Church of the Messiah Ottawa - Sermons

Psalm 49: Everything Sad will become Untrue Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 3rd September 2023 Passage: Psalm 49:1-20 ------------------- In Christ, everything sad will become untrue. Outside of Christ, everything glad will become untrue. Jim Elliot. “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose.” Father please grow in me...

Psalm 58: A Cursing Psalm Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 27th August 2023 Passage: Psalm 58:1-11 ------------------- This Psalm is a portrait and a mirror. Since the Gospel changes everything, you cannot simply pray Psalm 58 and you cannot simply ignore it. WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagr...

Psalm 46: God is our Refuge and Strength Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 20th August 2023 Passage: Psalm 46:1-11 ------------------- "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ottawamessiahchurch/?hl=en Fac...

Psalm 36: Self-Flattering to your depths Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 13th August 2023 Passage: Psalm 36:1-12 ------------------- WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ottawamessiahchurch/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comottawa/

Psalm 42 Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Matt Usherwood Messiah Downtown Date: 30th July 2023 Passage: Psalm 42:1-11 ------------------- WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ottawamessiahchurch/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comottawa/

Psalm 51: God's Way of Dealing with Sin Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. Dr. Steven Griffin Messiah Downtown Date: 16th July 2023 Passage: Psalm 51:1-19 ------------------- WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ottawamessiahchurch/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comottawa/

Psalm 34: Living the Good Life Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 9th July 2023 Passage: Psalm 34:1-22 ------------------- WAYS TO GIVE: https://www.messiahchurch.ca/donate Web: https://www.messiahchurch.ca Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ottawamessiahchurch/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/comottawa/

Psalm 33: Music, Justice, and God Series: Summer in the Psalms Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 2nd July 2023 Passage: Psalm 33:1-22 ------------------- Music is not a meaningless accident whose power is a delusion, a sin, or a trap. The Triune God inextricably wove music into human beings. The Triune God spoke and the universe came into being. The created order reflects the go...

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 25th June 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 13:1-31 ------------------- If you are more biblical than the Bible, you are not biblical. (1-3) If you are less biblical than the Bible, you are not biblical (4-22) Be very careful of saying about a biblical na...

Gotta Serve Somebody Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 18th June 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 9:1-37

God's Inerrant Authoritative Word Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 11th June 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 8:1-18 ------------------- The Triune God reveals true truth. The Triune God desired His words to be written, recognized, preserved - and it was so. Since these are words that the Triune God speaks, they are i...

Walking in the Fear of God Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 4th June 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 5:1-19 ------------------- Father, please make the person of Jesus, His completed work, and His words, ever more precious to my heart, so that in the power of the Holy Spirit I will walk free in the fear of God. Sin i...

Forgiveness and Unforgiveness Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 28th May 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 4:1-23 ------------------- The LORD's quiet "yes" always trumps the worlds loud "NO!" Forgiveness does not involve injustice, exoneration, forgetting, minimizing, or favoritism. Forgiveness deals with inexcusable w...

Every Square Inch Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 21st May 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 2:9-20 ------------------- The wall was built to serve the beautiful vision - the beautiful vision did not serve the wall. The gospel forms you to be a person of the truth who rejects lies. (Prov 1:9) God says “Mine” so you wi...

Growing Courage Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 14th May 2023 Passage: Nehemiah 1:1-2:10 ------------------- Sermon Points: Biblical prayer is a means of grace. When you pray according to His word, the Lord is slowly fitting you for the new heavens and the new earth. When you pray according to His word, the...

Embracing The Beautiful Vision Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 7th May 2023 Passage: Ezra 9:1-10:44 ------------------- Sermon Points: The world has been so changed by Jesus that it is hard to look at anything the way an ancient pagan would. There can be no good "Yes!" without saying multiple "No's!" The Lo...

God: Untameable and Good Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 30th April 2023 Passage: Ezra 7:1-8:36 ------------------- The true God has revealed Himself in an open and public way through His word written. The true God desires that you bring the best of your mind and heart to bear on understanding His word writ...

Yearning for the Real and True God Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 23rd April 2023 Passage: Ezra 3:1-4:5 ------------------- The real Lord, who really exists, created the real world, calls the real you, into a real covenant, of real unfailing love. The Lord Jesus Christ's death upon the cross was the true a...

Stirred up to go where God leads Series: Ezra & Nehemiah: Renewal & Rebuilding Amidst the Ruins Speaker: Rev. Dr. Steven Griffin Messiah Downtown Date: 16th April 2023 Passage: Ezra 1:1-11 ------------------- WHO WE ARE: We are a prayerful, Bible-teaching, evangelical church in the heart of Ottawa with a heart for the city and the world. Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus, gripped b...

The Resurrection of Jesus Series: Mark: Jesus is King Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 9th April 2023 Passage: Mark 15:40-16:8 ------------------- On Friday afternoon, April 3, 33 AD, Jesus died. On Saturday evening, April 4, 33 AD some women bought spices to cover the stench of Jesus' decomposing body. With the first faint light of dawn, April 5, 33 AD, some women left for the...

The Death of Jesus Series: Mark: Jesus is King Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 2nd April 2023 Passage: Mark 15:33-47 ------------------- WHO WE ARE: We are a prayerful, Bible-teaching, evangelical church in the heart of Ottawa with a heart for the city and the world. Our mission is to make disciples of Jesus, gripped by the gospel, living for God’s glory. WAYS TO GIVE: https:/...

Contradictions in the Gospel? Series: Stand Alone Sermon Speaker: Dr. Mike Licona Messiah Downtown Date: 26th March 2023 ------------------- Many scholars and sceptics have said that the Gospels are not historically accurate because of multiple contradictions. Listen as Mike Licona addresses these concerns head on. Go to www.risenjesus.com to learn more.

The Social & Personal Danger of Mocking Series: Mark: Jesus is King Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 19th March 2023 Passage: Mark 15:16-32 ------------------- For pagan Rome, crucifixion was a symbol of their glory, majesty, and might - it was not a flaw to repent of. 2A. You feel god-like when you mock. 2B. Mocking quietly moves from being a slippery slope to a fun tobogg...

Social Media and Unhappiness Series: Mark: Jesus is King Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 12th March 2023 ------------------- Sermon Points: Envy is sorrow/sadness/resentment at an other enjoying a good. Love triumphs over Justice, not by cancelling Justice, but by both satisfying Justice and then going beyond Justice. In a sense, Justice is medicine, but Love is food and drink...

Forgiving Yourself Does Not Work Series: Mark: Jesus is King Speaker: Rev. George Sinclair Messiah Downtown Date: 5th March 2023 Passage: Mark 14:66-72 ------------------- Sermon Points: Beware of using "cleverness" to try and cover up your unfaithfulness. It is far too common to invoke a curse or make an oath to try and cover up wrongdoing. The curse that you deserved fell on Him, and the blessin...