All Nations Presbyterian Church: Afternoon Sermon Series

Last Sunday afternoon, we finished our sermon series considering our church’s core beliefs by thinking about the sacraments together. We saw that the sacraments are signs and seals of the gospel, pointing us to Jesus Christ and assuring us of God’s promises. In particular, baptism points us to Jesus’ work cleansing our hearts from sin and pouring out the Holy Spirit on God’s people. The Lord’s Sup...

Last Sunday afternoon, we continued our brief series on the key beliefs of our church by thinking about what it means to be Presbyterian from 1 Peter 5:1-5. In particular, we saw that a Presbyterian church is a church led by elders. Elders are spiritually mature men who point us to Jesus Christ, but elders are still just sinners saved by God’s grace. The role of our elders is to shepherd the flock...

Last Sunday afternoon, we continued our brief series on some of our core commitments as a church by hearing from 1 Corinthians 12 together. This passage reminds us that the church is made up of many different members with many different gifts, but together we form the one body of Jesus Christ. Although we are all different, God has saved us through the same Savior Jesus, and God has filled us with...

Last Sunday afternoon, we continued our short series thinking about our church’s membership questions by hearing from Ephesians 6:10-20 together. In this passage, Paul reminds us that we are in a spiritual war. We are not fighting against other human beings; we are fighting against Satan himself. How can we stand firm against such a strong foe? We can be strong in the Lord and in the strength of H...

Last Sunday afternoon, we continued our series on our church’s core beliefs by considering what a Christian is from Ephesians 2. In particular, we saw that all of us were spiritually dead sinners who followed the sinful desires of our heart and the lies of Satan instead of following God our Maker. As sinners, we all deserved God’s judgment. But God has saved us by grace alone through faith alone i...

Sunday afternoon we started a new sermon series exploring some of our key beliefs as a church by hearing about the Bible together from 2 Timothy 3:14-4:5. In particular, we saw that the Bible is God’s Word, completely true in all that it says. The Holy Spirit uses God’s Word to save us by showing us Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit also uses God’s Word to sanctify us by teaching us God’s will. We...

On Sunday afternoon, we looked at the opening verses of Galatians. We saw that Paul wanted his readers to be clear on the gospel, the most important news, the news that you need to believe in order to be saved. The gospel is all about Jesus, that He has saved us from sin by his death and resurrection. It is all about what Jesus has done for us, not what we do. This is the opposite of how our lives...

Last Sunday afternoon, we finished our series in Leviticus by hearing from Leviticus 26 together. This is a confronting chapter which shows us both God’s blessing for obedience and God’s curse for disobedience. We saw that while God’s blessing is unspeakably glorious, God’s curse is unspeakably terrible. Ultimately, all of us deserve God’s curse for our sins. Yet the wonder of the gospel is that J...

Last Sunday afternoon, we heard from Leviticus 23 together. This passage tells us about the different feasts on Israel’s calendar. We saw the major themes tying these feasts together were remembering God’s work, resting from our work, and worshipping God together. As Christians today, we no longer celebrate all these ancient feasts, but we do still celebrate the Christian Sabbath every single Sund...

Last Sunday afternoon, we heard from Leviticus 19 together. This chapter especially calls God’s people to be holy. We saw that holiness means obeying God’s commands and applying those commands to the specific circumstances of our lives. When we strive to love God completely and love our neighbor as ourselves, then we will inevitably live and act differently to the world around us. Ultimately, howe...

Last Sunday afternoon, we heard from Leviticus 12 together. This unusual chapter is especially about the birth of children. In particular, it reminds us that children are a wonderful gift from God, but childbirth is now painful and bloody because of Adam’s sin. Even more, it shows us the reality of original sin: because of Adam’s sin, we are born into this world sinful and deserving God’s wrath. Y...