You Belong to Another
Romans 6:1-6

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 6:20-23 | Two Masters, Two Fruits, Two Ends from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Romans 6:20-23 | Two Masters, Two Fruits, Two Ends from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: James Repp.

Are We to Continue in Sin?
Romans 6:15-19

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 6:15-19 | Slaves to Righteousness from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 6:12–14 | Let Not Sin Therefore Reign from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. REMEMBER THE OBJECTION
2. WHO SHALL REIGN?
3. NOT UNDER LAW, BUT GRACE

Romans 4:3 (ESV)
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

Revelation 11:15 (ESV)
The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever.

John Piper
Sin takes our desires and makes liars out of them.

James 1:14–15 (ESV)
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

James 1:16–17 (ESV)
Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

Galatians 4:4–5 (ESV)
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as sons.

Romans 5:5 (ESV)
and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Are We to Continue in Sin?
Romans 6:1-11

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 6:1-11 | Are We to Continue in Sin? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE ARGUMENT OF ROMANS
2. ARE WE TO CONTINUE TO SIN?
3. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE DEAD?
4. WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE ALIVE?
5. BAPTIZED INTO CHRIST JESUS

Romans 1:16–17 (ESV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

Augustine
For a sign is a thing which, over and above the impression it makes on the senses, causes something else to come into the mind as a consequence of itself: as when we see a footprint, we conclude that an animal whose footprint this is has passed by; and when we see smoke, we know that there is fire beneath; and when we hear the voice of a living man, we think of the feeling in his mind; and when the trumpet sounds, soldiers know that they are to advance or retreat, or do whatever else the state of the battle requires.

Romans 4:3 (ESV)
“Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

Cain — a brother’s worship curves inward
Genesis 4:1–16

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Genesis 4:1–16 | Cain — a brother’s worship curves inward from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. DISORDERED WORSHIP
2. SIN IS CROUCHING AT THE DOOR
3. BLOOD CRIES FROM THE GROUND

Hebrews 11:4 (ESV)
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

A.W. Pink
First, he owned that God was righteous in driving fallen man out of Eden (Gen. 3:24). Second, he owned that he was a guilty sinner, and that death was his just due. Third, he owned that God was holy, and must punish sin. Fourth, he owned that God was merciful, and willing to accept the death of an innocent substitute in his place. Fifth, he owned that he looked for acceptance with God in Christ the Lamb.

Isaiah 1:12 (ESV)
“When you come to appear before me,
who has required of you
this trampling of my courts?

Martin Luther
… our nature has been so deeply curved in upon itself because of the viciousness of original sin that it not only turns the finest gifts of God in upon itself and enjoys them … it even uses God Himself to achieve these aims, but it also seems to be ignorant of this very fact, that in acting [with such great injustice], so perversely, and in such a depraved way, it is even seeking God for its own sake.

James 4:1–3 (ESV)
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.

James 4:6–8 (ESV)
Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

Hebrews 12:24 (ESV)
to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

Eve — a woman meets her Maker
Genesis 3:8-21

Genesis 3:8–21 | Eve — a woman meets her Maker from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE CURSE IS SUFFERING
2. THE CURSE IN OUR IMAGINATION
3. THE GOSPEL IN THE CURSE
4. WHAT DO WE DO WITH SUFFERING?
5. Be Strengthened in Grace
6. Be Sustained in Weakness

1 Corinthians 15:54–55 (ESV)
“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”

Galatians 3:13 (ESV)
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us—for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who is hanged on a tree”

James 1:4 (ESV)
And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Romans 5:1–2 (ESV)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

2 Corinthians 12:10 (ESV)
For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

I am the Light of the World
John 8:12

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

John 8:12 | I am the Light of the World from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Adam — a man meets his Maker
Genesis 2:15–17

Special Guests: James Repp and Sam Powers.

Genesis 2:15–17 | Adam — a man meets his Maker from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. GOD WORKS HIS COVENANT PURPOSE
2. GOD INITIATES PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP
3. GOD SPEAKS WITH ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY
4. GOD MAKES GENEROUS PROVISION
5. IMPLICATIONS
   1. Jesus is the culmination and fulfillment of the Old Covenant and the center and hope of the New Covenant.
   2. Jesus sends the Holy Spirit to bring all the redeemed into intimate knowledge and fellowship with God.
   3. Jesus speaks with all the authority of heaven itself.
   4. Jesus has secured every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places.

1 Corinthians 2:10 (ESV)
these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit.

Ephesians 3:17–19 (ESV)
… that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have strength to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

Mark 9:7 (ESV)
“This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

Ephesians 1:3 (ESV)
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,

Colossians 3:1–2 (ESV)
If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth.

Luke 12:31 (ESV)
Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.

Zephaniah 3:14-17 | The King in Your Midst from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Zechariah 9:9-11 | The Coming King Who Saves from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE HOPE OF A NEW GENERATION
2. THE VICTORY OF THE KING
3. THE KING ENTERS HIS HOUSE
4. THE DAY OF CONQUEST IS COMING

Zechariah 1:4 (ESV)
Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets cried out, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, Return from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.’

1 Samuel 8:19–20 (ESV)
“No! But there shall be a king over us, that we also may be like all the nations, and that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.”

