6/18/2023 Worship Service & Sermon

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6/18/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Luke Stoltzfus
Speaker: Steve Estes
Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:11-17
Title: The Life of a Genuine Christian

Notes:

1. The life of a genuine Christian--particularly of a genuine minister--is fueled by the fear of God

2. The life of a genuine Christian--particularly of a genuine minister--is fueled by a sense of Christ's love
A. Text speaks of Christ's death as a substitutionary one
B. Result of Christ's death: We sense his love and change how we live

3. The life of a genuine Christian--particularly of a genuine minister--will sometimes be attacked
A. Said directly elsewhere in 2 Corinthians
B. Hinted at in this passage
C. Paul's goal in defending himself

4. A genuine Christian--particularly a minister--should be defended by other Christians who know him well
A. It's right for a minister to defend/explain himself
B. It's right for Christians to defend other Christians--particularly ministers--when those Christians are slandered
C. Only a change in the heart by Christ will give Christians the insight and courage to act this way

6/11/23 Worship Service and Sermon: Christians on Judgment Day - 2 Corinthians 5:9-10

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6/11/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:9-10
Title: Christians on Judgment Day
Worship Leader: Matt Carter
Speaker: Steve Estes

So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it. For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Notes:

1. Christians live holy lives to bring pleasure to Christ

2. Christians also live holy lives for another reason
A. There will be a day of reckoning
B. Judgment can be negative or positive
C. Christians, safe and secure in heaven, will enjoy more/fewer rewards based on how they have lived

3. Christians lead holy lives to avoid loss and enhance their own joy in heaven
A. Appearing before the judgment seat of Christ
B. Who will appear?
C. In what manner will we appear?
D. Purpose of appearing
E. What will be the general standard of judgment?
F. What will be the particular standard of judgment?

4. Some observations
A. Our presence in heaven is based 100% on God's grace and mercy
B. Our status in heaven will reflect our faithfulness and diligence
C. Faithful Christians will be rewarded appropriately. Less faithful Christians, though not punished, will forfeit rewards
D. Neither our presence nor our status in heaven is based on merit
E. Do you struggle with a besetting sin?
F. David's big sins
G. Perhaps the tears God will wipe away will be tears shed on Judgment Day
H. Regarding those above you in heaven
I. Regarding those below you in heaven
J. Final thought

#christianliving #heaven #judgmentday

6/4/2023 Worship Service and Sermon: Departed Christians - What Do They Experience? - 2 Corinthians 5:1-8

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6/4/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

To honor the privacy of our families whose children helped lead our Call to Confession this morning, that section have been removed from our recording. Brick Lane members and regular attendees may request access to the full recording by contacting Andrew Hageman.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:1-8
Title: Departed Christians: What Do They Experience?
Worship Leader: TJ Waldy
Speaker: Steve Estes

For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life. Now the one who has fashioned us for this very purpose is God, who has given us the Spirit as a deposit, guaranteeing what is to come. Therefore we are always confident and know that as long as we are at home in the body we are away from the Lord. For we live by faith, not by sight. We are confident, I say, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

Notes:

1. Our future bodies will be far superior to our current bodies
A. Current bodies are likened to mere tents
B. Future bodies are likened to buildings
C. What we were created for
D. Applications

2. A seeming problem
A. When do we receive these bodies?
B. Until then, what do we do in the meantime?
C. Some commentators, troubled by this answer, propose some "creative" ideas

3. Solution to the problem
A. Our groaning is positive, not negative
B. Paul expresses longing, not horror, over heaven
C. Why talk about "nakedness"?
D. God's whole plan is this...

5/28/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Correct Confidence - Philippians 3:1-11

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5/28/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Steve Boyer
Speaker: David Royes
Scripture: Philippians 3:1-11
Title: Correct Confidence

Notes:

1. A False Teaching
A. The danger of putting confidence in the flesh

2. A Powerful Testimony
A. Earthly gain as rubbish
B. Self-abandonment as the beginning of righteousness
C. Knowing Jesus as resurrection

3. A Simple Safeguard

05/21/2023 Worship Service & Sermon: Working Out Our Salvation - Philippians 2:12-18

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5/21/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Worship Leader: Dave Stoltzfus
Speaker: Steve Midgley (Executive Director, Biblical Counselling UK)
Scripture: Philippians 2:12-18
Title: Working Out Our Salvation

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

Do everything without grumbling or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation. Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky as you hold firmly to the word of life.

And then I will be able to boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor in vain. But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service coming from your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. So you too should be glad and rejoice with me.

