Often, circumstances arise which lead to reminiscence concerning loved ones who have passed. These moments also often times lead to meditations on what those passsed loved ones may think about current matters if they were around to express those thoughts. Usually, these conversations center around temporal matters which lack spiritual substance. The account of the …
Continue reading Sermon: If they were here, what would they say?Gospel
Jews in Thessalonica resisted the gospel and became violently opposed to Paul and Silas. Not finding them, they dragged their host, Jason, to the city rulers and stated, “These who have turned the world upside down have come here too. Jason has harbored them” (Acts 17:6-7). That Paul and Silas were disruptive is not altogether untrue. However, the …
Continue reading Sermon: Turning the World Upside DownAs Paul defends his ministry against his opponents in Corinth, he highlights how much better the New Covenant is than that from Sinai. Several contrasts are drawn, and important insight is given from a scene at Sinai in Exodus 34. What does it mean that “the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life” (2 Corinthians 3:6). Ppt: Outline: …
Continue reading Sermon: Letter and SpiritActs 16 records Paul’s response to the vision of the “Macedonian call” (Acts 16:6-10). In Philippi, a city in Macedonia, Paul was imprisoned and found opportunity to preach the gospel to a jailor. The account of the Philippian jailor’s conversion is instructive in many ways (cf. Acts 16:25-34). The urgency of obedience to the gospel in the account …
Continue reading Sermon: The Same Hour of the NightJohn 4:46-54 record Jesus’ second miracle in the gospel of John. From Cana, Jesus healed a nobleman’s son in Capernaum. Being 25 miles away, Jesus demonstrated the power over distance. This truth is extremely important for each of us. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track list and select “Save link …
Continue reading Sermon: A Nobleman’s Son Healed – The Power Over DistancePaul elaborates on the remembrance of the manner of his coming to the Thessalonians, and his conduct among them (cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 9). Chapter 2 gives a description of Paul’s motive, method, and conduct in preaching to the Thessalonians, and their reception of the message. Ppt: Outline: To download, right-click on the title in the track …
Continue reading Sermon: To the Church of the Thessalonians – Their Reception (Chapter 2)“And it is the Spirit who bears witness, because the Spirit is truth…He who believes in the Son of God has the witness in himself…And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.” (1 John 5:6, 10, 11) Part of the confidence we have that …
Continue reading Sermon: The Witness of the SpiritPaul’s reminder of why he left Timothy in Ephesus in 1 Timothy 1 is relevant today. Still people depart from the focus of God’s work in salvation, and use the law unlawfully. We must remember what the gospel is for, and how it is to be used. Only that can save lost men. Ppt: Outline: …
Continue reading Sermon: The Purpose of the Commandment“On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, ‘If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink. He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’” (John 7:37-38) The key to success in spreading the …
Continue reading Sermon: Rivers of Living Water“I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.” (2 Timothy 4:1-2) Sadly, there are many so-called “preachers” today who …
Continue reading Sermon: Preach the Word