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Caleb – He trusted God all the way
Read more: Caleb – He trusted God all the wayLessons from Joshua Scripture Readings Numbers 13:26-14:9 Joshua 14:6-15 Introduction Dear brother and sister in the Lord Jesus Christ, As most of you know by now, I served for some time as padre in the Presbyterian Inland Mission. When working in the area of Wedderburn and Charlton in Victoria, someone asked me if I had…
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The day the Lord listened to a man (2)
Read more: The day the Lord listened to a man (2)Lessons from Joshua Scripture Readings Luke 24:36-29 Joshua 10:1-15 Introduction The Bible is not meant to be understood as a book with two separate major sections, the Old Testament dealing with Israel, and the New Testament dealing with the church, as if these sections have not much in common. If read this way, what happened…
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Yet another year of grace
Read more: Yet another year of graceIsaiah 5:1-7 Luke 13:1-9 Introduction We met John the Baptist last week. We also met Herod and Pilate. The message last week was that God’s Christmas strategy to reach the ends of the world is through his Word and through those whom He uses to preach that Word. It sounds silly and foolish to the…
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God’s Christmas strategy
Read more: God’s Christmas strategyLuke 1:67-79 Luke 3:1-6 Dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Most people find history boring, and if I told you that the sermon is coming from Luke 3:1-2 you might think of shutting down. I urge you, however, not to. What God has to say in these verses is very relevant to us –…
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Baptism: Sign and seal of God’s grace in Jesus Christ
Read more: Baptism: Sign and seal of God’s grace in Jesus ChristDeclared mercy Scripture Readings Acts 8:26-40 Colossians 2:8-15 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters, when it comes to grace and salvation, there is sometimes this sinful appreciation of the self. Captain George Von Trapp in the Sound of Music, finds in Maria, the governess, his new love. The two of them sing a song, Something…
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What is a sacrament?
Read more: What is a sacrament?Definition In secular world: Something that binds or brings under obligations In the Bible: An ordinance instituted by God representing the work of Christ 1. In Protestant Churches only two Baptism Communion 2. God instituted sacraments to accompany the Word they have no meaning apart from the message of Jesus Christ visible “pictures” of Christ’s…
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Excommunicated because of Christ – the enemy from within
Read more: Excommunicated because of Christ – the enemy from withinThat you may know that Jesus Christ is the Messiah, the Son of God Scripture Readings Jeremiah 20: 7-13 John 16:1-4, Matt 10:21-33 A bit more than forty years now, towards the end of our school education, our headmaster had a talk to us. Quite honestly, we did not like him very much – not…
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Inescapable Opposition
Read more: Inescapable OppositionSo that you may believe that Jesus Christ is the Messiah the Son of God Scripture Readings Psalm 35:1-20 John 15:18-16:4 After killing six million Jews and countless fellow Germans who resisted the Nazi Regime in Germany under Hitler, trails where held to bring to justice the perpetrators. At one stage the trails were brought…
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