Sermons by Pastor Gary Johnson (Page 30)

Sermons by Pastor Gary Johnson (Page 30)

Purposeful Blessings

Psalm 67 (CSB) May God be gracious to us and bless us;may he make his face shine upon us Selah2 so that your way may be known on earth,your salvation among all nations. 3 Let the peoples praise you, God;let all the peoples praise you.4 Let the nations rejoice and shout for joy,for you judge the peoples with fairnessand lead the nations on earth.Selah5 Let the peoples praise you, God,let all the peoples praise you. 6 The earth has produced its harvest;God, our God, blesses…

Fatherly Advice

1 Corinthians 4:14-21 (CSB) I’m not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my dear children. 15 For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me. 17 This is why I have sent Timothy to you. He is my dearly loved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you about my ways in Christ…

Scum of the Earth

1 Corinthians 4:6-13 (CSB) Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying: “Nothing beyond what is written.” The purpose is that none of you will be arrogant, favoring one person over another. 7 For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you didn’t receive? If, in fact, you did receive it, why do you boast as if you…

Who Judges Who?

1 Corinthians 4:1-5 (CSB) A person should think of us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of the mysteries of God. 2 In this regard, it is required that managers be found faithful. 3 It is of little importance to me that I should be judged by you or by any human court.[a In fact, I don’t even judge myself. 4 For I am not conscious of anything against myself, but I am not justified by this. It is the…

A Fool’s Wisdom

1 Corinthians 3:18-23 (ESV) Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul…

Be Careful How You Build

1 Corinthians 3:9-17 (ESV) For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones,…

Grow Up!

1 Corinthians 3:1-9 (ESV) But I, brothers,[a] could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says,…

We’ve Got the Spirit, How About You

1 Corinthians 2:10-16 (ESV) … these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given…

Wisdom Defined

1 Corinthians 2:6-10 (ESV) Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written,…