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Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - You've Got God in Your Corner - Rom 8:28-39

Jim South speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - You've Got God in Your Corner' (Romans 8:28-39) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 9th of June 2013. Sermon outline:

• Intro: The treasure of ministry
  • High points of earlier chapters
• Question 1: If God is for us, who is against us? (v31)
• Question 2: He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all - how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? (v32)
• Question 3: Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? (v33)
• Question 4: Who is to condemn? (v34)
• Question 5: Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? (v35)
• If your faith is in Jesus...
• Conclusion

Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - You'll Go the Distance - Romans 8:18-27

Jim South speaks on 'Getting it Right With God... the Difference it Makes! - You'll Go the Distance' (Romans 8:18-27) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 2nd of June 2013. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Creation groans
• Christians groan
• God's Spirit groans

Rich: The Reality of Encountering Jesus - The Scandal - Jesus, a Friend of Sinners - Luke 7:31-50

Jim South speaks on 'Rich: The Reality of Encountering Jesus - The Scandal - Jesus, a Friend of Sinners (Luke 7:31-50) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 14th of April 2013. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Some important truths:
  1. About the reality of sin
  2. About the reality of forgiveness
  3. About our relationship with Jesus

Rich: The Reality of Encountering Jesus - The Price of Freedom - Luke 22:54-23:49

Jim South speaks on 'Rich: The Reality of Encountering Jesus - The Price of Freedom' (Luke 22:54-23:49) at the Good Friday Service on the 29th of March 2013. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Jesus was innocent
• How did His death come about?
  • Human sin was involved
• Why didn't God intervene?
  • A new covenant in my blood
  • Gethsemane prayer
• "Good" Friday
• Two criminals, two responses

Revelation: Being the Church Jesus Wants - Are We a Corrupted Church? - Revelation 2:18-29

Jim South speaks on 'Revelation: Being the Church Jesus Wants - Are We a Corrupted Church?' (Revelation 2:18-29) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 3rd of March 2013. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• A busy church (v19)
• "But" #1 (v20-23)
• "But" #2 (v24ff)
• Which side are you on?

The Gospel of Luke: The Birth of Anticipation - Luke 1:57-80

Jim South speaks on 'The Gospel of Luke: The Birth of Anticipation' (Luke 1:57-80) at Night Church on the 23rd of December 2012. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• Elizabeth
• Zechariah
  • v67-79 - Benedictus
• John
  • Messiah who would redeem
  • Messiah who would rescue
  • Malachi 4:2-3
  • Malachi 4:5-6
  • John 1:29
• Conclusion: John and us

The Gospel of Luke: The First Christmas Carol - Luke 1:26-56

Jim South speaks on 'The Gospel of Luke: The First Christmas Carol' (Luke 1:26-56) at Morning Church on the 9th of December 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Mary's view of herself
• Mary's view of God
  • v49 - compare v34-35 and Philippians 4:8
  • v50 - compare Isaiah 55:8-9
  • v54-55 - compare Acts 16:31
• Mary's view of her child
• Conclusion
  • 1 Cor 1:26-30

Marriage 2 - 1 Corinthians 7

Jim South speaks on 'Marriage 2' (1 Corinthians 7) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 21st of October 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Marriage is the home of sex
• Those who are not married
• Those who have been married previously
• Those who are married to unbelievers

Marriage 1 - Colossians 2-3, Genesis 2, Ephesians 5

Jim South speaks on 'Marriage 1' (Colossians 2-3, Genesis 2, Ephesians 5) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 14th of October 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Two key ideas
  • Colossians 2:6
  • Colossians 3:17
• Men and women are different (Genesis 2)
  • Ephesians 5:21
  • Ephesians 5:22-33, Colossians 3:18-19
• Husband and wife are one (Genesis 2:24)

Titus: Doing What is Good in a Tough World - A People Warned to do Good - Titus 3:9-15

Jim South speaks on 'A People Warned to do Good' (Titus 3:9-15) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 22nd of July 2012. Sermon outline:

• Warning God's people: The reason for the warnings
  • The Church is important
    1. To God
    2. To the people who belong
    3. To the society at large
• The causes for the warnings
  • Stupid controversies
  • Genealogies
  • Dissensions and quarrels
• The response to the warnings

