Cornerstone Christian Fellowship

Sermon Series: Between Two Worlds   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   __________   Description: Peter continues to show us how to live as chosen strangers on a journey between two worlds by lives that are marked by love for one another. This love is not something we conjure up but is founded on the gospel of our hope and salvation in Christ, and calls us to live in such a way that shows that we are children of our Father.     __________   Main Idea: We live as children of God by loving one another in gospel purity and growing together in gospel unity.   __________   I.Love one another earnestly in gospel purity. (1:22-25)        a. We love earnestly because our souls have been purified for love. (1:22)        b. We love earnestly because our lives have been transformed by the gospel. (1:23-25)      II.Grow together diligently in gospel unity. (2:1-3)        a. We grow diligently by protecting against impurity. (2:1)        b. We grow diligently by longing for gospel truth. (2:2-3)   

Sermon Series: Between Two Worlds   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   __________   Description: In this section, Peter moves from the grounds of our hope to the outworking of our salvation. Everything that follows in his letter is based on the previous passage, with our hope and salvation set on the resurrection and return of Jesus Christ. He is our only hope in life and death. We have new life and a living hope in him, by the mercy and grace of God. Our lives then flow from this truth and are to be fully set on this hope. Living this out requires readiness for action and lives that model our Father's character.   __________   Main Idea: We set our hope fully on the grace of God through lives of holiness as obedient children.    __________   I. Set your hope fully on the grace of God. (1:13)      a. We set our hope fully on this grace by preparing our minds for action.      b. We set our hope fully on this grace by being sober-minded.      II. Pursue holiness as obedient children. (1:14-16)      a. As obedient children, we forsake the way of sin.      b. As obedient children, we pursue holiness.      III. Conduct yourselves with fear. (1:17-21)      a. We conduct ourselves with fear, knowing that God judges impartially.      b. We conduct ourselves with fear, knowing that we were bought with a price.   

Sermon Series: Between Two Worlds   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   __________   Description: Peter begins the body of his letter by pointing these chosen strangers to the living hope they have in this world, on their way to the salvation that is to come. The ideas of present hope and coming salvation are paralleled by the resurrection and return of Christ.   __________   Main Idea: Our hope and salvation as chosen strangers is set on the resurrection and return of Jesus Christ.   __________   I. Our hope: the mercy and might of God through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. (1:3-5)     a. Rest in his mercy in giving us new life and living hope.     b. Rest in his might in keeping our inheritance and guarding our hope.      II. Our salvation: the outcome of suffering and faith at the return of Jesus Christ. (1:6-12)     a. Rejoice in the glorious result of our suffering.     b. Rejoice in the certain future of our faith.     c. Rejoice in the testimony of the saints and angels concerning the glory to come.   

Speaker: Tony Billington   __________   Main Idea: God wants His people scattered over the whole Earth to make His name great.      Application: Humbly let God use you to make His name great, bringing His kingdom to the whole Earth.   

Speaker: David Nelson   ________    Description: David's kindness to Mephibosheth presents a powerful model of mercy and compassion, while pointing to one greater than David who is merciful to us in our weakness.   __________       I.  Is there a seat at your table for another?       II. Do you have a seat at the King's table?   

Sermon Series: Between Two Worlds   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________    Description: This message introduces the series with the various themes included in the introductory greeting of Peter's letter.   ________    Main Idea: Grace and peace are multiplied to us as we grow in the gospel.          I.  We grow in the gospel by knowing who we are.            a. Called by the Father.            b. Set apart by the Spirit.            c. Commissioned by Christ.          II. We grow in the gospel by being who we are.            a. Obedient as children of the Father.            b. Holy as those set apart by the Spirit.            c. Faithful as those commissioned by Christ.   

Sermon Series: Noah     Speaker: Tony Billington      ________    Title: Our Different God   Text: Genesis 8:1 (Genesis 6-9)   __________   Main Idea: Because our God is different, God remembers us in Our Chaos.   __________   Application: Partner with God as an agent of order.    

