Grace Church Abu Dhabi Sermons

Paul and his apostolic band's letter to the Thessalonian church begins with a thanksgiving-filled recounting of God's saving work in their lives. Though their initial time of ministry to the Thessalonians was cut short, Paul gives thanks for their powerful conversion, their perseverance in faith through persecution, and witness to Jesus. Their faith, love, and hope in Jesus are sure signs that the...

True worshipers ruthlessly fight their own temptations with blood-bought grace

Deuteronomy 12 answers four questions about worship — who, where, how, and what is required — revealing a God who demands exclusive devotion, dwells among His people, orders worship for joy, and claims all of life as worship. Every thread points to Christ, who is the true temple and whose blood finally accomplishes what the blood of bulls and goats never could.

Christians are not under the law, and yet the law is for us.

God wants your obedience, and Jesus makes sure He gets it.

Considering our own unrighteousness alongside the great grace of Christ keeps us from despair and increases the joy of our worship.

In Deuteronomy chapter 8 Moses calls on Israel to remember the wilderness years when they enter the promised land and begin to enjoy their inheritance. Remembering that in the wilderness God had taught Israel to depend upon himself and his word alone will be a protection for them against pride, whereas forgetfulness of God's discipline in the wilderness will lead not only to pride but a turn towar...

The Israelites are leaving the wilderness only to encounter new threats in Canaan-threats to as today as well.

God demands that we love Him with our all and more than all, because He is the only one worthy of such love.

The passage is the beginning of Moses' second sermon to the people of Israel across the Jordan. Moses begins to set the Law before the people of Israel to teach them its statues and rules that they might learn them, keep them, and thereby enjoy long life in the Promised Land. Moses' begins his sermon with a reminder of the basics of the covenant made at Horeb, the Ten Commandments. While the upcom...

God is jealous for His glory and our good, and so He ensures no competitors in the hearts of His people.

God is severe toward the unrepentant, and He is kind toward the repentant because of the cross of Christ. Looking back at that past grace fuels our faith that God will be kind to us in the future.

At the root of the rebellion that keeps us from the Promised Land is unbelief.

Jesus will not fail in securing the satisfaction of our deepest longings in Himself.

In His first prophecy of his imminent death and reserrection in Jerusalem, Jesus makes plain that his path as the Christ will not match the hopes of the crowds or the expectation of the disciples. But Jesus makes plain that His disciples will not only believe in His sufferings for their salvation and eternal glory, but also follow Him on a similar path to glory that passes through suffering.

Knowing the fully-unknowable love of Christ is how God fills us with all His fullness.

We die to this world when we come to the cross of Christ, but the cross makes us new.

Held by the love of Jesus our guaranteed hope is that everything moves us toward future glory.

This sermon explores the urgency of serving others based on Galatians 6: 6-10, emphasizing the importance of love as the driving force behind selfless service and highlighting the transformative power of God's grace in fulfilling our highest calling-to bring glory to the One Who is worthy of all praise, honor, and adoration.

When we bear the burdens of others we increase our confidence for the Day of Christ.

Christians have power by the Holy Spirit to bear lasting fruit for God.

The cross offends our pride but sets us free.

In Galatians 5:1-6, Paul issues an urgent warning: the freedom Christ won for us under attack. The danger isn't obvious-it looks like being more faithful, more religious. But adding anything to Christ means losing everything. This week we'll see what it means to stand firm in gospel freedom and resist the slavery of self-justification.

Self-reliance is slavery. Freedom is found in relying on God as the Giver of every good.

A ministry that tells people what they want to hear is both using them and shutting them out of the kingdom of God.