October 8, 2023
- Garrett West
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“Our use of time and money reveals what it is that we truly worship.”
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Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians 15:12-58 – The Grip of Gospel Belief
October 1, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Doctrine
- The Eternal State
- The Gospel
- The Resurrection
- Sunday Morning
“Only belief in the gospel can free us from the intoxication of the world! We will only abandon worldly attractions by the beauty of Christ! And the beauty of Christ is that He came to die to free us from our bondage to sin and to save us from the wrath of God against it!”
1 Corinthians 15:1-11 – Of First Importance in the Church
September 24, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Faith
- Humility
- Perseverance
- Sanctification
- Surrender
- The Gospel
- Sunday Morning
“When we come to faith, we proclaim the gospel: ‘I can do nothing. Jesus has done everything for me.’ And so we proclaim every day of our lives AFTER we are saved: ‘I can do nothing. Jesus does everything through me.'”
1 Corinthians 14:26-40 – Harmony Within the Church
September 17, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Authority
- Gender
- Peace
- Prophecy
- Tongues
- Worship
- Sunday Morning
“We shouldn’t be surprised when life gets chaotic if, at the same time, we are not conforming to God’s character and nature. In fact, it’s the grace of God that life works that way. If it wasn’t for the chaos, we would never wake up to the reality that something is deeply wrong. We would never come to see our sin as inherently sinful. We would never cast ourselves upon the mercy of God for salvation from sin.”
1 Corinthians 14:13-25 – They’ll Believe It When They See It
September 10, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Church
- Devotion
- Evangelism
- Faith
- Prophecy
- Spiritual Gifts
- Tongues
- Worship
- Sunday Morning
“When we function properly as a church, not only will the world HEAR [the gospel] in our gatherings, but they’ll SEE it being lived out in our midst.”
1 Corinthians 14:1-12 – God is Building His Church
September 3, 2023
“The church is not some sort of attraction. The build an attraction, we must focus inwardly. Rather, the church is more like an amplifier. We exist to amplify the gospel and spread the gospel. The gospel isn’t, ‘Look how close to God I am by what I do.’ The gospel is, “Look how close God has come to us, despite what we’ve done!'”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – Love Is as Love Does (Part 3)
August 27, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Church
- Love
- Righteousness
- Spiritual Gifts
- Sunday Morning
“The only reason we can have hope in ANYTHING is because our eternal hope in Christ GROUNDS it.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – Love Is as Love Does (Part 2)
August 20, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Anger
- Imputation
- Love
- Patience
- Resentment
- Righteousness
- Sacrificial Living
- Selfishness
- Sunday Morning
“The antidote to our lovelessness is the love of Christ for us.”
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 – Love Is as Love Does (Part 1)
August 13, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Arrogance
- Envy/Jealousy
- Humility
- Kindness
- Love
- Patience
- Pride
- Sunday Morning
“There is no room for boasting in God’s kingdom, because boasting implies that we have actually done something significant… Even our ‘good works,’ when not done in the name of Christ, condemn us, because, in effect, they say, ‘I don’t need God to be good!'”
1 Corinthians 13:1-13 – Love: The Christian’s Fuel
August 6, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Assurance of Salvation
- Faith
- Hope
- Love
- Spiritual Gifts
- Sunday Morning
“We won’t get everything right, but if we’re going to get something right, it had better be love, because if we don’t get that right, we won’t get ANYTHING right.”
1 Corinthians 12:12-31 – Out of Many, One
July 30, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Arrogance
- Baptism
- Church
- Conflict
- Division
- Humility
- Pride
- Spiritual Gifts
- The Holy Spirit
- Unity
- Sunday Morning
“May we magnify and represent Jesus in the world as one body of Christ made up of many equally valuable and uniquely gifted believers.”
