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Sermon – Clash of Kingdoms: Warnings from the King (Matthew 23:1-39)

Read the text – Matthew 23:1-39

In this sermon series, ‘Clash of Kingdoms’, our ministers walked through conversations between Jesus and the people of Israel, talking about the coming Kingdom and how it would change our lives. This time, David Swan talks on Jesus’ criticism of the Pharisees, with a somber warning for hypocrites and hope still for Kingdom of God.

Sermon – Kingdom Coming: Chosen Servant (Matthew 12:1-21)

Read the text – Matthew 12:1-21

A Kingdom is marked by at least two things: A Monarch and his/her Subjects. In Matthew’s Gospel we meet the most extraordinary of kings in Jesus, the Son of God. Extraordinary not only because of what he did and what he promised for those who come before him, but extraordinary because of what he taught about his coming kingdom. Jesus, the Son of Man came to offer his kingdom to all who came before him. In this Bible talk, Nick Lindeback helps us to see Jesus fulfills the law which means for Christians today are no longer bound by it, by putting our trust and faith in him.

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Sermon – Is God ever Satisfied? (Romans 7:7-8:4)

Romans 1-8 Slide

The unthinkable is distressingly real: Christians continue helplessly to sin. But our continued acceptance by God is not secured by trying harder to be good, but in the same way that we were made acceptable to God in the first place: through faith in the sin-bearing sacrifice of God’s Son in our place. Therefore there is now no condemnation, not for those who try harder, but for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Read the Bible Text – Romans 7:7-8:4

– Dave Swan

 

Sermon – Whose Slave are You? (Romans 6:1-7:6)

Romans 1-8 Slide

The gospel of free grace – justification by faith apart from works – is not a licence to sin. Our old life of sin was put to death by Jesus’ cross, and we have been given a new life of righteousness by his resurrection. That means we are no longer slaves of sin, yet slaves of God, and so we are to live out our new life, by grace not law. It is unthinkable that a Christian should continue to sin – is that possible?

Read the Bible Text – Romans 6:1-7:6

– David Shead

Can Paul and James be friends?

What does scripture say?

 ‘Abraham believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness’ (Genesis 15:6)

When the apostle Paul cites this verse in Roman 4:3 he uses it to make the claim that a person is justified by faith alone.

James in his epistle also cites this verse in James 2:23 yet he used it to suggest that ‘a person is considered righteous by what they do and not by faith alone.

It appears the Paul and James are at odds.

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