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God’s Effective Word
Listen to sermon : God’s Effective WordAs rain and snow water the earth and bring forth seed for the sower and bread for the eater, God’s word goes out from his mouth and accomplishes what he purposes; it never returns to him empty. The word often works slowly…
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The Glory That Blocks Belief
Listen to sermon : The Glory That Blocks BeliefJesus calls four witnesses to who he is: John the Baptist, the works the Father gave him to do, the Father himself, and the Scriptures, which bear witness about him. His hearers search those Scriptures yet refuse to come to him for…
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That All May Honor the Son
Listen to sermon : That All May Honor the SonWhen the Jews sought to kill Jesus for calling God his own Father, he pressed the claim further: the Son does nothing of his own accord but only what he sees the Father doing, because the Father loves the Son and shows…
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Seek, Forsake, Return
Listen to sermon : Seek, Forsake, ReturnIsaiah 55:6-9 shows what genuine repentance looks like: seeking the Lord while he may be found, forsaking wicked ways and thoughts, and returning to him. Repentance differs from Judas’s remorse, from a change of opinion, and from penance, because only Christ’s sacrifice…
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Are You Thirsty?
Listen to sermon : Are You Thirsty?Isaiah 55 opens with a universal invitation: everyone who thirsts may come to the waters and buy wine and milk without money and without price. Sinners receive it free because the suffering servant of Isaiah 53 paid its price, and Jesus fulfills…
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Where Shall We Get Living Water?
Listen to sermon : Where Shall We Get Living Water?At Jacob’s well Jesus offers the Samaritan woman living water: whoever drinks the water he gives will never thirst again, for it becomes a spring welling up to eternal life. That water is the Holy Spirit, who never leaves believers without his…
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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…