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The Covenant of Peace
Listen to sermon : The Covenant of Peace“Sing, O barren one… for the children of the desolate one will be more than the children of her who is married.” After the suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, God promises spiritual fruitfulness to his people in the new covenant age, fulfilling…
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He Must Increase
Listen to sermon : He Must IncreaseWhen John’s disciples worry that everyone is going to Jesus, John answers that he is not the Christ but the friend of the bridegroom, who rejoices at the bridegroom’s voice: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” Scripture calls God the husband…
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The Last Hour
Listen to sermon : The Last Hour“Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come.” The last hour began with Christ’s resurrection, so his return is imminent: he could come at any moment. John warns that…
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Whoever Believes in Him
Listen to sermon : Whoever Believes in HimNicodemus asks how a man can be born again, and Jesus answers with heavenly things. As Moses lifted up the bronze serpent so that dying Israelites could look and live, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, that whoever believes…
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Self-Righteousness vs. God’s Righteousness
Listen to sermon : Self-Righteousness vs. God’s RighteousnessJesus tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous. The Pharisee thanks God that he is not like other men and lists his fasting and tithing. The tax collector stands…
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A Good Principle from a Bad Example
Listen to sermon : A Good Principle from a Bad ExampleA dishonest manager, about to lose his job for wasting his master’s goods, reduces the debts of his master’s debtors so they will welcome him later. His master commends him, not for dishonesty but for shrewdness. Jesus draws a principle from this…
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This Fleeting World
Listen to sermon : This Fleeting World“Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.” The world here is the system of thought and life in rebellion against God, marked by the…
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Knowing the Father and the Son
Listen to sermon : Knowing the Father and the SonJohn writes to little children, fathers, and young men: God has forgiven their sins for Christ’s name’s sake. Forgiveness is the foundational blessing of salvation, secured by Christ’s once-for-all sacrifice; unlike the old covenant priests who always stood, he sat down at…
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Safe in God’s Hand
Listen to sermon : Safe in God’s HandMany people feel less safe than they once did, but those who belong to Christ are secure in God’s hand. Their security rests on God’s purpose: the Father gave his sheep to the Son before the foundation of the world, and the…
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Cry Out for Salvation
Listen to sermon : Cry Out for SalvationIn Psalm 69 David suffers reproach and betrayal, and the Gospels show the psalm fulfilled in Christ, who was given vinegar to drink on the cross. Christ prayed for his enemies’ forgiveness, and the psalm also asks God to judge the unrepentant,…