Sermons

God humbles the proud and exalts the humble in His perfect timing; ultimately through Christ, who died while we were yet sinners. Therefore, we must trust God's sovereign care, reject our pride, and live without fear, knowing He's at work for our greatest good!

God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. The Lord Jesus Christ humbled Himself under the mighty hand of God to secure our salvation. Therefore, we must rejoice in His grace, reject our foolish pride, and humbly trust His good and perfect plan!

God sovereignly places His people in the right place at the right time to serve as instruments of deliverance; ultimately fulfilled in Christ. Therefore, we must embrace the gospel, not remain silent, and courageously step into the moment for God's glory, honor, and praise.

In God's providence, Mordecai does what is right, yet it leads to danger and persecution. Many times, doing what's right can lead to situations that feel wrong. Still, Christians must trust that God is working in our best and worst days for our good and His glory!

The world celebrates power, but God works through weakness. He exalts the lowly to accomplish His purposes and save His people. Therefore, we must humbly accept our position, faithfully serve where God places us, and trust that He is at work in His perfect timing.

God is unseen but never absent. He sovereignly raises up a mediator, ultimately the Lord Jesus, to save His people from their enemies. Therefore, since Christ secured our salvation, we should trust the Lord, rejoice in our Savior, and live courageously for His kingdom.

As Christ reveals Himself to the disciples, He confronts their doubts, opens their minds, and commissions them as His witnesses. Therefore, Christians are people of the Word who joyfully proclaim the gospel to the ends of the earth for the joy of all nations and the glory of His Name!

All of Scripture, the Law, the Psalms, and the Prophets, is all about Jesus, His person and His finished work. They instruct us about His death, burial, and resurrection, and the salvation that is only available in Him. Therefore, our whole lives should be all about Jesus.

The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ from the grave is experienced by eyewitnesses, confirmed by facts, and documented with clarity. It compels every person to examine the evidence, encounter the empty tomb, and embrace the Lord Jesus as the risen and reigning Son of God.

Jesus is the Savior for all people anywhere and everywhere. Though completely innocent, Jesus is mocked, rejected, and condemned so that guilty sinners might be forgiven. Therefore, we must see our guilt, trust Him as our sinless Savior, and boldly follow Him wherever He calls us to go!

Jesus is the true Passover Lamb who faithfully submits to the Father's will amid betrayal, distress, and negligent disciples. He deals with our sin and obeys the Father where we fail. So, Christians take comfort: Jesus knows the depths of our sinfulness, yet faithfully saves us and keeps us forever!

Christ's return and the judgment of the world is the next event on the redemptive calendar. Since He could literally come back at any time, we must be diligent to prepare ourselves by listening to Christ's Word, laboring for Christ's Kingdom, and longing for Christ's return!

Since the Fall of Man, there has been conflict between the kingdom of God and the kingdom of darkness. Amid this conflict, Jesus encourages faithfulness over facades. Therefore, those who trust in Jesus must be aware of this kingdom conflict, engage it, and remain faithful in it.

Jesus is the one true King who is worthy of praise, broken over rejection, and zealous to purify His people. Therefore, we must respond rightly by celebrating Him as the King of Kings, trusting Him as our sacrificial Savior, and obeying Him by putting sin to death and walking in righteousness!

Jesus saves the outcasts of society who humbly receive Him but rejects the self-righteous who proudly refuse His Lordship. Therefore, rejoice in the Savior who has come and serve the King who will come again.

Jesus accomplishes our salvation through His death, burial, and resurrection. Therefore, God's kingdom is NOT entered by the capable or the confident, but by those who know they are helpless and cry for mercy. May we be those who abandon self-reliance and depend wholeheartedly on Christ!

Jesus understood the difficulty of the times and the reality of the present age. While confronting the Pharisees for their presumptuous self-righteousness, Jesus urges his disciples to pray persistently and to not lose heart. Therefore, followers of Jesus must approach God with humility and pray persistently in order to be found faithful when Christ returns in glory.

You must be ready for the final judgment on the Day of the Son of Man; having gotten ready by faith in the gospel and having stayed ready by living the gospel. That inevitable day will come unexpectedly to those who are not ready, and they will lose their life.

Jesus Christ is the Savior for all kinds of people, and those who respond to Him in saving faith will live lives that demonstrate that reality. True faith trusts Christ, serves Christ, and worships Christ. It's not merely something we confess with our lips; it's something that reshapes our lives.

Jesus' followers are called to be faithful stewards over God's resources, using them in service to God. But we're easily led astray by the love of money. Jesus teaches us how to follow him with devotion and provides a path that transforms us into people who love others and love God above all.

From the first promise of His coming to the present power of His grace, Jesus is the Savior we need—faithful to God's Word, merciful to the lost, and transformative in the lives of all who believe.

Jesus, the eternal Son of God became a man—fully and truly human—in order to reveal God's glory, sympathize with our weakness, and secure our salvation. Therefore, we must repent of our sin, respond in faith to Christ's finished work on the cross, and rejoice in our souls being saved!

Jesus Christ is the incarnate Word, the eternal Son of God who created and sustains all things. Because He is God, He is able to save a multitude of sinners through His death and resurrection. Therefore, we must behold Him, trust Him, and live for His glory, honor, and praise!

Sermon Theme: Jesus is the one true Savior who joyfully and persistently seeks and saves the lost. Therefore, whether we're a worldly sinner or a self-righteous Pharisee, we must own our desperate need for God's grace, repent of our sin, and rejoice that the Father welcomes us home and celebrates our return!

