Sermons – Page 17 – Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

God’s call to step up in times of unbridled sin and rebellion

Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Today the Lord calls us to be faithful witnesses; He puts before us the tests to remain faithful, more so when circumstances change. The way, the time and places we served in the past might call us to step up as the battle becomes more fierce. Looking at…
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A memorial of God’s powerful redemption

Communion Service Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, In Rio de Janeiro 11,178 athletes of 215 countries are competing in 306 events of the Olympic Games. Billions of people will watch the even over the next two weeks on every conceivable device. Advertisers will rake in big amounts of mon ey; and…
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God’s providence and care in times of unbridled sin

Well-known theologian Dr R.C. Sproul records this anecdote in one of his books: There was a mountain climber who slipped on a ledge and was about to plummet thousands of feet to his death, but as he started to fall, he grabbed a branch of a tiny, scraggly tree that was growing out of a…
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God’s Word and witness in times of unbridled sin

Morally and spiritually we live in what might be a very low watermark. However, there most probably were times when things looked somewhat worse. What we might think is that the scale of moral decline is perhaps more widespread now that in most recent times. The churches of the West have been in decline to…
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Completing the work in the face of persecution

My dear friends in the Lord, Over the last two months we heard the Word of God concerning the work of the Holy Spirit. Over the last few Sundays we specifically looked at how the Holy Spirit builds the church. We made the following observations: It is the Holy Spirit who does gives birth to…
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Restoring the walls together

There once was a denomination with hundreds of congregations, ministers, and elders. More than five million Christians called this denomination “my church”. Generation of generation was born, baptised and married there and once again had their children baptised. For more than 300 years this strong Reformed church was a beacon for other denominations holding to…
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The Holy Spirit and his gifts

One of the major differences between the church of Jesus Christ – the church as an institution and body – is that the church never has to work out its mission, its function, or its strategies to keep people interested. All of what the church is, what its mission is, how it should plan and…
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The Holy Spirit and his gifts (1)

How He enables his church for works of service In the early morning of New Yeas Day 1901 a group of Bible students came together, earnestly seeking to experience the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, hoping for something amazing. They were convinced that speaking in tongues was a sure sign of being baptised…
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Why is Communion necessary?

There is with some Christians the idea that the sacraments are not important. Some parents would withhold the sacrament of baptism from their children for reasons pure human and not in accordance with the Word of God. Communion Sundays come and go and some church members would not regard the sacrament important to set aside…
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The convincing judgement of the Holy Spirit

The Spirit of God continues the work of Christ while He is in heaven at the right hand of God. So, He also reveals to the lost the glories of the salvation in Christ
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