Trinity PCA Sermons

"Too Light a Thing" Isaiah 49:1-6 July 5, 2020 - Reverend Brennan McCafferty

“The Power of the Word of God” Psalm 19 June 28, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. Why God’s Word is necessary (1-6; Rom 1:18-20; 10:14-17) 1. Importance of creation (1-6; Rom 1:18-20) 2. Inadequacy of creation (Rom 10:14-17) II. Why we must listen to and obey God’s Word (7-9; 2 Tim 3:16-17) 1. Because of what it is (7-9) 2. Because of what it tells us (A) Our need for a Redeemer (12-13) (B) The pro...

“The Sovereign and Redemptive Reign of the King” - Psalm 2 June 21, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. The world hates the King (1-3) II. The King’s sovereign and redemptive plan is not stopped (4-9) 1. The King is sovereign (4-6) 2. The plan is sovereign and redemptive (7-9) (A) Sovereign (9) (B) Redemptive (7-8; 2b; ) III. There is a call to embrace the King (10-12) 1. The call (10-12a) 2. There is...

“What Are You Going to Do with Revelation? Part 3” Revelation 22:16-21 June 14, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. Call to come to Jesus (16, 17b-19) 1. Warning (18-19; Deut 4) 2. Welcome (16, 17b) (A) Who he is (16; Isa 11; Num 24) (B) What he does (17b; Isa 55) (C) What we must do (17b) II. Call to Jesus to come quickly (17a, 20-21) 1. The longing is appropriate (17a, 20) 2. The longing is helpful...

“We Will Not Fear Though the Earth Gives Way” Psalm 46 June 7, 2020 — Mr. Steve Johnson

“What Are You Going to Do with Revelation? Part 2” Revelation 22:10-16 May 31, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. Remember who you are (14-15; 7:13-14) II. Live like who you are (11-13; Eph 2:8-10; Gal 2:16, 3:10-14; Rom 5)

“What Are You Going to Do with Revelation? Part 1” Revelation 22:6-9 May 24, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. Hear & obey God’s Word (6-7) 1. Reason (6) (A) It is true (2 Tim 3:16a; 1 John 1:1-4; Luke 1:1-4) (B) It is trustworthy (2 Tim 3:16b-17; Ps 19:7-11) 2. Result (7; 1:3) II. Worship rightly (8-9) 1. How not to do it (8-9a) 2. How to do it (9b) III. Be motivated properly (all of Rev!; 22:4...

“The Meaning and Purpose of Life” Revelation 21:22-27 May 10, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. What will it be like? (22-23, 25, 27a) 1. To be in the immediate presence of the Lord means... 2. Uniqueness of Christianity II. What will we be doing? (24, 26; Isa 60) III. Who will be there? (8, 27) 1. Who won’t get in? (8, 27a) 2. Who will get in? (27b; 1 Cor 6:9-11) Sermon Video: https://youtu.be/_DAY...

“The New Jerusalem and Bride of the Lamb” Revelation 21:9-21 May 3, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I.  The city is safe (10-12, 15-17) 1. Measured (15-17) 2. Guarded (12; cf. 25-27) 3. Filled (10-11; cf. 3) II.  The city is beautiful (11, 16, 18-21) 1. In its shape (11, 16) 2. In its shine (11, 18-21) III.  The city is you (9-10, 12-14, 19-20) 1. The holy city is the...

“Move out! - The King’s Parameters” Matthew 28:16-20 April 26, 2020 — Mr. Michael Johnson Sermon Video: https://www.periscope.tv/tpcrochester/1MnxnQEypjVJO

“All Things Being Made New” Revelation 21:1-8 April 19, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. By whom? (2, 5-7) 1. God the faithful (7) 2. God the trustworthy & true (5) 3. God the sovereign (6) II. How? (1-4) 1. By renewing (1) 2. By intimate communion (2-3) 3. By establishing biblical diversity (3) 4. By removing all sadness & death (4) III. For whom? (7-8) 1. Who it is not for (8) 2. Who it i...

“No Fear of The Two Deaths” Revelation 20:6,14-15; 1 Corinthians 15:12-22, 50-57 I.  Christians have no fear of the 2nd death 1. What is the 2nd death? (14) 2. Why is there no fear for Christians? (6; 1 Cor 15:12-22, 50-57) II.  Christians have no fear of the 1st death 1. What is the 1st death? (21:4, 8; Phil 1:21-23) 2. Why is there no fear for Christians? (11-15; Heb 9:27)...

