Sermons on Matthew
September 17, Sunday Service of Worship
INVITATION TO WORSHIP: Psalm 48:1–3 OPENING PRAYER ANNOUNCEMENTS CATECHISM: Q. 27, p. 871 CONGREGATIONAL READING: Psalm 48:12–14 SONG: Shout to the Lord SONG: It Is Well with My Soul PREACHING THE WORD: Matthew 4:1–11, Pastor Duane Holby SONG: Take My Life and Let It Be SONG: Blest Be the Tie that Binds BENEDICTION
April 23, Sunday Service of Worship
INVITATION TO WORSHIP: Psalm 31:5–8; OPENING PRAYER; ANNOUNCEMENTS; CATECHISM: Psalter, p.866, LD6; CONGREGATIONAL READING: Psalm 31:22b–24; SONG: Come Thou Fount; SONG: The Word Is Alive; PREACHING THE WORD: Matthew 28:18–20, Mark 16:15, Luke 24:45–48, John 20:21, The Great “Therefore”; SONG: Sweetly Broken; SONG: Build My Life; BENEDICTION
Building Your Life Upon the Rock (Matthew 7:13-29)
Jesus Christ is the only sure foundation for life. And those who enter by the narrow gate build their life upon that rock. And building one’s life upon Jesus Christ means nothing less than acting in obedience to his word. Matthew 7:24-25 Everyone then who hears these words of mine and does them…
The Wise Among the Foolish (Matthew 25:1-13)
Matthew 25:1-13 ESV “Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. 2 Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. 3 For when the foolish took their lamps, they took no oil with them, 4 but the wise took flasks of oil with their lamps. 5 As the bridegroom was delayed, they all became drowsy and slept. 6…
Matthew 24:1-14 (Faithfulness in the End)
Jesus gives a clarion call to proclaim the gospel of the Kingdom, a Kingdom without end, to the whole world, as a testimony of Jesus to every nation. And so, the return of the King awaits nothing more than the preaching of the gospel to the ends of the earth. Peter concludes that any perceived delay in the Messiah’s returns happens only for the sake of the redeemed, that…
The Blessed Life of Salt and Light Living (Matthew 5:1-16)
Salt and light living come as we live out the blessed life, visibly, contagiously, in power, with joy, among the peoples around us. Salt flavored and preserved food. It made and kept the food worth eating. So also, for Christian living in the world. A life set upon the Beatitudes reveals to the…