5. God's Justice Romans 3.1-20
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God's Justice Romans 3.1-20
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 25 September 2011.
Bible Readings: Deuteronomy 4.5-14; Psalm 14; Matthew 18.9-14
Jews are better off because they have the very words of God but are no better because like the Gentiles they are all under sin. The law only serves to point out sin and holds us accountable to God
What a lovely home 25 Sep 11
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What a lovely home
“What a lovely home!” we might say when visiting someone for the first time. Some homes are so lovely that we say the same thing every time we visit. Some of us think it about our own home (if we have one).
What makes a home lovely? Depends on what you are looking at I suppose. Decor, garden, tidiness and cleanliness maybe. People. The people who live there make the home. And truly lovely homes are made up of lovely people.
On Wednesday the morning Communion group thought about God’s home (Psalm 84). One of the psalm writers was overcome with affection for God’s home – the place where God lived. He meant the temple. But he wasn’t interested in the building – magnificent as that may have been.
Oxygen 18 Sep 11
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Oxygen
A few weeks ago I attended the Oxygen Conference in Sydney. 2,300 pastors and church leaders were there to listen to John Piper and John Lennox speak and to take part in a variety of elective sessions. What was the benefit?
It was meant to be a conference that encouraged pastors and church leaders. “There’s no fire without oxygen” was the slogan. It was encouraging.
It was encouraging to see so many church leaders together in one place. So many! Men and women of all ages and from a wide variety of churches. There were people who had been in ministry for decades, missionaries, pastors, lay leaders, church wardens, musicians through to people at the beginning of ministry such as the whole leadership class from Trinity Theological College in Perth.
4. God's Kindness Romans 2.1-16
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God's Kindness Romans 2.1-16
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 11 September 2011
Bible readings: Ecclesiastes 12.1-14; Psalm 62.5-12; Matthew 7.1-5
Good people who are judged by standards they know are true, God's kindness in giving us time to repent, and the good of seeking God's glory and honour and immortality
What are you doing? 11 Sep 11
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What are you doing?
Does God really repay us according to what we do? And if he does, why would he do so? What interest does God have in what we do? Or is this just a way of saying that actions have consequences? Or maybe a way of saying that the Great Moral Policemen is Watching What you Do.
Supposing that it is neither of the above, and that God is really interested in what we do, why is he? Because he made us, is one obvious answer. Because of why he made us is a better answer. Why did he? So we could enjoy him forever is the answer of an old catechism. So that we could glorify him is one answer of the Bible.
In a way enjoying God and glorifying him are much the same.
3. God's Wrath Romans 1.18-32
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God's Wrath Romans 1.18-32
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on 4 September 2011
Bible Readings: Jeremiah 2.1-13; Psalm 106.13-31; Romans 1.18-32; John 3.16-21
Why is the wrath God being revealed and how is it being revealed? Paul gives surprising answers to both questions.
2. God's Power Romans 1.8-17
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God's Power Romans 1.8-17
Sermon preached at Christ the King Willetton on Sunday 28 August 2011
Bible readings: Isaiah 52.1-10; Psalm 19; John 5.31-47
Paul eager in preaching the gospel; the power of God, righteousness of God - can God act to bring things to rights? God acting to save powerfully through his word.
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