“Hope and Warning” Revelation 20 April 5, 2020 — Reverend Chris Harper I. Hope and encouragement for those in Christ 1. Because Christ is reigning now through his Church (1-6; 12:1-6) (A) Power on earth (1-3) (B) Power in heaven (4-6) 2. Because Satan will be defeated in the future (3b, 7-10) 3. Because there is no fear of judgment forevermore (6, 11-15) II. Final warning for tho...

I.   Wedding feast (6-10) 1. What is the context? 2. Who are the participants? (7-8; John 1:29; Eph 5:32; Rev 21:9ff) 3. What are they doing? (9) 4. What is this a picture of?    II.   Funeral feast (11-21) 1. The Warrior (11-16) (A) How he is described (11-16) (B) What he is called (11-16; John 1:1ff) 2. The war (17-21) (A) Defeat is fast (19-21) (B) Defeat is definitive (17-1...

The Fall of Babylon and the Hope of God's People Revelation 18 Reverend Chris Harper   I. Life is fragile (1-3, 10)   II. The end is coming (9-19, 21-24; Jer 51) 1. It is a certainty (1-3) 2. It will be a time of great loss (9-19, 21-24; Jer 51) 3. It will be sudden (10b, 19b) 4. It will be forever (21)   So…..(4)   III. There is still hope (20; 19:1; 2 Pet 3:11-13)

Indispensable 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 March 15, 2020                                                            &nbs...

How Should We Then Live?, Revelation 17 Reverend Chris Harper, March 8, 2020   I. Who are the prostitute and beast? (1-15, 18) 1. Prostitute (1-6, 15, 18) (A) How described? (B) Who is she?   2. Beast (3b, 7-14) (A) How described? (B) What is it?   II. What happens to the prostitute and beast? (14, 16-17) 1. To the prostitute (16) 2. To the beast (8, 12b, 14, 17)   III. How sho...

Cup of Wrath vs. Cup of Blessing, Revelation 16 March 1, 2020                                                          &...

Responding to the Gospel - Baptism, Acts 16:25-40  February 23, 2020, Reverend Chris Harper I. The story (16-29) 1. The girl – demon-possessed & taken advantage of (16-18) 2. The response of the town (19-22) 3. In jail but not without hope (23-25) 4. A severe earthquake and trembling fear (26-29)   II. The response (30-34) 1. A most important question and a simple yet profound...

Another Great and Amazing Sign in Heaven, Revelation 15 February 9, 2020, Reverend Chris Harper   I. Sovereign judgment (1, 5-8) 1. When? 2. What?   II. Song of jubilee (2-4) 1. By whom? (2; 4:6) 2. About what? (3-4; Ex 15) (A) God’s faithfulness (3a; Ex 15) (B) God’s sovereignty (3) (C) God’s justice & truth (3b) (D) God’s holiness (4a) (E) God’s great...

There Is No Need for Judgment When Your Hope Is in Jesus  Revelation 14:6-20, Reverend Chris Harper, February 2, 2020                                                          I. Warning (6-11) 1. When? 2. What? (A) Indifference (6-7) (B) Immorality (...

Open Your Eyes and See Things from Heaven's Perspective      Revelation 14:1-5 January 26, 2020                                                                    Reverend Chris Harper I. Identity of the Lamb (1; 5:...

The Counterfeit "trinity", Revelation 13:1-14:5  January 19, 2020, Reverend Chris Harper   I. What is the beast of the sea? (1-10; Daniel 7)  1. How it is described  2. What it meant for 1st century Christians  3. What it means for 21st century Christians   II. What is the beast of the land? (11-18) 1. How it is described 2. What it meant for 1st century Christia...

Drama, Declaration, and Doxology, Revelation 12 January 12, 2020, Reverend Chris Harper I. Drama of redemptive history (1-17) 1. Act 1 (1-6) 2. Act 2 (7-17) II. Declaration of our freedom & protection (10-17) 1. Freedom (10-11) 2. Protection (13-17) III. Doxology of God’s people & danger for everyone else (12) 1. Doxology for God’s people (12a) 2. Danger for everyone else (12b)