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?
Sermon Tag: Matthew
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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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Great Joy at Christmas | Carol Service
This sermon proclaims that the Christmas story is a cause for great joy! The people in this story found themselves in darkness. A darkness caused by external evil and their own individual wrong doing. A context we can relate to today. Yet, Jesus the Son of God chose to come to earth in human form...
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When Will The World End? | Matthew 24:35 – 25:13
It is clear from these verses that no-one except the Father knows when the world will end with Jesus’ return! And perhaps this is the wrong question to ask. Instead a better question is how can we be ready for when it does? Five ways we can be ready are outlined in these verses. Firstly,...
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Signs of the End of the Age | Matthew 24:1-35
This sermon unpacks the double fulfilment of these verses. There is one area of fulfilment to be found in the destruction of the temple in 70ad. But there is also future fulfilment to be found and completed when Christ returns. There is lots going on in our world today, earthquakes, famines, wars, and rumours of...
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Sermon Of Woe | Matthew 23
This sermon outlines Jesus’ seven declarations of woe on the Pharisees. For those that give themselves to these behaviours the dire ending will be eternity in hell separated from God. However, this sermon is also addressed to his disciples, and acts as a sobering reminder of how the disciples of Jesus should live. It ends...
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The First Commandment | Matthew 22:34-46
Our starting point with these verses should be acknowledging we have all failed to follow this most important commandment. For none of us, can honestly say that we have loved God first, in every moment of our lives. This acknowledgement should lead us to do two things. Firstly, it should drive us to run to...
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Tricky Questions | Matthew 22:15-33
After Jesus criticises the Jewish rulers, they try to trap him with questions. But Jesus shows his divine genius in answering these questions and teaching us about human government, the resurrection and giving God our entire lives.
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The Wedding Celebration | Matthew 22:1-14
This parable contains an invitation to the greatest ever wedding celebration there will ever be! This is a wedding that joins God the Son with his Bride the global Church. All of this is put on by the Father out of love for his beloved Son. Yet, there are warnings against those that reject this...