Heritage Baptist Church, Johannesburg

As we continue our series in 1 Timothy, we see the apostle Paul giving instructions on congregational prayer.

We continue our series in 1 Timothy, considering the right use of the law in the believer's life.

In this text, Paul shows how the law is to be used, and contrasts it with the charge he has given Timothy.

Paul begins his letter to Timothy by distinguishing between the aim of gospel preaching and the product of false teaching. This Lord's Day, we will see the stated apostolic aim for week-by-week gospel teaching.

We begin a new series in the book of 1 Timothy. In this first sermon, we will consider the Lord's desire for a well-ordered church.

In his prayer in Psalm 90, Moses reminds us that God is very big, infinitely so, and we are small, significantly so. Given the fact that our sins have rendered us mortal beings with only a limited period before we return to dust, Moses asks the Lord that He may establish the work of our hands and make us glad despite our limitations, which is the very thing God did in Christ!

We live in a world with imperfect people who will often times offend, hurt and persecute us. This Sunday morning we will be encouraged by the Apostle Paul on how to righteously react in a way that glorifies God.

Three times in his first letter Peter commands the church to have a sober mind. Each time, he gives a different reason for why we ought to sober our minds. This Lord's Day we will consider what he means by a sober mind and why we ought to pursue a sober mind.

This Lord's Day, we consider the voice of Wisdom in Proverbs and the vital call to hear God's Word and to live by it.

When Simeon sees the baby born to Mary and Joseph, he proclaims that He will be a light to the Gentiles. This Christmas we will consider Christ and the light he brings to the world.

There are many supposed saviours that have come into the world promising us many things. Out of all of them, there is only one true Saviour Whose work has brought glory to God and peace to us. This Sunday morning we will see how the birth of Christ the Saviour has brought us peace and glory to God.

This Lord's Day we continue our Christmas series as we look at Zechariah's prophecy—the dawn of hope in Israel's darkest hour. What does his song of promise say to those who are weary and waiting today?

We kick off our Christmas series looking at the Hymns and Prayers from the book of Luke. This Sunday we will consider the joyous song of praise by Mary at the news that she will bear Christ the Lord.

As we approach the festive season, we will consider what wisdom can be gleaned from the Proverbs that will assist us to be wise, especially as we will be separated.

This Christmas Carols service, we look at Christ as the Word became flesh, Who gives grace upon grace.

Isaiah follows the great suffering Servant Song with an invitation for all who hunger and thirst to come and enjoy the benefits of knowing Christ.

Isaiah describes for us the grand humiliation of the Servant of God. But for what reason is this perfect Servant humiliated? And what will be His reward? This Lord's Day we consider the much loved and important Servant Song where we learn of the Servant's suffering.

What are we to do when salvation has come? The Lord through Isaiah calls His People to arise, put on strength and sing. In this passage we will consider what we are called to do as those to whom salvation has come.

In the backdrop of Israel's failure as the chosen servant, the Lord calls a servant who will draw to God not only Israel but also the nations. In these passages, we see the call of the Great Servant of God and His call to us.

Throughout redemptive history, the Lord brings deliverance to His people in spite of their remaining sin. In Isaiah 47-48 we see the Lord's deliverance to the exiles while the exiles are still stubborn. This example strikes us with a serious warning against defiling the great work of our merciful God.

In the Ten Commandments, we see the revelation of the Lord's moral standard for all believers. As we receive new members, this Lord's Day we will be reminded of what we are all called to in Christ.

The Lord has spoken through His Son in these last days. The call and command from the book of Hebrews is that we are all meant to heed His voice.

The Lord declares His absolute authority over humanity to use whom He chooses and save whom He desires. In this doctrine we learn thankfulness for salvation and freedom in service.

"A page of history is of more worth than a pound of logic." In 1 Corinthians 10, Paul recalls Israel's wilderness wanderings to warn the one who thinks he stands, lest he fall.

The Lord Jesus has worked to unite us as Christians by giving us all the same Spirit. In this passage, the Apostle Paul reminds us to work to maintain the unity that Christ has worked in us.

One of the many things Isaiah wants us to be convinced of is that God is Faithful. He will never deny Himself or His purposes. This Lord's Day, we will consider the great Faithfulness of God and how we respond to Him.

Isaiah now introduces us to a Character who will dominate the rest of the book of Isaiah. The Lord's Servant. In this passage we will learn that the Servant is the Lord's solution to our problem of weakness.