1 Corinthians 12:1-11 – Spiritual Gifts: For God’s Glory and Our Good
July 23, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Church
- Spiritual Gifts
- The Bible
- The Holy Spirit
- Sunday Morning
“To the degree that we all acknowledge our gifts and use them faithfully in the church, Jesus Himself will become manifest in our church as we confirm the truth of the gospel.”
1 Corinthians 11:17-34 – Tradition and Intention in the Church
July 16, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Church
- Church Discipline
- Conflict
- Division
- Judgment
- Selfishness
- Testimony
- The Lord's Supper
- Tradition
- Unity
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- Sunday Morning
“God takes church seriously. God takes the Lord’s Supper seriously. God takes worship seriously. God takes His commands seriously. God takes sin seriously. That’s the whole reason Jesus was sent! The cross reminds us that God takes sin seriously! Our biggest condemnation is that we DON’T.”
1 Corinthians 11:12-16 – Tradition and Attention in the Church
July 9, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Gender
- Idolatry
- Obedience
- Prayer
- Tradition
- Sunday Morning
“Let us care about our traditions that matter, be willing to part with or adjust our traditions that don’t, and be careful about our obedience, so that God receives glory and attention, not us.”
1 Corinthians 10:14-11:1 – Free Like Satan or Free Like Jesus?
July 2, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Demons/Satan
- Fasting
- God's Glory
- Idolatry
- Selfishness
- Sin
- Temptation
- Unity
- Wisdom
- Sunday Morning
“We cannot be most satisfied in [God] when we are most satisfied in self.”
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 – Idolatry: One Size Fits All
June 25, 2023
“WE are made in GOD’S image, but we commit idolatry by remaking GOD in OUR image.”
1 Corinthians 9:1-27 – Right Motives for Right Sacrifices
June 11, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Laziness
- Sacrificial Living
- Selfishness
- Testimony
- Sunday Morning
“Our message as Christians is: ‘We have died to ourselves. It is no longer we who live, but Christ who lives in us.’ How well do you think that message will be received when it is accompanied by a selfish, lazy, sacrifice-less life? Or, maybe a more pointed, more important question: what does it say to YOU about your OWN testimony? If you really are in Christ, and if you are really not your own, but your life communicates the opposite… the question we must ask is: ‘Am I really in Christ?'”
1 Corinthians 8 – Rights, Freedom, and Obligation in the Church
June 4, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Accountability
- Church
- Humility
- Idolatry
- Knowledge
- Pride
- Unity
- Sunday Morning
“True knowledge widens its gaze from ‘God and self’ to ‘God, OTHERS, and self.'”
1 Corinthians 7:1-9 – Marriage and Holiness
May 7, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Holiness
- Marriage
- Sexual Ethics
- Singleness
- Sunday Morning
Both marriage and singleness are not to be enjoyed selfishly. If your thoughts about your marriage or singleness revolve around how much it benefits you, then you do not yet see it as a gift from God. It is FROM God, and it ought to be FOR God.
1 Corinthians 6:12-20 – We Are Not Our Own
April 30, 2023
“The reason sin is idolatry is because it makes ‘my felt desires’ a higher authority than ‘God’s expressed desires.’ Put simply: ‘What I want to do matters more than what God tells me in His Word’… the gospel of Jesus Christ is the antidote to our idolatry!”
1 Corinthians 6:1-11 – A New Type of Justice
April 23, 2023
“When two believers take one another to court in front of a watching world, both parties lose.”
1 Corinthians 5:1-13 – Taking Good Care of God’s Body
April 16, 2023
“We will not be as effective as we could be if we are tolerant of what should be abhorrent within the church.”
1 Corinthians 4:6-21 – The Fight for Biblical Dependence
April 2, 2023
- Garrett West
- Book of 1 Corinthians
- 1 Corinthians
- Arrogance
- Church
- Discipleship
- Humility
- Pride
- Sanctification
- Sunday Morning
“Humility isn’t self-degradation. Humility is proper recognition. Recognition of what? You have nothing that you did not receive. Therefore, do not boast.”