Tag: Abraham
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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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From Captives to Sons
Galatians 3:7-9, 22-27 (text); Genesis 15:1-6 May 10, 2015 (Pasig Covenant Reformed Church and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church) [wpdm_package id=’12530′] This is why they are often called “Judaizers.†Because of these false teachers, there was confusion and division within the church. Among Paul’s letters to the churches, this letter to the Galatians is the…
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“To Remember His Holy Covenant”
Psalm 105:8, 9; Luke 1:72-75 (text) December 14, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Dear Congregation of Christ: Last Lord’s Day, we began our study of the Song of Zechariah in Luke Chapter 1. Zechariah prophesied that “a horn of salvation†promised by the prophets of old would come to visit and redeem God’s people.…
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Will the True Israel Please Stand?
Download PDF article Most evangelicals believe that the nation Israel today continues to be God’s chosen people. This is why they would always support the policies of Israel, believing that they have to lest God’s curse descend on them. But is this what Holy Scripture teaches? Let us look at what the Bible actually…
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Abraham and His Household: Chosen by God
Genesis 18:18-19 (text); Acts 16:31-34 * Download this sermon (PDF) Trinity Covenant Reformed Church (Imus, Cavite) * June 8, 2014 Introduction Congregation of Christ: Our text this morning is part of a long narrative of events leading to the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah in Genesis 18-19. The LORD first appears to Abraham “by the…
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The Only Son Blesses All the Nations
Be comforted with these words, “He who did not spare his own Son but gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? (Rom 8:32)
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Summary Points on Christian Baptism (Updated)
Baptism is not a Christian’s public profession of his own decision to believe in Christ (a truly Arminian idea), but the sign and seal of Christ’s own work of washing of a sinner to save him.
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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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Treasures, Hearts, Tithes
The pre-eminent example of a rich person is Christ himself, of whom Paul says, “though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.”
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Why Obey the Voice of the Lord
In many evangelical churches, pastors invite unbelievers to become Christians so that they may reap material blessings from God. Very few call on the congregation to listen to the voice of God and to seek after righteousness given by Christ.