Sermon Notes

Why Jesus? – Dealing with Doubts

Sermon Title: Soteriology – Doctrine of Salvation

Sermon Notes: 12 & 19 March 2023

Big Idea of the Series

This series is for all of us who are constantly being challenged in our faith by messages in our culture that leaves us wrestling with our own questions about Jesus and the validity of our faith.

This series will equip us and help us begin to build a strong theological foundation for our faith.

Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)

14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Big Idea of the Series

Jesus is our ONLY salvation and redemption.

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Why Jesus? – Dealing with Doubts

Sermon Title: The Uniqueness of Jesus

Sermon Notes: 5 March 2023

Big Idea of the Series

This series is for all of us who are constantly being challenged in our faith by messages in our culture that leaves us wrestling with our own questions about Jesus and the validity of our faith.

This series will equip us and help us begin to build a strong theological foundation for our faith.

Hebrews 4:14-16 (NLT)

14 So then, since we have a great High Priest who has entered heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we believe.

15 This High Priest of ours understands our weaknesses, for he faced all of the same testings we do, yet he did not sin.

16 So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

Orthodox Christians believe that Jesus is the unique Son of God in human flesh.
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SHAPE UP – Service

Sermon Notes: 5 Feb 2023

Big Idea of the Series

This four-week series is designed to help Christ-followers see that God’s plan for us is to be transformed into the likeness of his Son Jesus Christ.

By focusing on four practices of Jesus, you will see that we can model our lives after Jesus and depend on who He is in order to become who God wants us to be.

Spiritual Formation

Christian spiritual formation is the process of being conformed to the image of Christ for the glory of God. (Romans 12:1-2; 2 Corinthians 3:17-18)

The focus of spiritual formation is the Holy Spirit, who leads us to become more like Christ.

Big Idea of this Sermon

God’s Word teaches us that one of our primary focuses in life is to serve others. Jesus came to serve, not be served. Do you have the heart of a servant?

Mark 10:45 (NLT)

Jesus said, “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve others, and to give his life as a ransom for many”

Philippians 2:3-7a (NLT)

3 Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.

4 Don’t look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too.

5 You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.

6 Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cling to.

7 Instead, he gave up his divine privileges; he took the humble position of a slave…

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SHAPE UP – Prayer

Sermon Notes: 29 Jan 2023

Big Idea of the Series

This four-week series is designed to help Christ-followers see that God’s plan for us is to be transformed into the likeness of his Son Jesus Christ.

By focusing on four practices of Jesus, you will see that we can model our lives after Jesus and depend on who He is in order to become who God wants us to be.

Big Idea of this Sermon

Jesus’s instruction to his disciples about prayer has serious implications for how we are to set our minds on the things of Christ.

Application Point

As we grow more aware of Jesus in our lives, prayer will be the primary conduit used by the Holy Spirit to connect us. Therefore, we must commit to a consistent practice of prayer in our lives.

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Love Others

Sermon Notes: 15 Jan 2023

VICTORY’S MISSION STATEMENT

Love God, love others, pass our faith to the next generation!

LOVE GOD: The Great Commandment: “Jesus said, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart…soul…and mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.  All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments.’”  Matt. 22:36-40

LOVE OTHERS: The Great Commission: “Jesus said, ‘Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”  Matt. 28:19-20

PASS OUR FAITH TO THE NEXT GENERATION: D6 Families: “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”   Deuteronomy 6:5-7 

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Love God = Extreme Worship

Sermon Notes: 08 Jan 2023

VICTORY’S MISSION STATEMENT

Love God, love others, pass our faith to the next generation!

LOVE GOD: The Great Commandment: “Jesus said, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart…soul…and mind.  This is the first and greatest commandment.  And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself.  All the Law and Prophets hang on these two commandments.’”  Matt. 22:36-40

LOVE OTHERS: The Great Commission: “Jesus said, ‘Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”  Matt. 28:19-20

PASS OUR FAITH TO THE NEXT GENERATION: D6 Families: “Love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart. Repeat them to your children. Talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”   Deuteronomy 6:5-7 

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Christmas Peace

Sermon Notes: 11 Dec 2022

The holiday season is, for many people, one of the most depressing times of the year. 

In fact, the suicide rate is higher between Thanksgiving and New Years than at any other time of year. Add to that the struggles we all have faced over the last couple years.

It is easy to get so caught up in the preparations and the festivities, and even the pain we may feel in our hearts, that we forget the real meaning of the season.

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