Gospel Light Christian Church

By Brother Luzerne Cheng This sermon explores the biblical foundation of Christian service in John 15. Genuine service does not earn God’s favour but grows naturally from abiding in Christ. Jesus, the true Vine, and the Father, the Vinedresser, produce the fruit of self-sacrificial love in believers. In contrast, outwardly impressive service motivated by recognition, approval, or self-interest is...

By Pastor Jason Lim We must be prepared for suffering. Peter tells us how: 1. BE READY Do not be surprised. Christians are strangers to the world, suffering witnesses to others, and suffering leads to glory. Trials reveal the genuineness of our faith. 2. BE REJOICING Suffering for Christ shows that His Spirit rests upon us. Believers may look forward to joy when Jesus returns. 3. BE RESOLUTE Do no...

By Pastor Paul Choo God established the family and appoints fathers to play a vital role in its spiritual direction and well-being. A father’s leadership, however, is not about control or status, but loving sacrifice, faithful example and service modelled after Christ. Drawing from Ephesians 5–6, the presents the memorable formula “GO SLOW” for building a healthy, God-honouring family. Give thanks...

By Pastor Jason Lim Christians live in a hostile world. Our savior was hated. We will be persecuted too. But we respond by focusing on our: 1. VERTICAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD We are to be clear-minded about the return of Jesus, who will judge all things. We are to be prayerful for the sake of our purity and perseverance. 2. HORIZONTAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CHURCH Jesus' return should lead us to lov...

By Pastor Jason Lim There is only 1 command in this passage- to arm ourselves with the Jesus way of thinking to suffer well. Why? 1. EXAMPLE OF CHRIST Whilst it is never easy to suffer, it's easier knowing we are not pioneers, but followers of suffering. 2. EXPECTATION OF CONFLICT The world around us hates Christ and His church. Persecution is not strange, because we have become strange to the wor...

By Pastor Jason Lim Suffering is not a curse. It is the path of Jesus. Peter thus exhorts his readers to endure, to do good: 1. PROCLAMATION. Jesus, after His death & resurrection, proclaimed His victory, by the Spirit, to fallen angels in Tartarus. 2. PROTECTION. Peter uses the same Noahic story to show just as God saved the 8 in the ark from the waters, He will save His people in Christ from...

By Pastor Jason Lim God can bring good to people as they suffer. 1. REASSURANCE Whilst Christians will suffer even when we do good, there is no ultimate harm. We can trust God, like David, and our greater David, Jesus. 2. RESPONSE We are called to: Replace our Fear (fear God instead of man's threat). Relate our Faith (give a defence of the hope that is in us). We are fishers of men in all circumst...

By Pastor Jason Lim Jesus said, "Love your enemies." Peter carries this ethos into His letter here in 1st Peter. 1. VALUES Embrace the 5 inward values of harmony, sympathy, charity, pity & humility, so that they will be expressed in outward blessing to others. 2. VOCATION To follow Jesus, is to withhold retaliation and to bless instead. This is what it means to be spiritual priests offering sa...

By Pastor Jason Lim Husbands are commanded to subject themselves to their wives too- not in obeying them, but in understanding and honoring them. 1. UNDERSTANDING Husbands are to live with their wives in an understanding way- Study your wife! Be an expert on your wife! Do a PhD on her! 2. UNDERTAKING Instead of abusing their wives, husbands are to undertake the role of lifting her up. He is to hon...

By Pastor Jason Lim Wives are commanded to subject themselves to their husbands as an expression of their priesthood (2:9). 1. PRINCIPLE Wives submit as part of God’s created order, doing so for the Lord’s sake and in reverence to Him—not by nagging, belittling, or “mothering” their husbands, but by appreciating, praying for, and supporting them. 2. PRIORITY Wives should prize inner, soul-deep bea...

By Pastor Jason Lim Apostle Peter teaches the need to suffer injustice as a means of glorifying God. 1. COMMAND Slaves must obey even unjust, harsh, wicked, and perverse masters. The fear of God is their motivation. 2. COMMENDATION Suffering injustice in the hands of unjust masters is not meaningless but beautiful because God is honoured. 3. CALLING We are called to follow Jesus, suffering injusti...

By Pastor Jason Lim The church is to be like a spiritual temple and a royal priesthood to proclaim God's excellencies. What is the best way to do so? Apostle Peter's emphasis is for the whole church to live rightly: 1. ABSTAIN We are commanded to constantly abstain or hold away the fleshly lusts- lust, greed, anger, wrath, addiction, pride etc. 2. MAINTAIN We abstain because we want to maintain a...

