Remsen Bible Fellowship Sermons

Transcript generated by AI. Comment if you notice any errors! Mark 13. I'm going to start reading in verse 24. Last week, we read the entire chapter and we'll kind of cover some of what happened before, but I'm going to read beginning in verse 24. It says: "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light and the stars will be falling from he...

Transcript generated by AI. Please comment if you notice any errors! When is Jesus coming back? Some people hear a question like that and they're like, ooh, this is going to be an exciting thing to talk about. And some people are like, man, I should have slept in late today. Surely it must be soon. I mean, look at the world around us, right? It's got to be soon. We hope so. Many people would say,...

Initial transcription generated by Substack, paragraphing and summary generated by ChatGPT. Sermon Summary: "Beware of Self-Righteousness" Main Passage: Mark 12:38–13:2 1. Beware of Self-Righteous Religious Leaders * Key Idea: Some leaders crave recognition, titles, and power rather than humbly serving God’s people. * Warning: Jesus explicitly condemns such behavior, promising greater condemnation...

Transcript and outline prepared by AI—please comment if you notice any errors. Outline and Summary I. Introduction: When Good Deeds Bring Suffering * Common experience: suffering for doing good ("no good deed goes unpunished"). * Key question: How should we respond to undeserved suffering? * 1 Peter 4:19 — “Entrust your soul to a faithful Creator while doing good.” * Ultimate example: Jesus on the...

It is Finished Remsen Bible Fellowship, 04/17/2025, Good Friday Why is Good Friday called “good”? How could the day of the history’s greatest crime—the unjust execution of the only innocent man to ever live—be a “good” day? The answer is found in three simple words which Jesus uttered from the cross: “It is finished.” We find those words in the nineteenth chapter of the gospel according to John. I...

I Thirst 7 Words, John 19:28, Remsen Bible Fellowship, 04/13/2025 Text John 19:28, ‘After this, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), “I thirst.”’ Introduction What do you think of when you think of Jesus? When you consider the person and work of the man from Galilee, Jesus of Nazareth, what comes to mind? Do you imagine god coming to earth, but his humanity being a s...

Forsaken Matthew 27:46, Remsen Bible Fellowship, 7 Words, 4/6/2025 When you think, “God-forsaken”, what comes to mind? Do you think a desert, those patches of the world seemingly inhospitable to life? Or does your mind run to situations in war-torn countries where it seems any sign of God - or even his image in man - has disappeared? Or perhaps you think of a time in your own life, when you felt p...

Woman, Behold Your Son 7 Words, John 19:16-27, Remsen Bible Fellowship, 3/30/25 In John 1:5 we read that, “the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” Unless of course you’re reading a translation which says, “the darkness has not understood it.” Why is there discrepancy? The Greek word which John uses can mean either to understand/comprehend, or to lay hold of/conquer...

Summary and transcript generated by AI—comment if you notice any errors. Detailed Outline of the Sermon * Opening Question & Hook * Repeated phrase “ What have you done? ” evokes memories of an angry parent, spouse, or boss – but first spoken by God in Genesis 3:13. * Universal Human Guilt * We cringe because we are guilty “by nature and by choice”; Romans 6:23 pronounces death as sin’s wage. * Te...

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Transcription, summary, and outline generated by AI—please comment if you notice any errors. Sermon Summary: Abraham's Life and Death in Genesis 25 This sermon analyzes Genesis 25:1-11, which describes the closing chapter of Abraham's life. The pastor explores the significance of Abraham's death, his legacy, and the spiritual lessons we can learn from how he approached the end of his life. Main Ou...

Genesis 24. One of the ways that the writers of Scripture, the writers of anything, but specifically speaking here of the writers of Scripture, one of the ways that they draw our attention to whether something is important or not, if it's here it's important, but the relative importance of something is by the space that's given to it. And when we come to Genesis chapter 24, we are at the longest c...

Remsen Bible Fellowship; 02/23/2025 Introduction If you want to take your Bibles and turn, we're going to be in the book of Genesis again, marching right on through until we stop for a while, but a couple more weeks here in Genesis. Genesis 23 is the chapter we're going to look at this morning. It's not a long chapter. It's 20 verses. I want you to imagine living with someone for at least 62 years...