Mark 10:45 (ESV)
For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

Mark 11:11
ESV
And he entered Jerusalem and went into the temple. And when he had looked around at everything, as it was already late, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

Matthew 26:28 (ESV)
for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Ian Duguid
The blood that would be shed to bring us peace was his blood. The righteous King had to die in place of his unrighteous followers, the Good Shepherd in place of his unfaithful flock, so that God could accomplish his eternal purposes.

Revelation 19:11–16 (ESV)
Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! The one sitting on it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war. His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many diadems, and he has a name written that no one knows but himself. He is clothed in a robe dipped in blood, and the name by which he is called is The Word of God. And the armies of heaven, arrayed in fine linen, white and pure, were following him on white horses. From his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and he will rule them with a rod of iron. He will tread the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords.

Habakkuk 1:12-2:4 | A Living Hope and Faith from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. HABAKKUK’S COMPLAINTS AND THE LORD’S ANSWERS
2. HOW DO THE RIGHTEOUS LIVE?
3. WHAT DOES FAITH LOOK LIKE? STRENGTH AND JOY!
4. FIVE IMPLICATIONS
   1. The prophets help us to wait with final judgement in view.
   2. Faith rejects self-reliance, self-preservation.
   3. The Lord calls us to repent and believe.
   4. The Lord is your strength.
   5. The Lord is your joy.

Faith is the unshakable posture of those waiting for the kingdom, for the security and peace of the King, in the meantime.

Achtemeier
Habakkuk is a book for all faithful people, of whatever era, who find themselves living “in the meantime”—in the time between the revelation of the promises of God and the fulfillment of those promises—in the time between their redemption, when God made his purposes clear, and the final time when that divine purpose will be realized in all the earth. As such, Habakkuk is a book from faith for faith.

Romans 1:18 (ESV)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Romans 3:10 (ESV)
None is righteous, no, not one;

Romans 4:5 (ESV)
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

Micah 5:1-5 | Our Promised Strong Shepherd from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE PROMISED RULER
2. THE RULER HAS COME
3. THE ERROR OF THOSE WHO MISSED HIS COMING
4. JESUS SHEPHERDS HIS FLOCK

Micah 2:1 (ESV)
Woe to those who devise wickedness
and work evil on their beds!

Micah 4:8 (ESV)
And you, O tower of the flock,
hill of the daughter of Zion,
to you shall it come,
the former dominion shall come,
kingship for the daughter of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:7 (ESV)
They slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon.

Luke 2:11 (ESV)
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Luke 1:30–33 (ESV)
And the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bear a son, and you shall call his name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. And the Lord God will give to him the throne of his father David, and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end.”

Luke 2:30–32 (ESV)
for my eyes have seen your salvation
that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples,
a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
and for glory to your people Israel.”

John 10:11, 14 (ESV)
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me,

Matthew 2:5–6 (ESV)
They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
“ ‘And you, O Bethlehem, in the land of Judah,
are by no means least among the rulers of Judah;
for from you shall come a ruler
who will shepherd my people Israel.’ ”

Galatians 4:4–5 (ESV)
But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman … so that we might receive adoption as sons.

The Kingdom Restored
Amos 9:11-15

Special Guests: Joel Fair and Sam Powers.

Amos 9:11-15 | The Kingdom Restored from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE LORD WILL RAISE UP DAVID’S HOUSE
2. THE LORD WILL RESTORE THE FORTUNES OF ISRAEL
3. 5 IMPLICATIONS
   1. Judgement is swift and sure.
   2. Redemption is the Work of God Alone
   3. Redemption Passes Through Judgment
   4. Redemption is Abundant Grace
   5. The Lord is Still Gathering the Nations

Deuteronomy 30:1–3 (ESV)
And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the Lord your God has driven you, and return to the Lord your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, then the Lord your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the Lord your God has scattered you.

Amos 1:11-12 (ESV)
Thus says the Lord:
“For three transgressions of Edom,
and for four, I will not revoke the punishment,
because he pursued his brother with the sword
and cast off all pity,
and his anger tore perpetually,
and he kept his wrath forever.
So I will send a fire upon Teman,
and it shall devour the strongholds of Bozrah.”

Acts 15:21 (ESV)
For from ancient generations Moses has had in every city those who proclaim him, for he is read every Sabbath in the synagogues.

Amos 3:11 (ESV)
_An adversary shall surround the land
and bring down your defenses from you _

Amos 5:3 (ESV)
The city that went out a thousand
shall have a hundred left,
and that which went out a hundred
shall have ten left
to the house of Israel.

Amos 7:11 (ESV)
Jeroboam shall die by the sword,
and Israel must go into exile
away from his land.

Amos 4:9 (ESV)
I struck you with blight and mildew;
your many gardens and your vineyards,
your fig trees and your olive trees the locust devoured;

Hebrews 12:28–13:1 (ESV)
Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming fire.

Psalm 16:11 (ESV)
You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Genesis 12:3 (ESV)
I will bless those who bless you, and him who dishonors you I will curse, and in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

Ephesians 2:11–13 (ESV)
Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh … remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

Ephesians 2:15–16 (ESV)
… that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.

Ephesians 3:6 (ESV)
This mystery is that the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Ephesians 1:13–14 (ESV)
In him you also, when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit, who is the guarantee of our inheritance until we acquire possession of it, to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:21 (ESV)
… far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but also in the one to come.

1 Timothy 6:17–19 (ESV)
As for the rich in this present age, charge them not to be haughty, nor to set their hopes on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly provides us with everything to enjoy. They are to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, thus storing up treasure for themselves as a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is truly life.

