Living in Light of the Covenants Gender and the Godly Family | Sermon on Genesis 2:15-25, Ephesians 5:22-6:4
And keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat. For in the day that you eat of it, you shall surely die.’ Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helper fit for him. Now out of the ground the Lord…
Living in Light of the Covenants Gender and Authority | Sermon on Genesis 3:16-19, Romans 5:12-21, 1 Timothy 2:8-15
Would please turn within your Bibles to Genesis chapter 3 beginning at verse 14. The Lord God said to the serpent, ‘Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field. On your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He shall bruise your head, and you shall…
Living in Light of the Covenants The Covenant of Works and the Covenant of Grace
If you’ll please turn with your Bibles. We will be moving around a little bit this morning, but we’ll begin at Genesis chapter 2, verse 15. The Lord took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, ‘You may surely eat of every tree of the garden, but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, you shall not eat, for in…
Greater Than | Sermon on John 8:46-48
Amen. If you would please turn within your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 8, beginning at verse 46. Jesus asks, ‘Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.’ This is the word of the Lord. Thanks be to God. Let us pray. Lord,…
Before Abraham Was | Sermon on John 8:46-59
[Music] Amen. If you would please turn within your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 8, beginning at verse 46. Again, we hear Jesus speak, asking, ‘Which one of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? Whoever is of God hears the words of God. The reason why you do not hear them is that you are not of God.’ And the Jews answered him, ‘Are we not right in…
The LORD Will Provide | Sermon on Genesis 22
[Music] If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to Genesis 22. After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, ‘Abraham,’ and he said, ‘Here I am.’ He said, ‘Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Mariah, and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.’ So Abraham rose early in the morning, saddled his donkey, and…
Offspring of the Devil | Sermon on John 8:31-45
If you’ll please turn with me in your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 8, beginning at verse 31. So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.’ They answered him, ‘We are offspring of Abraham and have never been enslaved to anyone. How is it that you say you will become free?’…
Offspring of Abraham | Sermon on John 8:31-45; Galatians 4:21-31
If you’ll please turn within your Bibles to Paul’s letter to the Galatians, chapter 4, beginning at verse 21. Paul writes, ‘Tell me, you who desire to be under the law, do you not listen to the law? For it is written that Abraham had two sons, one by a slave woman and one by a free woman. But the son of the slave was born according to the flesh, while the son of the free woman was born through…
The Light of the World | Sermon on John 8:12-30
Amen. If you would please turn with me in your Bibles to John chapter 8, beginning at verse 12. Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will not walk in darkness but will have the light of life.” So the Pharisees said to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not true.” Jesus answered, “Even if I do bear witness about myself, my testimony is true, for I…
A Woman Caught to Trap Jesus | Sermon on John 7:53-8:11
Amen. If you would please turn with your Bibles to the Gospel of John in chapter 8. John writes, “They went each to his own house, but Jesus went to the Mount of Olives. Early in the morning he came again to the temple. All the people came to him, and he sat down and taught them.” The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in adultery and placing her in the midst, they said to…
Establishment Anger | Sermon on John 7:43-52
Amen. You’ll turn with me in your Bibles, please, to the Gospel of John, chapter 7, beginning at verse 43. So there was division among the people over him. Some of them wanted to arrest him, but no one laid hands on him. The officers then came to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said to them, ‘Why did you not bring him?’ The officers answered, ‘No one has ever spoke like this man.’ The Pharisees answered them, ‘Have you…
Streams of Living Water | Sermon on John 7:37-43, Ezekiel 47:1-5, Isaiah 12
Amen. If you’ll please turn with me in your Bibles to the Gospel of John, chapter 7, beginning at verse 37. On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as the scripture has said, out of his heart will flow Rivers of Living Water.” Now this he said about the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were…