Tag: My Sermons
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What does God seek?
“Another thing you do: You flood the Lord’s altar with tears. You weep and wail because he no longer looks with favor on your offerings or accepts them with pleasure from your hands. You ask, “Why?” It is because the Lord is the witness between you and the wife of your youth. You have been […]
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Dynamics of Change
2 Corinthians 5:17 ESV [17] Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. 2 Corinthians 3:18 ESV [18] And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory […]
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How are we justified before God?
Galatians 3:6-14ESV [6] just as Abraham “believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness”? [7] Know then that it is those of faith who are the sons of Abraham. [8] And the Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “In you shall all […]
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The New Jerusalem
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice […]
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Looking Forward (part 1) – an Ikthus East Sermon, December 2018
“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice […]
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The Seriousness of Worship
(Photo by James Coleman on Unsplash) TEXT: Isaiah 1:10-20 INTRODUCTION: Is the Lord pleased with our worship? In verse 10 of Isaiah ch. 1 it is quite shocking to see God referring to his people and their leaders as of Sodom and Gomorrah – cities notorious for their wickedness, so much so that God had […]
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Dealing With Spiritual Failure
You have no right to give up on yourself when God has no intention of giving up on you.
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What to Do During a Sabbatical
“In quietness and confidence shall be your strength.” (Isaiah 30:15) For a minister, a sabbatical is a time to rest in order that one may gather strength for the work of ministry. In other words, a sabbatical is a strategic retreat. A minister engages in a season of rest not in order to abandon the […]
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Boasting in the Cross
See with what large letters I am writing to you with my own hand. It is those who want to make a good showing in the flesh who would force you to be circumcised, and only in order that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. For even those who are circumcised […]
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Why Work?
An Ikthus East Sermon Ikthus East The Porch, Lopue’s East Bacolod City (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, NIV) “Yet we urge you, brothers and sisters, to do so more and more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life: You should mind your own business and work with your hands just as we told […]
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