Clear Water Presbyterian Church

Jesus is truly a man and he truly dies. But this true man is also truly God, and the cross is the place of God's power, glory, and love, and ultimately showing us the kind of God he is.

Jesus' forsaking to die alone reveals him to be our necessarily kingly ransom and it calls for us to pick up our crosses and follow Him in faith. Jesus' death alone is the sign that He is the Son of God, and we are repent of our desire to have him come down and be a different kind of Savior. Instead, like the centurion, we are to stand, facing him, and in full faith say, "truly, this is the Son of...

The Trial that condemns Jesus proves that He is the King of the Jews. The Torment that Jesus receives is his coronation as the King of the Jews. The Terrible Verdict given to Jesus reveals why He came in the first place.

Mark 14:51-72 You Are Supposed To Cry Jesus’ faithful confession reveals confessing Jesus Christ is worth whatever the cost. Peter’s unfaithful denial reveals confessing Jesus Christ is worth whatever the cost. The importance of Jesus identity reveals confessing Jesus Christ is worth whatever the cost.

Jesus as the suffering man and selfless Savior steels himself in prayer to be able to submit to the Father. In turn this is a call for you to see what kind of man and Savior He is and in turn to desire to pray to him, following his lead as he models how to steel yourself in prayer. Additionally, because Jesus steeled himself in prayer, when the moment of temptation came, he entrusted himself to th...

Because Jesus is your Passover Lamb, you must die to your delusions of following him in your own strength, but instead receive Him by grace through faith.

Mark 13- Let This Reader Understand (the Return of Christ) This is part 2 of a two part sermon on this text. This sermon’s focus is on Christ’s prophesy regarding his return and the end of the world as we know it. The previous sermon focused on his prophesy regarding the destruction of Jerusalem. Because Jesus Is coming back we have a certain hope to hold onto. 1. We shouldn’t fear even when our w...

Mark 13- Let That Reader Understand (the Destruction of Jerusalem) This is part 1 of a two part sermon on this text. This sermon’s focus is on Jesus prophesy regarding the the destruction of Jerusalem. The 2nd Part will deal with the Return of Christ. Jesus Predicted the fall of Jerusalem …so we would know the consequences of rejecting him. . …so we would trust God with our suffering …to deliver h...

This means Jesus is more than a descendant of David, condemning outward religion, and that He calls you to give up all that you earthly want so you can get all you can have of God.

Everyone has a religion. This is less important than asking and answering if your religion is real. To say it differently, is it actually true. Who gets to judge if religion is real? Mark reveals that Jesus is the only judge if your religion is real and real religion receives the Kingdom of God.

Mark 12:18-27 - Jesus Vs. The Bad Bible Readers

A Sermon For The Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

God's greatest favor (pleasure/delight in his people) is shown in the showing of his Face, the giving of his presence, to someone. In view of God giving you the favor of his presence with you, you are to stop singing your own praises, but instead sing praises to the God of grand reversals, being led by God's Chosen King in that song.

Psalm 6 is written by David who is suffering at the hands of his enemies. His prayer provides a path to confidence with God, despite our circumstances. 1. Because God answers prayer, I can have confidence in God despite of my neediness. 2. Because God has a good purpose for me in my enemies, I can be confident in God despite my defeats. Because God disciplined Christ with his wrath, I can be confi...

Isaiah 61:1-4 shows us the promised Messiah's Anointing, his Mission, and the outcome of his ministry. Believe in the Messiah as we continue to live in the year of our Lord until our Lord returns.

The story that Joseph heard and believed, you can believe too! Believe in Immanuel, Jesus Christ the Son of God come to be with man who saves His people from their sins.

When we trust in man for security and peace, we will only find further crises. The Lord, of his own volition, promises to come to His people, and He did so in the eternal Word becoming the Incarnate Word at Christmas. While there remains no peace on earth, there is comfort comfort for those who trust in the Lord and wait with anticipation for Jesus Christ's second coming.

Because God Sent the promised to king to restore the devastated world, we must hope in … …A New Kind of King. …A New Nature. From Clear Water Presbyterian Church's Advent series in Isaiah. … A New People.

The Lord gives "not God" to the one who desires him not, but He will not fail to deliver his people, out of his own desire, from the distress, anguish, gloom, and darkness of this life and world. We must ask God to recreate hope in us in Him to deliver us and not foreign physical or spiritual powers.

This sermon starts a 4 week series focused on Isaiah's Messianic prophesies for Advent. This week covers the famous prophesy of the virgin birth from Isaiah 7:14. The story in Isaiah makes it clear this great prophesy of the birth of Christ is to be responded to with faith,

In Jesus coming to return us to God, it means that we all must not be like the religious leaders in refusing to give Jesus the honor due for his authority as the Son of God. Rather, we must give Jesus the honor due to Him, Caesar the honor due to Him, and to God what is God's.

Though it seems that the rejection of the Son by the religious leaders will ruin God's plan as they will kill him, in fact this is what brings about Jesus Christ being made the Cornerstone. This means we must not plead ignorance to protect our idols as the religious leaders do, but instead worship God knowing that all of our worship is built upon and given through the Cornerstone Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ is embodiment of God's presence, the only worship that is blessed and fruitful is Christ-centered.

Jesus embraces His Kingship by fulfilling prophesy. The people embrace Christ’s kingship by worshiping Him with all they have.