Four Oaks South Sermons

Passage: James 4:13-17
Big Idea: Plan and pursue lives of humble dependence on providence, rather than presuming on self-sufficiency.
1) The problem of self-presumption
2) The path of humble dependence

Passage: James 4:1-12
Big Idea: Our disordered desires wreck our relationships, but humble repentance moves us from ruin to restoration
 
1) Recognize the root of the wreckage
2) Return with humble allegiance
3) Return with weeping repentance

Passage: James 3:13-18
 
Big Idea: We must perceive and practice heavenly wisdom marked by meek righteousness that leads to peace.
 
1) Evaluating claims of wisdom
2) Exposing the source of false wisdom
3) Embodying the peace of true wisdom

Passage: James 3:1-12
 
1) The tongue stumbles us
2) The tongue steers us
3) The tongue sets on fire
4) The tongue switches up

Passage: James 2:14-26
Big Idea: We live in obedience to Jesus because we have a wholehearted faith that demonstrates what it declares
1) The Paradox of Faith and Works
2) The Purpose of Faith and Works
3) The Practice of Faith and Works
 

Passage: Psalm 116
Big Idea: We respond to God’s gracious deliverance with loving gratitude and dependent devotion
1) Reflecting on God's Gracious Deliverance
2) Responding to God's Gracious Deliverance

Passage: James 2:1-13
Big Idea: We put away partiality because God’s mercy has freed us from judging to love in light of the judgment to come.
1) Partiality puts us in the wrong seat
2) Partiality places us in the wrong story
3) Partiality prevents our liberty to love

Passage: James 1:19-27
Big Idea: We must restrain our mouths and our malice as we receive God’s word as wholehearted hearers
1) Prize worthy words
2) Prize wholehearted hearing
3) Prize real religion

Passage: James 1:1-18
Big Idea: In light of the coming kingdom, pursue God’s purpose for affliction with dependent, devoted perseverance.
1) Assessing our trials in context
2) Assessing our temptations up close

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27
Big Idea: We subdue ourselves to serve as we enter the world of our neighbors to win them to Christ and receive our eternal reward.
1) Relinquish Your Rights
2) Rule Your Desires
3) Remember Your Reward