Series
Rev. Jerry Hamstra
The Book of Esther
The Book of Esther
Sermons
Rev. Jerry Hamstra
Introduction to Acts
Introduction to Acts

Sermons

The Person of the Holy Spirit, Part 1

Where do we look for the revelation of the Spirit?  Not at our lives, or the life of the church; we look to Jesus.  God the Father anointed Jesus with the oil, figurative for the Holy Spirit.  Isaiah's songs about the Messiah told this: the Father says, behold my servant, my elect one, I have put my Spirit upon him.  He taught in the Spirit, offered himself as our sacrifice through the Spirit, and did great works in the Spirit.  Yes, he had the Holy Spirit, and to know the Spirit then we look to Jesus.  So let us look to the life of our Lord Jesus Christ to understand the Spirit. This morning we will discover the person of the Spirit in connection with Jesus Christ's incarnation, his growing up years, and his adult ministry.  We will find as the Spirit was with Jesus Christ, so he is with us.

Read Luke 2:39-52

Faith, and Frowning Providences

Christ never promised a life free from trials and difficulties. William Cowper refered to these as the "frowning providences" of God. In Ruth chapter 1, we see three people facing these "frowning providences." Elimelech, in a spirit of distrust turns his back on the covenant God and redemption. Naomi's decision making isn't above reproach either. It is Ruth, one outside the covenant, who leads the way as she grasps hold in true faith to the God of redemption.

Read Ruth 1

Where are the Prophets? - Romans 12:6b

This sermons seeks to understand God's Word to us today in Paul's exhortation to prophets to exercise their gift. It looks at the nature and purpose of prophecy in the Bible, the cessation of prophecy after the closing of the NT canon and the contemporary relevance of this exhortation.

Read Deuteronomy 18:14-22;
Joel 2:28-32;
Romans 12:3-8
Text: Romans 12:6b