Titus: Doing What is Good in a Tough World - A People Motivated to do Good - Titus 3:1-8

Jim South speaks on 'A People Motivated to do Good' (Titus 3:1-8) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of July 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro: The motivation of remembering
• Remembering what we were
• Remembering what God has done
  1. He showed us His grace (v5)
  2. We were born anew
  3. We received the Holy Spirit
  4. We have the promise of eternal life
• Remembering what God has taught us
• Conclusion

Titus: Doing What is Good in a Tough World - A People Trained to do Good - Titus 2

Jim South speaks on 'A People Trained to do Good' (Titus 2) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 8th of July 2012. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• Question 1: Why teach Christians to live differently?
  • A:
  • B:
• Question 2: What should living differently look like?
  • v1
  • Spirit-filled lives
  • Responsible home life
  • Concern for the spiritual well-being of others
  • People of integrity
• Question 3: What is the point of being taught to live differently?
  • v5
  • v8
  • v10
• Conclusion

Titus: Doing What is Good in a Tough World - A People Led to do Good - Titus 1:5-16

Jim South speaks on 'A People Led to do Good' (Titus 1:5-16) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 1st of July 2012. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• Personal qualities of church leadership
  • Moral integrity
  • Sexual purity
  • Domestic responsibility
  • Personal integrity
  • Doctrinal stability
  • God's stewards
• False leaders
  • Rejecting the truth
  • Polluting the truth
  • Misusing the truth
• Response to the presence of false leaders
  • Teaching
  • Silencing
  • Rebuking
• Conclusion

Titus: Doing What is Good in a Tough World - A People Chosen to do Good - Titus 1:1-4

Jim South speaks on 'A People Chosen to do Good' (Titus 1:1-4) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of June 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• People called by God
• People in community
• People of faith
• People of knowledge
• People of hope

Does Jesus Fulfil God's Promises? - Luke 7:18-35

Jim South speaks on 'Does Jesus Fulfil God's Promises?' (Luke 7:18-35) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 29th April 2012. Sermon outline:

• John's doubts (v18)
• Jesus' response (v21-23)
• Jesus' own question (v24)
• Jesus' criticism (v31-35)

Romans: Getting it Right with God - The Life We Enjoy - Romans 5:12-21 (Easter Sunday Service)

Jim South speaks on 'The Life We Enjoy' (Romans 5:12-21) at the Easter Sunday Services on the 8th of April 2012. Sermon outline:

• Our involvement with Adam
• Our involvement with Jesus
• Two other distinctions
  • A difference in applicability
  • A difference in experience

Psalm 12

Jim South speaks on Psalm 12 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 29th of January 2012. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Words of Wickedness (v2-4, 8 )
• Words of Prayer (v1-3)
• Words from God (v5-7)
• Conclusion
• Psalm 119:23-24

Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Being a Christian in the Household - Ephesians 5:15-6:9

Jim South speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Being a Christian in the Household' (Ephesians 5:15-6:9) at Morning Church on the 4th of December 2011. Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• A life filled with the Spirit
  • Joy
  • Thankfulness
  • Submission
• The Spirit-filled marriage
• A Spirit-filled family life
• A Spirit-filled person in the workplace
• Return to 5:15

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Content - Exodus 20:17

Jim South speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: By Being Content' (Exodus 20:17) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 18th of September 2011. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Some Negatives
  • It sins against God
  • It sins against other people
  • It leads to further sin
  • It breaks all the other commandments
• Some Positives
  • What really matters
  • Our responsibility to others

Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century - Not Worshipping Man-Made gods - Exodus 20:4-6

Jim South speaks on 'Living the 10 Commandments in the 21st Century: Not Worshipping Man-Made gods' (Exodus 20:4-6) at Morning Church and Night Church on the 24th of July 2011. Sermon outline:

• Intro
• Images are the first step in the rejection of God
  • Romans 1:20-23
• Images give a false or low idea about God
  • Deuteronomy 4:15-18
• Images tend to take the place of God
  • Exodus 32:4
  • A little detour
• God's jealousy
• A built-in warning
  • Exodus 20:5 and 6