Sermon Series: Isaiah   Speaker: Seth Sherwood   ________   Description: Considering the significance of God as Creator in Isaiah 40.   ________   I.  Revelation of the Creator God (vs. 12-28).   II.  The Strength He Provides to Those Who Wait on Him (29-31).    

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Description: The series concludes with the conversation on the Road to Emmaus, where the risen Christ, though veiled from their eyes, unfolds the mystery of the things concerning himself in all the Old Testament.   ________   Christ is the source and fulfillment of all divine revelation.   ________   I. Without the risen Christ, nothing makes sense. (24:13-24)   II. Christ shows up and makes everything make sense. (24:25-35)   ________   THEREFORE: It is our mission to know Christ and make him known. In the words of Luke's gospel, we carry on the work of the first disciples, “that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations.” (24:47)   

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Description: Malachi's prophecy of the "messenger of the covenant," who purifies and refines. Christ fulfills this as the one who prepares the way for God's kingdom and completes the Old Testament's anticipation of redemption.   ________   Christ is the Messenger of the Covenant who will refine his people for eternal worship.   ________   I.God confronts those who fail to trust him (2:17).  II.God refines those who delight in him (3:1-4).  III.God judges those who fail to fear him (3:5).  

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Description: Daniel's vision of the "Son of Man" receiving an everlasting kingdom foreshadows Christ's divine authority and eternal dominion as the Messiah. His kingdom and reign will be everlasting and indestructible, and he will receive glory and honor and praise from every tribe, nation, and tongue.   ________   Christ is the Son of Man coming with power and glory to receive an everlasting, indestructible kingdom and the worship of the nations.   ________   I. The Son of Man will come with power and glory (7:13)   II. The Son of Man will receive an everlasting, indestructible kingdom (7:14a,c)   III. The Son of Man will receive the worship of the nations (7:14b)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   Description: The promise of the New Covenant, written on the heart, finds its fulfillment in Christ, who establishes this covenant with his own body and blood.   ____________   Christ fulfills the New Covenant, bringing about internal transformation, intimate knowledge of God, and full forgiveness.   ____________   INTRO: God will make a new covenant, unlike the old:   I.  God will write his law on the hearts of his people (31:33)   II.  God will be intimately known by all his people (31:34a)   III. God will bring full forgiveness (31:34b).

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Tony Billington   Description: Isaiah's Suffering Servant, despised and pierced for the sins of many, vividly portrays Christ, who bears the iniquity of His people through His sacrificial death.   Main Idea:   1.  Through Jesus' life, the suffering Servant shows us how to suffer well with others.   2.  Through Jesus' death, the Suffering Servant shows us how to suffer well in personal trials and tribulations.   Application:   1. That we would take His example, and suffer well with others.   2. That we would take His example and suffer well in our own lives.

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   Description: Micah speaks of a ruler to come forth from Bethlehem who will shepherd his people and show his greatness to the ends of the earth.   ________    Christ is our Shepherd-King, born in humble Bethlehem to rule and be our peace.  ________   I. God's people besieged and humiliated (5:1)   II. God's paradoxical promise of a ruler from Bethlehem (5:2-3)   III. God's promised Shepherd-King brings security and peace (5:4-5a)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is the Righteous Branch, born to reign far as the curse is found.   ________   I. God will raise up a Righteous Branch on whom His Spirit will rest (11:1-5)   II. God will reverse the curse of sin through the Righteous Branch (11:6-9)   III. God will display his glory among the nations through the Righteous Branch (11:10)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ____________   Christ is our Immanuel, who brings hope to the nations and reigns forevermore.   ____________   I. God will give a virgin-born son whose name shall be Immanuel (7:14)   II. God will bring hope to the nations through the virgin-born Son (9:2-5)   III. God will give the virgin-born Son to rule the nations forevermore (9:6-7)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Seth Sherwood   _________   God's covenant with David, promising an everlasting kingdom, foreshadows Christ, the eternal King whose reign brings peace, justice, and salvation.   __________   I.   The King   II.  The Covenant   III. The Son of David        - Shepherd        - Deliverer        - Builder        - Eternal King        - Son of God   IV. Application        - Will you enthrone the Son of David as your king?

