Hexham Presbyterian Church Sermons
By Hexham Presbyterian Church
Hexham Presbyterian Church SermonsJun 26, 2023
I am a child of God
John 1: 9-13
adoption
The New Birth
1. stated
2. illustrated
3. applied
The God of Peace, Sanctification and the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
1 Thessalonians 5:23 cf. 2 Thessalonians 2:13-3:5
1. the God of Peace
2. the sanctification of the believer
3. the preservation of the believer
4. the coming of Christ
holiness
Walking in the Light
1 John 1:5-8 cf. Isaiah 9
Fellowship with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ
1 John 1:1-4 cf. Philippians 1:1-18
1. the message revealed
2. the purpose of the message
fellowship; truth; joy
I am the Way, the Truth and the Life
John 14:6; Ps.61
1. the Way
2. the Truth
3. the Life
need a Saviour
no other Fountain
Prepare your minds for action
1 Peter 1: 13 cf. 2 Corinthians 10:5
1. teaching
2. encouragement
3. challenge
grace to come
living hope
The blessing of Christ's blood
Ephesians 1:7-8; cf. Hebrews 9:15-10:22
sacrifice
1. ransom
2. pardon
3. grace
redemption
Why genealogies?
Luke 3:23-38; Romans 5:12-21; cf Luke 3:21-22; 4:1-13
1. the Bible is history
2. the Bible is the history of individuals
3. the Bible is God's story
Mary at the empty tomb
John 20:1-18; cf. Gen. 2:8-25
1. the crying woman
2. a compassionate Saviour
He is risen
resurrection
Rabboni
Christ and His Church
Matthew 16:13-20 cf. 1 Kings 4:21-34
1. Christ builds His church
2. Christ protects His church
3. Christ equips His church
keys of the kingdom
preaching the gospel
church discipline
WSC 24-27
John Mark
Mark 14:43-57; Acts 13:13; 15:36-41
grace
sanctification
perseverance
encouragement
The Davidic Covenant
2 Sam 7:1-29
God' promises did for David:
1. reshaped his understanding of God: greatness, sovereignty
2. led to re-discovery of God's grace
3. led to re-vitalised worship
4. produced a repentant and humble response to God's will
Not being ignorant of Satan's schemes
2 Corinthians 2:1-17, esp. v11. cf. Luke 22:24-34
God's enemy, trying to defraud/outwit us
spiritual warfare
His devises, to:
1. put blasphemous thoughts in my mind
2. question the truth of God's Word & His promises
3. doubt I am saved
4. question I'm a child of God, because, eg. so prayerless
5. bring to despair
6. present the world to be the place to be; present church as boring, joy-less, etc.
7. tempt to abandon yourself to pride of life, lust of the eyes
Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the living God
Matthew 16:13-20; Isaiah 61
1. Jesus tests His disciples and finds a heart of faith
2. Jesus revealed as the Christ
3. Christ anointed to three offices of Prophet, Priest and King
WSC 24-26
The cup in the experience of Jesus Christ
Matthew 27:27-37; Matthew 20:17-23; 26:26-29; 36-46
1. the cup of God's wrath
2. the counterfeit cup
3. the cup of salvation
No one else saves and satisfies than Jesus Christ
John 6:26-51
cf. Exodus 16:1-36
Bread
1. different kinds of work
2. different kinds of bread
3. different kinds of life
Trusting the Good Shepherd
John 10:11-33
cf. Ezekiel 34:11-31
trust
1. how relationship of trust is established
2. how relationship of trust is experienced
3. how relationship of trust is extended
Life - Ecclesiastes 3
Ecclesiastes 3:1-15
1. The enigma of life
2. The significance of life
Adoption
Ephesians 1:1-4, especially v5-6 cf. Samuel 9
1. adopted as sons
2. adopted by grace
3. adopted for praise
election
Christ's glory
Philippians 2:5-11; John 17
1. Christ's glory
2. Christ's humiliation
3. Christ's exaltation
worship
humility
What is means to be a Christian: the blessing of election
Ephesians 1:3-14 cj. John 6:22-40
1. the assurance of blessing
2. the blessing of election
3. the purpose of election
redemption: planned, accomplished & applied
union with Christ
holy & blameless life, in love.
What's the time, Paul?
Romans 13:1-14 cf. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
living in a dark world
letting your light shine
1. the night is nearly over
2. the day is nearly here
Second Coming of Christ
new heaven, new earth
children of light
God Promises Deliverance
Exodus 6:1-13 cf. Exodus 4:28-5:23
deliverance
redemption
adoption
The sanctuary of God
Psalm 73:17 cf. 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
1. the presence of the Lord
2. the sacrifice
3. the Word
4. prayer
5. praise
6. corporate worship
Nicodemus' encounter with Jesus
John 3:1-21 cf. Psalm 32
1. a named man
2. a needy man
3. a religious man
4. a humble man
5. a seeking man
new birth; seeing the kingdom of God
John 16
Cf. Isaiah 43
John 15
Cf. Isaiah 11
Always being ready to make a defence to everyone who asks you to give an account for the hope that is in you
1 Peter 3:8-22, esp. 15-16 cf. Psalm 119:89-112
how to live as a Christian in a hostile world
defending the faith
1. Always be prepared
2. the reason for our hope
3. how God works
core beliefs; doctrine; Scripture; saved by grace
the Word; means of grace
Jesus Christ and Him Crucified
1 Corinthians 1:1-2:5 cf. Romans 10:5-17
focal point of church
what the church should be known for
1. the church's message
2. the method of presenting the message
3. the might, the power of the message
faith
Christ Jesus
Suffering for righteousness sake
1 Peter 3:13-22; esp. v.18 cf. Isaiah 53:1-12
1. Christ suffered, once for sins
2. Who suffered? The Righteous for the unrighteous
3. why suffering? to bring us to God
Jesus Christ by and because of His suffering:
- takes the sting out of our suffering
- did so without complaint
- to secure an eternal blessing
- so that Christians don't suffer for their sins
- suffering can't break covenant bond between God and elect
- our sins caused His suffering
- Christ is the sufficient Saviour because He takes my sin upon Himself
- by His suffering secures salvation
- my suffering not a sign that forsaken by God
- Christ understand my suffering
aim: to mature the Christian, to develop Him, to remind him, to bring him to God
Assurance and perseverance
Philippians 1:1-11 cf. acts 16:1-40
He Who began a good work
will perfect it
until the day of Christ Jesus.
