Sermons by Jim Keatley (Page 2)

Sermons by Jim Keatley (Page 2)

The Assurer of Salvation

Text: Romans 8:9-11 The Holy Spirit is the Agent of our salvation in convicting us and regenerating us to new life. He then is the great Assurer or Guarantor of our salvation in that His indwelling presence is our …

God’s Watermark

Text: Romans 8:5-8 Paul gives 4 distinctions between a true Christian and a person without Christ. These distinctions show the spiritual “watermarks” of a believer and we can see where we are spiritually by asking:

No Condemnation

Text: Romans 8:1-4 Romans 8 reveals the glory of the gospel through its power to transform our lives and give us hope. That glory and power is seen here as there is …

The Battle Within

Text: Romans 7:14-25 We like to appear as if we have it all together. It is hard to acknowledge personal struggles. But Paul opens up about his struggles that we would be encouraged to face ours and fight on.

Christians and the Law

Text: Romans 7:1-13 Our relationship to the Law can be confusing and we can swing to the extremes of license or legalism. Here Paul explains our relationship to Law and its purpose.

Freedom through Slavery

Text: Romans 6:15-23 True freedom always comes through submission & obedience [voluntary enslavement] to someone or some authority. True spiritual freedom that leads to eternal life is found through enslavement to God and His righteousness!

Future Grace

Text: Joshua 3:1-17 As Israel prepared to enter the Promised Land, they stood on the threshold of new beginnings. We can learn lessons from them as we prepare to enter a new year with new blessings and trials. We prepare for the unknown future as we …

Where is He?

Text: Matthew 2:2 The Magi have much to teach us as they seek the Messiah and ask a simple question:

The Birth of Christ

Text: Selected Passages As our family pictures contain multiple pictures of the same people in different settings, moods and occasions … so the Bible gives us multiple “pictures” of Christ’s birth. In addition to the manger scene, those “pictures” include: