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God’s Wrath Revealed

April 6, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:18-32

Mark Smith

God’s Wrath Revealed

Date Preached: April 6, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Romans 1:18 told us that God's wrath was being revealed. In 1:21-32 we will see four ways this was happening. In each case it was revealed in the present, not the future.

We'll see exactly how God's wrath has already been revealed and what the impact of his wrath is in people's lives today.

God’s Wrath Revealed

The Wrath of God Revealed

March 30, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:18-21a

Mark Smith

The Wrath of God Revealed

Date Preached: March 30, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Paul opens this morning's passage by claiming that the wrath of God is being revealed. This statement follows almost immediately upon his declaration that he is eager to preach the gospel in Rome. Why was he eager to do so? As we'll discover, it wasn't to help the Romans become more prosperous nor too have all their wishes fulfilled through words of faith. He wanted to help them avoid the wrath of God.

What is the wrath of God? Is it worthy of God to have wrath? If God is revealing wrath who is it against? Why is he doing this? Answering these and other questions will help us understand how good the good news of the gospel really is. We need the bad news to fully understand the good news.

The Wrath of God Revealed

Preacher Paul’s Powerful Gospel

March 23, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:16-17

Mark Smith

Preacher Paul’s Powerful Gospel

Date Preached: March 23, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Romans 1:16-17 is perhaps the most important theological statement in the Bible. It was through understanding this passage that Martin Luther was born again and the Protestant Reformation began which transformed Western Christianity and, then, the world.

The words faith or believe and the words righteous or righteousness are the key to unlocking this passage. What they mean and how they are related is at the heart of the gospel - the good news - that Paul was eager to preach in Rome. While volumes have been written about these two verses, we can make sense of them fairly easily.

Paul was eager to preach this gospel, and hopefully we are eager to hear it. It is as much God's power for salvation today as it was in Paul's day.

Notes for this and all the sermons on Romans can be found here.

Preacher Paul’s Powerful Gospel

Preacher Paul’s Passion

March 16, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:8-15

Mark Smith

Preacher Paul’s Passion

Date Preached: March 16, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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When passion and purpose unite, powerful things can happen. In this second section of the introduction of Paul's letter to the Romans he shares his passion with them. We'll find his purpose and passion do in fact unite which explains part of his effectiveness. Before that he will give thanks to God for the Romans' faith and he explains how, though he prayed continually to be able to visit them, he had thus far been unable to do so. He saw that, however, as part of God's will for his life which is a topic we'll take up in this message. Between Paul's passion and his desire to do God's will, we'll find plenty of application for our lives as followers of Jesus today.

Notes for this and all the sermons on Romans can be found here.

Preacher Paul’s Passion

Preacher Paul Introduces Himself

March 9, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:1-7

Mark Smith

Preacher Paul Introduces Himself

Date Preached: March 9, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Most of Paul's letter introductions are brief. Not so with the letter to the Romans. It runs seven verses in English translations, 131 words in the ESV. It is also his most theological introduction. We have to give it more attention than his average introduction and will spend this entire message unpacking these verses. We'll conclude by asking the question, "Do these verses have anything to say to us today?"

Preacher Paul Introduces Himself

The Book of Romans from 30,000 Feet

March 2, 2025

The Book of Romans

Romans 1:1-7

Mark Smith

The Book of Romans from 30,000 Feet

Date Preached: March 2, 2025

Series: The Book of Romans

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Considered the most influential letter ever written, Paul's letter to the Romans has revolutionized lives and transformed the world. In this message we take the big view of this most important letter, locating it in its setting, and getting a glimpse at what lies inside. This is the first in a series of messages that will take us through the entire letter.

The Book of Romans from 30,000 Feet

CPR with Your One III – Bringing Your One to Faith in Christ

February 23, 2025

Who's Your One?

John 4:35-38, Matthew 9:36-38

Mark Smith

CPR with Your One III – Bringing Your One to Faith in Christ

Date Preached: February 23, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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The last part of evangelism CPR is reaping or harvesting. Jesus spoke of this in John 4:35-38 and Matthew 9:36-38. Reaping is all we do to invite our one to receive Jesus as his/her Savior.

In this message we'll discuss the three steps involved in evangelistic reaping and give three specific tools to help you share Christ with your one.

CPR with Your One III – Bringing Your One to Faith in Christ

CPR for Your One II – Sowing The Gospel in Your One

February 16, 2025

Who's Your One?

Romans 10:14

Mark Smith

CPR for Your One II – Sowing The Gospel in Your One

Date Preached: February 16, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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After cultivating our one, we want to sow the gospel in their heart and mind. In this message we'll discuss what this means, see some New Testament illustrations of sowing the gospel, and list some ways we might go about this with our one.

CPR for Your One II – Sowing The Gospel in Your One

CPR for Your One I – Cultivating for the Gospel Seed

February 2, 2025

Who's Your One?

Mark 4:1-20, John 4:35-38, 2 Corinthians 3:6-8

Mark Smith

CPR for Your One I – Cultivating for the Gospel Seed

Date Preached: February 2, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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In this message we'll discuss the first part of practicing evangelism CPR with your one. We'll see what evangelism CPR is, then have a chance to decide the sort of cultivating activity we might need to use to prepare our one to receive the gospel.

CPR for Your One I – Cultivating for the Gospel Seed

The Value of One

January 26, 2025

Who's Your One?

Luke 15

Mark Smith

The Value of One

Date Preached: January 26, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Is one soul worth the effort it might take to reach him/her for Jesus and eternal life? There is no question that God cares about the one, every one. In this message we'll remind ourselves of how much God values one lost soul. When we focus on just one person and seek to bring that person to Christ we delight God and he will be overjoyed when that one comes to Jesus as Savior and Lord.

The Value of One

Praying for Your One – How?

January 19, 2025

Who's Your One?

1 Timothy 2:1-4

Mark Smith

Praying for Your One – How?

Date Preached: January 19, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Last week we learned that God wants us to pray for lost people, our one included, and also some reasons why prayer is a critical part of trying to reach someone for Christ. This week we turn to the question, "How do I pray for my one?" This is an important question, since we don't have any model prayers or any recorded prayers in the Bible for lost people. Yet there is plenty of information in the Bible that enables us to find quite a few things to pray for as we seek to lead our one to Christ,

Notes File: https://note.church/archived?church=NorthPark&sermonid=69609

Praying for Your One – How?

Praying for Your One – Why?

January 12, 2025

Who's Your One?

1 Timothy 2:1-4

Mark Smith

Praying for Your One – Why?

Date Preached: January 12, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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Most of us believe in prayer, but sometimes we wonder about praying for our lost friends. Does it make a difference? Why should we pray? How should we pray? We'll tackle these issues in these next two sermons. Today: why should we pray for our one? Next week: how should we pray for our one?

If you've wondered about praying for a lost friend, these messages should be of help to you.

Note file: https://note.church/archived?church=NorthPark&sermonid=68293

Praying for Your One – Why?

Who’s Your One? – Identifying Your One

January 5, 2025

Who's Your One?

John 1:40-51, Mark 2:1-12, Acts 8:26-29, Acts 10:24-33, Acts 16:13-15, 16-18, 27-30, Acts 18:24-28

Mark Smith

Who’s Your One? – Identifying Your One

Date Preached: January 5, 2025

Series: Who's Your One?

Speaker: Mark Smith

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All around us we see lost people. How are we ever going to have an impact on them? Personal evangelism is the way most of us came to Christ and the was most people will come to Christ. But with so many lost people around us, who do we try to reach? That's the question we'll try to answer in this message.

We're beginning a series entitled "Who's Your One?" Instead of thinking we have to reach everyone, we'll start by thinking of reaching just one person for Christ in the next year. We'll begin by identifying who that one is and, then, over the next few weeks we'll learn what we can do to help reach that one for Christ.

Note File: https://note.church/archived?church=NorthPark&sermonid=68172

Who’s Your One? – Identifying Your One

The Promised One – Coming Again

December 29, 2024

The Promised One

Titus 2:11-13

Ron Gabon

The Promised One – Coming Again

Date Preached: December 29, 2024

Series: The Promised One

Speaker: Ron Gabon

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The Promised One made us a promise, that he was going to come again. In his appearing at the first Christmas, he brought salvation, peace with God, and God's grace into our lives. He died for our sins, rose from death, and forty days later ascended to heaven. But he promised to return and establish justice and righteousness upon the earth. We are to live in anticipation of his return, saying No to sin and growing in righteousness.

The Promised One – Coming Again

The Promised One – Bringer of Peace

December 22, 2024

The Promised One

Isaiah 9:1-7

Mark Smith

The Promised One – Bringer of Peace

Date Preached: December 22, 2024

Series: The Promised One

Speaker: Mark Smith

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As the Promised One Jesus bore the title, Prince of Peace, for he fulfilled the prophecy given through Isaiah in Isaiah 9:6-7. We all long for world peace, but the peace Jesus brought was something else. We'll discover that in this message. We'll also learn how this peace can be ours. Perhaps it's something you could use.

Note File: https://note.church/archived?church=NorthPark&sermonid=67954

The Promised One – Bringer of Peace

The Promised One – A Savior from Sin

December 15, 2024

The Promised One

Isaiah 53:1-12

Mark Smith

The Promised One – A Savior from Sin

Date Preached: December 15, 2024

Series: The Promised One

Speaker: Mark Smith

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God long ago promised that one of the offspring of Eve would bruise Satan's head. We saw that the Promised One would would do this was Jesus of Nazareth. We learned that this Promised One would come from the line of Abram and be a blessing to all peoples. We learned that Jesus of Nazareth descended from Abram and through his death and resurrection offered the gift of forgiveness and eternal life to all peoples.

In this message we'll look at the most comprehensive prophecy concerning the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus, a prophecy only he fulfilled. It was a prophecy of not just of death, but death for others, taking their sin upon himself so that God could justify those who believe in Jesus as Savior.

Note file: https://note.church/archived?church=NorthPark&sermonid=67833

The Promised One – A Savior from Sin

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