Sermons from July 2024
Salvation Overflows to the Gentiles
Mark 7:24-8:10 Following on from Jesus’ teaching about clean and unclean things, Jesus moves into “unclean” Gentile territory where he performs three miracles. Increasingly, we see that the message of the kingdom is not only for the Jews, but for Gentiles also.
True Purity
Mark 7:1-13 In this Sermon, Michael exhorts us to love others and not to let tradition take the place of God’s Word in the way we live our Christian life. True purity is a matter of the heart. With a renewed heart we can produce the fruits of the Spirit outlined in Galatians 5:22-23.
The Greatest Treasure
Matthew 13:44-46 On this baptism Sunday, Michael outlines the key differences and similarities between the parable of the hidden treasure and the parable of the pearl of great value. These parables describe the kingdom of heaven and the different ways that God leads His people to find it. They prompt us to search ourselves and understand the reason for the hope that is within us. Why would we choose to give up everything for Christ?
Celebrating the Path to Blessing
Joshua 6:1-18 Peter Francis shares from Joshua the major blockages to Israel receiving blessing from the Lord after the walls of Jericho fell: Self-entitlement and self-reliance. He explains that the path to blessing involves dealing with our sin and listening for God’s voice. The path to blessing is to be constantly recognising or sin and confessing it to God.