Redemption Hill Church | Sermons

When we contemplate the gospel of Jesus Christ, the only right response is to pursue unity with the body of Christ. Jesus gives grace in redemption and that grace manifests itself by growing our love for one another. Do you struggle to be unified with the church? Consider Jesus Christ and what he has done for you to create a new body in himself. Let the glory of the gospel grow your desire to love...

The authoritative ministry of the gospel must be central to a heathy church. Not only is the gospel able to save people, but it also provides the basis for believers to grow in Christ personally and disciple one another communally. We must put aside our pride and fear and embrace the call to submit to the preaching of the Word in our own lives and to rebuke, exhort, and encourage others with that...

A healthy church will live humbly before outsiders. Rather than becoming proud, we must remember the depths of sin that God pulled us from when he applied his saving grace. Our salvation is a miracle that overcomes spiritual impossibilities. Let us consider the amazing mercy and kindness of our salvation and be moved to love our neighbor with gospel humility.

God’s grace affects our salvation in the past, present, and future. God displayed his justifying grace in Jesus Christ when he died on the cross. He applies his sanctifying grace by the Spirit to grow us in holiness. And he promises his glorifying grace as we wait for the second coming of Jesus Christ. Let us zealously respond to God’s grace in gratitude, love, and obedience.

Obstacles abound in our pursuit of self control. We live in a culture of indulgence, our natures crave fulfillment, and our minds and hearts must constantly be directed back to the truth. But by the grace of God, we have the power to be disciplined, sensible, and sober-minded. Let us fiercely pursue the fear of the Lord by hating out sin, putting up a fight against it, repenting of sinful actions,...

Sound doctrine must produce gospel transformation in the lives of church members. For a church to stay alive, it must never grow content but its members must pursue growth in Christ, self control, and discipleship from one believer to another. By the grace of God, the aroma of Christ will continue to flow from our lives to the glory of God.

Believers are called to walk worthy of the gospel. This means turning away from our own desires for comfort and advancement and instead embracing a life centered on Jesus Christ. Let us stand firm and strive side by side with our brothers and sisters in Christ, facing whatever comes without fear. God has qualified us to be worthy in his sight through the cross of Christ. Let us walk in accordance...

One reason why churches need qualified leadership is to refute false teaching from inside and outside the church. The gospel always faces opposition and people will seek to corrupt it through addition or subtraction. Let us hold fast to the true, pure gospel, correcting those who are in error with the desire to restore and reconcile them to the truth.

Churches need qualified leaders. The standards for elders apply to their role in the home, their character, and their doctrine. Elders must be above reproach in all areas and not have any aspect of their life that would not stand up under scrutiny. Given the high standard for becoming a pastor, we should be moved to pray for those men God has already called, as well as praying for God to purify an...

The book of Titus was written to aid a pastor as he established leadership in churches and sought to proclaim the gospel. It is just as necessary for us today as it was in the first century. The church needs to recognize the authority of Jesus Christ, understand the priority of carrying out the mission of Jesus Christ, and grasp the importance of eternity with Jesus Christ. Praise be to Jesus, who...

JD Summers | Psalm 24 How should we see our God? We should see him as the King of Glory who transcends all things as the creator. He is the King of Glory who stands set apart as the holy Lord. He is the King of Glory who is coming again with power. The King of Glory redeems with power and grace. Rejoice in his salvific power. Revel in his cleansing mercy. Repent and be renewed by the sovereign sav...

JD Summers | Misc. We can often get caught up in the season of Christmas with its celebrations, gatherings, and busyness. But these can only offer a momentary reprieve from our suffering, our trials, our temptations. As we seek to endure and overcome our suffering at Christmas, we must look to Jesus, our humble high priest who understands our weakness because he endured them himself as a man like...

JD Summers | 2 Corinthians 8:9 How is the grace of God displayed at Christmas? Through the humility of Jesus Christ. Jesus had all glory and position in his eternal fellowship with the Trinity, yet he chose to forego them to be born, and even more to be shamefully crucified by the men he had created. Jesus’ sacrificial love overflowed at the cross as he took on the sins of the world. We receive th...

