You Have Found Favor With God

Fear Not! You Have Found Favor With God

Dave Riddle - 12/17/2023

Key Passage: Luke 1:26-38

Grace

- Luke 1:28

- Greetings: Be of good cheer. Root word: grace.

- Favored one: to provide someone with special honor. Root word: grace.

- “Grace to you, oh highly favored one”

- The same message Paul has for the Ephesians.

- The same message is given to each of us in the good news of the gospel.

Mary Was Very Perplexed

- Luke 1:29

- diatarasso: very disturbed. Disturbed wholly. Agitated with alarm.

- The only time this word is used in the Bible.

Don’t be afraid. You have found favor with God

- Luke 1:30

- The message Gabriel shares with Mary is not one that most people would have associated with favor.

- Unplanned pregnancy

A natural, reasonable, very human reaction

- Luke 1:34

- Compare to Zechariah’s reasonable reaction in Luke 1:18

A supernatural, outlandish, very divine answer!

- Luke 1:35

I am the Lord’s servant

- Luke 1:38

- The Lord’s slave

- May it be done as you have said

- Blessed assurance.

- Trusting, believing, submitting to God’s way.

- Even when it seems far fetched.

Intro to Koinonia

Romans 12 - Intro to Koinōnia
Dave Riddle - 09/22/19

Key Passage: Romans 12:3-8

koinōnia (Greek: κοινωνία) - fellowship, association, community, intimacy, joint participation (the share which one has in anything), communion. 

Humble, wise self-assessment

• Romans 12:3

• we need to have an accurate assessment of ourselves.

  • See ourselves as God sees us.

A single body; many pieces and roles

• Romans 12:4

• Unity! One body.

Diversity! Many roles.

Deeply connected

• Romans 12:5

• Individually members of one another.
  

Gifted

• Romans 12:6

  • Different than talent

  • Gifts of the spirit

• Speaking gifts

  • didaskō - teaching for transformation.

• Service gifts
  

Grace and Faith are indispensable 

• Romans 12:3

Authenticity Pt. 2

Vitals - Authenticity Part 2
Dave Riddle - 08/11/19
Key Passage: Romans 12:9

Key Aspects of a “Being Real” Culture

• Honesty

• Simplicity

• Clarity

• Sincerity

• Humility

• God’s Grace & Power

Four Areas to Consider

1. Identity

2. Emotional Health

3. Spiritual Failure

4. Convictions

Authenticity Pt. 1

Vitals - Authenticity Part 1
Dave Riddle - 08/04/19
Key Passage: 1 John 1:5-10. 2:1-2

Key Aspects of a “Being Real” Culture

• Honesty

• Simplicity

• Clarity

• Sincerity

• Humility

• God’s Grace & Power

Bona Fide Believers

• We know who we are

• We know what we’ve done

• We know the necessity of confession

• We know Jesus

  • Advocate

  • Holy

  • Answer

Be Bold - Grad Sunday 2019

Be Bold

Phil Woodman - 06/02/19

Key Passage: 2 Timothy 3:10-17

Steps to a bold life that impacts the world for Jesus.

Bold Trust

• You have followed my teaching

  • 2 Timothy 3:10

• Continue on in it

  • 2 Timothy 3:14-15

Consistent Choices

• Conduct - manner of life

  • 2 Timothy 3:10

• Living sacrifice

  • Romans 12:1-2

  • Transformed, not conformed

Embrace our Purpose

• Testify to the gospel of God’s grace

  • Acts 20:24

Expect Opposition

• “All who want to live a godly life will be persecuted”

  • 2 Timothy 3:11-13

Always a Trace

Romans 11 - Always a Trace

Dave Riddle - 04/28/19

Key Passage: Romans 11:1-10

Question: Is God Done with Israel!?

Answer 1: No, He is faithful!

• A theological answer.

• Romans 11:2a

• Foreknew: to have knowledge before hand: of those whom God elected to salvation.

• As humans we frequently break promises, but God is faithful. 

• It is outside his character to be unfaithful.

Answer 2: Look at me.

• An anecdotal answer

• Romans 11:1c

• Even someone as bad as Paul was not beyond the reach of God.

Answer 3: Check out history

• A historical answer

• Romans 11:2b

• 1 Kings 18 and 19

  • The seven thousand 

And so, today...

A remnant, chosen by grace

• Romans 11:5

• Not by the law, but by grace through Jesus.

The remainder, hardened

• Romans 11:7-10

• A combination of human responsibility and divine sovereignty.

  • See the example of pharaoh (covered in Romans 9 - Divine Decisions Pt. 2 on 10/28/18)

Easter Sunday 2019 - The Last Enemy

He Set His Face - The Last Enemy

Dave Riddle - 04/21/19

Key Passage: Matthew 28:1-10, 1 Corinthians 15:3-8, 42-45

Luke 9:51 - When the days were coming to a close for Him to be taken up, He resolutely set His face towards Jerusalem. 

• Resolute: purposefully unwavering or determined.

Victory Over Death’s Defeat

• 1 Corinthians 15:3

Victory Over Sin’s Domination

• 1 Corinthians 15:3

It Displays the Power to Make a Comeback

• 1 Corinthians 15:4

• 1 Corinthians 15:43

It Shows the Reach of God’s Grace

• 1 Corinthians 15:45