Psalm 92 | It is Good to Give Thanksgiving from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. IT IS GOOD TO GIVE THANKS
2. GREAT ARE THE WORKS OF THE LORD
3. THE RIGHTEOUS FLOURISH

James 5:13 (ESV)
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.

Forever — Chris Tomlin
Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King:
His love endures forever.
For he is good, he is above all things.
His love endures forever.
Sing praise, sing praise.
Forever, God is faithful,
forever God is strong.
Forever God is with us,

Psalm 1:3 (ESV)
He is like a tree
planted by streams of water
that yields its fruit in its season,
and its leaf does not wither.
In all that he does, he prospers.

You Rich
James 5:7-20

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 5:7–20 | Be Patient, Therefore from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. PATIENCE
2. BE PATIENT UNTIL THE COMING OF THE LORD
   1. 2 Thessalonians 1:4–8
3. THE FARMER WAITS
4. DO NOT GRUMBLE
5. DO NOT SWEAR

James 1:3–4 (ESV)
for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Thomas Manton
In meditation argue thus: If a husbandman, upon ordinary principles of reason, can wait for the harvest, shall not I wait for the coming of the Lord, the day of refreshing? The corn is precious to him, and so is the coming of Christ to me; shall he be so patient, and endure so much for a little corn, and not I for the kingdom of heaven? He is willing to stay till all causes have had their operation, and he hath received the former and the latter rain; and shall not I till the divine decrees be accomplished?
We cannot sow and reap in a day; effects cannot follow till all necessary causes have first wrought: it is not in the power of the husbandman to ripen fruits at pleasure; our times are in the hands of God; therefore it is good to wait; a long-suffering patience will reap the desired fruits,

Psalm 27:1 (ESV)
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
whom shall I fear?

Psalm 27:14 (ESV)
Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!

1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

1 Peter 5:10 (ESV)
And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen, and establish you.

Galatians 5:15 (ESV)
But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.

Thomas Manton
The strictest and severest ways are not impossible, nor untrodden; that which hath been may be done.

James 4:14 (ESV)
yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes.

You Rich
James 5:1-6

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 5:1-6 | You Rich from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. You Rich… (v1)
2. Riches, Garments, and Gold (v2-3a)
3. Five Accusations (v3b-6)
4. The Lord of Hosts (v4)
5. True Treasure - Matt. 13:44
6. 2 Implications:
   1. A Sobering Warning about Wealth
   2. An Encouragement to the Suffering.

John Calvin
James… has a regard to the faithful, that they, hearing of the miserable end of the rich, might not envy their fortune, and also that knowing that God would be the avenger of the wrongs they suffered, they might with a calm and resigned mind bear them.

Thomas Manton
The Lord is a Lord of hosts, commander-in-chief of all the creatures, angels, men, thunders, lightnings, storms, showers, lions, fevers, & they are all at his beck, waiting for his word: ‘He can send lightnings, that they may go; they say unto him, Here we are

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Jeremiah 29:13 | Knowing God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?
2. IT’S A PROBLEM OF COMPETING LOVES
3. THEREFORE, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO GOD
4. SUBMISSION TO GOD IN THE CHURCH
5. SUBMISSION TO GOD IN LIFE

Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:5 (ESV)
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.

James 4:1-17 | Submit Yourselves to God from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. WHAT IS WRONG WITH US?
2. IT’S A PROBLEM OF COMPETING LOVES
3. THEREFORE, SUBMIT YOURSELVES TO GOD
4. SUBMISSION TO GOD IN THE CHURCH
5. SUBMISSION TO GOD IN LIFE

Psalm 37:4 (ESV)
Delight yourself in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Psalm 37:5 (ESV)
Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in him, and he will act.

Special Guests: Joel Fair and Sam Powers.

James 3:13–18 | Wisdom Made Visible from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

2025-10-19 | ProPresenter
TITLE: WISDOM MADE VISIBLE
SCRIPTURE: James 3:13-18

1. WHO IS WISE AND UNDERSTANDING?
2. WISDOM MADE VISIBLE
3. WISDOM FROM BELOW
4. WISDOM FROM ABOVE

1 Corinthians 8:1–3 (ESV)
we know that “all of us possess knowledge.” This “knowledge” puffs up, but love builds up. If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, he is known by God.

James 2:18 (ESV)
But someone will say, “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works.

Numbers 12:3 (ESV)
Now the man Moses was very meek, more than all people who were on the face of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:2 (ESV)
May my teaching drop as the rain,
my speech distill as the dew,
like gentle rain upon the tender grass,
and like showers upon the herb.

Proverbs 9:9 (ESV)
Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be still wiser;
teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

Thomas Manton
There are two sins which were Christ’s sorest enemies, covetousness and envy. Covetousness sold Christ, and envy delivered him. These two sins are still enemies to Christian profession. Covetousness maketh us to sell religion, and envy to persecute it.

Mark 8:36–37 (ESV)
For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul? For what can a man give in return for his soul?

James 1:14–15 (ESV)
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Romans 11:36 (ESV)
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.

Faith Made Visible
James 2:14-26

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 2:14-26 | Faith Made Visible from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. CAN THAT FAITH SAVE HIM?
2. SHOW ME YOUR FAITH
3. FAITH APART FROM WORKS IS DEAD

Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (ESV)
“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.”

