Liberti Church Gold Coast Sermons

George Whitefield once prayed, “God give me a deep humility, a well-guided zeal, a burning love and a single eye, and then let men or devils do their worst.” The Christianity found throughout the New Testament is one that is marked by a holy intensity and singular focus. In Christ, we are no longer defined by yesterday’s failures or victories. We now live in this world as citizens of the world to...

One of the greatest enemies of the gospel and our joy is religion. While religion hands out good advice, the gospel announces good news. Religion says, “Get to work!” but the gospel declares, “It is finished!” As it turns out, righteousness (or right-standing before God) is not a goal to be attained by trusting in our works, but a gift to be received by trusting in Jesus’ work for us. Captivated b...

One of the more difficult relationships to navigate in Scripture is the relationship between God’s sovereignty and human responsibility. Yet as Charles Spurgeon once remarked, “One does not need to reconcile friends.” Because God is sovereign, we should be humble. Because we are held responsible for our choices, we should be actively living for God’s glory and the good of those around us. Only the...

Like the Good Samaritan, when we live our life with margin to be interrupted – God gives us opportunity to get our heads up, look away from ourselves, & serve others with joy. Because Jesus is the true Good Samaritan who came down our road when we were broken by our sin, we can compassionately move towards the mess and brokenness in the lives of those around us.

Humility is the fiercest and shyest of all Christian virtues. It fiercely tears apart our ego, and yet the moment we talk about it or believe we have attained it; it flies away. In Philippians 2, we see that humility grows in our lives as we look away from ourselves, look outward toward others, and look upward to Jesus Christ as our Example and Rescuer. No other religion would say that their god i...

What is the essence of your life? Defining our lives by things that can be taken away from us, is like building a skyscraper on a frozen lake. Yet in the gospel we have a definition of life that empowers us to be fruitful in life and fearless in death. Christians can face anything, because the love of Christ is better than life and cannot be stolen by death.

There are few things that demonstrate the otherworldliness of Christianity, like the way Christians face difficulty and disappointment in our sin-fractured world. While we await and long for the day when Jesus wipes away every tear, Philippians 1 shows us that both the joy of faith and the pain of suffering are normal parts of the Christian experience. Paul had a definition of life and trust in Go...

Living a fruitful life is not the way into God’s love; it is the evidence that God’s love has made its way into you. Those who belong to Jesus will gradually and inevitably see the fruit of Christlikeness growing in their lives. It’s a process, but it’s also a promise.

One of the qualities that makes a Christian truly otherworldly is gratitude in the midst of discomfort. In a generation that is marked by entitlement, a thankful person is a powerful and subversive witness. Entitled people can never win because they always think they are owed something more. Grateful people can never lose, because they see everything in their life as a gift of God’s grace.

The book of Philippians is a letter from Paul – writing from prison – about the otherworldliness of Christian joy. We are all pursuing happiness in one way or another. Yet while our society is more technologically advanced and socially connected than any other to come before it, we are also more lonely, depressed, and unhappy than we’ve ever been. As C.S Lewis said, “If we find ourselves with a de...

We often try to make Jesus our “co-pilot”; second in command of our lives. But this isn’t how the Bible describes our relationship with Jesus. The reality is that our relationship with Jesus dictates all others. Even when we see God’s amazing direction and power displayed, we are often reluctant to submit to his guidance when it comes to personally living what he has called us to. We only experien...

If you think marriage will automatically fix issues in your relationship, think again. Marriage is not only the end of singleness; it is the beginning of a marathon. An enduring marriage is one that is built on the grace of God where both husband and wife love one another coherently, encourage one another continually, and repent to one another quickly. Fighting in marriage is inevitable, but fight...

What qualities should a woman look for in a potential husband, and a man look for in a potential wife? “Just follow your heart” makes for a great line in a Disney movie or a Grammy Awards acceptance speech, but in real life it usually ends in disaster. Fortunately God has not left us in the dark. Rather than blindly following our heart into relational pain, He gives his people certain qualities to...

Like a faulty vending machine that never delivers on its promise, the dating paradigm in Western culture is broken. Rather than conforming to the broken pattern of ‘hook-up, shack-up, break-up, repeat,’ Christian singles are called to be a counter-culture; a people who pursue relationships that demonstrate the gospel and display God’s will for human flourishing in the midst of a relationally-fract...

When we take our relational cues from culture instead of Scripture, the result is always brokenness. But what exactly is love? Is it just an elusive feeling that we fall into and fall out of? Jesus shows us that true love is a verb. It is the opposite of self-seeking; to love is to sacrifice oneself for the good of the other. And the greatest example of love, is Christ.

The power and grace of the Gospel unifies the church to live for God on His mission. In Acts, we see the members of the early church transformed by the Gospel in all aspects of their lives. Today, the overflow of the joy the Gospel continues to produce unity and generosity in the church.

In this lifetime, Christians should not be surprised by opposition. To follow in the footsteps of the Saviour, is to walk towards a Cross. Yet as the thermometer of cultural hostility towards the early church increased, so too did the courage of Jesus’ disciples. They had seen a resurrection. They had heard a powerful promise. And they kept preaching Jesus.

Repentance is an about-face, an ongoing war, and carries with it the promise of 'times of refreshing.' God's calls to stop running from Him and run to Him instead, is a call of love and mercy. Though our sin is great, the eraser of Christ's sacrificial love is infinitely greater!

The purpose of a sign is to point to something beyond itself and foreshadow what is to come. In Acts 3 we see the miraculous healing of a lame man that Peter uses to point people to Jesus. In this message, we also explore some of the common questions surrounding signs and wonders like, “Do miracles and healing still happen today? Does God promise to heal everyone in this lifetime? How should we ap...

Eugene Peterson wrote, “The church is a colony of heaven in a country of death.” God’s people are marked by an attractive otherworldliness in their priorities. They are devoted to God’s presence, God’s mission, God’s people and God’s Word…all because of the gospel. In this message, Pastor Adam shares four prayers from Acts 2 for the future of Liberti Church.

Because the early church had been captivated by the gospel, their lives overflowed with devotion. They were deeply devoted to God’s Word, to one another, to God’s presence, and to prayer. This new community of believers were marked by an otherworldly gladness and generosity that turned their world upside down. Are you dating your church or are you devoted to her?

At the centre of both Scripture and history stands Jesus Christ. Only the gospel provides us with the transcendent story that each of us deeply longs for, and the transformational power that each of us deeply needs.

Torches are not made for the daytime, but for the dark. So are God’s people. At Pentecost we see the Holy Spirit come upon the early church with power, for the purpose of spreading the message of Jesus to the ends of the earth. In this sermon, we take some time to look at the big questions around speaking in tongues, along with the bigger purpose of God’s people fulfilling the Great Commission.

When it comes to making big decisions in life, how do you know what God's will is? In Acts, we are given wisdom and a warning. We are to come under God's Word, come into wise community, come towards God in prayer, and trust God and get going!

Life between the promise and Pentecost can be disorienting. Yet it is in the ‘white space’ between the paragraphs of our lives that God does some of His best work. Our power for God’s mission, is found in prayer. Jesus is a King who does not sit on a throne of gold, but on a throne of grace.