Tag: Genesis 17

  • “Abraham the Father of All Who Believe”

    “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…

  • Abraham and His Household: Chosen by God

    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…

  • Summary Points on Christian Baptism (Updated)

    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.

  • “Abraham the Father of All Who Believe”

    “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.