serve those around us. When we use them in the right way, we glorify Jesus by loving our brothers and sisters the way Jesus loves them.
Today we’re going to look at the Lord’s supper. What is it? And how does it identify us as followers of Jesus when we take part in it? To help us, we’re going look at the Passover meal that Jesus and his disciples were eating when He set in place this time of remembering.
One of the last things Jesus told his disciples before He ascended into Heaven was to teach people to follow Him, and baptize them. This was important to Jesus. So why is it important? And what does baptism actually mean?
The Lord’s Supper is a special time that is meant to remind us of the sacrifice Jesus was willing to make for our redemption. It’s meant to be a time of joyful thanksgiving. But it’s also possible to approach it in the wrong way, which is what the Corinthian church did. How did they approach…
The ladies in the church in Corinth had decided that wearing head coverings during their time of worship was unnecessary. For Paul, the issue was serious enough that it needed to be address. So what was going on? Why was it a big deal? And what can we learn from their situation?
**We had an issue with our audio recording for this sermon. Our apologies! Within all kinds of relationships, we see a pattern that God as put into place that helps support the structure of the relationship. Each side of that relationship has a role to play. Each side trusts and relies on the other to…
As we take part in the Lord’s supper as a church family, we take time to remember how Jesus was willing to set aside His crown of Glory as King of all creation to take on the crown of thorns as one who would be despised and rejected by the very ones He created.
As we’ve gotten a better understanding of what our conscience is, and how it works in our life, how do we actually apply it to our day-to-day circumstances? Like around the dinner table with the things we eat or drink? Today we’re going to see a very practical application of how our conscience helps us…
