Introduction: Today, we are in Deuteronomy chapter 15, which contains laws about finance and slavery and offerings. It’s the sort of passage that feels slightly awkward for Christians, but I think that this passage is beautiful. It’s not just a section of random laws, but it tells us something about who God is, is. And...
Sermon Tag: Freedom
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Freedom To Serve One Another | Galatians 5:13-26
This sermon encourages Christian’s to use our Christ won freedom as an opportunity to serve one another. All Christian’s have freedom from the consequences of their sin, and to be fully accepted as child of God. This freedom presents us with a firm foundation upon which to live our lives. However, it also presents us...
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Living In Freedom | Galatians 5:1-12
This sermon unpacks some of the ways we should be living in freedom if we are living by God’s grace. Firstly, we should experience freedom in our relationship with God. Freedom from thoughts that tell us God’s saving grace is not fully sufficient. Freedom to know we are fully accepted as children of God, with...
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The Christian and The Law
This sermon addresses the important question of does the law have any inherent or ongoing value in the life of a Christian? The answer is an emphatic yes! Firstly, the law provides a minimum standard required to be righteous and the punishment for not meeting this. A standard none of us have met. Thus, our only,...
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Who Is This? | Luke 8:22-39
This sermon proclaims that the answer to the storms of life, we are all certain to face, is found only in remembering and resting in who Jesus Christ is. Three important truths about who Jesus is are drawn out from these verses and personal testimony. Firstly, Jesus is the one who hears the cries of...
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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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True Freedom | 1 John 5:1-12
Clive begins this sermon by outlining the remarkable freedom upon which Jesus lived his life on earth. Jesus lived every day knowing the divine love of God the Father. Nothing compared to this and Jesus lived freely in this love. The amazing truth of these verses is that through our relationship with Jesus we can...