Sermons by Mark Kernan (Page 3)

Don’t Flirt With Lust, Fight It   Sermon Text: Mathew 5:27-30 What is this Thing Called Lust? (Matthew 5:27–28) The Link Between Lust and Adultery A Biblical Definition of Lust How Are We to Respond to Our Lust? (Matthew 5:29–30) Recognize the Threat Respond with Holy Ruthlessness How Can We Fulfill Jesus’ Command? We Need to Be Saved We Need to Define Sin Accurately We Need to Fear Sexual Sin We Need to Flee Sexual Sin We Need to Fight…

Homicide of the HEart   Sermon Text: Matthew 5:21-26 Main Idea: Murder in our heart is just as serious as murder in our actions. 1. The Principle Announced (Matthew 5:21–22) – Our attitudes and words are just as important as our actions. 2. The Principle Applied (Matthew 5:23–26) – Our attempts at reconciliation are just as important as our worship 3. The Power of the Gospel

Matthew 5:17-20 Main Idea: The purpose of the OT is to lead us, by God’s grace, into God’s righteousness, through its fulfillment Jesus Christ.

Matthew 5:1–6 Main Idea: Our everlasting happiness hangs on our acceptance before God and enjoyment of his ways.

Matthew 5:1–7:29, Main Idea: Our priorities and actions reveal the kingdom to which we belong.

Matthew 4:1–11 Main Idea: Temptation loses its power when pleasing God is our highest priority.

Matthew 3:13–17 Main Idea: Jesus identified with us in baptism so that he might rescue all those who take refuge in him.

Matthew 2:13–23 Main Idea: Jesus is worthy of our worship because he brought OT to its God-designed end.

Matthew 1:18–25 Main Idea: Our salvation is forever secured by God’s unwavering commitment to fulfill his sovereign plan. I. The Sovereign Power of God (Matthew 1:18) The Scandal of God’s Sovereign Intervention A. The Scandal of May’s Pregnancy B. The Righteousness of Joseph’s Response II.. The Saving Plan of God (Matthew 1:19–21) A. The Angel’s Correction B. The Angel’s Revelation III. The Surprising Fulfullment of God’s Promise (Matthew 1:22–25) A. An Honest Question B. The Original Context of Iaiah’s Prophecy C.…

Matthew begins his gospel with a tedious genealogy because he wants his readers to recognize, from the very beginning of his book, that God’s promised Messiah has finally come in the person of Jesus Christ.