Messages of Hope
Believing Christ for Righteousness
Believing Christ for Righteousness Who Has Bewitched You? Who Is Perfecting You? Why Was Christ Crucified? Genesis 15:1-21, Galatians 3:1-9 Legalism is a lure. The sinful heart loves legalism. Not because we believe ourselves to be righteous in and of ourselves as...
Ordinances – Communion With Christ
Communion with Christ Communion Nourished Communion Experienced Communion Guarded 1Corinthians 10:14-33 [Larger Catechism 168, 170] Christ uses His Table to bring you into the most important fellowship you have on the earth in Him - His body, the Church. We no longer...
Crucified With Christ
Crucified with Christ I Have Died to the Law I Now Live By Faith in Christ I Do Not Set Aside Grace Isaiah 53, Galatians 2:15-21 "It is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me." The old fallen man, Adam, is now dead; I am no longer identified with him as a sinful...
Ordinances – The Grace of Baptism
The Grace of Baptism The Heart of Baptism The Engagement of Baptism The Subjects of Baptism John 1:19-34 [Larger Catechism 165, 167] Why do we baptize children of believers? Because of God's covenant. Jesus said that the little children belong to the kingdom of God...
The Battle for the Gospel
The Battle for the Gospel The Doctrine of Justification The War Against Justification Daniel 1:1-25, Galatians 2:9-16 To be justified is more than just to be declared, "Not guilty." It also means to be declared righteous before God. It means God has imputed, or...
Ordinances – The Sacraments of the Church
The Sacraments of the Church What Are the Sacraments What Are the Benefits of Sacraments What Makes Sacraments Effectual Exodus 12:14-28 [Larger Catechism 161-162] most of us Christians consider the Sacraments from the human side, what we gain from them by our faith....
The One Gospel is For Everyone
The One Gospel is for Everyone Gospel Truth Does Not Change Gospel Truth Must Be Maintained We plant the seeds of compromise to the truth of the gospel when we are afraid to tell our children that someone who has died without Christ as Saviour, is not in heaven. They...
Ordinances – God’s Word and Faith
God’s Word and Faith It’s Convicting Grace It’s Transforming Glory Preaching is heralding God's Word. The message preached has its authority, not from the herald, but from God and His Word. It is God's way of saying to the hearer, "Be still and know that I am God!" ~...
Our Freedom In Christ
Our Freedom in Christ The Gospel Proclaims Freedom The Gospel Maintains That Freedom Galatians 1:18 – 2:5 How do you know if Christ Jesus has set you free from sin's bondage? When sin is revealed, and your response is humility, sorrow and repentance; not anger,...
Ordinances – The Holy Word of God
Ordinances – The Holy Word of God Its Effectual Goodness Its Convicting Grace Its Transforming Glory Psalm 19:1-14 [Larger Catechism 155-157] 155. How is the word made effectual to salvation? The Spirit of God makes the reading, but especially the preaching of the...