Grace Community Bible Church Sermons

Pastor Rob Davis: Matt. 5:8

Please note: we had a power outage about fifteen minutes into this recording and lost a few minutes of the sermon. Sorry for the inconvenience.

In Matthew 5:8 we find Jesus presenting the 6th beatitude and showing us 2 more characteristics of the blessed one.

1. The blessed one will be pure in heart.
1. Who are the pure in heart?
1. Those who are without defilement.
2. Those who are without hypocrisy.
2. How do we pursue a pure heart?
1. Preparation
2. Anticipation
3. Rebellion
4. Conformation
2. The blessed one will see God.
1. Today
1. In creation
2. In the church
3. In providence
4. In trials & suffering
2. In Heaven

Pastor Rob Davis: Matt. 5:7

In Matthew 5:7 we find Jesus presenting the 5th beatitude and showing us 2 more characteristics of the blessed one.

1. The blessed one will be merciful.
1. What is mercy?
2. What does mercy look like?
3. How do we show mercy?
4. What if we don’t show mercy?
2. The blessed one will receive mercy.
1. From whom?
2. Why?

Charles Sebold: Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 2

This is part two of a two-part series, describing recent findings in Jerusalem and discussing why we can’t believe everything we read. This week we quickly review the evidence presented for and against the “lost tomb,” and discuss apologetics and how to counter recent claims that the Bible is not inerrant, inspired, and essentially the same as it was when the authors wrote the books.

Pastor Rob Davis: Matt. 5:6

In Matthew 5:6 we find Jesus presenting the 4th beatitude and showing us 2 more characteristics of the blessed one.

1. The blessed one will hunger & thirst for righteousness.
1. Literal or metaphorical hunger?
2. Which kind of righteousness?
1. Legal?
2. Moral?
3. Social?
3. What does it look like to pant after righteousness?
2. The blessed one will be satisfied.
1. Satisfied now or later?
2. Satisfied in the blessing or something else?
3. What does it look like to live satisfied?

Charles Sebold: Lost Tomb of Jesus, Part 1

This is part one of a two-part series, describing recent findings in Jerusalem and discussing why we can’t believe everything we read. Next week part two will focus on general apologetics against this kind of attack on Christianity.

Pastor Rob Davis: Matt. 5:5

In Matthew 5:5 we find Jesus presenting the 3rd beatitude and showing us 2 more characteristics of the blessed one.

1. The blessed one will be meek.
1. What meekness is not.
2. What meekness is.
3. Examples of meekness.
4. The directions of meekness.
1. Vertical (toward God)
2. Horizontal (toward men)
2. The blessed one will inherit the earth.
1. Now
2. In the future