Genesis 22:18 (ESV)
… blessed, because you have obeyed my voice.

Genesis 15:6 (ESV)
And he believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Charles Simeon
His faith existed before: but now it operated; and “was made perfect by the works which it produced;” just as a tree is then only in a state of complete perfection, when it is laden with its proper fruits.

Romans 3:28 (ESV)
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Charles Simeon
St. Paul exalts Christ, as giving a title to heaven; St. James, as giving a meetness for heaven. St. Paul bends the whole force of his mind to establish the one leading doctrine of the Gospel; St. James, to have that doctrine adorned

James 1:14–15 (ESV)
But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death.

Show No Partiality
James 3:1-12

Special Guests: James Repp and Sam Powers.

James 3:1-12 | Taming the Tongue from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: James Repp.

Show No Partiality
James 2:1-13

Voddie Baucham Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uqgb_jgJjw
Only Christianity Prospers Culture and Civilization | Voddie Baucham | Of Flames and Crowns

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 2:1-13 | Show No Partiality from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Joy in Trials
James 1:19-27

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 1:19-27 | Hearing and Doing from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. QUICK TO LISTEN
2. FAITHFUL TO DO
3. THREE TESTS FOR DOING

1 Peter 1:25 (ESV)
“the word of the Lord remains forever.”
And this word is the good news that was preached to you.

Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.

Ecclesiastes 6:7 (ESV)
All the toil of man is for his mouth, yet his appetite is not satisfied.

Psalm 119:105 (ESV)
Your word is a lamp to my feet
and a light to my path.

Matthew 7:24 (ESV)
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Luke 11:28 (ESV)
Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and keep it!

Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)
The heart is deceitful above all things,
and desperately sick;
who can understand it?

Lamentations 3:21–24 (ESV)
But this I call to mind,
and therefore I have hope:
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;
his mercies never come to an end;
they are new every morning;
great is your faithfulness.
“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul,
“therefore I will hope in him.”

Psalm 68:5 (ESV)
Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.

Joy in Trials
James 1:2-8

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

James 1:2-8 | Joy in Trials from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. COUNT IT
2. ALL JOY
3. ASK GOD
4. TWO EXAMPLES

Matthew 5:12 (ESV)
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you.

Mark 13:13 (ESV)
And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Thomas Manton
Spiritual things are worthy in themselves, other things depend upon our opinion and valuation of them.

John 11:14–15 (ESV)
Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

2 Corinthians 7:4 (ESV)
In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.

Romans 5:3–5 (ESV)
… we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, and hope does not put us to shame, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us.

Matthew 5:3 (ESV)
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:5 (ESV)
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Hebrews 12:1–2 (ESV)
… let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

James, a Servant
James 1:1

James 1:1 | James, a Servant from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
James 1:1

1. WHO IS JAMES?
2. TO WHOM IS JAMES WRITTEN?
3. WHAT IS FAITH IN JAMES?
4. JAMES, THE SERVANT
5. JESUS IN JAMES

Deuteronomy 32:4 (ESV)
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.

Mark 6:2–3 (ESV)
And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to him? How are such mighty works done by his hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us?” And they took offense at him.

1 Corinthians 15:7 (ESV)
Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles.

Thomas Manton
how to bear afflictions, to hear the word, to mortify vile affections, to bridle the tongue, to conceive rightly of the nature of God, to adorn our profession with a good conversation, with meekness, and peace, and charity; finally, how to behave ourselves in the time of approaching misery

James 2:14 (ESV)
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?

James 2:23 (ESV)
and the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”—and he was called a friend of God.

Romans 3:28 (ESV)
one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 2:9–10 (ESV)
There will be tribulation and distress for every human being who does evil, the Jew first and also the Greek, but glory and honor and peace for everyone who does good, the Jew first and also the Greek.

Matthew 12:48–49 (ESV)
But he replied to the man who told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?” And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

Matthew 28:20 (ESV)
… teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.

Trials and Perseverance
Mark 13:13 (ESV)
And you will be hated by all for my name’s sake. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Hearing and Doing
Matthew 7:24 (ESV)
Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

Partiality and Judgement
Luke 14:12–14 (ESV)
He said also to the man who had invited him, “When you give a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return and you be repaid. But when you give a feast, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, because they cannot repay you. For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the just.”

Faith that is Alive
Matthew 7:16–17 (ESV)
You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? So, every healthy tree bears good fruit, but the diseased tree bears bad fruit.

John 14:15 (ESV)
If you love me, you will keep my commandments.

Speech and Integrity
Matthew 12:34–35 (ESV)
How can you speak good, when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good person out of his good treasure brings forth good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure brings forth evil.

Pure Wisdom
Matthew 11:19 (ESV)
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is justified by her deeds.”

Humility and Dependance
Matthew 6:33–34 (ESV)
But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.

Riches and Poverty
Matthew 6:19–24
ESV
“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

Prayer & Restoration
Luke 11:9–10 (ESV)
And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened.

John 14:6 (ESV)
I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

John 10:9 (ESV)
I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved and will go in and out and find pasture.
Listen to the Apostles

Acts 4:12 (ESV)
And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.

Ephesians 2:18 (ESV)
For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father.

