Truth That Transforms

Main point: Given what God has done in the gospel (Eph. 1-3) and commanded (Eph 3-6), Paul gives three final exhortations to the church to stand firm in the battle of the Christian life.

Main point: God’s holiness is the foundation for His infinite compassion, grace, patience, and lovingkindness.

Main point: David praises God for every good reason, especially praising His divine greatness over all.

Main point: Christ designed the Church as essential for Christian growth by providing gifted leaders to equip the saints for ministry to one another.

Main point: David expresses his deep longing for God and trust in His provision.

Main Point: According to God’s redemptive plan, He currently makes His wisdom known through the Church. As Christians, we want our perception of and participation in the Church to conform with Christ’s perfect design.

Main Point: Genuine faith endures to the end because it is authored and perfected by Jesus, our Superior Savior.

Main Point: God’s plan of redemption carried out by Jesus Christ provides an eternal perspective that gives hope to troubled hearts.

Main point: God’s Word helps the believer to understand guilt and know how to deal with it biblically through genuine repentance.

Main Point: Jesus is a perfect High Priest who comes from a better lineage, ministers under a better covenant, and offers a better sacrifice. Only through His priestly work can we draw near to God.

Main Point: Jesus is superior to the angels because He is the Son of God and Son of Man.

Main Point: In Revelation 17 we see the true nature of the world, its alluring system of corruption, and its future judgment.

Main Point: Four scenes of the disciples’ walk to Emmaus with the resurrected Christ lead to irrevocable joy in Him.

Main Point: God’s patience ends and His justice is executed in the final seven bowl judgments against sinners during the tribulation period.

Main Point: Using the occasion of the Philippians’ generosity, Paul presents three principles of Christian contentment.

Main Point: Chapter 15 forms a preview of the rapid-fire bowl judgments and provides three reasons for God’s final wrath.