Sermons from January 2020
The Kingdom of Heaven
[Machine transcription] Jesus says, follow me and I will make you fishers of men. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we want to reflect this morning on that part of the text, what it means when Jesus says that following Him makes us fishers of men. But it’s a small reflection, so I think to warm us up I just want to walk through the Gospel…
Behold, God’s Lamb with your Sin
[Machine transcription] John says, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, After Jesus was baptized by John, He was sent away by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted for forty days. And then, after His time in the wilderness, He came back down to the Jordan River.…
Paul’s Spiritual Eyes
[Machine transcription] Paul writes, “I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus.” Amen. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear Saints, we want to consider this text under the theme of seeing things differently or maybe how Jesus makes us see things differently. Paul, Saint Paul, always prays. We know…
Baptized (version B)
[Machine transcription] And behold a voice from heaven said, this is my beloved son with whom I am well pleased. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear baptized, we should, as we hear the account of the baptism of Jesus, I think we should sort of furrow our brows and scratch our heads to try to figure out what exactly is going on here. At least that’s…
Baptized (version A)
[Machine transcription] Paul says, “Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into His death? We were buried, therefore, with Him by baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, Amen. Dear…
The Wisdom of the Foolish Wise Men
[Machine transcription] When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints of God, what we have tonight is, it’s maybe less like a sermon and more like a focused Bible study. For that reason, I want you to open the bulletin to see the words of the text, page 10 and 11, and follow along with…
The Father’s Stuff
[Machine transcription] After three days they found Him in the temple, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. You may be seated. In the name of Jesus, amen. Dear saints, this is a glorious, even if somewhat mysterious, text of the visit of Jesus when He was twelve years old to the temple. And we’re going to consider what it means to…