Faithful servants of Christ will confidently rejoice in Christ. They are able to approach life and death with a mindset informed by the victorious end of the story, by the desire to honor Christ, and the overwhelming need for Christ’s bride, the church, to glorify their savior. The fruit of Christ centered confidence is consistent courage, and the result of this courage is a fearless drive to prai...

The third scene of Exodus shows the construction of the Tabernacle. These chapters show a repentant people obeying God out of a pure heart. They show how God works in his people through a faithful leader, Moses, who points forward to how God will redeem his people through Jesus. And the construction of the Tabernacle shows that God will keep his promises. Just as he was faithful to Israel, so will...

God delights to display his grace. He also desires us to respond to it. Our behavior demonstrates what we believe, and it starts with what lies in our heart. The wonderful grace of God invites us to personally rejoice, give, and draw near to the Lord. Let us give our whole heart to God and seek to have our hearts burn within us as we gain a greater experience of Jesus Christ.

Anything God gives his people is a gift, a grace we do not deserve. The most necessary and glorious grace he gives is to show us his glory. And God does primarily by proclaiming the gospel to us for us to hear. We see his glory as we listen to the truth. Let us bask in this truth, and look and listen to the Word, the Son of God Jesus Christ, who is the most glorious display of God’s glory and grac...

The most desperate need of God's people is God himself. The people of Israel recognized this, as God withdrew his personal presence from them. Moses understood this as well, and begged God to reveal himself more to him, that Moses might know God more and see his glory. Let us also approach God with this same bold desire, that we might know God, that we might see his glory. Let us pray with confide...

Why was Jesus baptized? He had no need to repent of sin, as baptism usually signified. Rather, he was fulfilling all righteousness by submitting to the sovereign plan of his Father, symbolizing that he was willing to follow the path from the banks of the Jordan to the cross of Calvary. Let us behold the Son of God, the suffering servant, our brother, Jesus Christ.  

A godly Church is only ever one generation away from falling away from the truth. Believers must recognize that if we hold the torch of faith in Christ, we have the ability and responsibility to pass it on to other believers. Let us look to Jesus and the mission he has given us and let us faithfully seek out and disciple those who can take the faith into the next generation.

Dealing with sin is a universal experience. We all sin and are all faced with how we will deal with it. We must be ruthless in our honesty, complete in our repentance, and continual in our confession. But even as we fight with all our strength to mortify our own sin, we must remember that we need Jesus. Christ and his sacrifice alone gives the power and ability to overcome sin. We must trust in Ch...

We usually think poorly of sheep, but when Jesus declares himself the door to the sheep pen and the good shepherd, we would do well to desire to be known as his sheep. Jesus calls us to follow him for security from our enemies, for access to God, for deep communion with our savior, and for unity with our fellow sheep. May we not buck against our good shepherd, but rather embrace him by faith and e...

The mission of Christ should motivate us to endure persecution for the glory of God and to endure defamation if the name of Christ is promoted. We so often view our circumstances as a reason to doubt God and his plan or use them as an excuse not to obey, but we must rather see our circumstances, especially the most difficult and unwanted ones, as God's unique tools and gifts given to us to further...

The golden calf incident describes our tendency to turn away from God. While it records a real event that happened, it also describes what happens in our lives today. When we turn away from God, we are showing impatience with his plan and unbelief in his promise. But we have a mediator, one who stands in the gap between our condemning sin and God's just wrath. Jesus pleads for us, appealing to God...

The priests of Israel served a crucial role for the nation. They represented the people before God because the people themselves could not stand in his presence. God consecrated the priests and gave them a specific way to atone for the sins of Israel. The priests mediated the Old Covenant, and Jesus mediates the New Covenant, bearing the sin of all who believe in him, atoning through the sacrifice...