Gardendale Nazarene Sermons

Speaking the Word of the Lord Acts 16:16-34 Acts 13:9 But Saul—also called Paul—filled with the Holy Spirit, stared straight at Elymas Acts 6:6 They had them stand before the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. Acts 16:11-15 11 From Troas we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, the next day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, a Roman colony and a leading city o...

Here’s the Way! Acts 9:1-19a Acts 9:1-2 2 Samuel 22:31 God—his way is perfect; the word of the Lord is pure. He is a shield to all who take refuge in him. Psalms 27:11 Because of my adversaries, show me your way, Lord, and lead me on a level path. Psalms 25:4 Make your ways known to me, Lord; teach me your paths. John 14:6 Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the...

Bestowing the Spirit John 20:19-31 John 20:19-31 19 When it was evening on that first day of the week, the disciples were gathered together with the doors locked because they feared the Jews. Jesus came, stood among them, and said to them, “Peace be with you.” 20 Having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. So the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. 21 Jesus said to them again,...

The Empty Tomb John 20:1-18 John 20:1-18 1 On the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark. She saw that the stone had been removed from the tomb. 2 So she went running to Simon Peter and to the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said to them, “They’ve taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they’ve put him!” 3 At that, Peter and th...

Remembering, Teaching, Pointing to Truth John 12:12-27 John 12:12-16 12 The next day, when the large crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, 13 they took palm branches and went out to meet him. They kept shouting: “Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord—the King of Israel!” 14 Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written: 1...

No King, but Caesar John 19:1-16a The “Trials” of Jesus: • The Religious Leaders (Annas & Caiaphas) • The Disciples (Peter) • Political Authority (Pilate) Which kingdom are you placing your life and trust?  John 19:1-16 1 Then Pilate took Jesus and had him flogged. 2 The soldiers also twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and clothed him in a purple robe. 3 And they kept comi...

Deny, Deny, Deny John 18:12-27 John 11:25-27 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. 26 Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.” John 13:36-38 36 “Lord,” Simon Peter said to him, “where...

New Kingdom John 18:28-40 The “Trials” of Jesus • The Religious Leaders (Annas & Caiaphas) • The Disciples (Peter) • Political Authority (Pilate) John 18:28-40 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover. 29 So Pilate came out to them and...

This morning, we are joined by Rev. Randy Jasper

Blindness and Light John 9:1-41 John 9:1-41 Characters: Jesus Man Born Blind Disciples John 9:4-5 4 We must do the works of him who sent me while it is day. Night is coming when no one can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Characters: Jesus Man Born Blind Disciples Neighbors Pharisees Blind Man’s Parents John 9:25 He answered, “Whether or not he’s a sinner, I don’...

Healing Faith John 4:46-54  John 4:39-42 39 Now many Samaritans from that town believed in him because of what the woman said when she testified, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40 So when the Samaritans came to him, they asked him to stay with them, and he stayed there two days. 41 Many more believed because of what he said. 42 And they told the woman, “We no longer believe because of what yo...

The Woman at the Well John 4:1-42 John 4:1-6 1 When Jesus learned that the Pharisees had heard he was making and baptizing more disciples than John 2 (though Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were), 3 he left Judea and went again to Galilee. 4 He had to travel through Samaria; 5 so he came to a town of Samaria called Sychar near the property that Jacob had given his son Joseph. 6...

Born From Above John 3:1-21 John 3:1-8 1 There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 This man came to him at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come from God, for no one could perform these signs you do unless God were with him.” 3 Jesus replied, “Truly I tell you, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 “How can...

A Temple Cleaning John 2:13-25 John 2:13-25 13 The Jewish Passover was near, and so Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found people selling oxen, sheep, and doves, and he also found the money changers sitting there. 15 After making a whip out of cords, he drove everyone out of the temple with their sheep and oxen. He also poured out the money changers’ coins and overturned the tables....

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Seen and TestifiedJohn 1:19-34John 1:19 This was John’s testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”What are you testifying to? What are we, the church, testifying to? John 1:20-2820 He didn’t deny it but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”21 “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”“I am not,” he said.“Are you the Prophet?”“No,” he answered.22 “Wh...

The Mission of God (mission Dei): 1. God, who is love, is missional and has a mission. 2. Scripture bears witness to God’s mission. 3. The church is called and sent to participate in this mission (in God-shaped ways). Transformation is participation in the ongoing divine activity of salvation. “By grace we become children of God and thus participate in the communion and activity that the Son, by n...

The Table is SetIsaiah 55:1-13Angel: A man down on earth needs our help. Clarence: Splendid, is he sick? Angel: No, worse, he’s discouraged. Isaiah 40:6-86 A voice was saying, "Cry out!"Another said, "What should I cry out?" "All humanity is grass,and all its goodness is like the flower of the field.7 The grass withers, the flowers fade when the breath of the Lord blows on...

Opening GravesEzekiel 37:1-14Ezekiel 37:11 Then he said to me, “Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel. Look how they say, ‘Our bones are dried up, and our hope has perished; we are cut off.’Psalms 6:1-31 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath.2 Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking; 3 my whole being is shak...

The Unexpected Delivery  Daniel 3:1-30 O come, O come, Emmanuel, and ransom captive Israel that mourns in lonely exile here until the Son of God appear. Exodus 20:1-6 1 Then God spoke all these words: 2 I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. 3 Do not have other gods besides me. 4 Do not make an idol for yourself, whether in the shape of anyth...

Future and a Hope Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 Jeremiah 29:1-4 1 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining exiled elders, the priests, the prophets, and all the people Nebuchadnezzar had deported from Jerusalem to Babylon. 2 This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the me...

The Future Right Now Isaiah 9:1-7 Judges 6:1 The Israelites did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord handed them over to Midian seven years,  Judges 10:6 Then the Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and di...

Justice Rolls Down Amos 1:1-2; 5:14-15, 21-24 Amos 1:1-2 1 The words of Amos, who was one of the sheep breeders from Tekoa—what he saw regarding Israel in the days of King Uzziah of Judah and Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel, two years before the earthquake. 2 He said: The Lord roars from Zion and makes his voice heard from Jerusalem; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of C...

The Power of the Quiet 1 Kings 19:1-18 1 Kings 18:20-21 How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him. But if ___________, follow him. But the people didn’t answer him a word. 1 Kings 18:27-29  1 Kings 19:1-18 1 Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2 So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “Ma...