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Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Passage: 1 Corinthians 10:14–17, 1 Peter 2:9–12, John 13:35, Mark 4:20, John 13:14–15 GATHERED GOSPEL CELEBRATION | 1 Corinthians 10:14–17 The body gathers to remember the ground of the gospel and to celebrate the fruit of the gospel. SCATTERED GOSPEL COMMUNITY | 1 Peter 2:9–12 A missional church requires missional households scattered in mission. DISCIPLES ARE THE FACE OF THE CHURCH | John 13:35 The church is made up of disciples together making disciples. FRUITFUL MULTIPLICATION | Mark 4:20 Faithfulness will produce fruitful multiplication as households and as a movement. INCARNATIONAL | John 13:14–15 Don't institutionalize what can be embodied.

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Passage: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10 BOASTING AGAIN THE THIRD HEAVEN & A THORN IN THE FLESH The Third Heaven A Thorn in the Flesh What do both of these episodes have in common? MY GRACE IS SUFFICIENT FOR YOU THE LORD IS THE DIVINE ACTOR GOD’S GRACE IS DIVINE POWER APPLY: Plead with the Lord Pleased by the Lord Content in the Body Colossians 2:15 He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him. Scott Hafemann Paul’s gospel does not come from his experience in heaven, but from the history of redemption recorded in the Scriptures, from early Christian tradition concerning the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, and from his own encounter with the resurrected Christ on the Damascus road. Scott Hafemann What is needed is not more willpower, but the power of God’s grace. 2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified in weakness, but lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by the

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Passage: 2 Corinthians 11:16–33 LET NO ONE THINK ME FOOLISH YOU GLADLY BEAR WITH FOOLS I ALSO DARE TO BOAST IF I MUST BOAST Proverbs 26:4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself. Proverbs 26:5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes. make slaves Matthew 20:26–28 But whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be your slave, even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many. 2 Corinthians 4:5 For what we proclaim is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, with ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. devours you Galatians 5:15 _But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. _ Mark 12:38–40 Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes and like greetings in the marketplaces and have the best seats in the synagogues and the places of honor at feasts, who d

Preacher: Joel Fair 2 Corinthians 11:1-15

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe 2 Corinthians 10:1-18 THE MEEKNESS AND GENTLENESS OF CHRIST BOASTING IN THE PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL A MEASURED BOAST A SINGLE ISSUE BOAST Lloyd Jones The man who is meek is not even sensitive about himself. He is not always watching himself and his own interests. He is not always on the defensive… To be truly meek means we no longer protect ourselves, because we see there is nothing worth defending… The man who is truly meek never pities himself, he is never sorry for himself. He never talks to himself and says, “You are having a hard time, how unkind these people are not to understand you.” John 3:17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Ezekiel 13:2–3, 8 Hear the word of the LORD! Thus says the Lord GOD, Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit, and have seen nothing! … Because you have uttered falsehood and seen lying visions, therefore behold, I am against you, declares the Lord G

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe 2 Corinthians 1:10-15 MULTIPLY SEED FOR SOWING THANKSGIVING TO GOD SEE GOD MEETING NEEDS THEY WILL LONG FOR YOU AND PRAY FOR YOU Galatians 6:8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe WHO IS THE MAN WHO FEARS THE LORD? GIVER vs. TAKER TWO PERSPECTIVES ON GIVING v5 - Willing Gift vs. Exaction v6 - Sparingly vs Bountifully v7 - Reluctantly vs. Cheerful Giver Psalm 112:9 He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor. John Piper Even when this person hears a command coming from God, he hears it as a hopeful gift not a depleting demand. Psalm 112:9 He has distributed freely; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures forever; his horn is exalted in honor. Seneca no gratitude is felt for a [gift] when it has lingered long in the hands of him who gives it, when the giver has seemed sorry to let it go, and has given it with the air of one who was robbing himself. Proverbs 11:24 One gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. Proverbs 11:26 The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.

Habakkuk 2:4 | Shutter Up and Hunker Down Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe

2 Corinthians 8:16-24 | Thanks be to God Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe v16 - THE ROOT CAUSE OF THE GIFT v17-23 - THE DELEGATION v24 - THE INSTRUCTION 2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, 2 Corinthians 2:14 But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere. 2 Corinthians 9:15 Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift! James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Charles Spurgeon … if they speak well of you, do not let them have cause to retract their holy boasting, and to say with tears “I was deceived in these people.” If any have brought you to Christ, be an honour to them and to the gospel that they preach, because, dear friends, the world turns round, and however retired a minister may be, yet worldlings are sure to

NOW CONCERNING THE COLLECTION FOR THE SAINTS … WE WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT GRACE The Macedonians gave as a result of grace The Macedonians’ gift is a faith check The Macedonians’ gift is an favor to the Macedonians The Macedonians gave themselves first to the Lord LOVE THAT IS GENUINE Generosity Incarnate is the Crux of Paul’s Argument This Benefits You 1 Corinthians 16:1–2 Now concerning the collection for the saints: as I directed the churches of Galatia, so you also are to do. On the first day of every week, each of you is to put something aside and store it up, as he may prosper, so that there will be no collecting when I come. The controversy in Corinth prevented the continuing of the collection. Galatians 2:9–10 … when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Only, they asked us to remember the poor, the very thing I was eager to d

