Sermons

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord

Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?

Return to your stronghold, oh prisoner of hope; today I declare that I will restore to you double.

All things have been handed over to me by my Father. Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, and you shall find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!

The Fruit of Knowing Christ

While we were living in the flesh, our sinful passions, aroused by the law, were at work in our members to bear fruit for death. But we have now died to the law through the body of Christ, so that we may belong to another, to him who has been raised from the dead, in order that we may bear fruit for God.

Weaponry

You have been brought from death to life. You are no longer under law but under grace, so sin will have no dominion over you. Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. Do not present your members to sin as weaponry for unrighteousness, but to God as weaponry for righteousness.

At The Right Time

God shows his love for us in that while we were still weak, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly. Just as sin came into the world through one man, and many died through that man’s trespass, much more have the grace of God and the free gift by the grace of the one man Jesus Christ abounded for many.

A Family of Faith

Abraham did not waver concerning the promise of God, but grew strong in his faith as he gave Him glory, fully convinced that God was able to do what he had promised. That is why his faith was “counted to him as righteousness.” But the words “it was counted to him” were not written for his sake alone, but for ours also, we who believe God, and trust in Jesus.

I with you AM always

Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them INTO the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I with you AM always, to the end of the age.

Living Water

“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh…And it shall come to pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.'”
“Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.'”

Jesus prays for His own

I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. …And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. …I am praying for them. …Keep them in your name which you have given me.

Provoked to Share

As Paul waited in Athens, he saw the city was full of idols, and it made him angry, agitated, and restless. He had to find a way to engage these people, to somehow really get their attention. And he found one – the altar dedicated “to the unknown God.” What opportunities might open to us if we allowed ourselves to become provoked in spirit, looking for a way in, eager to start the conversation?