By Pastor Jason Lim Apostle Peter's emphasis is for the whole church to live rightly. And it is first seen in the way we submit ourselves to the authorities over us: 1. PRINCIPLE We submit to our government not because of their performance (though that will make it easier!), but because of their position. Whilst we should not obey if they call us to sin, we are called to obey even unjust rulers. 2...

By Pastor Jason Lim In the Old Testament, we are told God is the Rock. In the New Testament, we also see that Jesus is the stone or rock: 1. THE CORNERSTONE Jesus is the foundation of the church. Rejected by Israel, He is the head of the church. He is chosen and precious. He gives life to those who come to Him. 2. THE STUMBLING STONE Sinful man rejects and disbelieves Him. They disobey His word an...

By Pastor Jason Lim 1. THE COMMAND TO LOVE Love is self-giving for others, proven in action. We are to love the brotherhood earnestly, constantly, and sincerely, putting away love-killing sins: malice, deceit, hypocrisy, and slander. 2. THE CONVERSION TO LOVE We can love because we’ve been purified and given new hearts. Bor again through God’s eternal Word to a living hope, we need not live self-s...

1. THE MARK OF THE NEW BIRTH Verse 14 calls God’s people “children of obedience”, not because obedience makes us God’s children, but because the Spirit gives new birth so we can obey. Grace changes us so we now want to obey and actually do. 2. THE MANDATE OF THE NEW BIRTH As children of obedience, we must live out who we are in Christ, like a butterfly that no longer crawls but flies. Peter urges...

By Pastor Jason Lim Peter speaks about: 1. THE PRIVILEGE For a long time, the gospel was partially veiled, so much so that prophets & angels have searched to know its full details. But now the gospel is fully revealed. Peter wanted to show how privileged his readers were to have the full gospel message in their day. 2. THE PRIORITY Because salvation is so great and the gospel so fully revealed...

By Elder Jeffrey Pang During the time of the prophet Malachi, Israel was in spiritual decline. Though religious rituals continued, covenant faithfulness had eroded, most visibly in their marriages. Many Israelites violated God’s covenant by marrying idol-worshippers, leading to spiritual compromise, social injustice, and widespread divorce. Malachi’s confrontation speaks powerfully to our own day,...

By Pastor Jason Lim These verses reveal more fully how God blesses us in the: 1. PAST God caused us to be born again to a living hope. God gave us the ability to "see" the future glories of His inheritance. And in this we can rejoice, even in suffering. 2. PRESENT God’s power guards us through faith, enabling us to endure to the end. Even amid suffering, we rejoice in the sure hope to come—this is...

By Pastor Jason Lim After 40 years and long instruction, Moses calls Israel to a decision: choose life -choose God through obedience. In the same way, our faith is defined by the choices we make. 1. THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD Moses reminds Israel of God’s faithful care and deliverance, calling them to covenant faithfulness. Likewise, God’s goodness toward us is meant to lead us to repentance. 2. THE PR...

By Pastor Jason Lim We embark on a 20 week journey through the book of 1 Peter today. 1. THE AUTHOR Peter was a most colourful character in the Bible. And he was also an apostle, probably the most prominent amongst the original 12. And so what we will read is deeply interesting. 2. THE AUDIENCE This letter was written to the elect (both Jews and Gentiles) in Asia Minor of ancient Rome (modern day...

By Pastor Jason Lim Today we bid farewell to Moses. These 4 chapters reveal Moses' great confidence in God: 1. THE SUCCESSION As Moses hands leadership to Joshua, he entrusts Israel to God, confident that God, not Moses, will keep His covenant and lead them into blessing. Do we trust God in our own life and ministry transitions? 2. THE SONG Moses’s song (Deut. 32) is a witness-song: it exposes Isr...

By Pastor Jason Lim God commands Israel to make a national pledge when they enter Canaan. They will stand on Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim to affirm the blessings of obedience and the curses of disobedience. 1. THE GRAVITY OF SIN True happiness comes through obedience; unrepentant sin brings God’s judgment, so we must work out our salvation with fear and trembling. 2. THE GAP IN SIN Because judgmen...

By Pastor Jason Lim The 6th–10th commandments teach love for neighbour. Given to Israel, they show how to become a gracious society—a people made beautiful not just by the land, but by the way they live. 1. THE DESCRIPTION By the last five commandments, Israel is to love one another by honouring life, guarding faithfulness, living generously, and walking in truth: even in the details of daily life...

By Pastor Jason Lim 1. THE PEOPLE Five groups are called to purge evil from Israel by serving with righteousness, justice, and impartiality - not self-interest - fearing God and obeying His Word. 2. THE PRINCIPLES Their role is to purge evil and bless Israel, calling God’s people to submit to His appointed authorities. Leaders must serve with integrity, resist temptation, and be grounded in God’s...