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   _______________   Christ is our Kinsman-Redeemer who rescues us in our poverty and secures our inheritance.   _______________   I. God hears his people and responds in their suffering (Chapter 1)   II. God rescues his people and provides in their poverty (Chapter 2)   III. God redeems his people and secures their inheritance (Chapters 3-4)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell  The ‘Angel of the Lord' appears in various places in the Old Testament. When he does, he is understood to be a physical manifestation of the one LORD and an encounter with the invisible God. Long before his incarnation, Christ appears to present a visible manifestation of God's presence among his people in bodily form.   _______________   Christ is the Angel of the Lord who makes God's personal presence known among his people.   _______________   I. God will raise up a deliverer for his people (13:1-7)   II. God will make his presence known among his people (13:8-20)   III. God will accomplish his purposes through his people (13:21-25)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell  Moses' promise of a prophet like himself points to Christ, the ultimate Prophet, who speaks God's word with authority and leads His people into the New Covenant. Far greater than these, Christ reveals God fully in himself as the Incarnate Word.   __________   Christ is the long-awaited Prophet like Moses who is himself the fullness of revelation.   __________   I. God institutes mediatorial prophethood (18:15-16)  II. God introduces a new kind of Prophet (18:17-20)   III. God comforts his people concerning false prophets (18:21-22) 

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is our great high priest who makes atonementfor us by the sacrifice of himself.   _________I. God makes his plan known (16:1–10)   II. God makes his purpose clear (16:11–22)   III. God makes his people clean (16:23–34)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Tony Billington   _____________   Main Idea: Jesus fulfills the law and the prophets:   - Jesus is the better Israel.   - Jesus is the better Moses.   - Jesus is the fulfillment and better version of the bronze serpent.   ______________   Application: That we would go to our intercessor and look to the Bronze Serpent (the Son of Man) for our healing.

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is God with us, has made his dwelling place among us, and displays his glory through us.   ________   I. God reveals his glory in a meeting at the mountain (Ex 24)   II. God communicates his design to dwell with his people in the tabernacle (Ex 25–31)   III. God displays his presence in the filling of the tabernacle with his glory (Ex 32–40)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is the Rock stricken for us and the source of living water to all who thirst.   ________    I.   God proves his presence despite discontent (Ex 17:1–6; Nu 20:1–9)   II.   God proves his holiness despite unbelief (Nu 20:10–12)   III. God proves his faithfulness despite disobedience (Ex 17:7; Nu 20:13)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is our Passover Lamb whose blood redeems us from slavery to sin and saves us from the wrath of God's judgment.   ________   I. God saves his people through sacrifice (12:1-28)   II. God saves his people through judgment (12:29-42)   III. God saves his people through separation (12:43-51)   IV. God saves his people through substitution (13:1-16)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Seth Sherwood   ________   Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his only son, Isaac, and God's provision of a substitute point to Christ, the beloved Son offered as the ultimate sacrifice for sin.   ________   I.     The Test  (22:1-5)   II.    The Shadow (22:6-10)   III.   The Substitute (22:11-14)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is the Ark of Salvation who saves us from the judgment to come and brings us into the new heavens and new earth.   ________   I.   God is grieved by increasing wickedness on the earth (6:1-8)   II.  God pours out his judgment on the earth with a flood (6:9–8:19)   III. God reveals his intent to restore creation with a covenant (8:20–9:17)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is the serpent-crushing, Seed of the Woman who saves us from the curse and restores* God's very good design.   ________   I.    God's very good design on display (2:4–25)   II.   Man's disobedience resulted in a curse (3:1–13)   III.  God's promise embedded in a curse (3:14–19)   IV.  What will become of God's very good design? (3:20–24)

