Category: Sermons
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God is Our Refuge, Strength and Help
What are we to fear when Immanuel, God with us, dwells among us? Nothing! Not even wars and the worst economic crisis in history are to shake our foundations… In that heavenly city of God, there will be no more wars and no more economic crises.
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“A Dry Tree Made New in the Water of Baptism”
Just as the eunuch could look to the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, so we too may look up to Jesus, and on the basis of what He has done in our place, we too may come before the Father holy and undefiled; we too may take our seat among the assembly of the LORD.…
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“Good News in the Year of the Lord’s Favor”
When Christ first came preaching good news, he inaugurated “the year of the Lord’s favor.” When will this “year” end? When he returns from heaven to usher in the eternal Sabbath rest, the eternal jubilee of rest.
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“The Glory of the Lord has Risen Upon You”
In the midst of our difficult pilgrimage in this present darkness, look expectantly to the brightness of the coming Light of the world, Christ who will bring everlasting righteousness, justice, peace, and glory to all believers who persevere with rejoicing in the faith to the end.
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God’s True Covenant People Are Not Pretenders
If Isaiah were alive today, he would call prosperity gospel preachers and most televangelists and megachurch pastors blind, ignorant, useless, greedy and insatiable dogs, just as he called the false shepherds of Israel “silent dogs” who are blind, without knowledge, and who have never enough.
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Jesus the Extreme Street Preacher
“Think positively, because I’m here to talk with you and walk with you along life’s narrow way. Give me all your tears of sadness and all your years of pain, and you’ll enter into life in my name. By being strong-willed, you will be able to overcome the obstacles of a long and winding, dry…
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“God Sent Forth His Son”
In the fullness of time, when the earthly stage was perfectly set up for this great drama of redemption, God the Father proclaimed to the heavenly council, “It is time!†And so the Son of God came down to earth as a lowly human infant, “born of woman, born under the law.â€
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The Holy One Bore God’s Wrath But Did Not See Corruption
The writer of Hebrews tells us that Christ qualifies to be our eternal High Priest because he has “the power of an indestructible life†(Heb 7:16).
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Immanuel: Born of Woman a True and Righteous Man
God dwelt with his people in the Tabernacle and Temple, and he dwells with his people now through the Holy Spirit. In fact, in all the texts that we studied, the word for “dwell†comes from the same word for “tabernacle,†God’s dwelling place with his people in the wilderness.
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Chosen, Not to Be Frozen, But …
Our Lord Jesus says that there is no “frozen chosen,” because he has chosen you and ordained you to bear much fruit. Instead, you are the “brazen chosenâ€: bold, zealous and fiery in bearing good fruit for Christ.