by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 6, 2018 | Bible Exposition, bible preaching, Bible Study, Biblical Fruit, Expository Preaching, Faith, Faithfulness, Following Christ, Heart Motives, Humility, Obedience, Sanctification, Trust
It’s our sin, rather than God’s stinginess, that creates a blockade separating us from God’s promises. But we know that Christ has remedied our sin problem, removing the condemnation that we deserved and granting us the power that is necessary to meet God’s...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Apr 15, 2018 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Humility, Persecution
What is a necessary component of being used by God to fulfill his purposes on this earth? Difficulty, leading to humility. And it almost goes without saying that for an apostle of Jesus Christ, it would take massive humility to be able to be used to that kind of...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Oct 2, 2017 | Bible Exposition, Bible Study, Biblical Fruit, Child-like Dependence, Dependence, Expository Preaching, Humility, Involvement, Obedience, Pleasing Christ, Resurrection, Servant Mindset, Spiritual Readiness, True Greatness
By the end of John 20, all of the disciples have believed in the Risen Christ and were thus fully assured that he had resurrected from the dead. But were they ready to carry on Jesus’ mission? In other words, could Acts 1 have followed John 20 instead of John...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Aug 21, 2016 | Dependence, Faith, Following Christ, Humility, Poor In Spirit, Reformed Theology
Faith That Amazes Jesus Luke 7:1 After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. 2Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. 3When the centurion heard about Jesus,he...
by Matthew Borgstrom | Jul 7, 2016 | Following Christ, Humility, Obedience, Sanctification
Hearing But Not Listening We have discovered in Mark 4:1-20, that understanding the Lord’s teaching is a gift from the Lord as indicated in v.11, so if someone concludes that they are one of the bad soils or have some of those tendencies, is there anything they can do...
by Matthew Borgstrom | May 29, 2016 | Humility, Poor In Spirit
Poor In Spirit We discussed extensively about how Mark 2:17 relates to conversion, but is this statement by Christ only applicable to those who are unconverted? Not at all. Professing and even genuine Christians can get to a point where they are tempted to think...
