Emmanuel Community Church Sermons

In this sermon, pastor Matt shows us again that Jesus Christ is the faithful servant and glorious salvation of the Lord. And through his person and work, as the redeemer of Israel, God has guaranteed that his glory will be the gladness of all the nations and the joy all the earth.

In this sermon, pastor Matt helps us see that Jesus Christ is the faithful servant and glorious salvation of the Lord, and only those who come to him in faith can belong to the true Israel of God and shine his light to the nations.

To close Paul’s letter to Philemon, Paul demonstrates the love of Christ by asking Philemon to put Onesimus’ wrongs on his own account. In this sermon, Pastor Keith walks through the text from verses 17-25, showing us the Apostle Paul’s gospel-shaped steps of reconciliation: paying for the other, assuming the best of the other, and calling on the faithful others. What we learn is that partners in...

In this sermon, Pastor Keith walk through the text from verses 8-16 showing us Paul’s authority unexercised, Onesimus’ identity redeemed, and God’s sovereignty remembered. What we will see is that love is demanding, but we don’t demand love; rather, we appeal to each other to love in the family of God.

Paul’s letter to Philemon deals with the theme of reconciliation and depicts God’s people in Christ as a family that can receive and restore even a runaway slave and a thief. We will see how Paul appeals to Philemon to demonstrate the power of the gospel by welcoming Onesimus back, no longer as a slave, but as a beloved brother. In this sermon, pastor Keith looks at Paul's greeting and reminds us...

In this sermon, pastor Matt reminds us that God remains faithful to his faithless people for the sake of his name and the praise of his glorious grace. The only question is whether we will humble ourselves before his glory, respond to his word with obedient faith, and experience his peace in Christ

Having just declared that one day every knee will bow and every tongue confess that the God of Israel is the one true God, Isaiah presses this reality further by describing the fall of Babylon and all of her idols. The Lord shows his people what happens when you trust in idols, when you look for salvation in anyone or anything, in order to call them to renewed trust in him. In this sermon, pastor...

We’ve been working through the second half of the book of Isaiah, where we find God’s word of comfort to his people who would one day be exiled in Babylon. In chapter 45 we saw God name Cyrus, King of Persia, as the one who would set them free and even help them rebuild Jerusalem (45:13). Now, in verses 14-25, the sovereign Lord reveals what his salvation would mean not just for Israel but for all...

In John 3, Jesus tells Nicodemus that, "as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life" (John 3:14-15).  Right before the famous and beloved text of John 3:16 we find Jesus connecting his impending death on the cross to a story from the book of Numbers of the bronze serpent. In this Good Friday sermon, pasto...

In this sermon, pastor Mitch reminds us that those who trust the Lord can rejoice in his sovereign and surprising plan. For all of history and the complexities of our lives are under the sovereign command of the triune God and fit into his surprsing yet perfect plan.

After the promises made in Isaiah 44:1-5, the Lord Yahweh speaks once more to remind Israel of his uniqueness, that he is the one and only God, and to reassure them there is no one else who can be their sure foundation. Rather than be like the nations, who seek deliverance from idols, God's people were to be witnesses of his redeeming love and renewing grace. In this sermon, pastor Matt wraps up t...

The Lord had declared a message of comfort for his faithless servant, Israel: He would end their exile and bring them home. But Israel would need a greater liberation than this. For God’s glory to fill the earth through the genuine worship and faithful witness of his people, they would need not just a fresh start but a new heart, a new Spirit, a renewed life. In this sermon, pastor Matt continues...

It has always been God’s intention to bring his blessing to the world, to fill the earth with his glory, through his people. This was why God chose Israel to be his servant. However, as we saw last week, Israel too failed to do this. But Isaiah aims to remind us of what God intended to do for his chosen people by grace and through them for the world. In this sermon, pastor Matt shows us again that...

In this sermon, pastor Matt shows us that God’s purpose in the redemption of his people is the praise of his name. For he not only opens our eyes to his glory and our ears to his gospel that we might repent and believe, but that we might be fearless witnesses of his grace in Christ.

. In this sermon, Pastor Joel shows how scripture identifies all of God's attributes with Jesus Christ. Jesus is both the Lamb of God and the Lion of Judah; the anointed suffering servant and the man of war who brings about absolute justice and salvation. Seeing our God and savior, Jesus Christ, for who He truly is results in a new song of praise and worship from the ends of the earth and everywhe...

In this sermon, pastor Keith walks through the text answering the question “Who can contend?” in two ways. First, who can contend with God? No one. Second, who can contend with this broken idolatrous world? God’s Anointed One. He answers those two questions with the two “beholds” of the text. First, “Behold, idols are nothing.” Second, “Behold, my servant.” When we answer our two questions of “who...

In chapter 40, Isaiah established the fundamental principles about God to assure Israel of God’s power and eagerness to save them. Now in chapter 41, Isaiah brings these principles into clearer focus. This section begins and ends with God addressing the nations, but in between is a lengthy section of comfort and reassurance given to God's weak and weary people, a word we need to hear today. In thi...

Isaiah 40 brings us good news of God's comfort by showing us a stunning vision of God's glory. And Isaiah concludes by bringing these truths to bear on God's forgetful and doubtful people in order to give us hope. In this sermon, pastor Matt explains that the God of all comfort and unrivaled glory is a God worth waiting for. He is the God of endurance and the God of hope, whose power and grace are...

In this sermon, pastor Matt once again explains that the comfort from God that we need is found under the saving rule of Christ. And this comfort is the good news of beholding God in all his glory, most clearly seen in Jesus, the King who is both a mighty warrior and gentle shepherd.

Though God’s people had failed to keep the covenant and would one day find themselves living as exiles in Babylon, God had not forgotten his promises. He remained faithful to the covenant, and in his wrath remembered mercy. Isaiah 40 is the word of comfort that God speaks to his defeated, and faithless people. And […]

In this sermon, as we begin the second half of Isaiah (chs. 40-66), pastor Matt shows us that the comfort from God that we need is found under the saving rule of Christ. For only King Jesus has entered into the despair of our world, dealt with the problem of our sin, and made possible the joy of our salvation.

In this sermon, pastor Matt preaches that the Lord alone is worthy to be praised for his acts of salvation and judgment. Psalm 98 is a beautiful illustration of the link found all throughout Scripture between the joy of experiencing salvation with the response of singing songs of praise.

In this sermon, preached at our candlelight service, pastor Joel looks at the song of the Angels from Luke's gospel and reminds us of the simple yet profound truth that God acts and creation reacts in praise. The true and historical account of the birth of Jesus is ultimately one of God's action to reconcile humanity to himself, and all creation's reaction to him in praise and wonder.

As Zechariah's Benedictus begins, he blesses God for who he is and what he has done. Instead of focusing on the miraculous birth of his own son, which pointed to the Messiah's advent, he rejoices instead that the Lord has visited and redeemed his people. Now, in the second half of this song, Zechariah mentions his son, John, and affirms what the angel had told him about John’s calling and ministry...

In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that the gospel of Jesus reveals how God is able, merciful, and faithful to save. We are to bless God for in Christ, he has accomplished our redemption, kept his promises, and made the way for us to serve him without fear.