SERMON NOTES 2 Corinthians 7:2-16 | Joy in Proclamation and Repentance Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe v5 - JOY IN GOSPEL PROCLAMATION v8 - JOY IN GRIEF AND REPENTANCE v13b - JOY IN THE COMMUNITY Scott Hafemann love is often painful and costly, full of risk and filled with self-denial. John Piper Love is the overflow of joy in God that meets the needs of others. 2 Corinthians 2:4 For I wrote to you out of much affliction and anguish of heart and with many tears, not to cause you pain but to let you know the abundant love that I have for you. Scott Hafemann In our pluralistic, therapeutic, and privatistic culture, this kind of intervention is uncomfortable and increasingly uncommon. Scott Hafemann Worldly sorrow is the grief that comes about because one’s actions result in missing out on something the world has to offer. Worldly sorrow feels bad because it wants more of the world. Mark 8:35–36 For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake and the gospel’s will save it. For wha

John 11:1–44 | Lament and Resurrection Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe Lament Two Sisters Resurrection Dying Again

Psalm 73 | The Goodness of God Preacher: John Menton

Psalm 146 | The Justice of God Preacher: Mark Schledorn GOD IS JUSTICE THE IMPLICATIONS OF GOD AS JUSTICE A LIFE OF JUSTICE LIVING A LIFE OF JUSTICE BEFORE GOD Genesis 18:25 Far be it from you to do such a thing, to put the righteous to death with the wicked, so that the righteous fare as the wicked! Far be that from you! Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just? A.W. Tozer The truth is there is not and can never be anything outside of the nature of God which can move Him in the least degree. All God’s reasons come from within His uncreated being. Nothing has entered the being of God from eternity, nothing has been removed, nothing has been changed. Exodus 34:6-7 [God is] merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generati

1 Corinthians 1:18-31 | The Wisdom of God Preacher: Joel Fair THE WORD OF THE CROSS CHRIST CRUCIFIED - POWER & WISDOM BOAST IN THE LORD Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 4 “What is God?” God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. Psalm 104:24 O LORD, how manifold are your works! In wisdom have you made them all; the earth is full of your creatures … Jeremiah 10:12-13 It is he who made the earth by his power, who established the world by his wisdom, and by his understanding stretched out the heavens. When he utters his voice, there is a tumult of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mist rise from the ends of the earth. He makes lightning for the rain, and he brings forth the wind from his storehouses. Genesis 50:20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today. John 1:1-5 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,

Psalm 46:1-11 | The Power of God Preacher: John Menton God’s Powerful Protection God’s Powerful Provision God’s Powerful Redemption It is in the midst of trying times that God’s people celebrate God’s Power. Though the world is full of trouble we have a God who is our help and strength Job 26:14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways, and how small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand? Genesis 17:1 When Abram was ninety-nine years old the Lord appeared to Abram and said to him, “I am God Almighty" Psalm 62:11 Once God has spoken; twice have I heard this: that power belongs to God. Jeremiah 32:27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is anything too hard for me? Job 42:2 _ I know that you can do all things, and that no purpose of yours can be thwarted._ 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. … Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me

Joshua 24:14–22 | The Holiness of God Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe 1. FOR HE IS HOLY 2. HE IS A JEALOUS GOD 3. REVEALED IN CHRIST: Philippians 2:5-11 Tim Keller Rudolf Otto, in the book “The Idea of the Holy” studied all the different religions to find out what they all seemed to have in common when people approached that which they thought was holy. And in that study, Rudolf Otto decided the main thing they all had in common was when they approached the holy they felt radically unholy. A W Tozer You may find this hard to believe, but God is just as far above an archangel as he is above a caterpillar. R. C. Sproul The clearest sensation that a human being has when he experiences the holy is an overpowering and overwhelming sense of creatureliness [See Isaiah 6]. That is, when we are in the presence of God, we are humbled and become most aware of ourselves as creatures. This is the opposite of Satan's original temptation, "You shall be as gods.” Leviticus 11:44 For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves the

Isaiah 40:12-26 | The Being of God Preacher: Joel Fair 1. Who has measured God? 1. Who is like God? 1. Lift Up Your Eyes Isaiah 40:8 The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever. R. C. Sproul The thing that characterizes creaturely existence is not being, but becoming, because the chief character trait of all creatures is they change. Whatever you are today, you will be different ever so slightly tomorrow. And today, you’re that much different from what you were yesterday if it’s only that you are 24-hours older than you were at this time yesterday… If you ask me, “Is God?” I say, “Yes of course God is.” But does He exist? Not in this sense, because that would make Him what? A creature, a dependant, derived existence. But rather we say God is Being. God is being, not becoming, not changing. He is eternally the same. And so we say there’s one being. Genesis 1:3 the Spirit of the Lord was hovering over the face of the waters. Psalm 89:6 For who in the skies can be compared to

Preacher: Joel Fair 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 | Call to Holiness KNOWING GOD SETS US FREE KNOWING GOD BECOMES OUR GREATEST REALITY KNOWING GOD TRANSFORMS US INTO WORSHIPPERS Westminster Shorter Catechism Question 4 “What is God?” God is a Spirit, infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in his being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. A W Tozer - Attributes of God We educated Americans can create gods just the same as the heathen can. You can make a god out of silver or wood or stone—or you can make it out of your own imagination. And the god that’s being worshiped in many places is simply a god of imagination. He’s not the true God. He’s not the infinite, perfect, all-knowing, all-wise, all-loving, infinitely boundless, perfect God. He’s something short of that. Christianity is decaying and going down into the gutter because the god of modern Christianity is not the God of the Bible. I don’t mean to say that we do not pray to God; I mean to say that we pray to a god short of what he ought to