Notes:

1. Because God is in you, work out your salvation
A. How does the Christian life work?

2. Because the world is difficult, shine like stars
A. Do everything without grumbling or arguing
B. Hold firmly to the word of life

3. Because of one another, rejoice

#Philippians #christianliving

5/14/23 Worship Service and Livestream: Separated by Sin, Reconciled by Sacrifice - Leviticus 16

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5/14/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Leviticus 16
Title: Separated by Sin, Reconciled by Sacrifice
Speaker: Joe Whalen

Notes:

1. Eden: A perfect home...for two chapters
A. Perfect relationships
B. Sin ruined those relationships
C. Sin continues to ruin those relationships

2. Scapegoats: Temporary sacrifices for sin
A. One goat is sacrificed, the other is banished
B. The banished goat is imputed with the sins of Israel, then led out of the camp and abandoned

3. Jesus: The final sacrifice for sins
A. Abandoned by His disciples
B. Led out of Jerusalem
C. Imputed with our sins and sacrificed

4: Answering two objections
A. Objection #1: "I don't think my sins separate me from God"
B. Objection #2: "My sins have made me irredeemable"

5. Two applications
A. For the lost who want to be found
B. For those who have already turned to Christ

Benediction: May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.

#Leviticus #atonement #forgiveness

Women's Retreat 2023 Sessions

Click the links below to listen to the sessions from Colleen McFadden at the women’s one-day retreat.
Note: The beginning of session 3 was not recorded.

5/7/2023 Worship Service and Sermon: Earthly Suffering, Eternal Glory - 2 Corinthians 4:12-18

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5/7/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:12-18
Title: Earthly Suffering, Eternal Glory
Worship Leader: Matt Lambert
Speaker: Steve Estes

So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you. [But] It is written: "I believed; therefore I have spoken." With that same spirit of faith we also believe and therefore speak, because we know that the one who raised the Lord Jesus from the dead will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in his presence. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is unseen is eternal.

Notes:

1. Christians have real troubles in this life

2. Christians are renewed by their faith
A. David's faith in the Old Testament
B. Paul's faith in the New Testament

3. Renewing faith is faith that our troubles will be replaced by resurrection glory
A. The basic teaching
B. Objection: the road is hard and Heaven seems so far away
C. How our trials are "light"
D. How our trials are "momentary"

4. Renewing faith is faith that our troubles actually increase our future glory
A. Your sufferings will make you more glorious
B. Your sufferings increase your future glory by making others more glorious
C. Your sufferings increase your future glory by bringing greater glory to God Himself

5. What all this glory-through-suffering will look like on the Great Day
A. Beauty
B. Splendor
C. Honor
i. The Charge of the Light Brigade
D. All reflecting Christ's glory

#suffering #christianlife #glory

4/30/2023 Worship Service and Sermon: Jars of Clay - 2 Corinthians 4:7-12

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4/30/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 4:7-12
Title: Jars of Clay
Worship Leader: Dawson Estes
Speaker: Steve Estes

But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us. We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal body. So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

Notes:

1: Christians have something priceless
A. Knowledge of the glory of God
B. Knowledge of God reflected in the face of Christ

2. Christians have the priceless knowledge of Christ in frail bodies and hard experiences
A. "hard pressed on every side"
B. "perplexed"
C. "persecuted"
D. "struck down"
E. Frail bodies and hard experiences are portrayed as a living death

3. Our dying is a joining with Christ in His death
A. The statement: "our dying with him"
B. Fleshing out the statement

4. Through our suffering/dying with Christ, we share the very life of Christ
A. The statement: Suffering Christians share the very life of Christ
B. Illustrations of suffering Christians sharing the very life of Christ

Benediction: May you know Christ: the fellowship of sharing in His sufferings and the power of His resurrection.

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him. Amen

#suffering #christianlife #Gospel

4/23/23 Worship Service and Sermon: The Lord Builds the House - Psalm 127

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4/23/2023 Worship Service and Sermon from Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA.

Scripture: Psalm 127
Title: The Lord Builds the House
Speaker: Clint Estes

Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain. Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat--for he grants sleep to those he loves. Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him. Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one's youth. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when they contend with their opponents in court.

Notes:

1. Life is futile without the Lord
A. House
B. City
C. Children
D. Anxious toil
E. Application

2. Life is fertile with the Lord
A. Children
B. Sleep
C. Application

3. The Lord will build His house
A. Solomon's temple
B. Failure of others
C. Fulfilled in Jesus
D. The church