This sermon looks at the significance of the birth of Christ in the light of the wonderful promises of the Old Testament which spoke of the glorious future that is the goal of God’s plan of salvation and the pivotal role that Christ would play in that plan.
Read Luke 2:1-20
This sermon focuses on the idea that God made Moses like God to Pharaoh. This idea is related to the fact that God made man in his image to represent him in ruling the creation. Jesus Christ fulfilled this perfectly. Christians are in Christ and thus called be like him and represent him as he pursues his goal of the coming of the kingdom of God.
This sermon considers the nature of hope, the effect of the fall on hope, the gospel and hope and how Jesus Christ helps Christians be joyful in hope while dealing with disappointments and hardship.
Read Romans 15:1-13
Text: Romans 12:12
This sermon considers what our lives will look like if we are zealous in serving the Lord. It considers a number of hindrances to zeal and finally shows how Jesus Christ, through the gospel, enables us to grow in zeal.
Read Romans 12:11
Genealogies in Scripture show us that the characters and stories in the Bible are historical and they show us how God works through families and generations. This genealogy focuses on the line of Aaron as an early indication that God had chosen Aaron and his descendants for the priesthood. Hebrews 7 shows us that the Aaronic priesthood was not sufficient to truly deal with our sins and so Jesus was not of the line of Aaron but of the order of Melchizedek.
Read Exodus 6:13-27
In order to keep this command we need to understand our own self-centeredness and repent of it. When we are humbled before the Lord and receive his full acceptance in Jesus Christ we will be in a position to honour one another above ourselves.
Read Romans 12:10
The way that Moses questions God shows that God allows us to question him when we cannot understand how God is dealing with us. God’s answer, however, shows that the help that we need in difficulties is not answers, but the promises that he has already given.
Read Exodus 5:22-6:12
This text shows that not only are we to seek the good of our fellow believers, we are also called to be warm and affectionate towards them. The love within the body of Christ is to be like the love within a close knit family.
Read Romans 12:10
This passage shows how the effect of God’s saving work may sometimes result in suffering for God’s people. When Moses told Pharaoh to let the people of Israel go and worship God, the immediate result was more suffering.
Read Exodus 5:1-21
This sermon looks at good and evil in the light of the creation and fall and God's plan of salvation in which he is hating evil and clinging to what is good. Are call to hate evil and cling to what is good must be understood as a call to participate in God's work of redemption.
Read Romans 12:9
