Christ Church Fareham Sermons

This sermon encourages us to identify and refute false teaching that seeks to distort the glorious truth about Jesus' divinity and his essential role as the Messiah. We must be alert to these attempts of deception and especially when they come from those that were formerly brothers & sisters in Christ.  In contrast, for those that have confessed Jesus as their Lord and Saviour we have an e...

This sermon from these verses in John is unsurprisingly all about love! Firstly, the love of Christ for us. This love expressed in Jesus laying down his life, taking upon himself the righteous wrath of God for our sins, so that we might share in this loving Union. God the Father delights to accept this sacrifice from the Son. Secondly, we are called to imitate Jesus' sacrificial love, laying d...

This sermon declares that God Is Light! He is Light because he shines perfect truth and revelation into a dark world. God is also Light because he is morally perfect, without fault, and lavishes this goodness abundantly upon us. These truths about Gods character are embodied in Jesus Christ and shine winsomely into the whole world. Therefore, we are invited to follow Jesus, and walk in the Light....

This sermon reminds us that Jesus Christ is the precious Word Of Life. Jesus gives us earthly life by creating us, spiritual life through his death & resurrection, and eternal life through faith in him. The Word Of Life has existed from the beginning of time along with the Father and Spirit. He has also manifested himself to humanity. Indeed 1 John is authored by a witness who spent time with...

Duncan speaks on the significance of the cross to Christians at Easter. The cross signifies the moment that Jesus who knew no sin, took the punishment we deserved for all the sins we have done in our lives. Yet, this beautiful exchange goes further still, with those who believe in him, receiving his righteousness! Therefore, the event of the cross, for all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savio...

This chapter illustrates the persecution Christians have and will face for boldly proclaiming the good news of Jesus Christ. The Apostles and we today shouldn't be surprised by this, Jesus himself suffered persecution in the most severe way, and forewarned that whoever shall follow him will also suffer persecution. Yet, like the Apostles, the Holy Spirit filling us anew provides us with a bold...

This sermon encourages Christians to live Spirit filled lives, all of the time! Jeff encourages us to be attuned to the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of every believer and that which glorifies Jesus in our lives. The outworking of this will look different for every believer and there is no perfect example to copy.  This passage demonstrates one impact living a Spirit filled life has, it leads us...

The Holy Spirit is the third person of the trinitarian God. Therefore, the Holy Spirit is not simply someone to be experienced, but a person to be known relationally. Duncan draws out from this passage some of the ways the Holy Spirit worked amongst the believers in Acts 2 and continues to do so amongst believers today. The Holy Spirit works in power, through the gifts of tongues, prophecy, dreams...

Duncan reminded us that the Holy Spirit has been given to us to continue the good work that Jesus began. This is the same Holy Spirit that was co-working with Jesus throughout his ministry. Therefore, we should be invigorated and excited by the good work yet to be done.   The Holy Spirit came to empower the Apostles and does the same for us today. This is not a one time anointing of the Spiri...

John outlines this is a significant chapter for all Christians as it reminds us our identity is to be firmly found In Christ! Therefore, everything that Jesus has we have in him. This is the means by which we have every spiritual blessing which this chapter unpacks. Some of these amazing spiritual blessings that we experience now are that God has chosen us, made us holy & blameless, adopted us...

This passage reminds us that we are in the middle of a battle between the flesh and the Spirit. These two things are actively working against each other. We cannot remain neutral in this battle and must pick a side because the stakes have eternal consequences. So, how do we know what side we are on? We can be assured that we live by the Spirit if we have accepted Jesus into our lives and the free...

This sermon addresses one of the most significant events in the bible. The story of Adam & Eve and the fall in the Garden of Eden.   We were reminded from this chapter the way in which Satan through the serpent tempted Adam & Eve to sin. He subverted and twisted the commands that God had actually given them. This is still how Satan works today and therefore we must know Gods Word to b...