Romans 5:1–2 (ESV)
Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

I am the Resurrection
2 Timothy 2:2

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

2 Timothy 2:2 | Entrust to Faithful Men from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe
2 Timothy 2:2

1. Who is the Church?
2. An Elder is ...
   1. A Holy Man of God
   2. A Preacher
   3. One Who Equips the Church
   4. In Everything (About the Glory of God), At All Times (Making Disciples)
3. Qualifications of Elders
4. Roles of an Elder
5. Prayer and Installation

I am the Resurrection
John 11:17–27

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

John 11:17–27 | I am the Resurrection from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Preacher: Sam Powers
John 11:17–27

We encourage you to listen to our followup conversation as a part of the After Sunday podcast. At the 34 minute mark we discuss and clarify the question of whether or not God wept at the death of Lazarus.
cpcoast.churchcenter.com/episodes/524978

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

No Empty Word
Deuteronomy 32:44–47

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:44-47 | No Empty Word from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. TAKE TO HEART ALL THE WORDS
2. NO EMPTY WORD
3. MOSES RECITED ALL THE WORDS

I, Even I, am He
Deuteronomy 32:34–43

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:30-33 | Discerning Defeat from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. v34-35 — VENGEANCE IS MINE
2. v36 — THEIR POWER IS GONE
3. v37-42 — I, EVEN I, AM HE
4. v43 — REJOICE AND BOW DOWN

The Lord Saw
Deuteronomy 32:19-29

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:30-33 | Discerning Defeat from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. DISCERNING DEFEAT
2. THEIR ROCK AND OUR ROCK
3. VINE, GRAPES AND WINE

Psalm 44:12 (ESV)
You have sold your people for a trifle,
demanding no high price for them.

John 15:1–2 (ESV)
I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser. Every branch in me that does not bear fruit he takes away, and every branch that does bear fruit he prunes, that it may bear more fruit.

Exodus 24:8 (ESV)
And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”

Luke 22:20 (ESV)
And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

The Lord Saw
Deuteronomy 32:19-29

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:19-29 | The Lord Saw from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THE LORD SAW
2. THE LORD WITHDRAWS HIS PRESENCE
3. POETIC JUSTICE
4. PERFECT JUSTICE
5. JUSTICE RESTRAINED

Hosea 11:1–2 (ESV)
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.

Psalm 139:23–24 (ESV)
Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!

Romans 1:24 (ESV)
Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves,

Jeremiah 2:11–12 (ESV)
Has a nation changed its gods, even though they are no gods? But my people have changed their glory for that which does not profit. Be appalled, O heavens, at this; be shocked, be utterly desolate, declares the Lord,

1 Corinthians 1:27–29 (ESV)
But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.

Hebrews 10:30–31 (ESV)
For we know him who said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” And again, “The Lord will judge his people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Psalm 51:1 (ESV)
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions.

Psalm 51:3–4 (ESV)
For I know my transgressions, and my sin is ever before me. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you may be justified in your words and blameless in your judgment.

Jeshurun Grew Fat
Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Special Guest: Joel Fair.

Deuteronomy 32:15-18 | Jeshurun Grew Fat from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. JESHURUN GREW FAT
2. JESHURUN STIRRED GOD TO JEALOUSY
3. YOU FORGOT GOD

Deuteronomy 6:10–12 (ESV)
And when the Lord your God brings you into the land that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you—with great and good cities that you did not build, and houses full of all good things that you did not fill, and cisterns that you did not dig, and vineyards and olive trees that you did not plant—and when you eat and are full, then take care lest you forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Deuteronomy 6:14–15 (ESV)
You shall not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples who are around you— for the Lord your God in your midst is a jealous God—lest the anger of the Lord your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

Colossians 2:8 (ESV)
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

The Rock
Deuteronomy 32:7-14

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:7-14 | Remember the Days of Old from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD
2. THE SOVEREIGN PROVIDER
3. THE LORD FINDS, FORMS AND FILLS HIS PEOPLE

Genesis 10:1 (ESV)
These are the generations of the sons of Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Sons were born to them after the flood.

Isaiah 2:2 (ESV)
It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations shall flow to it,

Hebrews 13:14 (ESV)
For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

Matthew 5:14–16 (ESV)
You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

Deuteronomy 6:4–5 (ESV)
Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

Habakkuk 3:19 (ESV)
God, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer’s; he makes me tread on my high places.

1 Corinthians 10:4 (ESV)
and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

The Rock
Deuteronomy 32:4-6

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Deuteronomy 32:4-6 | The Rock from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THREE CYCLES
   1. First Cycle = v1-14 - The Lord Blesses Israel
   2. Second Cycle = v15-29 - Israel Provokes the Lord
   3. Third Cycle = v30-43 - The Lord’s Justice and Salvation
2. THE ROCK
   1. The Perfection of the Rock
   2. The Justice of the Rock
   3. The Rock in the Wilderness
   4. God’s Faithfulness ss Core to the Identity of Israel
   5. The Rock was Christ
3. THE CORRUPT
   1. Not Mere Moral Corruption
   2. Patterns of Israelite Corruption
   3. Warnings From Israelite Corruption
   4. Crooked and Twisted Generation
4. THE FOOLISHNESS OF CORRUPTION
   1. Forgetting Who We Are
   2. The Same Pattern in Creation
   3. Gospel Faithfulness

Psalm 18:30 (ESV)
This God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him.

Exodus 17:6 (ESV)
Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink.” And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.

