Antioch Reformed Baptist Church

The general equity of the Judicial Law of the Old Covenant is its non-specific value as it demonstrates principles of right behavior for the application of the Moral Law in the community life of God's covenant people, the church.

Praying, Your kingdom come, is our pleading with God to sanctify our own hearts, to build His church throughout the world, and return to establish His kingdom in everlasting glory.

The sermon emphasizes the absolute sufficiency of Christ for salvation, contrasting true faith in Him with the futile attempts to earn righteousness through human regulations and ascetic practices.

This sermon explores Psalm 66 as a call to joyful communal and individual worship, highlighting God's faithfulness, power, and protective care throughout history.

Prayer as the essential connection between God and those sent to spread the gospel.

The sermon emphasizes that true eternal life consists of knowing God and understanding one's own sinful nature through Scripture.

Every mountain in Scripture calls us to lift our eyes heavenward, to seek our God who meets His people in power, covenant, and grace. From Eden's garden heights to Sinai's thunder, from Zion's glory to Calvary's hill, the story of redemption ascends toward the heavenly Mount Zion, where God will dwell with His people forever.

The believer's deepest priority in prayer is a heart-felt desire for God's name to be honored and His holiness glorified above all else.

This sermon explores Psalm 127 to emphasize the absolute necessity of depending on God rather than relying on human effort.

The Law of God is often misunderstood, or assumed to be a negative thing that was only part of the Old Covenant. But the Law of God is good, because it was given by God. The Ceremonial Law was given as positive law application of the first table of the moral law for the Old Covenant. It prefigured Christ's work of redemption in many ways and still serves to add dimension and texture to His saving work.

Christian prayer flows from the awe-filled joy of adoption, as believers approach the Almighty with childlike love, resting in His fatherly care, while honoring His sovereign majesty.

This sermon examines Psalm 12 to address the challenge of maintaining faith in a society marked by deceit and moral decay.

God is not concerned with the abundance of our words, but with the sincerity of His child's heart in prayer.

The 15th Century saw the fall of Constantinople, the capital of the eastern Roman Empire. It was an event that shook the world in its day, and contributed to events that would shatter the peace of Christian Europe within 75 years.

From Eden to the New Jerusalem, the Bible reveals God's enduring plan to dwell with His people. The garden, patriarchal altars, tabernacle, and temple all foreshadow Christ, the true and living temple, culminating in the presence of God with His redeemed people in the everlasting Kingdom.

True prayer is the Christian speaking from the heart, to God as Father, with sincerity and love, hoping for nothing less than communion with the Almighty.

The Law of God is often misunderstood, or assumed to be a negative thing that was only part of the Old Covenant. But the Law of God is good, because it was given by God. The Moral Law was written on man's heart at creation, and is forever binding on all men, not for justification, but for the obedience we owe God as our Creator.

We must diligently guard our hearts so that we serve others out of love for God and for Christ's sake, not for the love of self and the praise of others.

The local church is God's ordained means for the spread of the gospel in the world. Therefore, guided by the Holy Spirit, missionaries are to be sent out by the local church.

The 14th Century was a time of great conflict for Christendom, the papal schism divided the church, the reforms of Wycliffe and Hus came to an end. The Scholastics debated philosophy in Latin. And the common people flocked to the Mystics, men and women who claimed to have heard from God a message of love without judgment, an accessible Savior, and a divine spark within every soul.

In that Day, Christ will slay the serpent, leave the city of destruction desolate, and assemble His elect from among the nations to worship in the Celestial City. Yet, until that Day, He remains the vigilant Keeper of His vineyard, atoning for our sin, disciplining us for sanctification, and preserving us for the Day of His glory.

The story of redemption begins with humanity's fall and God's promise to crush the serpent. It's anticipated and typified in the deliverance of Noah, the covenant with Abraham, the exodus from Egypt, and the hope of a faithful King. In Christ's death and resurrection, redemption is accomplished, and through the church His victory is applied to His people. Redemption will culminate in the final defeat of Satan and the fullness of salvation in the New Creation.

The Heavenly City stands secure, enjoys peace, and endures, not because of anything we have done, but because of the covenant faithfulness of God alone. Therefore, fellow citizens of the Heavenly Jerusalem, rejoice in the God of our salvation!

The doctrine of the Assurance of Salvation is founded on the objective work of Christ in the Gospel, as applied to the individual believer by the Holy Spirit. Assurance is increased and maintained when we diligently apply ourselves to the means ordained by God for the increase of our faith. And the fruit of assurance is peace, joy, thankfulness, and obedience.

Christ is the Sovereign Savior, Defender, and Deliverer of His people. At His return, He will gather His church to a glorious feast, providing abundantly for their everlasting joy through direct communion with Himself.

It will be a Day unlike any other, when Christ is revealed as the King of Glory and LORD of Hosts, who will reign forever with righteousness and justice, to the everlasting joy of His people.

How should Christians live out Jesus' command to love our enemies, when they are actively seeking the destruction of our faith and exclusion of the church from the public sphere?

The 14th Century was a time of great conflict for Christendom that ended with the death of John Wycliffe and the spread of his ideas from England to Bohemia. There, Jan Hus took up the banner of reform and called the church to repent. After his martyrdom, his followers fought against the crusades of the Roman Catholic Church to defend their national sovereignty and their religious liberty, bringing Europe one step closer to the Protestant Reformation.

Throughout Scripture, humanity repeatedly falls into sin, from Adam and Eve in the Garden to Israel and its kings, individuals and nations are seen to be totally depraved, following a consistent pattern of sin, and under the curse of sin, shame, exile, and death. The only hope for mankind's redemption is found in the gracious promise of coming Seed of the woman who will bear the curse, crush the serpent, bring true and lasting return from exile, and restore man to right relationship with God.

At the coming of the Covenant God, creation itself will tremble, and the city of man will be crushed under the weight of divine judgment, but His redeemed people will rejoice in the glory and grace of Zion's Great Champion.

The doctrine of the Assurance of Salvation is founded on the objective work of Christ in the Gospel, as applied to the individual believer by the Holy Spirit. Assurance is possible when our focus is on Christ's finished work, not our emotions. And assurance should always bear the fruit of humility and holiness.