Pastor Shaun Marksbury

“ God’s Amazing Grace” ( Titus 2:11–14) Series:               “Titus: Godly People, Godly Church,” #12       Text:                 Titus 2:11–14 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                                     Date:                July 28, 2024 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church                         Occasion:             PM Service   I.               Introduction False teachers will invariably get one of two things wrong.   It may be that they get who God is wrong, perhaps by denying the Trinity, or by saying that God learns and doesn’t know the future, or some other error in theology proper.   Those errors are usually easy to spot. The second error can be more subtle — they may get God’s gospel wrong.   They may say that God saves us because of our good works, for instance.   Or, they may insist that we keep ourselves in God’s good graces by our efforts.   Yet, that completely changes the meaning of grace. The word grace stands a

“ Loving Each Other as Jesus Loves” ( John 15:12–17) Series:               “John: Life in Christ’s Name”           Text:                 John 15:12–17 By:                    Shaun Marksbury                         Date:                July 28, 2024 Venue:              Living Water Baptist Church             Occasion:             AM Service   I.               Introduction It’s become a mantra among Christians that we can’t love others before we can first love ourselves.   Of course, it’s important to have a true view of self.   It may be that we suffer with too much doubt and guilt because we are not sufficiently trusting in the Lord to wash away the stain of our sin, turning us more inwardly focused and unable to best minister to the needs of those around us.   However, I doubt that’s what most people mean when they say they need to learn to love themselves. In fact, we need to ask whether this notion is biblical at all.   We remember that Jesus was asked in