Entries Tagged as 'Joe Wiltshire'
October 30th, 2011 ·
A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'Presenting Perfect' (Colossians 1:15-29) and is the last in the four-talk series.
Talk outline:
- Where have we come so far?
- The 'M' word
- Counting the cost
- God's plan is our work
- Implications
- Always be looking outside the present group
- Ministry requires both personal and corporate sacrifice
- There is no magic bullet
- False teachers are the ones who look for ease and popularity
- Not all of us are teachers
- For those that are teachers, teach the negative as well as the positive
- For anyone to be saved and grow as a Christian, they have to hear the word of the Gospel
- We've got to have the right expectations:
- The world to be against you
- That God will work
- Give up your life for the sake of the glory of God, for the sake of Jesus, for the sake of others and for your own sake
Tags: New Testament · Sermons · TBW · Special Events · Colossians · Joe Wiltshire · 2011: Perfection - The Goal of God's Plan
October 29th, 2011 ·
A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'Being Perfect' (Matthew 5) and is the third in the four-talk series.
Talk outline:
- The impossible expectations
- The kingdom of heaven
- Why is it that we can't just darn well obey?
- Jesus' sermon and the Law
- It shows us how sinful we really are
- It points us to the need for a Saviour
- It shows us the right way to live as people who are on the side of righteousness
- Sinless perfectionism?
- Implications
- Keep reading the Bible with a self-critical eye, not a Bible-critical eye
- Keep putting sin to death
- Confession is important
- There's a danger of moralising
- We need to have very realistic expectations of others
- We need to set an example in both righteousness and confession for others
- The danger of pride
- We need to devote our whole life to the service of Christ and work on being perfect
Tags: New Testament · Sermons · TBW · Special Events · Matthew · Joe Wiltshire · 2011: Perfection - The Goal of God's Plan
October 29th, 2011 ·
A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'The Perfect Son' (Hebrews 4:14-5:10) and is the second in the four-talk series.
Talk outline:
- The central event in God's perfect plan: The perfecting of his Son
- How can God be made perfect? Some observations...
- Without this...
- What perfection doesn't mean
- What perfection does mean
- How Jesus was made perfect
- How can Jesus 'learn obedience'?
- He learned the cost of obedience
- He learned what it was to be tempted
- He learned that obedience to his Father's will and perfect plan would mean the ultimate price
- He desired his Father's will more than his own life
- Jesus' prayer is heard because of his reverence
- Jesus' death is how he achieved salvation for mankind
- Implications:
- The only proper response is awe and thanksgiving
- It ought to lead us to repentance and trust
- We must not harden our hearts and become disobedient
- Know that Jesus can help you in your temptations and sympathises with you
- There is no other way of salvation
- We need to be aware of the danger of 'works'
Tags: New Testament · Sermons · TBW · Special Events · Hebrews · Joe Wiltshire · 2011: Perfection - The Goal of God's Plan
October 28th, 2011 ·
A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'The Perfect Plan' (Psalm 64) and is the first in the four-talk series.
Talk outline:
- Perfect Planning
- God: The Perfect Planner
- God's Perfect Plan
- What it affects
- Implications
- "The Will of God"
- Guidance from God
- Suffering and evil
- Prayer
- Immortality
- Come voluntarily under the Lordship of Christ
- Get your priorities worked out
- St Tom's in 2012
- Conclusion: What's it all about?
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