Emmanuel Community Church Sermons

In this sermon, pastor Matt preaches that worship is the only proper response to who God is and what he has done in Christ. A true knowledge of God, informed by his Word and the gospel of his Son, will compel us to give to him the glory he is due in all of life.

In this sermon, Pastor Matt teaches that God has ordered history in such a way as to magnify his unfathomable mercy. His purpose, in and through Christ, is to save not only the nations but all Israel and so prove faithful to his covenant promises.

In this sermon, pastor Matt reminds us that God's people are marked by faith that continues in humble reliance on his kindness. Whether Jew or Gentile, true Israel doesn't presume on the grace of God but clings to Christ and bears much fruit.

In Romans 11 Paul is ramping up to the climax of his discussion of Israel and the gospel. He lays out the future salvation of Israel and how God is even using their unbelief to accomplish his plans for the world. In this sermon, pastor Mitch reminds us that Israel’s hardening and rejection is neither total nor final and that God's gracious plan of salvation for the world is better than we can imag...

In this sermon, pastor Matt demonstrates that God abounds in mercy to the most unworthy of sinners to the praise of his glory. For his purpose, through the gospel, is to create a restored Israel by grace through faith in Christ Jesus.

In this sermon, pastor Mitch reminds us helps us understand that the only hope for our willful unbelief is the sovereign grace of God.

In this sermon, pastor Matt demonstrates that Christ sends us to preach his gospel that others might hear, believe, and be saved. For the good news of Jesus—the message we must proclaim—is the saving power of God to all who call on his name in obedient faith.

In this sermon, pastor Matt proclaims that God in Christ has done for us what we could not do for ourselves that we might be saved. We can either submit a righteousness of our own making in a failed attempt to be made right with God, or we can receive his righteousness through faith in his Son.

In this sermon, pastor Matt explains that God has chosen to reveal his sovereign mercy in saving a people from every nation. The river of God’s mercy in Christ flows both deep and wide, as he calls underserving sinners into relationship with himself from the Jews and the Gentiles.

In this sermon, pastor Matt shows that God does all that he does to make his glory known in both wrath and mercy. And his ultimate goal in Christ is to have a people for his own possession who enjoy him forever, all to the praise of his glorious grace.

In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that God is righteous in election since it perfectly accords with his name and reveals his glory. God is free to be merciful to undeserving sinners based on the work of Christ, and he is free to harden those who reject him in unrighteousness.

In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that belonging to the true people of God through faith is the result of being born again by his grace.

After unpacking the righteousness of God revealed in the gospel (chs. 1-4) and the blessings of salvation provided by the gospel (chs. 5-8) Paul begins to explain the plan of God vindicated in the gospel in chapters 9-11. Here he aims to show how God’s plan for Israel and the nations reveals his saving righteousness, […]

In this sermon, our guest preacher, pastor Reid Ferguson of the Evangelical Church of Fairport, provides us with a biblical understanding of power from Proverbs 21 and exposes the danger of the lust for power in this present age. What we will discover is that there is nothing more countercultural than not needing or seeking power but simply trusting in the Lord Jesus Christ and his sovereign rule...

In this sermon, our guest preacher, pastor Young Choe, teaches that the church must fear the Lord by recognizing who he is and being careful to do what he says.

In this sermon, pastor Keith reminds us that God created all things in wisdom and his wisdom can give us a joyful, abundant life. But this wisdom can only be found in God through Jesus Christ, who was and is God's wisdom incarnate.

In this sermon, pastor Mitch shows us that it is God’s wisdom, which is freely offered to us all, despite our foolishness, that is the key to living an abundant life now and to obtaining life in the age to come.

In the second half of the crescendo that concludes Romans 8, the Apostle Paul focuses on the love of God in Christ that not only secures our vindication on the last day but also our glorious victory now and every day in between. And in this sermon, pastor Matt again shows how God’s everlasting love gives the believer unassailable hope in life and death. When suffering comes our way, when our faith...

In this sermon, pastor Matt argues that God’s everlasting love gives the believer unassailable hope in life and death. Those who trust in Christ alone possess an assurance that is unable to be truly challenged, seriously threatened, or possibly defeated.

Our emotions and experiences would have us believe the lie that there is nothing good in the fiery furnace of trial. Present suffering can convince us that our lives are nothing more than broken pieces of glass, wasted and worthless. But behind the scenes, regardless of what we feel, God is putting all these pieces […]

In this sermon pastor Mitch reminds us that Christians can endure the sufferings of this present time because the Spirit helps us in our weakness.

For some, a new year brings the promise of a brand new start; for others, it only means that more trials suffering are just ahead. What we all need is real hope for the future—one that is more than just wishful thinking, but a confident expectation based on truth. In this sermon, pastor Matt preaches […]

In Romans 5-8, Paul draws out the many implications for those who have been justified by faith. He shows how we now live united to Christ, under grace, as slaves of righteousness, and a life according to the Spirit. In this sermon, pastor Matt explained that this new life made possible by the Spirit of […]

In this sermon, pastor Matt teaches that God’s Spirit compels us to live in light of his grace by putting our sinful deeds to death.

In this sermon, pastor Matt shows us that God sends the Spirit of his Son into our hearts that we might have new life and living hope.