This chapter declares that all humans have been made in the image of God. Therefore, we all carry in some way a mental, social and moral imprint as a result of this. This of course was tarnished by Genesis 3 and the fall which we will look at next week. However, this is the reason Jesus came to earth, the perfect created man in the image of God, who remained untarnished, so that we could be restor...

The creation story confirms Gods supreme Lordship over the heavens and the earth. It also confirms his supreme Lordship over everything created to exist within the heavens and the earth as described in this chapter. We were encouraged to spend time meditating on Gods creation and marvelling at the amazing power at the disposal of the creator. For who else has the power to create with their words,...

In this passage we see a righteously, angry Jesus, so it is important to ask what drove him to feel and behave like this? We were reminded that the temple, from the Garden of Eden up until this time had always been the place where Gods people, would intimately encounter his presence and glory through worship. So, Jesus reacts to the incursion of commerce, greed and self-interest into this most hol...

We were reminded and encouraged that God chooses to store the valuable treasure of himself within broken, vulnerable & weak individuals. God does this in his mercy and grace to demonstrate his unsurpassable power.   The consequence for those that hold this treasure is we are emboldened to let this treasure shine for everyone around us to see. We do this by being obedient and faithful...

This final part unpacks the glorious, perfect, and certain realities of what heaven will be like for all of those that have put their faith in him. We were encouraged that heaven will see a new order ushered in. The curse of sin and its consequences will be no more. Instead God's people will be presented as a perfect, holy, spotless bride. In this new order we will have new bodies, eternal joy and...

We were reminded that regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit giving birth to new life in the hearts of all believers. The act of regeneration is solely done by God and we cannot evoke this process through our own actions. This sovereign act allows our sins to be cleansed by the Holy Spirit that comes to dwell within everyone who believes. This is the seal and the assurance that we are among G...

We were encouraged to be in no doubt that Jesus was and is the Messiah. He is the only one that saves us from our sins. The details of the Christmas story and Jesus' birth confirm he is the Messiah prophesied about as part of Gods redemptive plan. This is reason to rejoice this Christmas! This chapter also confirms that Jesus is Immanuel - God with us. This was physical fulfilment of a God dwellin...

Who wouldn't want more joy, peace and hope in their lives this Christmas? We were encouraged that these things can be found in the gift of Jesus Christ. Through his birth, life, death and resurrection he has made a way for us to receive this precious gift. Once we have received this gift through faith in Jesus Christ, regardless of our circumstances, we can know true joy, peace and hope. This is b...

Dayo encouraged us that Christmas is not about gifts, food, lights and holidays. These are temporal things that will not last forever. The true meaning of Christmas is God becoming flesh through the life of Jesus Christ. He is the eternal gift that was given to us so that we might know God personally. This is the fulfilment of The Word becoming flesh detailed as part of Gods perfect plan from the...

This part focuses on the judgement day experience for the believer who is assured of their salvation by faith alone in Jesus Christ. For these people their names will be in the Book of Life ensuring their place in heaven. However, the bible is clear, they will still give an account of their lives before God. But what is the point of this as it isn't works that can save us? We were encouraged that...

This passage reminds up that Jesus alone is the cornerstone. It is only upon receiving the gracious gift of Jesus' death and resurrection we can have salvation. There is no other method or foundation for this. We are also to align ourselves to the cornerstone and build our foundations up from this. The outcome as we do this will be visible fruit is born in our lives. This fruit is love, righteousn...

We were encouraged to have the faith to pray big prayers because we pray to a God who can do the impossible! This is evidence in how Jesus curses the tree in this passage. This faith is God given and originates from him bearing fruit in our lives.  We were also challenged to confess times where we have paid lip service to following Christ like the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law. The opposi...

We see in this passage Jesus' righteous anger on display at those in the temple who had neglected prayer and instead focused on acquiring money & wealth drive by greed.  We were encouraged to confess our neglect of prayer and greed in our own lives. So, that we can be free from these things and respond to Jesus' desire that we would prioritise time spent in his presence.  We were led...