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Jesus tasked the apostles with making disciples. He didn't say to evangelize, nor to plant churches, but to make disciples. Of course, in the process of making disciples, evangelism will take place, and church will be planted. The end game, however, is disciple making. I hope all of us here today are believers, are genuine Christians, but are you a disciple? In Luke 14, Jesus painted a picture of...

Do you know that you can offer the best of your services in vain? Why did God accept Abel's sacrifice and reject Cain's? How was Abel justified? How could Abel speak even after his death? This message expounds on the life of Abel with insightful applications to our Christian living.

Is the universe eternal or has a beginning? Who created the universe? How did the universe come into existence? If God created the universe, how did He do so? What role does faith play in understanding the creation of the universe? This sermon grapples with these questions and addresses them with biblical authority.

The Holy Bible is replete with the promises of God. We must trust the faithfulness of God to fulfil His promises. But, do all promises apply to us? How do we rightly apply the promises of God? How can promises be abused? This message answers these questions with biblical clarity. May the Lord build His Church!

Faith is extremely crucial for salvation and Christian living. Nevertheless, it is one of the most misunderstood factors. What is biblical faith? How is faith different from presumption? What is the object of faith according to Hebrews 11:1? This sermon answers these questions with clarity and biblical authority. May God build His Church!

One of the major reasons the church gathered was to have the Lord's Supper (Acts 2:46; 20:7). But why must we celebrate the Lord's Supper? What is the purpose of the Lord's Supper? How did the early church celebrate the Lord's Supper? This message answers these questions with an emphasis that the early church celebrated the Lord's Supper in the context of a communal meal. How good for modern churc...

After mentioning the need for believers to draw near to God through the work of Christ on the cross, the author now highlights the significance of church fellowship and mutual encouragement. Why should we often meet together as a church? How should our church fellowship look like? What is the sense of urgency indicated in Hebrews 10:24-25? May God use this expositional message to build His church...

When Jesus was with small groups of people, He was constantly asking questions to those around Him. There are over 100 recorded questions asked by Jesus in the Gospels. In his book, Jesus the Master Teacher, H.H. Horne observed that Jesus "came not to answer questions, but to ask them; not to settle men's souls, but to provoke them" (p.51). Questions made up the core of Jesus' teaching method. How...

The great need of a Christian is to draw near to God. The worst weakness of a Christian is to draw away from God. Why should we draw near to God? What is the basis of our drawing near to God? This expositional sermon encourages believers and pastors about the necessity to draw closer to God, cling to Him, and persevere in Him till the end. May God build His church through this message!

What is the difference between the Old and New Covenant? Why was the Old Covenant ineffective? How did Christ become the Lord of the New Covenant? What benefits do we, the New Covenant believers, enjoy in Christ? This expositional sermon answers these questions with biblical clarity. May the Lord use this message to build His Church.

What is the necessity of a high priest? Why is Christ the high priest in the order of Melchizedek? Who was Melchizedek and how is his priestly ministry better than the Levitical priesthood? What blessings do we believers reap from Christ's high priestly ministry? This expositional sermon answers these questions, bringing encouragement to us to behold the supremacy of Christ.

Perseverance is persistence in doing something despite difficulty until we reach the goal. Claiming to believe in Christ is one thing, and persevering in our faith in Christ till the end is another thing. Perseverance is one of the great marks of true believers. But how do believers learn to persevere in their faith despite trials and temptations? This message addresses this issue with exposition...

Hebrews 6:4-8 has caused tremors of confusion in the minds of many believers regarding the irreversible condition of those who fall away from the faith. Does this passage speak about losing salvation? Do those who fall away never return to faith? How shall we reconcile this passage with other Scriptures that provide unwavering salvation assurance? May the Lord use this sermon to strengthen the fai...