Christ Church Fareham Sermons

This chapter encourages us to remember and declare that God's perfect plan is always being outworked. Both in good and bad circumstances we can trust in a faithful God! Let us focus on God the one who sustains and is worthy of our praise.  It also includes an invitation to a majestic feast. The feast of the Lamb of God, Jesus himself. A feast that has us dwell on what Jesus has done for us, ho...

This chapter speaks of how our human behaviour has corrupted the good creation God made. Therefore, a righteous God, must deliver judgement in response to this corrupt and sinful behaviour. Yet, intertwined within this chapter of judgement to come, is a joyful and hopeful song. This is the song sung by those within the everlasting covenant. They will be spared judgement because of the beautiful, s...

It is clear from these verses that no-one except the Father knows when the world will end with Jesus' return! And perhaps this is the wrong question to ask. Instead a better question is how can we be ready for when it does? Five ways we can be ready are outlined in these verses. Firstly, we can be obedient to God, his laws, commands, and instructions. Secondly, we can stay awake and be alert n...

This sermon unpacks the double fulfilment of these verses. There is one area of fulfilment to be found in the destruction of the temple in 70ad. But there is also future fulfilment to be found and completed when Christ returns.  There is lots going on in our world today, earthquakes, famines, wars, and rumours of wars. But these verses encourage us to not be alarmed as the end is not yet and we wi...

This follow up sermon is grounded in the secure foundation that as Christians we are called to be generous with our finances because the God we follow has been so incredibly generous to us! Our financial generosity is an outworking of the amazing grace we have generously been lavished with.  It isn't about giving a set amount or percentage. But instead following biblical instructions to give g...

This sermon outlines Jesus' seven declarations of woe on the Pharisees. For those that give themselves to these behaviours the dire ending will be eternity in hell separated from God. However, this sermon is also addressed to his disciples, and acts as a sobering reminder of how the disciples of Jesus should live. It ends with Jesus' love filled plea that anyone with ears may hear and turn...

Our starting point with these verses should be acknowledging we have all failed to follow this most important commandment. For none of us, can honestly say that we have loved God first, in every moment of our lives. This acknowledgement should lead us to do two things. Firstly, it should drive us to run to Jesus Christ, for the mercy & grace that is freely on offer, because of his death and re...

After Jesus criticises the Jewish rulers, they try to trap him with questions. But Jesus shows his divine genius in answering these questions and teaching us about human government, the resurrection and giving God our entire lives.

This parable contains an invitation to the greatest ever wedding celebration there will ever be! This is a wedding that joins God the Son with his Bride the global Church. All of this is put on by the Father out of love for his beloved Son.  Yet, there are warnings against those that reject this invitation. Firstly, there is warning against those who reject the invitation because they hate Gods se...

This sermon begins by reminding us that all the possessions and money we have belong to God. He alone is the owner and we are only stewards of the resources we are blessed with in this life. However, stewardship comes with responsibility, to steward it well! Jeff unpacks from scripture the fatal consequences of making money our master. Are our decisions driven by hoarding and accruing riches? Are...

This sermon unpacks how the path of the wise embraces discipline and reproof. Despite, our earthly experiences, discipline & reproof when understood & applied appropriately are wonderful mercies and grace given by God to enrich our lives. Primarily, discipline and reproof are exercised by God. He does this to those he loves and delights in. So, that we might rid our lives of the rubbish we...

Secular society in the United Kingdom is filled with a narrative about sex. This being we should get as much of it as we can, with whoever we can, for our own self-gratification and fulfilment. This sermon shows this narrative to be untrue and explores the appropriate place for the joyful gift of sex. It firstly looks at the foolish path with sex. This is to be seduced and tempted into committing...

This sermon focuses on the role of the wife in a marriage. Particularly, that wives are called to submit to their husbands.  Jeff begins by demonstrating that submission is a clear biblical theme. This spans into all of creation from the trinitarian God, to marriages, to families, and working relationships. Submission when done well and appropriately is a Godly & good thing. For a wife to subm...

This sermon proclaims the wise truth from within this chapter that it is better to have righteousness than riches. For we cannot take our wealth and riches into eternity with us. However, righteousness is obtained only through faith in Jesus Christ, and through grace alone which means we will obtain the greatest prize of knowing God for all eternity.  There are multiple symptoms that might identif...

This sermon introduces the purpose of Proverbs, that everyone, young or old or somewhere in between, may know wisdom! And that this process of knowing and acquiring wisdom will continue across a lifetime.  We see in this chapter a description of the two paths we can choose between in life, the path of foolishness, and the path of wisdom. The helpful imagery within this chapter allows us to see tha...

The first 10 minutes of Duncan's sermon wasn't recorded this week. We're really sorry about that.  Here are a few sentences summarising what you missed. 1. Isaiah 59:1 says "Behold, the LORD's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear" This verse presents to us a God who saves and a God who hears us when we pray. 2. But there's a...

This sermon focuses on the glorious future that awaits all who believe and have placed their faith in Jesus Christ. The eternal hope believers share helps us persevere in challenging times and live joyfully knowing what awaits. The new heavens and earth will replace all that is bad in this life. There will be no more evil, sin, suffering or mourning. Not only will these things cease but God will i...

John, inspired by the Holy Spirit tells his readers they can know they have eternal life. Do you have that assurance of salvation and, if so, what ought your life look like as a consequence?

Clive begins this sermon by outlining the remarkable freedom upon which Jesus lived his life on earth. Jesus lived every day knowing the divine love of God the Father. Nothing compared to this and Jesus lived freely in this love. The amazing truth of these verses is that through our relationship with Jesus we can also know this love. God the Father pours out his love on his Son and this love is po...

Christians are instructed to love another with a unique love that only originates from God. This selfless, perfect love is God and was demonstrated in Jesus the Son of God's death on the cross whilst we were still sinners. Therefore, how can Christians not want to imitate this unique love especially within the Church. As Christians do this it reflects this unique love to those who do not yet k...

The warning within these verses comes from a foundation of love. Firstly, Gods love for his children. Secondly, John the authors love for his brothers & sisters who he doesn't want to see fall into believing these falsehoods. These verses contain two warnings. Firstly, that there are spirits operating that are not to believed. Secondly, these spirits should be tested to establish whether t...

This sermon focuses on the role of the husband in a marriage. Husbands are instructed to lead their wives offering protection, provision, nurture and love. From the very first marriage of Adam & Eve this clearly defined role was established and Adam was held accountable for not fulfilling it. A husbands leadership should be modelled on the perfect example of Jesus. He used his leadership to su...

This sermon expounds the wonderful, life giving truth that Jesus Christ is a loving saviour. He is the definition of love and this was displayed in his death on the cross. He alone felt the cost and price of salvation for all who believe in him. We must never lose the wonder of how amazing it is we can know his love personally through his grace.  Following Christ's perfect sacrifice we are the...

In this introductory sermon Jeff outlines the theological bedrock of marriage, as first displayed in Genesis 2, that it should be God centred. The joining of one man and woman imitates the union of Jesus Christ and his bride the church. It is through imitating Jesus' sacrificial, mercy and grace filled love that we achieve the purpose of marriage to bring glory to God. For when we mutually rem...

This sermon expounds two fundamental Christian truths within these verses. Firstly, that Jesus will return triumphantly at the second coming. This is not just a future hope but also helps transform us to be more like him as we await his return. Secondly, that for those who have faith in Jesus Christ we are children of God. We are adopted into his family and placed permanently into our new identity...