August 23, 2026

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Sunday, August 23, 2026

Sermon: 1 Cor. 3:16-17; 6:12-20 - “Advantages of The Holy Spirit’s Temple” - David Rountree

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Sermon Outline:

The Temple as Place:

  1. The OT church (Acts 7:38) needed a place for God to dwell (Exod. 25:8, 9).

  2. The tabernacle then Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 8:27-30; 41-43; Isa. 56:7).

  3. God in the clouds, fire, and smoke (2 Chron. 5:11-14; 7:1-3).

  4. The NT dwelling place of God was in Jesus (Matt. 1:23; Col. 2:9).

The Temple as People:

  1. The “you” in 1 Cor. 3:16,17 is plural.

  2. When we gather together as a church, we are “a temple of God.”

  3. The Church God is describing is a local body of believers (1 Cor. 1:2).

  4. God gives warning to understand the church as God’s temple (1 Cor. 3:17).

The Temple as Persons:

  1. The church as people will not be a fit without holiness (1 Cor. 6:12-20).

  2. The stain of one part diminishes the beauty and glory of the whole.

  3. We must not be bound together with what is lawless (2 Cor. 6:14-18).

The Temple Pondered:

  1. A Call for great commitment to the Church.

  2. A Call for great commitment to Personal Holiness.

  3. A Call for great commitment to Brotherly Love.

  4. A Call for great commitment to the Praise of God. 

SONG LIST:

O God Beyond All Praising
O Great God
I Am Not My Own
The Church’s One Foundation

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August 16, 2026

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Sermon: Acts 13:52, Eph. 5:8 - “Advantages of The Filling of The Holy Spirit” - David Rountree

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Outline

Spiritual Fullness Defined:

  1. Being “alive” in the Spirit = the possession of the Spirit (Rom. 8:9-10).

  2. Our fullness of the Spirit should emulate biblical descriptions:   

    1. Jesus (Luke 4:1).   

    2. Deacons (Acts 6:3).   

    3. Stephen (Acts 7:55).   

    4. Barnabas (Acts 11:24).

  3. The phrase “full of the Holy Spirit” is used to denote the controlling disposition of a man (cf. Luke 5:12; Acts 13:8-10).

  4. Examples of specific and sometimes sudden fillings of the Holy Spirit:   

    1. Luke 1:15, 41, 67.   

    2. Acts 2:4, 8.   

    3. Acts 4:8.   

    4. Acts 4:31.

Spiritual Fullness Demonstrated:

  1. Eph. 5:18-21 demonstrates spiritual fullness.

  2. Spiritual fullness demonstrates a control of all our faculties consistent with the fruit of the Spirit (cf. Gal. 5:22,23).

  3. Evidences of being filled with the Spirit (Eph. 5:19-21): 

    1. Speaking God’s truth (cf. Col. 3:16 with Eph. 5:19).   

    2. Singing (Eph. 5:19).   

    3. Showing gratitude (Eph. 5:20).   

    4. Submitting (Eph. 5:21).

Spiritual Fullness Desired:

  1. Realize there is a command to be “spirit-filled.”

  2. Realize we are not commanded to seek a second baptism of the Holy Spirit.

  3. Realize to be filled with the Spirit we must possess the Spirit by regeneration (John 3:3,5).

  4. Recognize that the Holy Spirit does not desire to fill an unholy vessel (Acts 5:3, 9, 32).

  5. Seek greater spiritual fullness through prayer (Luke 11:13).SONG LIST:

As For Me and My House
Jesus Your Mercy
How Deep the Father’s Love For Us
I Stand Amazed (How Marvelous)

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August 9, 2026

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Sermon: John 14:16, 17 - “Advantages of Strengthening from The Holy Spirit” - David Rountree

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Outline

The Holy Spirit’s Assistance for our Strengthening:
Consider the word “another” (John 14:16), not “different” helper.

  1. Consider the word “helper” (parakletos, John 14:16).

  2. Examples of parakaleo.

  3. The distinction between paracletes: Christ and the Holy Spirit.   

    1. Christ our advocate (1 John 2:1-2).   

    2. Christ our judge (cf. Acts 7:54-56).   

    3. The Holy Spirit our “right now” helper (John 14:16).

  4. The Strengthening of our Helper the Holy Spirit (John 14:16-17).   

    1. “Helper” or “Comforter”?   

    2. The original understanding of “comforter” (con-forte’).   

    3. 1 John 4:4.

Concluding Application:   

  1. A HAPPY PEOPLE: Let us rejoice that our God is always in us (Ps. 28:7,8; 18:39; 37:39; 46:1).   

  2. A FEARLESS PEOPLE: Let us live fearless (1 John 4:4; Ps. 61:3; 2 Sam. 22:40; Isa. 41:10).   

  3. A PATIENT PEOPLE: Let us wait for the Lord for new strength (Isa. 40:31).   

  4. A GRATEFUL PEOPLE: Let us ascribe to the Lord, glory and strength (1 Chron. 16:27-29).   

  5. A STRONG PEOPLE: Let us be “strong in the Lord and in the strength of his might” (Eph. 6:10; Phil. 4:13). 

SONG LIST:

Come Christians Join to Sing
Holy Holy Holy
O For A Thousand Tongues To Sing
Abide With Me

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