Cottonwood Bible Church Sermons

Who is Jesus? 1. Jesus is the True Temple, 12-21 2. Jesus is the True Sacrifice, 12-21 3. Jesus is the Word-Fulfiller, 22 4. Jesus is the Heart-Knower, 23-25

Why should we raise a toast to Jesus? Because... 1. Jesus Glorifies Himself and the Father, Not Her(Mary), 1-5 2. Judaism is Insufficient and Inferior, 6-7 3. Jesus Transform from the Inside Out, 7-9 4. Jesus is Sufficient and Superior, 10 Raise a Toast to Jesus and His Glory, 10-11 How Do We Raise a Toast?

Jesus is the Only Ladder to God, 51 Step 1: He is the Lamb of God, 35-36 Step 2: He is the Rabbi, 37-39 Step 3: He is the Messiah, 40-42 Step 4: He is the Old Testament Fulfiller, 43-46 Step 5: He is the Son of God, 47-50 Step 6: He is the King of Israel, 47-50 Step 7: He is the Son Of Man, 51

1. Jesus is Supreme (not about me),19-26 2. Jesus is Supreme (but Him), 26-28 (30) 3. Jesus is the Lamb of God, 29 4. Jesus is the Baptizer, 31-33 5. Jesus is the Son Of God, 34

Come... Why: Because of who Jesus is How: By believing in Him and trusting Him What: Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus Christ How is Jesus the Ultimate God-Exegeter? 1. He is Full God-Man, 1-14 2. He is Full Reality, 15 3. He is Full Glory, 14 4. He is Full Grace and Truth, 14, 16-17 The Ultimate God-Exegeter, 18

Come...three questions surrounding this invitation... Why: Because of who He is; Messiah/the Son of God How: Be believing in Him/trusting Him What: Eternal life is knowing God and Jesus Christ, whom He has sent Come, Receive! Why? Who Exactly Is This Jesus? 1. He is the God-Revealer, 1 2. He is the Eternal-Originator, 1-2 3. He is the Universe-Creator, 3 4. He is the Life/Light-Giver, 4-5 5. The Human-Illuminator, 9 Is The Word for Real? 6-8 How Should We Respond to Him? 10-13 Not Know, Not Receive, 10-11 Those Who Receive the Word/Light/Jesus, 12-13

4 Ways to manage life... 1. Praise Our Need-Meeting God, 1-7 How, 1-3 Continuously, 1 Contagiously, 2 Corporately, 3 Why, 4-7 1. Fear Our Goodness-Giving God, 8-14 The Benefits of His Goodness-Giving, 8-10 Our Lifestyle because of His Goodness-Giving, 11-14 3. Cry to Our Righteous-Looking God, 15-18 Towards, 15 4. Trust Our Promise-Keeping God, 19-22

Give Praise to Yahveh God. 1-3 Because of His Word, Work, and Wonder, 4-5 In Creation, 6-11 Word> Work> Wonder> Response (way to praise) Fear because of His Omnipotence and Sovereignty Response: Fear Yahveh, 8-9 Omnipotence Sovereignty: Ruling All Things, 10 Sovereignty: Ordaining All Things, 11 In Election, 12-19 Word> Work> Wonder> Response (way to praise) Fear because of His Omniscience and Omnipotence and Love Omniscience, 13-15 Omnipotence, 16-17 Omniscience: He Knows His People, 18 Love, 18-19 Final Ways to Praise Him, 20-22 Rejoice in God, 21 Hope in God, 22

8 Gratifying Gifts from Our Good Shepherd 1. He Gives Us His Rest, 2 2. He Gives US His Peace, 2 3. He Gives Us His Renewal, 3 4. He Gives Us His Guidance, 3 5. He Gives Us His Comfort, 4 6. He Gives Us His Provision, 5 7. He Gives Us His Goodness and Love, 6 8. He Gives Us Himself, 6

Sound Teachers and Sound teaching plus Sound Doctrine Equals Sound Living, 8 Bad Doctrine Leads to Bad Deeds, 9 Bad Teaching Comes from Bad Teachers, 10-11 Know Grace plus Follow Grace equals Live Grace, 12-15 All By God's Grace, 15

Remember! Don't Forget! 1-2 Don't forget! Remember Because... 3 reasons 1. Remember Who You Were? Have You Forgotten? 3 2. Remember Who God Is? Have You Forgotten? 4-5 3. Remember What God Has Done? Have You Forgotten? 4-7

God's Grace! It Brings Salvation to Humanity! This grace/salvation consists of 7 different aspects... 1. Incarnation, 11 2. Sanctification, 12 3. Consummation, 13 4. Crucifixion, 14 5. Redemption, 14 6. Purification, 14 7. Sanctification, 14 And This Grace is Most Essential, 15

Older Women, This is How,3 Younger Women, This Is How, 4-5

Older Men, This is How, 2 Younger Men, This is How, 6 Titus (Older Men, Again), this is How, 7-8 Slaves (work force), This is How, 9-10

The Character of These Wrong Men: 10, 16 So, Silence Them: 11 Why? Because they were overturning whole families: 11 The Character of the Cretans: 12 So, Reprove Believers: 13 Why? Because this testimony was true: 13 Reprove Believers for a 2 - fold purpose: 13-14 Contrast: Pure vs. Impure: 15 Why? Their Mind and Conscience were Defiled

Not messing around: this is serious...how serious? 1, 3 Slave/Command, Apostle/Entrust To Do What? To Further the Faith of God's Elect, 1 To Further Knowledge of the Truth, 1 Slave/Command, Apostle/Entrust...Based on What? Hope of Eternal Life, 2 And This Hope Is Based on God's Promises, 2 - 3 Titus: True Child is that Same Truth, 4 Two Promises from God's Word: Grace and Peace, 4

Strike a Gospel-Pose because God Gove This To YOU, 15 Base your Pose upon His/Her Identity, 16, 10-13 Base Your Pose upon Your Identity, 14 Base Your Pose upon the Relationship, 8-9, 17-20 Convinced of Gospel-Obedience, 21 Reminder of His Love,22 Encouragement, 23-25

Why Membership? 5 Reasons 1. Christians need to be shepherded by a pastor(s) of a local body. 2. It expresses your commitment to a particular local body. 3. It confirms from that local body your salvation. 4. It is how we, as a local body, can evangelize the world. 5.It is how a local body exposes false gospels.

Because Jesus loves His body by giving them gifts and serving them.... 1. Pastors or elders are called to shepherd God's people. 2. They shepherd and teach the body to equip them for ministry. 3. They shepherd and teach the body unto death and growth.