Of all the facts about the Creator God, one of the most notable is that it is in His Nature to save. He is by Nature a rescuer of those unlike Him; i.e., those who are weak. In chapter 41 Isaiah depicts God as being supreme over time and all events and that all that glory is at His disposal to save His weak and powerless people. This Lord's Day we will consider God's greatness for our good.

This Lord's Day we consider the story of Gehazi's greed from 2 Kings 5, paying close attention to the sin of lying and the destructive consequences it brings—not only to our character but also to our witness before God and others.

Isaiah seeks to convince us that there is no god like the Creator. In these passages we will see that God is unique in specifically one way: He is Aseity—He is the source of His own Being and needs nothing to exist. This Lord's Day we will fix our eyes on His greatness as we continue to study His Nature.

In chapters 40-45 Isaiah depicts for us God as the Lord over all creation. This Lord's Day we will see this important truth, and how it affects us today.

As we return to Isaiah's prophecy, we find ourselves in the section where Isaiah spends a lot of energy describing God and His Nature to us. As we begin this study of God and who He is, in Isaiah 40 we learn why God reveals Himself. Join us this Lord's Day as we seek to know why God wants us to know Him.

This Lord's Day, we conclude our time in Ruth by seeing how Boaz as a redeemer points us to the greater Redeemer Jesus Christ Who has delivered us from our bondage to sin.

In Ruth chapter 3, things start to take a positive turn for Ruth and Naomi and we find in this text some valuable lessons concerning prayer.

“It's not over until the fat lady sings," is a common maxim that is often used to remind us that there is hope for the current state of negative affairs to change. In our text, we start seeing glimmers of hope that Ruth and Naomi's circumstances, bleak as they are, are in the sovereign control of a seeing God Who works all things for our good and His glory.

As we start our series in Ruth, we see that it begins with a tragedy that leaves Naomi empty but at the same time we see evidence of faith in God that is both encouraging and exemplary.

As we continue exploring Kingdom Etiquette, we see that God calls us to a radical holiness and a sacrificial love that shapes a community marked by mutual protection—not only from external harm, but even from the corrupting power of our own sin.

This Lord's Day, we begin a short series on Kingdom Etiquette, exploring how God humbles the proud and welcomes the lowly, forming a community marked by cross-shaped humility and Christlike hospitality.

This Father's Day, we learn biblical principles of godly fatherhood from David, Solomon's father, and we see how he ultimately points us to Christ Who reconciled us to our heavenly Father!

In Psalm 32, we see the blessing of forgiveness and of free justification in Christ Jesus.

In Mark 4, we see the disciples encounter a great storm at sea, while Jesus is fast asleep. We then see how Jesus brings about a great calm. This passage has many lessons that we can learn to help us in our time of need.

In the second session of our 2025 family conference, Ps. Jeff Smith shows how every believer must invest care and effort to maintain unity, and especially in the local church.

In the third session of our family conference, Ps. Jeff Smith looks at how we as believers must bear with one another's weaknesses, infirmities, and failings, and provide help and assistance.

In the fourth session of our Family Conference 2025, Ps. Jeff Smith answers questions related to Christian Duties and Fellowship in the Church.

In the first session of our 'Duties of Christian Fellowship' Family Conference 2025, Ps. Jeff Smith unpacks what it looks like to love one another.

In Acts 16 we see three different types of delivered sinners. Two are delivered into Christ, and one is freed but not transformed. In this text we will see what is true salvation.

We will consider the call to worship from Psalm 100, a call that bids all people everywhere to come and praise the Lord. We will see how this call is not just for those who believe, but that it is an evagelistic call also.

This Lord's Day, we reflect on the profound privilege of belonging to God's family. In Christ, we are adopted as sons and daughters and given His Spirit — receiving not only a new name, but also a new calling, with its duties, blessings, and privileges.

What does it mean to be Children of God and co-heirs with Christ? This Lord's Day we consider the Bible's teaching on the topic of Adoption.

When faced with the guilt of our sins, there is often a temptation to try and resolve this ourselves. We will be considering the futility of this approach and how the Cross is the only hope for anyone with a sin problem.

At the resurrection, Jesus gives the final proof that everything He has every said about Himself is true, and that He is truly the Son of God! Now that redemption has been finally achieved, He then gives us His mandate to go and make Him known to all the world!