If you want to take your Bibles and turn, we're going to be in Genesis chapter 22. There is nothing, nothing more precious to God in your life than your faith. There's nothing that matters in your life to God more than your trust and your confidence in him. In the book of first Peter, the apostle writes these words in chapter one, verses six and seven in this, you rejoice though. Now for a little...

Genesis 21, let me pray again real quick before we get going. Father God, thank you for the opportunity to gather as your people this morning. And Father, we ask that just as Scott did just pray, that you would help me to clearly articulate your word to your people. Father, we ask that as we gather under your word that you would instruct us by it, conform us to the image of your son, we pray in Je...

If you want to take your Bibles, we'll be in Genesis chapter 20 this morning. The question I want to ask as we get started is, how does God deal with sinners? Specifically, how does God deal with sinners who do not yet trust him for salvation? That's a crucial question when we consider the nature and the character of God. Now, until the last few weeks, most of our sermons for the last few months h...

Implications of Image: Part IV Transgenderism; 01/07/2024; Remsen Bible Fellowship Text Genesis 1:27, “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” Introduction That verse from Genesis one has served as the basis for this mini series considering the implications of the image of God. How does this truth, that human beings are created, ma...

Implications of Image: Part III Abortion and Birth Technology; 12/31/2023; Remsen Bible Fellowship Introduction In Matthew 2:12-18, directly after the Christmas story, we read of a devastating set of circumstances. The wise men, or Magi, had searched out the Christ child. Upon leaving Herod’s court, they had been instructed to bring news of the child back to him. But God had other plans. 12 And be...

Implications of Image, Part II Introduction I went through a phase in high school where I listened to Josh Turner’s song What it Ain’t all the time. The hook in that song goes like this: “It ain’t bold faced lies or alibis that cannot be explained - I might not know what love it, but I know what it ain’t.” The poor hapless protagonist of the song had gone through a whole lot of relationships that...

I'll begin by reading that question. New City Catechism, question 50, that's there in your bulletin. It says, what does Christ's resurrection mean for us? And the answer is that Christ triumphed over sin and death by being physically resurrected so that all who trust in him are raised to new life in this world and to everlasting life in the world to come. Just as we will one day be resurrected, so...

Transcription, summary, and outline generated by AI—comment if you notice any errors. Sermon Summary: Learning from Lot's Failures as a Father Overview This sermon analyzes Genesis 19:30-38, focusing on Lot's moral failures as a father and the lessons modern parents can learn from his negative example. The pastor presents Lot as a cautionary tale of how ordinary decisions can lead to extraordinary...

Transcription, summary, and outline generated by AI—comment if there are errors. Sermon Summary: Lot's Losses (Genesis 19) This sermon examines Genesis 19, focusing on Lot and his series of losses that resulted from aligning himself with the wickedness of Sodom rather than remaining faithful to God. Despite being described as a "righteous man" in the New Testament, Lot's choices led to devastating...

Transcript, outline, and summary generated by AI—please comment if you notice any errors. Friendship with God I. Introduction (Genesis 18 and the Book Plug) * Opening Scripture : Genesis 18 * Book recommendation : Enjoying God by Tim Chester * Explores how to experience and enjoy God's presence in daily life * Key question from the book: "Do you want more from your relationship with God?" * Warnin...

Transcript and outline generated by AI—please comment if you notice any errors. Sermon Title : Welcoming the Lord’s Work Main Texts : * Luke 1:26–33 * Genesis 18 Outline I. Introduction: Welcoming the Lord * Theme introduced: How we respond when God enters our lives * Opening text: Angel Gabriel's visit to Mary (Luke 1) II. Mary's Story: Faith and Submission (Luke 1) * Cultural and historical back...

Transcription and outline generated by AI—please comment if there are any errors. I. Introduction: Ceremony and Salvation * Question posed: What is the relationship between religious rituals and salvation? * All religions have rituals; Christianity is no exception. * The preacher asserts: rituals do not save , but they still matter. II. God's Covenant with Abraham (Genesis 17) 1. God Commands Obed...