Ebenezer Reformed Church

God has turned away his righteous anger toward us, gathered us in comfort, and drawn us to the abundant wellsprings of salvation.

Our new calling in Christ requires a pattern of life no longer characterized by blind and unfeeling hearts as those dead in sin putrefy further.

By setting the root of Jesse as a banner, God gathers his chosen remnant both out of and from all the nations and gives them genuine unity.

The call to grow up into Christ includes:1) Leaving aside childish instability and gullibility.2) Discussing doctrine in love.3) Receiving from Christ and sharing with the body.

The fruit of Christ's glorious work is a holy peace that pervades creation.

The way from where we begin to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ passes through the ministry of the word.

The recollection that his sufferings were for God's glory enabled the Lord Jesus to press on toward his approaching hour.

The rod from Jesse's stem is abundantly equipped by the Spirit of the Lord for all his messianic ministry and righteous judgment.

From the mediatorial fullness of the risen Christ, he supplies to every member of the church a gift with which to commune with Christ in service of others.

Although the Assyrian will lift up his rod, God calls on his people not to fear because a remnant will return to God.

The unity of the church is based on and distantly reflects the unity of the Godhead.

Assyria's arrogant boasting against the sovereign Lord will meet its fitting end as they are set on fire by God's holiness.

To a remnant out-of-step with the prevailing society, Zephaniah issued a call to be ready for the coming judgment by seeking the Lord to find salvation.

Should the anointing of the sick mentioned by James be practiced by churches today?

Paul exemplifies the humility and gentleness he calls for as a response to the wonderful calling of God.

Paul's elevated prayer ends in praise to a God who is beyond all our conceptions, but who gives us purpose, value, and function in Christ.

God will relent from his purpose of judgment when we repent of our sins.

Micah vividly sets out that God is incomparable in the righteousness of his judgment and in the glory of his mercy.

The love of the Christ received into our hearts by faith is the solid platform and nourishing soil from which we are ultimately inducted into the fullness of God.

In praying for the Ephesians, Paul requested the Spirit's strengthening for them to equip them for Christ's residence in their hearts by faith. Such a bold prayer was only possible because Paul measured his prayers by God rather than by himself.

Paul confidently prays for glorious things for the Ephesians because God is his and their Father, and they belong to the family of God.

Paul again summons the Corinthians to cultivate Christlikeness by a mature understanding as well as by ineptness in evil.

The true fear of God brings us into close, covenant communion with Him.

The appearing, or epiphany, of grace is the appearance of Christ because grace is so bound up in him, and the teaching of grace is the teaching of Christ by grace.

God's unexpected mercy interrupts the pattern where rebellion against his word leads to darkness by the introduction of the Son of promise who is the Mighty God.

The church is the instrument by which God unfolds his multi-layered wisdom to spiritual intelligences. Hence our lives in the church serve for a purpose greater than ourselves, although we do not always see it.

The response to the word of God, belief or unbelief, creates a dividing line even among the visible people of God.

In staggering grace, God gave to Paul (and to us) the gift of ministering in his church for the glory of Christ.

Because God is good, believers can receive his good gifts in this world with thankfulness.

Our reconciled Lord is a sufficient refuge against any worldly fears.

The mystery of Jews and Gentiles in the same body on an equal footing was revealed to Paul as pioneering administrator of the grace of God to the Gentiles.

Funeral sermon for Warren Hall (1941-2024). It came to pass in God's faithfulness that Joshua died, that he and Joseph were buried, that provision was made for a continuing priestly ministry of intercession.

Isaiah has one great reality to oppose to imperial power and even unbelief: that God is with us.

The Christian church is the last temple God will build.

God's sovereignty does not discourage evangelistic effort.

Christ is the foundation of all true peace.

Christ is the foundation of all true peace.

Ahaz's unbelief did not make God's faithful promise ineffectual- but his lack of faith brought humiliation and suffering to his land, as well as excluding him from the people of God.

Ahaz's unbelief did not make God's faithful promise ineffectual; but his lack of faith brought humiliation and suffering to his land, as well as excluding him from the people of God.

By making peace between alienated mankind and righteous God, Christ made peace between Jew and Gentile also.

By making peace between alienated mankind and righteous God, Christ made peace between Jew and Gentile also.

God's merciful purpose to draw near to His people in Christ triumphed even over the hypocritical unbelief of Ahaz.

God's merciful purpose to draw near to His people in Christ triumphed even over the hypocritical unbelief of Ahaz.

We serve God with our memory by remembering who, what, and where we are in contrast to who, what, and where we are in Christ.

We serve God with our memory by remembering who, what, and where we are in contrast to who, what, and where we are in Christ.

Because it receives God's promises and looks at situations in the light of God's kingdom, faith is the real answer to fear.

Because it receives God's promises and looks at situations in the light of God's kingdom, faith is the real answer to fear.

Because it receives God's promises and looks at situations in the light of God's kingdom, faith is the real answer to fear.

Salvation is by grace not least because it involves new creation by God in Christ.