Sermons on Loving others
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…
Receiving the Lord in Generous Hospitality (Genesis 18:1-15)
What we see in this section is that: Divine hospitality yields divine reassurance of God’s promises. The Lord graciously reaffirms his promises to the righteous until he brings them to completion and hospitality is a means by which we place ourselves in relational proximity to converse with God and…
The Gospel Fruit of Pure, Sincere, Brotherly Love (1 Peter 1:22-2:3)
Having been born again though obedience (acknowledging the Truth and repenting unto salvation) to the good news of Jesus brings a new purpose to a human life. When we enter in to the salvation life of God, we become people who ought to “love one another earnestly from a pure heart… for…
The One Who Showed Mercy (Luke 10:25-37)
In this so-called parable of the “Good Samaritan”, Jesus drives a knife into our sense of self-righteousness. Ultimately, Jesus shows us that we are not “good” people and that we all are in need of mercy. Only then are we truly able to begin to fulfill the law of love, to be a neighbor to anyone in need, even our enemies.
The Mark of a Righteous and Faithful Servant (1 Kings 18:2-16)
In this message, we see Obadiah, a faithful and righteous servant of God, who also happened to be the head of Ahab’s household, the most wicked king Israel had seen. Rather than resign his position, Obadiah shows us what faithful and righteous service to God looks like. In the midst of a…
The Sufficiency of Obedience (1 Kings 17:1-16)
The second sermon from the series “The Kingdom of the Otherwise,” based on the life of Elijah and Elisha from 1 and 2 Kings. In this series we look at what it means to live in full obedience to God. We see the repercussions of disobedience as well as the hope of obedience. We always…
