Emmanuel Community Church Sermons

In this sermon, pastor Matt shows us that God’s purpose in the redemption of his people is the praise of his name. For he not only opens our eyes to his glory and our ears to his gospel that we might repent and believe, but that we might be fearless witnesses of his grace in Christ.

. In this sermon, Pastor Joel shows how scripture identifies all of God's attributes with Jesus Christ. Jesus is both the Lamb of God and the Lion of Judah; the anointed suffering servant and the man of war who brings about absolute justice and salvation. Seeing our God and savior, Jesus Christ, for who He truly is results in a new song of praise and worship from the ends of the earth and everywhe...

In this sermon, pastor Keith walks through the text answering the question “Who can contend?” in two ways. First, who can contend with God? No one. Second, who can contend with this broken idolatrous world? God’s Anointed One. He answers those two questions with the two “beholds” of the text. First, “Behold, idols are nothing.” Second, “Behold, my servant.” When we answer our two questions of “who...

In chapter 40, Isaiah established the fundamental principles about God to assure Israel of God’s power and eagerness to save them. Now in chapter 41, Isaiah brings these principles into clearer focus. This section begins and ends with God addressing the nations, but in between is a lengthy section of comfort and reassurance given to God's weak and weary people, a word we need to hear today. In thi...

Isaiah 40 brings us good news of God's comfort by showing us a stunning vision of God's glory. And Isaiah concludes by bringing these truths to bear on God's forgetful and doubtful people in order to give us hope. In this sermon, pastor Matt explains that the God of all comfort and unrivaled glory is a God worth waiting for. He is the God of endurance and the God of hope, whose power and grace are...

In this sermon, pastor Matt once again explains that the comfort from God that we need is found under the saving rule of Christ. And this comfort is the good news of beholding God in all his glory, most clearly seen in Jesus, the King who is both a mighty warrior and gentle shepherd.

Though God’s people had failed to keep the covenant and would one day find themselves living as exiles in Babylon, God had not forgotten his promises. He remained faithful to the covenant, and in his wrath remembered mercy. Isaiah 40 is the word of comfort that God speaks to his defeated, and faithless people. And […]

In this sermon, as we begin the second half of Isaiah (chs. 40-66), pastor Matt shows us that the comfort from God that we need is found under the saving rule of Christ. For only King Jesus has entered into the despair of our world, dealt with the problem of our sin, and made possible the joy of our salvation.

In this sermon, pastor Matt preaches that the Lord alone is worthy to be praised for his acts of salvation and judgment. Psalm 98 is a beautiful illustration of the link found all throughout Scripture between the joy of experiencing salvation with the response of singing songs of praise.

In this sermon, preached at our candlelight service, pastor Joel looks at the song of the Angels from Luke's gospel and reminds us of the simple yet profound truth that God acts and creation reacts in praise. The true and historical account of the birth of Jesus is ultimately one of God's action to reconcile humanity to himself, and all creation's reaction to him in praise and wonder.

As Zechariah's Benedictus begins, he blesses God for who he is and what he has done. Instead of focusing on the miraculous birth of his own son, which pointed to the Messiah's advent, he rejoices instead that the Lord has visited and redeemed his people. Now, in the second half of this song, Zechariah mentions his son, John, and affirms what the angel had told him about John’s calling and ministry...

In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that the gospel of Jesus reveals how God is able, merciful, and faithful to save. We are to bless God for in Christ, he has accomplished our redemption, kept his promises, and made the way for us to serve him without fear.

In the second half the Magnificat, Mary moves to general reasons for magnifying God that not only apply to Mary but to the generations who see themselves as lowly like the mother of our Lord. So today, we transition our eyes from the Lord of Mary to the Lord of many. In this sermon, pastor Keith considers once again how God alone is worthy to be magnified, looking at how God resists the proud, rev...

For the Advent season in 2022 we are looking the songs sung by Mary, Zechariah, and the Angels which accompanied the birth of Christ. In this sermon pastor Keith considers Mary's song, traditionally known as the Magnificat, and the personal reasons Mary had for rejoicing in God. What we will see is that God alone is worthy to be magnified for the great things he has done and that this news is caus...

In this sermon, pastor Matt reminds us that God is to be praised for his wisdom and power revealed in the good news of Jesus. Doxology is not only how Paul concludes his letter explaining the gospel of God; doxology is to be the response of all those who hear the gospel and behold the glorious Christ.

From Paul’s final exhortations we learn something about what a healthy Christian community looks like. We learn that a healthy church is one that strives to remain faithful to and united in the gospel. And in order to help the church remain united and obedient to the truth, Paul gives the church: a warning about false teachers, a promise of victory, and a prayer for grace

In this sermon, instead of spending time on conjecture about this list of names, pastor Matt helps us see that the manifold wisdom and saving power of God is made known through the church of Christ. More than just providing a portrait of the church at Rome, Paul's greetings reveal what God has done through the gospel of his Son in Rome, and what he continues to do in the world today.

In this sermon, pastor Matt explains that the church is where the blessing of Christ is known and where the glory of God is made known. This happens as the saints experience the peace of God, encourage one another in the faith, and contend together for the sake of the gospel.

In this sermon, pastor Matt helps us see that the gospel claims the whole world for Christ that all nations might be glad in him. And Paul’s goal in life, as a minister of God’s gospel, should be our aim as well: that the glory of the risen Christ, the King of kings, might be the glory of the nations.

In this sermon, pastor Keith reminds us that our God is glorified when we welcome one another in Christ, just as we have been welcomed by him.

As chapter 15 begins, Paul continues his discussion of the strong and weak reminding the strong to bear with the weak and not please themselves. Just like our Lord Jesus, we must use our strength to serve others and not ourselves. In this sermon pastor Joel helps us see that humbly serving others, in accord with Christ, harmonizes our lives and voices to glorify God, and that our Triune God works...

In this sermon, pastor Matt continues to teach how Christians are to enjoy their gospel freedoms in a way that keeps their fellow kingdom citizens from stumbling. To do this, we must not only consider the cross of Christ and the kingdom of God, but the goal of edification and the conduct of faith.

In this sermon, pastor Matt helps us see that Christians are to enjoy their gospel freedoms in a way that keeps their fellow kingdom citizens from stumbling. For true Christian liberty means the freedom to lay our rights and preferences aside in loving service to Christ and his blood-bought church.

This week, pastor Matt reminds us again that that Christians are to love and accept all those whom God has accepted at the Lord’s table. For in the end, it is our Lord Jesus to whom we all belong in life and in death, and he is the one to whom we all must give account.

In this sermon, pastor Matt begins to show us that Christians are to love and accept all those whom God has accepted at the Lord’s table. For when our view of those who belong to Christ is based on God’s view of them, the result is a church characterized not by worldly strife but joy and peace.