South Union Sermons

Bottom line: The One who completed His mission of crucifixion and resurrection has assigned us the mission of His crucifixion and resurrection's proclamation. Are we still standing at the tomb…amazed but silent? Or have we stepped into the mission…faithful and going? - Because the same Jesus who walked out of that grave…is the same Jesus who says to you today: “Go.”

There are moments where it feels like a stone has been rolled into place…and everything you hoped for is now sealed behind it. That is exactly what it felt like when Jesus body was laid in the tomb and the stone was rolled into place. All hope was lost. But what nobody realized…is that God was about to roll that stone away and reveal that a dead man had come alive. God is a stone roller, and dead things come alive in the name of Jesus!  

Bottom line: The Crucified One took our place so we could take His.We are guilty of sin. Our sin calls for death. God loves us, but justice cannot be set aside. Therefore, God took the punishment for us. Jesus, the innocent, died for the guilty (us). He took our place on the cross as surely as He took Barabbas' place on the cross. 

Bottom line: Our greatest temptation to sin is not to choose to do wrong but to choose not to do right, to surrender, and to trust God when obedience is hard.  If we're going to follow the example of Jesus in the Garden then we have to surrender to our Heavenly Father. 1) Surrender begins in prayer. 2) Surrender requires trust.3) Surrender is a daily choice.

Bottom line: We come to the table to receive grace, but we push away from the table to give grace.Jesus is the great servant. He has given us an example to follow. Because the Christian life is not just about finding a seat at the table. It is about picking up the towel and serving the needs of others. 

Bottom line: The majestic King humbly serves our greatest need. 

Bottom line: Mercy comes running to the one who cries for mercy and relies on grace. 

Bottom line: Only by being truly consecrated to Jesus and His mission can a person ever truly feel fulfillment in life.

Only by admitting he has fallen can a man ever begin to be fixed. Only by confession of sin and Christ as Lord can a sinner be saved. Only be confessing we aren't doing what we were made to do can we ever begin to get back up.

Bottom line: When it comes to doing what you were made to do, you may have fallen but it doesn't mean you can't get back up. There is a fix. His name is Jesus.

Bottom line: Wisdom implores us to protect sexual fidelity and flee sexual immorality. 

Bottom line: The wise choose the path that leads to God's favor and blessings. Five keys to following the path God directs: Remember God's Words, Trust God's Plan, Walk God's Path, Steward God's Blessings, and Receive God's Correction.

Bottom line: Guarding our hearts diligently directs us to the right destination wisely. Proverbs 4:20-27 gives a pretty detailed list to follow if we want to guide our lives to the right destination. 1) Listen To God's Word Attentively2) Guard Our Hearts Diligently3) Speak Our Words Carefully4) Walk Life's Path Wisely

Bottom line: The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom is for everyone: simple, young, old. We never graduate from our need to increase in wisdom. We need to receive it because it is valuable. It's value is seen in that when you follow and apply it, you end up in the right place: right place in life, marriage, school, career, work, relationships, ministry, finances, etc. Wisdom doesn't start with information. It begins with the fear of the Lord (i.e. awe, reverence). Wisdom begins when we stop putting ourselves at the center of our lives and put God there instead.

Bottom line: Our greatest hope is fulfilled in a personal relationship with Jesus. The promise of hope was the birth of a Savior, a Rescuer. He has come, but has he BECOME your personal Savior. 

Bottom line: All who accept the invitation to come and see their hope has come will leave glorifying and praising God.

Bottom line: All who accept the invitation to come and see their hope has come will leave glorifying and praising God.

Hope's promise finds it ultimate fulfillment in the coming Redeemer's birth from the virgin's womb and the empty tomb. Hope's promise is fulfilled in us when we trust Jesus as our Savior.

Hope's promise finds it ultimate fulfillment in the coming Redeemer's birth from the virgin's womb and the empty tomb. Hope's promise is fulfilled in us when we trust Jesus as our Savior.

Bottom line: The Hope of Christmas is the sinner's hope of rescue from sin and its penalty. 

Bottom line: The Hope of Christmas is the sinner's hope of rescue from sin and its penalty. 

