God claimed all the firstborn sons of his people as a reminder that the whole people belonged to him because he had redeemed them from slavery in Egypt. As those delivered from spiritual slavery by the blood of Christ we also belong to God. This has profound implications for our lives.
Read Exodus 13:1-16
This passage shows Jesus showing mercy to a very unpleasant person. We will meet people like that in our evangelism and mercy ministry. We need to understand that because of or sin we are like this man in some ways and be motivated by the love of Jesus to us.
Read John 5:1-15
In this passage, John shows us two different responses to Jesus. The first is an interest in Jesus for his miracles. The second comes to see Jesus as the Christ, the Son of God and believes in him for salvation.
Read John 4:43-54
In this passage God delivers his people from Egypt. The sermon considers the insights that the passage gives us for the Christian life which is also rooted in a divine deliverance from bondage.
Read Exodus 12:31-51
This sermon focuses on baptism as Jesus instituted it in the great commission. The covenantal context of this passage, the meaning of discipleship and the role of baptism are all considered.
Read Matthew 28:1-20
This sermon examines the relationship between the gospel and hospitality and three goals of hospitality, helping the needy, deepening the unity of the church and witnessing to Jesus Christ.
This sermons considers Paul’s exhortation to share with God’s people in need in the light of Romans 12:1 which says that we are to offer our bodies as sacrifices to God in view of God’s mercy.
A look at the meaning of the plagues in their own context as well as the theme of God using his creation in both judgment and salvation in the rest of Scripture.
Read Exodus 7:14-24
This sermon deals with the flow of thought in this passage, its relationship to baptism and how it is to be understood in the light of the theology of infant baptism.
Read Romans 6:1-4
In exploring this exhortation to be faithful in prayer, this sermon considers the close relationship between prayer and the gospel, the content of prayer and the need to be persistent in prayer.
