Sermons by Billy Arnold (Page 6)
GIC 2020: Commitment Sunday
To wrap up our week-long Global Impact Celebration, we invited some of LifeWay’s global missions partners to share their experience and insight with us, and to pray for us and with us for God’s work—and our partnership with him—around the globe. Partnership in the gospel means partnering with God in your own life and personal mission field. It also means partnering with others to participate in the greater mission to make disciples of all nations. As part of the Global…
Remember
The Book of Jesus, Part 6: Remember Remembering does two things. It looks back and says, ‘What has he done?’ … Looking forward it’s saying, ‘I get to, from this point forward, be a person of a new life, in a new faith, in a new way.’ BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Sacrifice
The Book of Jesus, Part 5: Sacrifice I bring to the table my sacrifice … which frankly does include: the family. The money. The life. The mindset. The directions of life. The hopes and dreams that we have. My sacrifice is the acknowledgement of my worship to God. … [As Warren Wiersbe wrote,] ‘The Christian who fails at life fails first at the altar.’ BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Shattered
The Book of Jesus, Part 3: Shattered The real truth of a shattered man? Left to ourselves, there is no hope…without what God laid out in Genesis 3:15. … We have the promise of the coming Savior. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Who is Jesus: The Most Essential Truth of All
The Book of Jesus, Part 1Who is Jesus: The Most Essential Truth of All I think much more important than W.W.J.D. ought to be W.I.J., which is: Who…Is Jesus? Who is this Christ? What does he not only stand for, but who is he really? If I call myself a Christian, a Christ follower, I want to learn then, to find out who this Christ really is. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Battle in Our Time
The Book of Jesus, Introduction: The Battle in Our Time The only real battle [in this world] is actually a war: the war for the souls of men. And it can only be beaten—it can only be faced in its entirety—with the eternal truth from the almighty God. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Sower and the Seeds
As a believer myself, as one who has been challenged to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, I, too, now can sow the seeds of the gospel in this world. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Good Samaritan
Meeting people at the foot of the cross, no matter who they are, literally breaks down and moves the limits of humanity that I know as a human being. … God calls us to risky places, and he calls us to risky people…because he allows me to be a divine partner in what he’s doing. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Rich Fool
Be rich toward God. That’s a disciple of Jesus Christ. … Ask God to really help you learn to be a disciple of Jesus Christ, who takes each possession seriously, each relationship seriously, each day seriously. Enjoy your days—but don’t waste them on the things that do not last. Live for him. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector
If personal pride is the root of your life, then I can promise you that the product of your life will be found only in what you (and I) can bring to the table. … [but] we are called to be right before God … and that only happens when we come humbly before the almighty God. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Good Shepherd
There is a good shepherd who wants to lead your life. He’s not the hired hand. He will not abandon you. He will not forsake you. And he’s waiting for you to listen to his voice and follow him through everything. Why? Because, he says, “I am the gatekeeper. I am the good shepherd, the perfect shepherd who protects your soul.” BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
The Persistent Widow
God’s Divine Delay:God says, ‘I have something for you and I will bring this on to you.’… God doesn’t delay because, ‘You don’t deserve it! You go home and be a better person!’ He divinely delays so we can grow in our trust and our faith…our trust in the eternal, heavenly Creator Father. BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Fishing Net
I must remain alert at all times to the irrevocable and irretrievable finality of my life. But in the middle of that…is the fact that [the end] will come when God says there’s a completeness to it all—there’s a completeness to the parable of the fisherman that says, “We’re done fishing! We’re done! The nets are full!” BILLY ARNOLD Download the discussion guide
Kingdom Surprises (Part 2)
A surprising conviction is the incredible patience of God’s grace. BILLY ARNOLD
Jonah and Justice
There is no real justice unless it is found at the foot of the cross. … I can only find justice at the foot of the cross. I can only find reconciliation when I bring others to the foot of the cross as well.” Billy Arnold
Duty of Care (Part 4)
The only answer we have is Jesus Christ. And the power we have as a person is not just the power of a Facebook post; it’s a life of influence in prayer.
Duty of Care (Part 3)
I want you to truly develop a prayer list that is very specific. Jesus prayed for today, then he prayed for himself, and then he prayed for his first round of disciples that were in his personal care. Billy Arnold
Duty of Care (Part 1)
All of history has been pointing to this moment—literally, since the creation of the universe, has brought us to this moment. And now in his own duty of care, [Jesus] turns his attention to the Father…and he says: The time is coming…it has now arrived. Take heart; I have overcome the world. –Billy Arnold
Epic Savior (Epic, Part 4)
The found are just like the lost in that we are both undeserved…but the one huge difference is they’ve accepted in and opened their heart to the grace of God, who can literally fill and restore their relationship with the creator God of the universe. And how is that done? Through the one…The one is God’s epic finale, Jesus Christ our Lord.
Epic Future (Epic, Part 3)
Full maturity is confidence that leads to patience, that leads us to endurance, that leads us to consistency in life, that leads us to dead-on, heavy-duty maturity. — Pastor Billy Arnold
Epic Family (Epic, Part 2)
When you come to faith in Christ, you are reborn—you are brought in—to become a child of God. The creation of God becomes a child of God when you are adopted in, and regenerated and restored. — Pastor Billy Arnold
Epic Pardon (Epic, Part 1 — Easter Sunday)
The reason this epic story is real is because it reaches back to the core of what each one of us knows that we are. We are created to be in the image of God, and yet we’ve lost it. And God sent an answer to restore that image-bearing part of our lives. It’s epic because it’s a part of God’s forever story. — Pastor Billy Arnold