Sermon Series: Seeing Christ in the Old Testament: Types, Shadows, Prophecies & Promises   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   ________   Christ is the source and fulfillment of all existence, identity, and authority.   ________   I.God spoke all things into existence out of nothing (1:1–25)   II.God made man in his own image & likeness (1:26–27)   III.God gave man dominion over all creation (1:28–31)  ________   We come to see the fullness of that revelation in Christ…   -Christ, the all-creating, uncreated Word by, through, and for whom all things were made.   -Christ, the image of the invisible God and the exact imprint of his likeness.   -Christ, the Lord of Creation, who has all dominion over all things.

Guest Speaker: Nick Oakes   The central theme is about the value of the salvation that we possess.   Our salvation is something that the prophets wished they could see and that the angels long to understand.

Speaker: Pastor Wayne Denny

Series: The Church as the People of the Triune God   Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   Main Idea: We are claimed and kept by the Spirit for the day of redemption.   I. We were claimed for redemption through faith in Christ (13)   II.We are being kept for the day of redemption by the Spirit (14a)   Application: that we might live to the praise of his glory. (14b)

Series: The Church as the People of the Triune GodSpeaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   Main Idea: We are a blood-bought people predestined for praise.   1. We are a blood-bought people brought into union with Christ (7-10)        .....Our Redemption Accomplished (7-8)        .....Our Redemption Revealed (9-10)   2. We are predestined for praise through our hope in Christ (11-12)        .....Our Inheritance obtained (11)        .....Our Hope vindicated (12)   Application: that we might live to the praise of his glory.

Speaker: Pastor Wayne Denny   Lesson: God can make your mountain of testing a mountain of blessing.   APPLICATIONS   I. Trust the trustworthiness of God's Word   II. Surrender to the Will of God.   III. Rely on Divine Resources.

Speaker: Pastor Josh Sherrell   Main Idea: We are beloved children, to the praise of the Father's glory and grace.   We see the Father's love for us as his children in this passage in three distinct ways:   1.We have been Blessed Beyond Measure (3)   2.We were Chosen Before Time (4)   3.We were Predestined for Adoption (5)   Application— that we might live to the praise of his glory and grace (6).

Speaker: Pastor Garret Soucy, Christ the King Church

Speaker: Pastor Wayne Denny   Theme: We were made to live on the Mountain of God.   I. Mount Eden   II. Mount Moriah

Speaker: Pastor Garret Soucy, Christ the King Church

Speaker: Pastor Wayne Denny   Lesson: Valley experiences are divinely ordained for our good and for God's glory.  Q: What should we focus on in our Valleys?   I.Fruitfulness   II.Fellowship

Speaker:        Pastor Jamey Simpson   Big Idea:        For all true Christians, nothing is secular.               Application:   That you would do your everyday work for God.   Question:       How can I do my everyday “secular” work for God?   Answer:          By continually doing it with a sacred sense of:                           I.         Calling                           II.        Filling                           III.      Sweating                           IV.       Resting

Speaker: Tony Billington   Main Idea: Through God's refuge and strength, we have hope for the already, but not yet Kingdom.   Application: Cease, and Know that He is God

Speaker: Pastor Garret Soucy, Christ the King Church

Speaker: Seth Sherwood   The Examples of Three Men:   Gaius - the faithful Christian   Diotrephes - the selfish, manipulative leader   Demetrius - the Christian of good testimony   Main Idea: We ought to help the spread of the truth by being partners in gospel ministry.   Application:   1.  Follow not that which is evil.   2.  Follow that which is good. 

Speaker: Ezra Shepherd   How can we obtain God's blessing in our lives?   By patterning our lives not after the world, but after Christ' example.   By meditating on, feeding on and chewing the cud of God's word.   By drawing from the waters of Grace available to us to bear fruit in season.