Jesus urges His listeners to count the cost and follow Him without hesitation, regardless of the difficulty, because true life belongs only to those who follow Him completely. Therefore, genuine disciples treasure Jesus above every competing love, renounce all rivals, and follow Him persistently.

Jesus, the one true King, extends a gracious invitation to the great banquet of His kingdom, calling us to reject self-righteousness, embrace humility, and urgently respond to His offer of salvation. Therefore, we must come to Christ in humble faith and compel others to do the same!

Jesus is the Savior for all people who warns us to strive to enter the narrow door—a call that involves knowing, loving, and actively walking in His ways. Therefore, we must set aside distractions and deterrents, bow the knee to King Jesus, and obey His commands until He returns.

Jesus is the one true Savior for all people, who graciously warns us to repent of sin, trust in Him, and participate in His growing kingdom. Therefore, believers must live each day in humble repentance, steadfast faith, and confident hope in God's unstoppable work!

Jesus teaches the crowds to be ready for His triumphant return by embracing the cost of following Him, understanding the times, and settling accounts with God. Therefore, Christians must strive to live honorable lives before Jesus so that we may be found ready when He returns in glory.

Jesus is the one true Savior of the world, who frees us from greed and anxiety. Therefore, we must reject materialism, rest in the Father's good and perfect care for our lives, and reorient our priorities so that we might seek His Kingdom, lay up treasures in heaven, and be rich in good works!

Jesus confronts and condemns the hypocrisy of the religious leaders by exposing the motivations of their hearts. Meanwhile, Christ followers are called not to hypocrisy but to sincerity. Therefore, God's people are those who acknowledge the Lord Jesus and live in fear-filled light before Him.

Jesus is the one true Savior who casts out demons, defeats the devil, and exposes unbelief. He is greater than Jonah who called for repentance, greater than Solomon who spoke wisdom, and the true light who shines clearly. Therefore, we must believe His power, receive His word, and walk in His truth!

Blessed are the ones who know God the Father through faith in Christ the Son. Jesus is the only One who can satisfy the restless longings of our souls. Therefore, we must sit at His feet, learn from His Word, pray with Kingdom priorities, and trust Him to provide all that we will ever need!

Paul urges God's people not to lose heart but to endure, knowing that our current pain is preparing us for an eternal gain. Therefore, Christians must maintain a proper perspective on suffering, understanding that it is working for our greatest eternal good, bringing us into God's presence!

Paul prays that we might know the glorious salvation that God ordained, accomplished, and applied to our lives. That salvation requires God to open the eyes of our heart that we might know Him and the greatness of His power. Therefore, believers should pray with great clarity and confidence!

Those who know and obey God's Word flourish. No matter what comes, believers are called to stand firm on God's Word by faith. Therefore, Christians must read God's Word and follow its commands in every way, with the hope of freedom from shame and the freedom to worship.

Paul lived on-mission. He proclaimed the gospel with his words and modeled the gospel with his life. Therefore, Christians should boldly proclaim the truth of the gospel and pour out their lives as they eagerly wait to be called into God's eternal kingdom and glory!

Having been redeemed and reconciled to God through faith in Christ, Jesus commands and empowers his disciples to go and make more disciples of all nations. Therefore, this mission should be our mission, and it should be central to every aspect of our lives.

Unity requires humility. The greatest example is the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for us, but is now exalted over ALL creation. Therefore true believers in Christ workout their salvation, evidenced by unity and humility, knowing they will be exalted for God's good pleasure.

God calls believers in Christ to give up their rights, adjust their preferences, and discipline their lives so that others might believe in Jesus. When we lose our lives for the sake the gospel, we ensure that we have truly been saved and will not be disqualified.

In an age of consumerism, Christians are tempted to view the church as a place to take rather than to serve. But God's people are called to a life of making disciples. Therefore, it is each member's responsibility and joy to entrust God's Word to others and multiply disciples for God's glory.

All of humanity is prone to be anxious about life, but there is a better way to live. Jesus commands His followers to not be anxious, but to see God's care, seek first God's kingdom, and trust God's provision. Therefore, we are called to prioritize His kingdom daily and trust Him with our lives.

God's ongoing work in the lives of believers to empower them to put sin to death and grow in righteousness makes them confident of their salvation, encourages them to live godly lives, and makes them effective to carry out His mission.

God brings salvation to sinful humanity, accomplishing justification through His own work and offering His grace as a gift. He shows his righteousness to the world through the death and resurrection of Jesus and unites His people with their Savior. Therefore, if God is truly for us, who could possibly be against us? We should glory in our salvation and live for God!

The new birth is a work of the Spirit that results in looking to Jesus by faith and being saved by His finished work on the cross. If we're going to enter the Kingdom of God, we must look to Jesus for our salvation, and keep looking to Jesus for our sanctification, knowing that the Spirit will change us!

The doctrine of original sin helps us understand that we are all sinners without excuse, which means we have been separated from our good, generous, and gracious Creator ever since the Garden of Eden. As a result, only One can represent us, reconcile us, and resurrect us: the Lord Jesus Christ.

By the power of God's word, He provides a perfect paradise in which man and woman are placed to live in eternal fellowship with their Creator. But now, after the fall, Eden is a picture of the glorious paradise that God has in store for all those who trust in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

By the power of His word, God created the entire universe out of nothing, bringing life out of death, with purpose and meaning; which points forward to the reality that God also brings spiritual life out of death through His Word, the Lord Jesus, and offers eternal rest to all who believe in Him.

At the final judgment, all will be evaluated on whether they kept the Law to love God with all their heart and love their neighbor in Christ as themselves, which are essential works that attend the reality of saving faith.