1. what is this work?
2. why is this a good work?
3. proof that this work has been begun
4. how to be sure He will bring it to completion
doubt; prayer; means of grace
From self-reliance to God-reliance
Genesis 32:1-32 cf. Genesis 25:19-34
Jacob:
1. a changed man
2. a decisive moment
transformation
encounter with the pre-incarnate Christ
Who is in Heaven?
Revelation 21:1-22:5 cf. Genesis 2:4-25
1. God is in heaven, His dwelling place
2. His people are there
New creation; new heaven and new earth
the Lamb is all the glory
behold your God
Psalm 3
Psalm 3; cf Mark 4:35-41
The Old and the New Covenants
Jeremiah 31:31-34 cf. Hebrews 8
vs nominal, external 'Christianity'
God's commands on the heart
Submitting to one another in the body of Christ
1 Peter 3:8-12 cf. Isaiah 53
duties and responsibilities in the church
principles of conduct; Christian behaviour towards others
Christ-like actions and re-actions for His followers
unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, tender heart & humility
don't repay evil with evil
sanctification
Second Coming of Christ, Resurrection of the dead, Day of Judgement, Heaven and Hell
Revelation 20:11-15 cf. Matthew 25:31-46
Christ of imagination vs Christ of God's revelation
Luke 24:13-35; Ps. 22
roots of unbelief
resurrection
spiritual blindness
Scriptures
path to glory through suffering
The Fountain of living waters and broken cisterns
Jeremiah 2:1-28, esp. v13.
cf. John 4:1-15; Ps. 42:1-5
cisterns = idols; don't give life
God if life; cf. John 14:6
dangers of social media
What is expected of a godly marriage?
1 Peter 3:1-7 cf. Genesis 18:1-15
godly wife; godly husband
submission; true beauty; leadership; authority; honour; Christ & the church
Christ in marriage
What are the consequences of the truth of the resurrection?
1 Corinthians 15:1-34 cf. Daniel 12:1-13
consequences of disbelief: no Christian faith, most to be pitied, nothing to say to anyone & eat, drink, tomorrow we die
consequences of belief: Christians will be raised from the dead, there will be a day when He will return in glory. this life has meaning & teaches us how to die
certainty; glory; Christ is risen
Entering the kingdom of heaven, doing the will of the Father
Matthew 7:21-29 cf. John 14
Christ's Words, the foundation
acting on His words
standing in the Day of Judgment
a Teacher with authority
How does a Christian approach death?
Philippians 1:12-30 cf./ Psalm 23
facing life and death, with equal joy
deliverance; release
1. death is certain
2. death is a departure
3. death is gain
far better
Christ's victory
How powerful is God?
Mark 5:21-43 cf. Jer.32:16-27
divine sovereignty
test of faith; trust in God
theology and practise must collide
trouble the Teacher with:
conversions, responsibilities, trials, perseverance & resurrection
What does it mean for a Christian to face temptation?
Matthew 4:1-11 cf. Hebrews 4:14-5:10
battle against sin; union with Christ
1. Christ is our only hope in temptation
2. Our hope in temptation is that He faced what we face
3. Christ is my only hope in temptation because He conquers the temptation
What a Christian is not, what he is and what he is to do
1 Peter 1:13-2:3 cf. Ps. 119:1-24
Christian behaviour
1. put aside all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy and all slander
2. be like new-born babes, always longing for new milk, with nothing added nor taken away
3. grow up into salvation, in grace
What does it mean for a Christian to be indwelt by the Holy Spirit?
Romans 8:1-17 cf. John 14:15-30
another Helper
Advocate
walking according to the Spirit; sanctification
think right
Word; Truth
leading into obedience, into Christ-likeness
The unchanging Word changes us into something new
1 Peter 1:13-25 cf. 1 John 2:7-11; 2:28-3:18
Word of God, unchanging
new birth
love
brotherly love is: sincere, comprehensive & natural
if born again, will love our brothers & sisters, will keep Christ's commandments
What does it mean to be an adopted child of God?
Romans 8:1-17 ; cf. Deuteronomy 7:1-11
adoption, an act of God's free grace
WSC 34
privileges
prior to adoption: child of the devil
when adopted, happens instantaneously, work of God (alone)
have a new Father, a new Brother (Christ), a new family (church)
Spirit witnesses to this reality