in Romans
Romans 15:6-9: The Purpose of Unity
Introduction: The Supreme reason why everything exists is the glory of God. The greatest motive to which all others must submit is not human happiness or sustaining this creation, but the glory of God. All...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:31-53: Praying about sin
Introduction: Ps. 103:8-14, ‘The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. He will not always chide, nor will he keep his anger forever. He does not deal with us...
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Romans 15:5-7: A Prayer for Unity
Introduction: One of Christ’s desires for His church is unity, John 17:20-21, ‘”I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word,21 that they may all...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:22-30: Approaching God in prayer
Introduction: The prayer of Solomon is one of the longest prayers in the Bible, being 30 verses long. Nehemiah 9 is the longest with 33 verses, and the longest prayer of Christ is 26 in...
in Romans
Romans 15:4: Hope and the Scriptures
Introduction: The Puritans had a saying, ‘hope is the mother and daughter of patience.’ When we have hope, the knowledge of the certainty of the inheritance God has laid up for us, this gives birth...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:10-21: The Blessing of Solomon
Introduction: The temple has taught us so much about God already. God is a God of grace who dwells with a sinful people, this is illustrated in the existence of a temple at all. He...
in Romans
Romans 15:1-3: True Spiritual Maturity
Introduction: What are the marks of true spiritual maturity? There are many who think themselves to be mature but who behave like children. Think of the Corinthian church. They thought that their maturity resided in...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 8:1-11: The Ark of the Covenant
Introduction: The Temple of Solomon as we have been seeing was an amazing architectural accomplishment. However, the One who was to dwell in the temple is more important still. 1 Kings 8:1-11 is all about...
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Romans 14:23: ‘For whatever does not proceed from faith is sin’
Introduction: When I say the words ‘living by faith’ what comes to mind? What immediately comes to my mind is George Muller. He was a Calvinistic Baptist who lived in the 1800s who is most...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 7:13-51: Furnishing the Temple
Introduction: Furnishing a new house can be fun as you indulge your artistic ideas, and put a personal touch on every room, catering for your personal idiosyncrasies, whether it is a certain type of reading...
Proverbs 27:20: The Eyes of Mankind
Introduction: We are living in the information age, and the tools of the information age are primarily our computers, our tablets and our phones. But it is felt across the board that things are getting...
in Romans
Romans 14:17-19 – The Kingdom of God part 2
Intro: Today we want to continue our look at the kingdom of God from figure 2. We will look at the development of the relationship of cultus to culture. Or the relationship between Church and...
in Romans
Romans 14:20-23 – Faith and your conscience
Introduction: ‘…the conscience functions as a spiritual nervous system, which uses guilt to inform us that something is wrong and needs correction. Failing to heed the warnings of conscience can lead only to the hardening...
in Romans
Romans 14:17-19: The Kingdom of God
Introduction: This sermon forms a part two of this morning’s sermon on Romans 14:17-19. We promised to do a deeper look into the idea of the kingdom of God and that is what we are...
in Romans
Romans 14:17-19: Why we should never be a stumbling block
Introduction: Never be a stumbling block to another Christian, this is the point Paul has just been making, we carry on with Paul in 14:17-19 where he talks about why we should not be a...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 7:1-12: The House of Solomon
Introduction: The good gifts of God given to bad hearts like ours can become snares to us. The Giver is good and gives from good motives. He seeks to display His generosity and kindness to...