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.
Share With God’s People
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.
Be Faithful in Prayer
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.
Be Patient in Affliction
We are helped to endure in affliction when we consider the relationship between spiritual maturity and endurance in affliction, the way in which God uses affliction for the spiritual growth of his people and the significance of the suffering of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Read Hebrews 12:1-12
Be Joyful in Hope
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
Never Be Lacking In Zeal
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
Honour One Another Above Yourselves
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
Be Devoted to One Another in Brotherly Love
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
Hate What is Evil; Cling to What is Good
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
Love Must Be Sincere
Love can only be understood in the light of the love of God shown through the cross of Jesus Christ. The call to love with sincerity teaches us that God calls us to consider our motives as we show love to others. We can only love with sincerity when we have received the love of God to us.
Read Romans 12:9