Sermons

A conundrum has existed in the minds of people as long as there have been people. If God is a good God, why do bad things happen? God has made promises to His people, that they will be blessed in numerous ways, in this life, but also blessed with eternal life. However, He also provides us with the guarantee that His people will be persecuted. Is this a contradiction? Since God cannot lie, this is not a contradiction. The affliction, persecution and bad things that happen to people are for the greater cause of glorifying God, building character, and blessing His people with eternal life.

God is a family.  The reason mankind exists is to fulfill the purpose of God and become part of His Family.  We can achieve this goal with the help of the family structure.

Are you close to God? Really–or is that just what you claim to be? The Word of God teaches us how to draw close to God, and doing so is vital if we are to inherit eternal life and have a part in God’s Kingdom! 

God was compassionate and merciful in dealing with Job. Why and how? Wasn’t Job upright and blameless? Why did God permit his suffering in the first place? And why does God allow that righteous people suffer today?

The book of Job is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. Commentaries have struggled for centuries to come to grips with it, but for the most part, they have failed utterly to explain it correctly. What can we learn from this extraordinary segment of the Holy Scriptures?

Are you a leader, or are you among those who are led–a follower of what is good? In fact, each of us should be both, and the Bible reveals examples along with instructions for leaders and the led.

Many don’t understand today that sin is bad for us. They may look at sin as having fun and enjoying pleasure. And even though sin may provide short-term passing pleasure, it has long-term consequences which are not good. Sin produces bad results, and it does not pay. When we break God’s spiritual laws, they will break us. Our sins will find us out.

Whatever weakness that we may have, we have to make sure that we overcome it by putting it into God’s hands,  asking Him for help which should eliminate the weakness, thereby making us stronger.

Could you prove God’s existence to yourself and to others? Are there proofs for God’s existence which should convince even doubters? This sermon will present to you seven such proofs.

Do we fully grasp the tremendous sacrifice which both the Father and the Son gave for mankind? Are we fulfilling Christ’s command to love others as He loved us? Are we even close to understanding that the Father loves us with the same love with which He loves Christ–and that His love must be in us? How can this be?

The importance of a thorough self examination prior to the Passover using the ten commandments as the criteria to do so.

In the spirit of God’s command that we first examine
ourselves before participating in the Passover service, we need to learn to willingly yield to God–something that Jesus
Christ did completely!

Each year before Passover, we are obliged as Christians to examine ourselves so that we can participate in the ceremony in a worthy manner. In order to examine ourselves correctly, we must seek the divine will of God, seeing ourselves through His perspective, rather than our own. Pride is the single greatest trait that stands in the way of doing this correctly. Only when we overcome pride and use the Holy Spirit of God as our guide, can we truly examine ourselves correctly. 

The Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5 includes the famous “Beatitudes” that are paramount to the Christian life! They are keys to a successful Christian life.

While the world is engaged in Easter celebrations, some Christians are not. WHY would anyone claiming to be a Christian not celebrate the most important festival of the Christian world, purportedly memorializing the death and resurrection of our Savior, Jesus Christ? Simply put, because the origins of Easter are not Christian at all, and the death and resurrection of Christ did not occur on Good Friday and Easter Sunday.

This sermon looks at seven basic areas where we can fall into the trap of neglect or apathy, not because of ignorance, but because we have been taught consistently in the Church over the years, these vital principles.  True Christianity is not pick and mix.   It is not about choosing the bits we like and agree with and ignoring the bits that don’t suit us.  Christianity is a package, and we have to embrace the whole package.  It should always be a case of being true to our calling in all areas, at all times, not just when it suits us!

Jesus promised that His disciples would do the kinds of works He did and even greater ones! Did that actually occur? Will greater works also be done in these prophetic times that the Bible identifies as the last days? 

We are surrounded today by lies and liars – emanating from every nook and cranny of society.  We must be careful that we don’t get caught up in this practice that is roundly condemned by God.  Lying is a grievous sin.  For liars, it brings the second death.  Jesus always told the truth.  And that is the way that we should be.

The Sabbath was made for man and was instituted by God on creation week as a day of rest and worship to Him.  It is also the only sign  given to true Christians that we are worshipping the one and true God .  No other day has been designated for true Christians to worship God.

The Psalms have always been a source of inspiration and encouragement for Jews and Christians alike–especially, when facing difficulties and trials. But did you know that the five books or sections of the Psalms are mirroring the five books of Moses, and that there is a prophetic story flow in the collection of Psalms–starting with our life in this present evil world of Satan, and concluding with God’s rule over all of creation?