With Heart And Mouth

Ephesians 4:7-16 Belgic Confession, Artciles 30-31 Theme: Christ’s Gift of Ministers of the Word 1. The Extraordinary Offices for Ministering the Word 2. The Ordinary Office for Ministering the Word

1 Peter 2:9-10 Belgic Confession, Articles 30-31 Theme: The Three Offices of Christ and Christians 1. Three Offices in the Old Testament: Prophet, Priest, King 2. Christ Supremely Fulfills the Three Offices 3. Christ Restores Us To These Three Offices: The General Office of Believer

1 Corinthians 14:40; 1 Peter 5:1-5 Belgic Confession, Articles 30-31 Theme: What does the Bible teach about church government? 1. We Need Biblical Church Government 2. We Are to Acknowledge and Submit to Jesus Christ as the Only Head of the Church

Matthew 18:15-20 Belgic Confession, Article 29 Theme: The Third Mark of a True Church: Church Discipline 1. What is it? 2. Is it Biblical? 3. Why is it necessary?

Matthew 28:16-20; Acts 2:36-42 Belgic Confession, Article 29 Theme: The Second Mark of a True Church: The Pure Administration of the Sacraments 1. Are the sacraments optional? 2. What is and is not a sacrament? 3. Why baptism? 4. Why the Lord's Supper?

1 John 4:1-6; Galatians 1:1-10 Belgic Confession, Article 29 Theme: The Marks of a True Church 1. The Biblical Warrant for Discerning the Marks 2. The Need for Humility in Discernment 3. The Visible/Invisible Church Distiction 4. The First Mark: The Pure Preaching of the Gospel

Romans 12 Belgic Confession, Article 28 Theme: The Duties of Membership in a Visible Church 1. Joining 2. Maintaining 3. Submitting 4. Serving

Ephesians 2:11-22; 4:1-6 Belgic Confession, Article 27 Theme: The Attributes of the Church 1. The Church is One 2. The Church is Holy 3. The Church is Catholic

Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Belgic Confession, Article 26 Theme: The Comfort of Christ's Intercession 1. He's Our One Mediator 2. He's Our Sympathetic Mediator 3. He's Our Sufficient Mediator

Romans 10:4; Hebrews 10:1-10 Belgic Confession, Article 25 Theme: The Relationship of the Law to Christians in the New Covenant 1. What is the law? 2. How is Christ the end of the law? 3. What role does the law play in our lives as Christians?

Ezekiel 36:22-32; Ephesians 2:1-10 Belgic Confession, Article 24 Theme: The Nature of Good Works 1. Good Works are A Fruit of God’s Grace 2. Why it Matters 3. How You Should Respond

Romans 6 Belgic Confession, Article 24 Theme: The Nature of Sanctification 1. Its Definite Inauguration by the Word and Spirit 2. Its Inevitable Progression by the Word and Spirit

Romans 3:19-31 Belgic Confession, Article 23 Theme: Why Justification Matters 1. The Universal Desire to be Justified 2. The Ultimate Approval that Satisfies

Romans 3:19-31; 4:13-25 Belgic Confession, Article 22 Theme: True Faith 1. True Faith is a Gift from God (part 1) 2. True Faith has Three Elements (part 2) 3. True Faith Receives the Righteousness of Christ (part 2)

Ephesians 2:8-9 Belgic Confession, Article 22 Theme: True Faith 1. True Faith is a Gift from God (part 1) 2. True Faith has Three Elements (part 2) 3. True Faith Receives the Righteousness of Christ (part 2)

Leviticus 4:13-21; Hebrews 10:1-18 Belgic Confession, Article 21 Theme: The Full Satisfaction of Christ for Our Sins 1. Jesus is Our Great High Priest 2. Jesus Made Full Satisfaction for All of Our Sins 3. Jesus is the One in Whom We Boast

Isaiah 52:13-53:12; Romans 3:19-26 Belgic Confession, Article 20 Theme: On the cross, Christ received justice so that we could receive mercy 1. Christ Received Justice 2. We Receive Mercy in Christ

Matthew 1:18-25; Hebrews 2:14-18 Belgic Confession, Article 18 Theme: The Incarnation of the Son of God 1. The Reality of the Incarnation 2. The Necessity of the Incarnation 3. The Comfort of the Incarnation

Genesis 3:1-20 Belgic Confession, Article 17 Theme: The Redemption of Fallen Man 1. Redemption Promised 2. Redemption Accomplished

Romans 9 Belgic Confession, Article 16 Theme: The Doctrine of Predestination 1. The Two Parts of Predestination: Mercy and Justice 2. How Predestination Applies to us as Christians