9/10/2023 Worship service and Sermon: Deliverance out of Despair - Exodus 5:20-6:13

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9/10/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Mike Culbert
Speaker: Andrew Hageman
Scripture: Exodus 5:20-6:13
Title: Deliverance out of Despair

Notes:

1. When you are filled with doubts, God graciously repeats His promises.
A. Moses cries out, God comes alongside him caringly.
B. God reminds Moses of who He is.

2. When you are filled with despair, God promises hope for the future.
A. God's name is so powerful, it's like He's using it as His signet ring.
B. What future does God decree for His despairing people?

3. A follower of God is known, not by perfection, but by faith in God's forgiveness.
A. The Israelites won't hear God's offer.
B. Moses doubts his ability to convince people.

4. The Exodus from Egypt foreshadows God's Ultimate Deliverance in our Savior.
A. The Israelites were freed from slavery to Egypt, but not from slavery to sin.
B. God progressively revealed His plan to free them from slavery to sin.
C. This passage highlights the perfection of Christ's work on the cross and His role as our perfect leader

#doubt #despair #Moses

1/1/2023 New Years Day Worship Service & Sermon: Not in the Flesh, But in the Spirit - Romans 8:9-11

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1/1/2023 New Years Day Worship Service & Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Romans 8:9-11
Title: Not in the Flesh, But in the Spirit
Worship Leader: Andrew Hageman
Speaker: Matt Carter

You, however, are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the [s]pirit is life because of righteousness. If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

Notes:

1. Summary of Rev. Carter's last sermon (Romans 7:14-25)

2. If we are in the Spirit, we are not in the flesh
A. Our location identifies us
B. Being in Christ frees us from the need for self-importance
C. Whoever does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him

3. If we are in Christ, our bodies are dead, but our spirits are alive because of righteousness
A. Our bodies are dead because of sin
B. Our spirits are alive because of righteousness

4. The Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead will give life to your mortal body if He dwells in you
A. How much power does it take to raise the dead and why should the answer matter to us?
i. The exact same power that raised Jesus from the dead lives in us who live in Christ

5. Applications
A. We need to accept that our bodies (as discussed today) are dead
B. We need to believe that surrendering to the work of the Holy Spirit will turn out for our good

Benediction And now, may the love of God the Father who sent Jesus Christ to the cross because he knew that the cross would turn out for both Jesus' vindication and ours; may the faith of Jesus Christ who surrendered himself to the cross because he believed that the Father was faithful and that the Spirit was powerful; and may the power and goodness of the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead and who will raise us also, be with every true believer in this room. Amen

10/9/22 Worship Service and Sermon: A Life Transformed by Forgiveness - Luke 7:36-50

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10/9/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Luke 7:36-50
Title: A Life Transformed by Forgiveness
Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus Speaker:
Andrew Hageman

Notes:

1. The characters
A. The woman
a. Woman of ill repute
b. Genuinely repentant

B. Simon the Pharisee
a. Man of high standing
b. Silently judgemental

2. The interactions
A. Simon: interested, but not committed
a. "interviews" Jesus
b. sacrifices an evening and the cost of a dinner

B. The woman: completely sold out for Jesus
a. places her entire hope on Jesus
b. sacrifices her expensive perfume and her livelihood

3. The parable
A. Simon: no perception of his need for forgiveness
B. The woman: sees her need for forgiveness
C. Both owe a debt they have no hope of paying

4. Application
A. Who do we judge like Simon judges?
B. Do we have this type of embarrassing, overwhelming love through repentance?
C. If you are born again, rejoice in the repayment of your debt by Christ on the cross.

#Luke #Forgiveness

7/31/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Being Mindful of the Wonder of the Gospel - Colossians 1:13-14

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7/31/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Andrew Hageman
Speaker: David Royes
Title: Being Mindful of the Wonder of the Gospel
Scripture: Colossians 1:13-14

He has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of his beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.

Notes:

1. The Terror of Being Lost
a. Spiritual enslavement is real.

2. The Centrality of Jesus Himself
a. Joy in God's Son
b. Fruit for God's Son
c. Union with God's Son

3. The often-overlooked means

3/6/2022 Worship Service and Sermon: Responding to Calamity - Esther 4

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3/6/2022 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: John Sletta
Speaker: Andrew Hageman
Title: Responding to Calamity
Scripture: Esther 4

Main Points

1. Mordecai's Grief -- Feeling responsible for the coming calamity
2. Esther's Dilemma -- Contemplating responsibility to avert calamity
3. Esther's Response -- Living out faith as a sacrifice for many

Conclusion and Application

1. God's silence is not evidence of His absence.
a. God's sovereignty is much bigger than us.

2. The Bible's response to grief and difficulty is to turn our eyes upon God.
a. We can come boldly before the throne of God in our grief.

3. Esther's choice may be upon us.
a. Ask God to prepare us to sacrifice for the sake of Christ.

4. Only by Christ's power can we ever follow in Esther's footsteps
a. Christ is the true and better Esther, making atonement before the throne of God on behalf of all believers.

#Purim #calamity #Esther #responsibility