Sermons on Desiring God
Born From Above
Born From Above – John’s Gospel chapter 2 verse 23 to chapter 3 verse 15 Pharisees as a group were critical of Jesus, became his enemies and later wanted to kill him. Nicodemus, a Pharisee, was more sympathetic, and comes to find out more. Now there was a Pharisee, a man named Nicodemus who was a member of the Jewish ruling council. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said, ‘Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher who has come…
Dinner with Jesus
Dinner with Jesus – Luke’s Gospel chapter 10 verses 38 to 42 Here is a PDF you can download And another that folds into a small booklet
The Way of Blessing
The Way of Blessing – Psalm 84 How lovely is your dwelling-place, Lord Almighty!2 My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the Lord;my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psalm 84:1-2 What is true happiness? To know the favour of God, sure that He is with me. Some things to understand Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young –a place near your altar, Lord Almighty, my King and my…
Light in the Darkness
Light in the Darkness: The Excellencies of God’s Love – Psalm 63 The true Christian is driven by adversity TO God and not away from Him. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you;I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you,in a dry and parched land where there is no water. Psalm 63:1 Christians feel they have a right to turn to God at such times On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the…
The Outsider Brought In
The Outsider Brought In – Acts chapter 8, verses 25 to 40 The Man 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means ‘queen of the Ethiopians’). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told Philip, ‘Go to that chariot and stay…
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 2
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 2 – 2 Peter chapter 1, verses 5 to 11 God’s work in making godly people I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put…
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 1
Growing in Grace-Fuelled Holiness, Part 1 – 2 Peter chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 1 Simon Peter, a servant and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Saviour Jesus Christ have received a faith as precious as ours: 2 Grace and peace be yours in abundance through the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. 3 His divine power has given us everything we need for a godly life through our knowledge of him…
Let All Who Are Thirsty Come and Drink
Let All Who Are Thirsty Come and Drink – John’s Gospel chapter 7, verses 25 to 39 Confusion about Jesus 25 At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, ‘Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26 Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Messiah? 27 But we know where this man is from; when the Messiah comes, no one will…
The Believer’s Tug-o-War
The Believer’s Tug-o-War – Romans chapter 7 verses 14-25 21 So I find this law at work: although I want to do good, evil is right there with me. 22 For in my inner being I delight in God’s law; 23 but I see another law at work in me, waging war against the law of my mind and making me a prisoner of the law of sin at work within me. 24 What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from…
The Controversial Claim of Christ
The Controversial Claim of Christ – John’s Gospel chapter 5, verses 16 to 30 2 Things: Jesus, a controversial figure 16 So, because Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath, the Jewish leaders began to persecute him. John 5:16 Just before this He provoked controversy by healing an paralysed man on the Sabbath. Jesus’s controversial claim 7 In his defence Jesus said to them, ‘My Father is always at his work to this very day, and I too am working.’ 18 For…
The Tri-Unity of God, Light, Warmth and Life
The Tri-Unity of God. Matthew’s Gospel chapter 3, verses 16-17, Romans chapter 1, verses 1 to 4 Is the Trinity just some obscure, intellectual idea? Here Pastor Roy shows it to be light, warmth and life, and the very heart of the good news of Jesus. God is unique and must remain a mystery… but He is not un-knowable, for He shows Himself in the Bible, in history. Bring me a worm that can comprehend a man, and then I…
God is Self-Existent (He Always Was)
God is Self-Existent (He Always Was) – Acts chapter 17, verse 23 and 24 24 ‘The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. Acts 17:24-25 11 And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this…