Sermons

Jonah hears the command of God to go and preach to Nineveh but he runs instead. God doesn't leave Jonah in his sin and disobedience though. Thankfully, our God is the pursuing God.

Jonah was a prophet of God who was called to go and preach against wicked Nineveh. Jonah goes but it's in the opposite direction. Why? Why does this servant of the Lord flee and disobey the command of God?

At some point or another it seems that we have all heard the story of Jonah. But do we really understand what God is putting on display through this strange and interesting story? It's not a story about strange events but about a God who is full of steadfast love.

The Christian life is often hard. It is filled with suffering and days that are often marked with discouragement for various reasons. So, you have need of endurance Christian. Let the author of Hebrews show you where to find it.

Christian, our God knows us in the most intimate way possible. He knows us perfectly, is with us always, and is our maker and designer. Oh, let us rejoice that we are fully known and fully loved!

We come now to the conclusion of the letter. Here, Paul summarizes some the main themes that he's been talking about in the letter. He does this by contrasting himself with the Judaizers. They are defined by boasting in the flesh. Paul however, is defined by boasting in the cross of Christ. May we be the same.

Paul continues to show us what it looks like to be keeping in step with the Spirit of God.

As Christians we are called to be keeping in step with the Spirit of God. In chap. 5:25-6:5 Paul gives us some examples of what keeping in step with the Spirit looks like. He also shows that the only way we are able to do this is by first being filled in Christ.

Jesus Christ promises real lasting rest to all those who come to Him. We all desire rest. Have you found it in Christ? If not, then you will never find it because rest is only truly found in the Son of God who reveals the fullness of God to us.

In John 11 Jesus not only foreshadows His own death and resurrection and the final resurrection. He also shows us that He Himself is the Resurrection and the Life. These things can only be found in Him.

Christians are not perfect people. However, they are a people who walk by the Spirit of Christ and are defined by His fruit.

Through the power of the Gospel we are enabled to joyfully and freely submit to the will of God. Also, we are enabled to joyfully and freely serve one another.

For freedom Christ has set you free. A freedom that enables you to joyfully and willfully submit yourself to God and all that He has created you for. Which is, Christ-likeness.

To be in Christ is to be like Isaac, the son of promise. To not be in Christ is to be like Ishmael, the son of the slave woman.

Before Christ came and set us free we were all slaves to the elementary principles of the world. But now that Christ has come we are no longer slaves, but sons of God.

In Psalm 136 God shows His people how to give thanks to Him rightly. Praise that is rooted and grounded in the truth of who God is and how He has revealed Himself in His Word.

Before New Covenant faith in Christ came we were held captive to Law, imprisoned in our sin. But now that Christ has come we are all one in Him and experience freedom.

God's promises and His Law do not go against one another. Because when God gave the Law He did so in order to drive His people to His promise which is fulfilled in Christ.

We are all under the curse of God's Law. But thanks be to God who sent His Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us.

Paul reminds the Galatians that is was by faith in Christ that they had begun the Christian life, not by works. So, for them to now think that they can finish what they did not begin is foolishness, as Paul makes clear.

The way that anyone will ever stand before God being counted as righteous is not by their own works. Justification comes by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

Paul continues to defend himself and the gospel that he preaches. Paul gives his defense so that the Galatian Christians and you would know that he speaks the words of God, not man.

The false teachers that were seeking to deceive the Galatians accused Paul of being a second rate apostle, receiving his gospel from man, and being a man pleaser. Paul however, seeks to show that this is not true.

The Galatians were being deceived by another gospel that the false teachers were putting before them. Paul however, is very clear in saying that there is only one Gospel.

An Introduction to Paul's letter to the Galatians