2 Timothy 2:11–13 (ESV)
The saying is trustworthy, for:
If we have died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him;
if we deny him, he also will deny us;
if we are faithless, he remains faithful—
for he cannot deny himself.

1 Corinthians 10:1–4 (ESV)
For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same spiritual food, and all drank the same spiritual drink. For they drank from the spiritual Rock that followed them, and the Rock was Christ.

1 Corinthians 10:6–12 (ESV)
Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did. Do not be idolaters as some of them were; … We must not put Christ to the test, as some of them did and were destroyed by serpents, nor grumble, as some of them did and were destroyed by the Destroyer. Now these things happened to them as an example, but they were written down for our instruction, on whom the end of the ages has come. Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall.

Hebrews 3:7–19 (ESV)
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, … Therefore I was provoked with that generation, and said, ‘They always go astray in their heart; they have not known my ways.’ …
Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart, leading you to fall away from the living God. But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin. … As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.” For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses? … So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Luke 9:41 (ESV)
Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you and bear with you?”

Acts 2:40 (ESV)
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”

Romans 1:21 (ESV)
For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened.

1 Thessalonians 5:23–24 (ESV)
Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. He who calls you is faithful; he will surely do it.

Hebrews 10:23 (ESV)
Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.

Take Care How You Hear
Deuteronomy 32:1-3

Deuteronomy 32:1-3 | Teaching as Gentle Rain from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Special Guest: Mark Schledorn.

Take Care How You Hear
Luke 8:4–8

Special Guest: Joel Fair.

Luke 8:4–8 | Take Care How You Hear from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. SOWER: The Preacher is Always Sowing the Word
2. SEED: The Word is the Same
3. SOIL: Take Care How You Hear

2 Timothy 4:3 (ESV)
For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,

1 Peter 1:23 (ESV)
since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God;

Westminster Confession, Q160
Q: What is required of those that hear the word preached?
A: It is required of those that hear the word preached, that they attend upon it with diligence, preparation, and prayer; examine what they hear by the scriptures; receive the truth with faith, love, meekness, and readiness of mind, as the word of God; meditate, and confer of it; hide it in their hearts, and bring forth the fruit of it in their lives.

1 Thessalonians 2:13 (ESV)
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.

Proverbs 8:33–34 (ESV)
Hear instruction and be wise,
and do not neglect it.
Blessed is the one who listens to me,
watching daily at my gates,
waiting beside my doors.

Charles Spurgeon
We are told men ought not to preach without preparation. Granted. But we add, men ought not to hear without preparation. Which do you think, needs the most preparation, the sower or the ground? I would have the sower come with clean hands, but I would have the ground well-plowed and harrowed, well turned over, and the clods broken before the seed comes in. It seems to me that there is more preparation needed by the ground than by the sower, more by the hearer than the preacher.

Psalm 119:18 (ESV)
Open my eyes, that I may behold
wondrous things out of your law.

James 1:22–25 (ESV)
… he is like a man who looks intently at his natural face in a mirror. For he looks at himself and goes away and at once forgets what he was like. But the one who looks into the perfect law, the law of liberty, and perseveres, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts, he will be blessed in his doing.

Hebrews 4:2 (ESV)
For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened.

Psalm 119:11 (ESV)
I have stored up your word in my heart, that I might not sin against you.

James 1:22 (ESV)
But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Bread of Life
John 6

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

John 6:31-40 | I am the Bread of Life from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Preacher: Sam Powers
John 6:31–40_

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Proclamation in Acts
Acts

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Acts | Proclamation in Acts from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. GOD-CENTERED
2. AUDIENCE-CONSCIOUS
3. CHRIST-FOCUSED
4. RESPONSE-EXPECTANT
5. BOLD

2 Timothy 4:2 (ESV)
preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching.

Luke 12:11–12 (ESV)
And when they bring you before the synagogues and the rulers and the authorities, do not be anxious about how you should defend yourself or what you should say, for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say.

Romans 1:16 (ESV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes

Alan J. Thompson
It should be noted in this regard that although the preaching was response-oriented, the messages were not response-driven. That is, the messages were not compromised just to get a favourable response or just to make people happy.

Acts 17:32–34 (ESV)
Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked. But others said, “We will hear you again about this.” So Paul went out from their midst. But some men joined him and believed, among whom also were Dionysius the Areopagite and a woman named Damaris and others with them.

Acts 9:27 (ESV)
at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus

Acts 28:30–31 (ESV)
He lived there two whole years at his own expense, and welcomed all who came to him, proclaiming the kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness and without hindrance.

What is Preaching?
2 Timothy 4:1-2

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

2 Timothy 4:2 | What is Preaching? from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. WHAT IS PREACHING?
2. PREACH THE WORD
3. REPROVE
4. REBUKE
5. EXHORT
6. WITH COMPLETE PATIENCE AND TEACHING

Mark 9:7 (ESV)
And a cloud overshadowed them, and a voice came out of the cloud, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him.”

Paraphrase of Julian Freeman
Preachers should be like good cooks; always snacking on the food we prepare for others.

Colossians 2:8 (ESV)
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.

2 Corinthians 10:4–5 (ESV)
For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ,

John Calvin
If we were as teachable as we should be, Christ’s ministers could guide us merely by pointing out the right way. But as things are, sane advice and mere moderate exhortations are not enough to shake us out of our lethargy. Thus there is need for stronger reproofs and exhortations.

Richard Baxter
I preached … as a dying man to dying men.

