Sermons — Page 67

As an introduction to John 17, the message outlines the seven petitions of Jesus's high priestly prayer and presses the unconverted to look to the Father for salvation while calling believers to look outward in service to Christ and His

John 16 closes Jesus’ farewell teaching with consolations for confused disciples: the Father loves them, Christ came from the Father, and peace is found in Him. Though tribulation remains in the world, Christ has overcome the world.

Continuing John 16:21-24, the sermon compares the disciples' grief to a mother's labor, showing that joy comes not when pain ends but when believers grasp the purpose God is working through their trial.

Introducing a new Sunday night small group Bible study ministry, the message traces the biblical pattern of pastors equipping the saints for works of service and mutual edification, while affirming that teaching authority over men and mixed

From John 16:16-24, the message reassures believers that Christ fully knows their despair in trial and that honest, even angry, prayer before Him is met with compassion rather than condemnation.

Preached on Easter from 1 Corinthians 15 and Romans 1, this message sets the resurrection alongside the incarnation and the crucifixion as the essential truths of Christ's person and work, and presses hearers to see the empty tomb as either

Concluding a series through John 14-16, this message describes the Holy Spirit's ministry of guiding believers into truth and applying Christ's Word both within the church and toward the lost world. It calls the congregation to know the

Sanctification

Preaching John 16:12-15, the sermon describes the Holy Spirit as one with the Father and the Son who guides believers into all truth, teaches them what Christ has taught, and testifies of Christ, sustaining disciples facing hostility and

Continuing the verse-by-verse study of John, this message from John 16:1-11 shows how the coming Holy Spirit vindicated Christ, restored the disciples from despair to victorious obedience, and continues to draw the lost from death to life.

Tracing the shift from the seventh-day Sabbath to the church's New Testament practice of gathering on the first day, the message calls families, and especially fathers, to make the Lord's Day a deliberate rhythm of rest, worship, and