Bottom line: Communion is the expression of our appreciation for God's work and blessings of salvation. 

Bottom line: Communion is the expression of our appreciation for God's work and blessings of salvation. 

Bottom Line:  All those who choose to look away from the pool and look to Jesus instead, will  be saved from the pool. 

Bottom Line:  All those who choose to look away from the pool and look to Jesus instead, will  be saved from the pool. 

Do you know your role? Family works best when we fulfill the role God designed us for.

Do you know your role? Family works best when we fulfill the role God designed us for.

Bottom line: You're not ready for your last day until you trust in the Living God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Bottom line: You're not ready for your last day until you trust in the Living God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 

Bottom line: When we act presumptuously either through self will or demonic devices we provoke God. 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:17

Bottom line: When we act presumptuously either through self will or demonic devices we provoke God. 1 Kings 22:51-2 Kings 1:17

Bottom line: God seeks us out in mercy at rock bottom to recover and restore us to His use. Life is filled with Mountain Top and Rock Bottom experiences. God is with us in both. And He will use us and restore us and rejuvenated us if need be. Elijah needed Emotional ventilation, physical rejuvenation, and spiritual restoration. When we find ourselves discouraged and depressed, we will need the same too.  

Bottom line: God seeks us out in mercy at rock bottom to recover and restore us to His use. Life is filled with Mountain Top and Rock Bottom experiences. God is with us in both. And He will use us and restore us and rejuvenated us if need be. Elijah needed Emotional ventilation, physical rejuvenation, and spiritual restoration. When we find ourselves discouraged and depressed, we will need the same too.  

Bottom line: We claim the promise(s) of God in believing prayer. God is the promise keeper. Some promises are universal. Some are personal. Of those, some are unconditional and some are conditional. We claim the universal and conditional promises are of God in believing prayer. We learn from Elijah how to position ourselves alone in prayer, posture ourselves humbly in prayer, present our claim of the promise in prayer, petition God particularly in prayer, passionately plead in prayer, and persist in prayer.

Bottom line: We claim the promise(s) of God in believing prayer. God is the promise keeper. Some promises are universal. Some are personal. Of those, some are unconditional and some are conditional. We claim the universal and conditional promises are of God in believing prayer. We learn from Elijah how to position ourselves alone in prayer, posture ourselves humbly in prayer, present our claim of the promise in prayer, petition God particularly in prayer, passionately plead in prayer, and persist in prayer.

South Union has told the world about a place (Bethlehem, Calvary, and Heaven), a person (Jesus Christ's virgin birth, victorious life, and vicarious death), a gospel to be preached, and a promise to be believed (Jesus' return, reward, and resting place).

South Union has told the world about a place (Bethlehem, Calvary, and Heaven), a person (Jesus Christ's virgin birth, victorious life, and vicarious death), a gospel to be preached, and a promise to be believed (Jesus' return, reward, and resting place).

Bottom line: If need be, get off the fence and serve the living God. 

Bottom line: If need be, get off the fence and serve the living God. 

Bottom line: A faith that stands with courage in the fight is a faith that has been trained to fight.  The purpose for training Elijah was so that Elijah would be ready to fight, to be used of God to do the impossible in the minds of the people – prove God is not dead! 

Bottom line: A faith that stands with courage in the fight is a faith that has been trained to fight.  The purpose for training Elijah was so that Elijah would be ready to fight, to be used of God to do the impossible in the minds of the people – prove God is not dead! 

Bottom line: God sends us to training camp to increase our faith, trust, obedience, and usefulness for what He calls us to do.

Bottom line: God sends us to training camp to increase our faith, trust, obedience, and usefulness for what He calls us to do.

Bottom line: God lives and uses those who will live for Him.

Bottom line: God lives and uses those who will live for Him.

Bottom line: We've been called to follow Jesus, fish for men, and feed the sheep.

Bottom line: We've been called to follow Jesus, fish for men, and feed the sheep.

Bottom line: We can patiently trust and seek the help of God in prayer because He is always in control.

Bottom line: We can patiently trust and seek the help of God in prayer because He is always in control.