Sermons – Page 8 – Naracoorte Presbyterian Church

Jesus Christ only – no if’s no buts’ (2)

Bible readings Romans 6:1-11 Colossians 2:8-15 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord, Some 24 years ago we migrated from South Africa. Heila and I had to meet the requirements of the Government at the time. All along, our children, then under the age of sixteen, had nothing to do to meet any regulation. We can…
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Jesus Christ only, no if’s or but’s (1)

Bible Readings Ephesians 3:14-21 Colossians 2:6-15 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord, Our series from Colossians goes under the heading “United with Christ.” In the very first chapter we found terms like fulness, wisdom, understanding, every way, all power, all things, everything, glorious riches, all wisdom, perfect in Christ, all energy, full riches, complete understanding,…
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The Gospel: Defending your defence

Bible Readings Ephesians 1:15-23 Colossians 1:24-2:5 Introduction When I grew up in South Africa we had a sort of war-game. We called it kleilat. I’ll explain. We would go down to the creek and dig up some black clay. We would also cut some green flexible sticks from a willow tree. The hard ones…
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The Christ of the Gospel

Bible Readings Psalm 2 Colossians 1:12-23 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, When we began our series from the letter to the Colossians, we first looked at the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We moved on to the next, Growing in the knowledge of the Gospel. I preach the Word of God to…
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Growing in the knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ

Bible Readings Psalm 119:129-136 Colossians 1:9-14 Introduction Dear friends in the Lord, Jesus Christ, Last week we commenced a series of sermons from Paul’s letter to the Colossians. This series goes under the title, United with Jesus Christ. Last week the message was about the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We looked at what the Gospel…
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The Gospel of Jesus Christ

Bible Readings 1Corinthians 10:5-17 Colossians 1:1-8 Introduction There are 7.6 billion people on earth. Of this 7.6 billion a great deal are not Christians. About 2.3 billion profess to be Christians, which, in theory, makes Christianity the largest religion by numbers. Between 2010 and 2015, an estimated 223 million babies were born to Christian mothers…
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Temporary suffering and eternal glory

Bible Readings Isaiah 40:6-11 1Peter 5:6-14 Introduction Dear friends in Christ, Plastic changed our world. The toys we used to get as gifts were cars made of thin pressed metal. The doors and the windows were painted on with real paint. The wheels were from a sort of a cast iron and the axels were…
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Heavenly shaped defence (3): Submission, Humility, Trust

Scripture Readings Psalm 133 1Peter 5:1-9 Introduction My dear friends in the Lords Jesus Christ, Let’s for one moment think of our congregation as an army. We are called to battle because we have an enemy seeking to devour and destroy. The Bible calls him our adversary, or the devil. …your adversary the devil…
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Heavenly shaped defence (2) Eldership (a)

Bible Readings Ezekiel 34:1-10 1Peter 5:1-4 Introduction My dear brothers and sisters in the Lord, Our study of 1Peter up to this point taught us a few major things: Our citizenship is in heaven where our inheritance is kept save by God Citizens of heaven are those who received the Good News of Christ, who…
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Heavenly shaped defence (1)

Bible Readings Acts 20:25-38; 1 Peter 5:1-11 Introduction My dear friends in Christ, If our Lord allows us, we will walk slowly through the last chapter of 1 Peter. The topic of this sermon “Heavenly Shaped Defence”. We of course speak of our defence against the strategy of the devil. To begin our study of…
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