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“Abraham the Father of All Who Believe”

  Scripture Readings: Genesis 17:1-14; Romans 4:11-12 (text) October 29, 2017 • Download this sermon (PDF) Today, we witnessed as a congregation the baptism of little Laura Hesed Vasquez. Churches like ours that baptize infants and little children are often misunderstood by many other churches who view this practice as “unbiblical.” So before we look […]

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The Drama of Two Adams

  Romans 5:12-21 (text); Genesis 2:15-17, 3:15; 1 Corinthians 15:22 May 3, 2015 (Pasig CRC) • April 26, 2015 (Trinity CRC) [wpdm_package id=’12513′]   Dear Congregation of Christ: This may come as a surprise to you, but did you know that all representative types of government are based on covenant theology? A federal government such […]

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Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man, Our Lord

  Romans 1:1-4 (text); Psalm 2:10-12; Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 13 September 28, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Dear People of God: Last Lord’s Day, we learned from Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 12 why Jesus is called “Christ,” which also means “Messiah.” This name means “Anointed One,” because the Messiah is God’s Anointed […]

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God’s Good Providence

  Nehemiah 9:6-8; Romans 8:28-30 (text); Acts 14:15-17; Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 10 August 31, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Dear People of God: Today, we often hear many people, including Christians, refer to chance, luck, fate, fortune, destiny. Especially in our songs: “Through the years, we all will be together, if the Fates […]

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“Your Only Comfort in Life and in Death”

  Isaiah 40:1-4; Jeremiah 31:10-13; Romans 14:7-9 (text) Pasig Covenant Reformed Church • June 15, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Congregation of Christ: Today, we start our study of the Heidelberg Catechism in our evening services. We begin with the circumstances leading to its writing. In a church in Germany, a couple of noblemen […]

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The Unbreakable Golden Chain: “To the Praise of His Glorious Grace”

If the Arminians did not draft their “Five Points of the Remonstrance,” there will be no “Five Points of Calvinism,” only what is taught in Scripture about God’s sovereign grace in our salvation.

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Calling and Discipling Joined to Ordinary Means

Matthew 28:18-20; Romans 10:13-17 (texts); Isaiah 55:1-3, 10-13 Canons of Dort III/IV Articles 12-17 © February 2, 2014 (ZCRC Pasig and Imus) • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved congregation of Christ: Last Lord’s Day, we learned from John 6 that no one can come to Christ unless the Father draws him. This is so because […]

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The Benefits of True Repentance: Transformation by the Spirit

Being “led” by the Spirit does not only mean being “guided” by the Spirit, but that the Spirit is actually leading the Christian to put to death his sinful passions and desires. The Spirit obligates and compels the Christian to holiness. When the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan, the Spirit did not suggest to Jesus to go to the wilderness. The Spirit “immediately drove him out into the wilderness.”

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“Abraham the Father of All Who Believe”

Believers-only baptism meant this to thousands of new Jewish converts to Christianity: as soon as they believed in Christ, their children, members of God’s own treasured people, became unclean, detestable pagans, cut off from God’s covenant promises. And not one of them dared question the apostles; they just sheepishly accepted this horrific fact.

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“The Son Fulfilled the Righteous Requirement of the Law”

Christ “became a curse” to redeem us from the “curse of the law” (Gal 3:13). He was “born under the law” to redeem us who were “under the law” (Gal 4:4-5).

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