Sermons

Esther 7:1-10 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 22 | 3/10/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones.

Esther 4:1-6:13 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 21 | 3/3/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Mordecai, having provoked the murderous and Haman to start a genocide against the Jews in Persia, now pressures Esther into trying to influence the king. Many role reversals show that God is ultimately in control of the situation.

Esther 2:19-3:15 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 20 | 2/25/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. We continue our Faithful to Fulfill series on Israel's history after the exile to Babylon with the continuing story of Esther. This week, we see how Mordecai, having gained inside information to thwart the king's assassination, then makes an enemy of Haman. Haman then manipulates the king into ordering the genocide of...

Esther 1:1-2:18 | Faithful to Fulfill, Part 19 | 2/18/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. "Faithful to Fulfill" is Pastor Matt's study of God as revealed in post-Exilic Scripture, namely the Old Testament books of Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi. The Exile refers to the captivity of the southern Jewish nation of Judah by the world power Babylon for 70 years, and subsequent release by...

Acts 17:26 and Other Scriptures | 2/11/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Last week, our guest speaker Dr. Tuvya Zaretsky preached on “Why Israel Still Matters.” This week, Pastor Matt builds on this foundation with “Why the Nations Matter.” What is God’s plan for the nations in coordination with Israel? With the Super Bowl today that attracts nations around the world to watch our culture, it is a unique S...

Our guest preacher Tuvya Zaretsky of Jews for Jesus tells us why Israel still matters. The modern state of Israel has been in the news a lot in recent months with the attack by Hamas and its counter-attack. Tuvya will explain why Israel matters in God's unchanging, eternal plan. Because God chose Israel. Because God shows His love and loyalty in His relationship with Israel. Because God proves His...

Psalm 121-122 | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 4 | 1/28/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt continues through this series emphasizing our commitment to God’s everlasting ways rather than newfangled trends. With this in mind, this message explores the way ahead in the New Year with all of the new Sundays that our great and gracious God has given us for our good and His glory.

Psalm 139 | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 3 | 1/21/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt teaches through Psalm 139 and discusses some implications that is pertinent to today's culture. Even in a new year, we celebrate the immutable, triune God who is omniscient (all-knowing), omnipresent (everywhere), and omnipotent (all-powerful)

Various Scriptures | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 2 | 1/14/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part two of this study, Pastor Matt continues to admonish Del Rey Church in 2024 to stick to the same ol’ plan God has clearly laid out in His word, preach the Gospel.

Various Scriptures | New Year, Same Ol’ Thing, Part 1 | 1/1/2024 | Pastor Matt Jones. Happy New Year! As we embark on a new year, Pastor Matt wants to remind us that even though we’ve turned the page on a new year, Del Rey Church intends to keep proclaiming the same gospel of God, from the same Bible of old, about the same Lord and savior, Jesus Christ.

Luke 2 and other Scriptures | Christmas Christology, Part 5 | 12/31/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In this conclusion to our Christmas series, we explore the early years of Jesus and what His earthly life means for humanity. What was the purpose of the Word of God becoming incarnate, and how does this relate to us?

Various Scriptures | Part 4 | 12/24/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. It's Christmas Eve! Christmas, of course, is about a baby being born. A birth doesn't happen without conception. And in this special, indeed unique, case, the conception happened in a virgin. Why did God make that happen? How do we know it is historically true and not a fairy tale? Why is it important that Jesus was born after a miracul...

Various Scriptures | 12/17/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. We can best enjoy Christmas if we understand who Jesus is. Jesus is fully and completely God. Jesus is also fully and completely human. The divine and human natures of Jesus are distinct. The divine and human natures of Jesus Christ are completely united in one person. This is a wonderful doctrine called the hypostatic union.

Various Scriptures | 12/10/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In our Christmas Christology series, we turn this week to the affirmation that Jesus is fully human. If Jesus is not human, we have no revelation of God. If Jesus is not human, we have no salvation. So Christmas is of first importance to us.

Various Scriptures | 12/3/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. It’s Christmas time, which means it’s time to commemorate and celebrate the coming of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God who became a human being, starting off as a little baby born in Bethlehem. As this concept can be confusing, Pastor Matt will teach on who Jesus is and His nature in the Christmas Christology series.

Various Scriptures | 11/26/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Pastor Matt concludes our National Adoption Month series, A Family Made In Heaven, with a message explaining how our adoption into the family of God is the mission and heart of God and how that should always lead us to celebrate the Savior together.

1 John 3 | 11/19/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part 3 of our sermon series A Family Made in Heaven, Pastor Matt explains how our adoption as sons is much more than a metaphor. Because of our sinfulness, we are children of the devil. But through the loving act of adoption, we’re made children of God through the will and work of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, by grace alone.

Various Scriptures | 11/12/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In part 2 of our sermon series A Family Made in Heaven, Pastor Matt explains the Spirit’s role in our adoption into God’s family. In order to fully understand what our adoption means, we must understand God as the Trinity and the work of the Spirit as a person in the Godhead.

Various Scriptures | 11/5/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In honor of National Adoption Month, Pastor Matt begins a sermon series on adoption. Why do we adopt? Because our Heavenly Father in heaven adopts his enemies as sons and daughters through Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. Pastor Matt explains how even if you are not called to adopt, you can still support in the care of orphans, most notably by pr...

1 Timothy 3, Titus 1 | 1029/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. October is Pastor Appreciation Month. As it draws to a close, we learn about the qualifications and roles of pastors in the church.

Gen. 12, 15, 17; Deut. 7:6-9; Matt. 1-28; Rom. 9-11 | 10/22/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. God planned and executed the origination and growth and purposes of the nation of Israel, including the rise of the Messiah who would die for the sins of humankind. What is God's plan for Israel? It is good for us to understand in light of the current war between the modern Israel and Hamas.

Matthew 3:13-17 | 10/25/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Today we celebrate and perform the baptisms of 5 new believers, Ernesto and Jessica, Corbin, David, and Setareh. What does baptism mean? What does repentance mean? How do they go together along with the Good News of the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus the Messiah, our Lord and Savior?

Matthew 1:1-3:12 | 10/8/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In preparation for Baptism Sunday next week, we explore the ministry of John the Baptist. He is the audacious forerunner preparing the way, calling for repentance. His audience responded to the gracious invitation to repent. Will we?

Matthew 8:14-22 | 10/1/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. In today's sermon, we learn about the sufficiency of Christ (anyone can come to Jesus); the efficiency of Christ (but who actually will come to Christ); and the discipleship of Christ (who will follow Christ). Jesus Christ is in fact Lord, and while being gracious to save us out of mere mercy, He nevertheless does demand that we follow Him.

Mark 9: 30-10:31 | 9/24/2023 | Pastor Matt Jones. Brat-like behavior resides in all of us, no matter age or status. Pastor Matt teaches that through discipleship, we can examine our bratty tendencies and confront them with the Gospel of Christ.