We preach Christ crucified
Friday, April 19, 2024
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Sermon notes POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES TO PAUL’S SUCCESS IN THE MINISTRY. A series of expressions and illustrations impress these upon us. Exhortation, v3. This term will be familiar to those who know the title given to the Holy Ghost as the Comforter. Paul’s was a ministry marked by […]
Scripture: 2 Samuel 22:31 Sermon notes As David writes these words he is hanging up his war equipment. Cp v1, 21:17. He is now an old man and his fighting days are done. He reflects on the wonderful history of victory that God has given to him over the probably […]
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Sermon notes Paul’s courageous ministry of the gospel in Thessalonica was not in vain. God made it a fruitful ministry so as to accomplish His own electing purpose. Yet, God works sovereignly to save in prescribed channels! God is a God of order. We may look […]
Scripture: 1 John 1:7 Sermon notes The subject matter of this epistle is explained in v1. The book is about Christ as the revealer of eternal life. The experience of that life by sinful mankind; and the enjoyment of the fellowship with God that eternal life entails, are issues that […]
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Sermon notes In the first chapter Paul speaks of what he knows of these believers, 1:4. The fruits of grace he sees in their lives convinces him that they are elect of God. He focuses upon the sovereign grace in salvation and what it produces in […]
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-2 Peter is writing to Jewish believers who were suffering for their faith. Theirs was a hard lot indeed. They faced hardships because they were Jews and faced added difficulties because they were Christians. In all of this physical hardship they could rejoice in the fact that […]
Scripture: Matthew 3:13-17 Sermon notes This event occurs just as Christ’s public ministry is about to begin. It is a private meeting between the Saviour and John the Baptist. It is an episode that has the most profound implications as it is the first public act of Christ as […]
Subject: Waiting for the return of Christ Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 1:10 Sermon notes They began to wait for Christ’s return, v10. To wait is from the root meaning ‘to remain, abide’, John 15:4. It is an intensified form of the verb. This is a part of their gospel steadfastness in […]
Scripture: Luke 10:42 Sermon notes The Saviour and His disciples pay a visit to the private home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary in Bethany. The home became a place of communion and fellowship with Christ. This passage is an example of the blessings that can be enjoyed at home; and […]
Scripture: Exodus 20:5 Sermon notes These words were spoken audibly by God from Sinai, v1, 18-19, Deut 5:22. It is easy when reading the words that have become familiar to us to forget the dread import of them. These words are among the most solemn recorded in Scripture and […]