1 Timothy 5:1 (ESV)
Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers

1 Peter 5:1–2 (ESV)
So I exhort the elders among you …: shepherd the flock of God that is among you

1 Thessalonians 2:12 (ESV)
we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory.

2 Timothy 2:1 (ESV)
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus,

Steve Timmis
I think success [in ministry] is … seeing the Word of God taken by the Spirit of God in the lives of the people of God and just changing them, making them more like Christ, and [non-believers] being attracted by the kind of corporate life [of the church] and seeing the Gospel as the only explanation for what is going on and them responding in repentance and faith.

Romans 5:10 (ESV)
For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.

In You I Take Refuge
Psalm 16

Big Idea: The Lord is a reorienting refuge of joy for those who are constantly with Him.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 5:18-21 | A Singular Argument from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

2025-05-04 | ProPresenter
TITLE: A Singular Argument
SCRIPTURE: Romans 5:18–21

1. ROMANS 3-5 — A SINGULAR ARGUMENT
   1. Romans 1-3 — All of Humanity Justly Condemned
   2. Second half of Romans 3 — Justification by Faith Apart from Works
   3. Romans 4 — Abraham: The Example of Justifying Faith
   4. First half of Romans 5 — Weak, Sinning, Enemies—Peace with God
   5. Second half of Romans 5 — Dead in Adam, Eternal Life in Christ
2. ONE TRESPASS, ONE ACT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS
3. SIN INCREASED, GRACE ABOUNDED

Ephesians 1:7–9 (ESV)
In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ

The Reign of Death
Romans 5:12-17

Romans 5:12-17 | The Reign of Death from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. DEATH REIGNED
2. THE HEADSHIP OF ADAM
3. SIN AND DEATH ENTERED BY ONE TRESPASS
4. SIN AND DEATH ARE UNIVERSAL
5. SIN AND DEATH ARE TOTAL

1 Corinthians 15:22 (ESV)
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.

Genesis 2:16–17 (ESV)
And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”

Genesis 3:19 (ESV)
By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

Romans 2:1 (ESV)
Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things.

Romans 2:12 (ESV)
For all who have sinned without the law will also perish without the law, and all who have sinned under the law will be judged by the law.

Augustine
Nothing is better known than original sin for preaching; for understanding, nothing is more mysterious.

Pascal
It is astonishing, however, that the mystery furthest from our understanding is the transmission of sin, the one thing without which we can have no understanding of ourselves!
Because there can be no doubt that nothing shocks our reason more than to say that the sin of the first man made guilty those who, so far from that source, seem incapable of having taken part in it.… Nevertheless without this most incomprehensible of all mysteries we are incomprehensible to ourselves.
Within this gnarled chasm lie the twists and turns of our condition. So, humanity is more inconceivable without this mystery than this mystery is conceivable to humanity.

1689 London Baptist Confession
6:2 — By this sin our first parents fell from their original righteousness and communion with God. We fell in them, and through this, death came upon all. All became dead in sin and completely defiled in all the capabilities and parts of soul and body.
6:3 — By God’s appointment, they were the root and the representatives of the whole human race. Because of this, the guilt of their sin was accounted, and their corrupt nature passed on, to all their offspring who descended from them by ordinary procreation. Their descendants are now conceived in sin and are by nature children of wrath, the servants of sin, and partakers of death9 and all other miseries—spiritual, temporal, and eternal—unless the Lord Jesus sets them free.

1689 London Baptist Confession
6:1 — God created humanity upright and perfect. He gave them a righteous law that would have led to life if they had kept it but threatened death if they broke it. Yet they did not remain for long in this position of honor.

James 4:1–2 (ESV)
What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.

Luke 1:35 (ESV)
And the angel answered her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore the child to be born will be called holy—the Son of God.”

The Free Gift
Romans 5:12-17

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

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1. SIN CAME
2. THE FREE GIFT IS NOT LIKE THE TRESPASS
3. THE FREE GIFT IS NOT LIKE THE RESULT OF ONE MAN’S SIN
4. ARE YOU IN ADAM OR IN CHRIST?

God Shows His Love
Romans 5:9-11

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 5.9-11 | Much More from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. THREE DIMENSIONAL SALVATION
2. TWO A FORTIORI ARGUMENTS
   1. Justified by Blood MUCH MORE Saved from Wrath
   2. Reconciled by Death MUCH MORE Saved by Life
3. PAUL'S IMPLICATION IS OUR APPLICATION

Romans 4:25 (ESV)
Jesus our Lord, who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

Isaiah 53:11 (ESV)
Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.

Philippians 1:6 (ESV)
And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.

Martin Luther
So when the devil throws your sins in your face and declares that you deserve death and hell, tell him this: "I admit that I deserve death and hell, what of it? For I know One who suffered and made satisfaction on my behalf. His name is Jesus Christ, Son of God, and where He is there I shall be also!

God Shows His Love
Romans 5:6-8

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

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Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Rejoice in Sufferings
Romans 5:3-5

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1. SUFFERING IS A COMMON REALITY
2. ENDURANCE
3. CHARACTER
4. HOPE
5. LOVE

Romans 1:18 (ESV)
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth.

Romans 2:2 (ESV)
We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things.

Romans 8:1 (ESV)
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

James 1:2–4 (ESV)
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing.

Romans 8:25 (ESV)
But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

Galatians 6:9 (ESV)
And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.

