Sermons on Gospel
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…
Skeptics & the Sovereign Saviour
Skeptics & the Sovereign Saviour – John’s Gospel chapter 6, verses 41 to 59 Who Do Some Believe and Others Don’t? Hearing the same message – “I am the bread of life”? Yet God’s plan cannot be thwarted. Grumbling Skeptics 41 At this the Jews [that is, the Jewish religious leaders] there began to grumble about him because he said, ‘I am the bread that came down from heaven.’ 42 They said, ‘Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father…
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 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…
All Christians are to be evangelists
All Christians are to be evangelists – John’s Gospel chapter 4, verses 27 to 42 Jesus talks to an outcast woman …and his followers are shocked! Just then his disciples returned and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, ‘What do you want?’ or ‘Why are you talking with her?’ John 4:27 She wants to tell everyone …and forgets her water jar. ‘Come, see a man who told me everything I’ve ever done. Could…
The Hope of the Resurrection
The Hope of the Resurrection – 1 Corinthians 15 The Gospel stands on the physical resurrection of Jesus. Without it there is no Gospel. Evidence for Christ’s Resurrection From scripture, and from eyewitnesses. Six consequences of NO resurrection 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.…
Whoever You Are, Whatever You’ve Done
Whoever You Are, Whatever You’ve Done – John’s Gospel chapter 4, verses 1 to 26 Too Far Gone? Does “whoever believes in Him” really include me? (John 3:16) 3 Important bits of information She was a Samaritan, Jesus a Jew, and she was shocked that He should speak to her. Then, they were beside Jacob’s Well, the heritage of both. And it was midday, the hottest time of the day. 7 When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said…
The Greatest Expression of Love
The Greatest Expression of Love – John’s Gospel chapter 3 verses 16 to 21 16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17 For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. 18 Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not…
Be a Banana Tree!
Be a Banana Tree! – 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 1 to 10 The Christians of Thessalonika were like banana trees – they multiplied! The Apostle Paul was thankful for their faith, love and hope in Jesus. They were imitators of Jesus, and example to all 1st Century Greece. God’s Gospel rang out from them. Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace. 2…
Finishing the Race
As this is a very visual message the video is the best option. However, the MP3 audio is here too. Finishing the Race – 2 Timothy chapter 4 John Akhwari and the Slow Marathon Badly injured, he kept going, finishing an hour after the others – “My country did not send me 11,000Km to start the Olympic Marathon. They send me here to finish it. Time 4 In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living…
Jesus, the Word of God
Jesus, the Word of God – John’s Gospel chapter 1, verses 1 to 5 John wrote his account of the life of Jesus for a purpose: But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. John 20:31 The Word. To the philosophers of John’s day it meant unknowable wisdom, but to the Jewish people it meant God’s expression of Himself. In…
Conversion and the Gospel
Conversion and the Gospel – 1 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 1 to 10 A mark of a healthy church Today’s ethos says “I’m OK as I am.”, but the Gospel of God says change is possible and necessary, and shows us how. What is conversion? Why do we need conversion? How can we be converted? “I am not what I ought to be.I am not what I want to be.I am not what I hope to be.Yet I can truly…