This sermon unpacking these verses answers two important questions, Who is Jesus? and What does Jesus command us to do? So, Who is Jesus? Jesus is truly God as his victorious resurrection testifies. He is also King reigning in power and authority now. Jesus is also with his disciples and all his followers until the...
Author: Duncan Sills (Duncan Sills)
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The Fear of Easter Sunday | Matthew 28:1-10
What are you scared of? How does fear stop you from being yourself? How does fear rob you of the joy of knowing God and of your certain eternity with him? This passage and the Easter Sunday narrative is filled with fear. There is evident fear of reprisal, of the unknown, and of terror. These...
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Good Friday | Matthew 27:45-55
This sermon addresses the mixed emotions of Good Friday by unpacking these precious verses. Yes, we can rightly feel sombre because Jesus took upon himself the judgement of our sins, and was in a meaningful way forsaken by God the Father as a result. He willingly chose to do this because of his great love...
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The Mockery of Christ | Matthew 27:26-44
We often rightly focus on how Jesus exchanges our guilt for his righteousness on the cross. But this sermon looks at the cross from the perspective of Jesus taking on our shame for his honour and glory. Jesus is shamed as he is stripped, mockingly dressed up, spat at, paraded through the streets, taunted by...
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The Guilty & Innocent Men | Matthew 27:1-26
This sermon proclaims the good news of the Gospel for all! Jesus Christ, the King of Kings, the perfectly innocent & righteous one lays down his life for the guilty and sinful. Both Judas & Barabbas are guilty men. Judas acknowledges his sin in betraying Jesus. Barabbas is a murderer deserving of imprisonment and punishment....
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The Glory of the Shepherd | Matthew 26:30-75
This sermon looks at these verses from the perspective of Jesus. Jesus, fully God & fully Man displays his perfect humanity in this passage. He is sorrowful at the impending cup of wrath he will drink in our place that will see him temporarily separated from the Father. Yet, he prayerfully responds in his humanity...
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The Sin of the Scattering Sheep | Matthew 26:30-75
On the night he was arrested, when the Shepherd is struck, the sheep scatter. Peter, brashly and proudly, says he would never fall away or deny Jesus, but he does. How can we learn from Peter’s mistakes? And how does Peter’s sin reveal Jesus’ strength and mercy more gloriously?
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The Lord’s Supper | Matthew 26:17-29
This sermon proclaims how precious a sacrament the Lord’s Supper is to all God’s children until Jesus returns. Every time we partake together in eating the bread and drinking the wine we are spiritually feasting on Jesus’ body & blood. Through the Holy Spirit that dwells inside of every believer we are mysteriously and meaningfully...
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How Precious is the Son of Man | Matthew 26:1-16
This sermon speaks into the question of how precious is the Son of Man to you? There are two responses shown in these verses. The first is viewing Jesus as a person to gain things from and to use to store up treasures for ourselves as done by Judas. This response falls well short as...
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Making Plans of the Spirit | Isaiah 30
This sermon helps show us how to plan in a Godly way. The essential foundation is that the Lord is sovereign. We can make plans, but these will only happen if God in his eternal wisdom and love wants them to. However, when we play our role in making plans there are some lessons we...