In the Wilderness: God-Centered Worship

June 24, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 3, duties of officebearers, Levites, Numbers 3, regulative principle of worship

In the same manner that the Levites were substituted for the redemption of the firstborn sons of Israel, Christ became our substitute so that we might become firstborn children of God.

Ephesians Numbers Sermons

In the Wilderness: God-Centered People of God

June 17, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsarmor of God, Ephesians 6, Numbers 2, phalanx, tabernacle in the wilderness

God must be the center of our lives, our families, our careers, our goals. As well, God must be the center of our worship.

Acts Genesis Pentecost Sermons

From Babel to Pentecost

June 11, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsActs 2, Babylon, Genesis 11, Pentecost, speaking in tongues, tower of Babel

In the end, the confusion in Babel will be reversed in heaven. The new heaven and new earth will not be built by human hands with the aid of human technology. It will be a city “whose designer and builder is God.” It will not be built from the earth trying to reach up to heaven. Rather, it is a city “coming down out of heaven from God, having the glory of God.”

Numbers Sermons

God and His People in the Wilderness

June 5, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 10, Moses, numbers 1, pilgrims and strangers, Promised Land, wilderness wanderings

Christians are pilgrims and strangers traveling in this barren land, living between redemption and the Promised Land. But as God’s people, “you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God” (Eph 2:19).

Sermons

The Civil Government

May 22, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSprings2 Timothy 2, Anabaptists, Belgic Confession Article 36, church and state, civil government, Communists, Isalmic Republics, Romans 13

The Church and the civil government rule different kingdoms: the Church in the First through the Fourth Commandments, while the civil government in the Fifth through the Tenth Commandments. And Christians are citizens of both kingdoms.

Matthew Sermons

“The Signs of the Times”

March 5, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsgates of hell, Isaiah 29, keys of the kingdom, Matthew 16, on this rock

Several interesting items: the sign of Jonah; on this rock I will build my church; the gates of hell; keys of the kingdom.

Isaiah Matthew Sermons

Jesus Heals an Alien

February 27, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsaliens as dogs, Canaanite woman, great faith, persistent prayer, Syro-Phoenician woman

In heaven, you will not be alien dogs, but kings who will reign for eternity (Rev 5:10). You will be counted among God’s chosen, holy nation (1 Pet 2:9). You will not be given crumbs, but will eat rich food and choice wine in a heavenly feast.

Matthew Sermons

Jesus, Ruler of All Nature

February 12, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsCrossing the Red Sea, Feeding the 5000, Lord's Supper, Matthew 14, Psalm 77, Walking on Water

Jesus is also a powerful God who is sovereign over all nature, because he is also the Creator. He creates faith in unbelieving and rebellious hearts. Let us therefore worship Jesus, the Son of God, Ruler of all nature, King of all creation, Savior of the world!

Matthew Psalms Sermons

The Death and Resurrection of God’s Prophets

February 4, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsHerod Antipas, Herod the Great, John the Baptist, Matthew 14, Psalm 2, resurrection, Romans 13

Put your ultimate hope in Christ and his resurrection, and not on your own ruler and political system. For all human systems are flawed and sinful, whether capitalist or socialist, liberal or conservative, Democrat or Republican.

Ezekiel Matthew Sermons

A Kingdom Without Borders and Without Price

January 27, 2019September 25, 2019 BigSpringsEzekiel 17, leaven, Matthew 13, mustard seed, open borders, pearl of great price

There will finally be a borderless nation, without the sinful leaven of racial, social, economic, political or any other kinds of discrimination. The only border or wall of this kingdom in heaven is the wall that separates the righteous from the wicked (Rev 21:12). Only righteous believers will be allowed to enter the gates of heaven. Outside the wall of the heavenly city are “the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood” (Rev 221:15).