1 Peter 1:6–7 (ESV)
In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more precious than gold that perishes though it is tested by fire—may be found to result in praise and glory and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:9–10 (ESV)
But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 3:18 (ESV)
… are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

Rejoice in Hope
Romans 5:1-2

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 5:1-2 | Rejoice in Hope from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

**1. WE HAVE PEACE WITH GOD

1. WE HAVE ACCESS INTO A NEW STANDING
2. WE REJOICE**

Romans 5:21 (ESV)
so that, as sin reigned in death, grace also might reign through righteousness leading to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 1:16 (ESV)
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Titus 2:11–13 (ESV)
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ,

Romans 4:22-25 | Raised for our Justification from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Faith Glorifies God
Romans 4:18-20

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

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**1. FAITH HOPES IS GOD ALONE

1. FAITH GLORIFIES GOD ALONE
2. THE LIFE OF FAITH IN FUTURE GLORY GIVES GOD GLORY TODAY**

2 Corinthians 4:16–18 (ESV)
So we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.

Isaiah 40:31 (ESV)
but they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint.

Psalm 73:25–26 (ESV)
Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Preach Christ by Loving One Another
John 13:34–35

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

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1. RHYTHMS OF MISSION
2. JOHN 13:34–35 | LOVE ONE ANOTHER
3. DON’T INSTITUTIONALIZE WHAT CAN BE EMBODIED
4. THE PARTNERSHIP COVENANT

Ephesians 4:15–16 (ESV)
Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.

Faith, Grace, Guaranteed
Romans 4:16-17

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1. FAITH SAYS: I BELIEVE GOD WILL DO IT
2. FAITH SAYS: I BELIEVE I CANNOT DO IT
3. FAITH SAYS: I BELIEVE GOD WILL SURELY DO IT BECAUSE GOD ALONE IS ABLE

Genesis 15:5–6 (ESV)
And [the Lord] brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.” And [Abraham] believed the Lord, and he counted it to him as righteousness.

Romans 4:4–5 (ESV)
Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

Hebrews 1:1–3 (ESV)
Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son …. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

Romans 11:6 (ESV)
But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.

Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

2 Corinthians 5:6–9 (ESV)
So we are always of good courage. We know that while we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord, for we walk by faith, not by sight.

Ephesians 3:20–21 (ESV)
Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Heir of the World
Romans 4:13–15

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1. The Promise to Abraham
2. And His Offspring
   1. That's you, believer!
3. Heir of the world
   1. Co Heirs with Christ

(Rom. 8:16-17 ; Gal. 3:29 ; Gal. 4:7 ; Eph. 3:6 ; Titus 3:7 ; 2 Tim. 2:12 ; Matt. 13:43)

John MacArthur
In the end, you will be a joint heir with Christ, and you will inherit everything that is Christ’s.

You, Christian, have a great eternal inheritance that is more glorious than you realize.

• Not through the Law
• But through the righteousness of faith
  • This is the Gospel

You, Christian you have a great savior who is more glorious than you realize.

Let us not be satisfied with a great inheritance, but let us be captivated with the one who purchased it on our behalf.

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

For Whom is This Blessing?
Romans 4:9-12

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

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1. THE QUESTION — Who is Blessed?
2. FAITH ALONE — Romans 4:9-10
3. THE SIGN AND SEAL — Romans 4:11
4. THE WALK OF FAITH — Romans 4:12

Jeremiah 17:9–10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it? “I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds.”

Genesis 15:5
And he brought him outside and said, “Look toward heaven, and number the stars, if you are able to number them.” Then he said to him, “So shall your offspring be.”

Thomas Hooker
That whosoever is the son of Abraham, hath faith, and whosoever hath faith is a walker, is a marker; by the footsteps of faith you may see where faith hath been.

Romans 3:28
For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law.

Romans 4:3
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.”

Romans 4:5
And to the one who does not work but believes in him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness,

Romans 4:9
Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness.

1689 London Baptist Confession
Baptism is an ordinance of the New Testament, ordained by Jesus Christ. To those baptized it is a sign of their fellowship with Him in His death and resurrection, of their being grafted into Him, of remission of sins, and of submitting themselves to God through Jesus Christ to live and walk in newness of life.

In Our God We Trust
Jeremiah 17:1-10

Special Guest: Tony Webster.

Jeremiah 17:1-10 | In Our God We Trust from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. Historical Setting
2. Jeremiah's Call to Ministry
3. Heart, Horns, & Heritage
4. The Shrub & The Tree | Who Do You Trust?
5. The Real Problem
6. The Solution

Ezekiel 36:26–27
And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.

Jeremiah 31:33
...I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Romans 10:9-10
... if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved.

John 7:37–38
If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’

John 4:13-14
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

Special Guest: Tony Webster.

Blessed Faith
Romans 4:6-8

Special Guest: Sam Powers.

Romans 4:6-8 | Blessed Faith from CrossPointe Coast on Vimeo.

1. Romans 3:21-4:25 — FAITH ALONE
2. JUST AS DAVID
3. THE BURDEN OF SIN & THE BLESSING OF GRACE
4. THE PRACTICAL JOY OF JUSTIFICATION

Sanctification springs from the soil of justification, and from no other ground.

Faith is complete dependence upon the righteousness of God revealed in the perfect work of Jesus on our behalf.

Romans 1:16–17
For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”