But Servants

Introduction: Putting God first…

Context

1. Putting God second (1:1-11)

a. The temple lies in ruins

b. The people stand under judgment

2. Putting God First (1:12-15)

a. The people return

b. God returns

3. God’s Glorious Future (2:1-23)

a. God’s Temple (2:1-9)

b. God’s Blessing (2:10-19)

c. God’s King (2:20-23)

4. God’s glorious future arrives

a. Now

Matthew 1:1, 12 John 1:14, 2:18-22 Luke 24:50-53

King  Temple  Blessing

b. Not Yet

5. Implications

a. Put God First

b. Build God’s Temple

c. Wait for his glorious future

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

How will you fare on judgement day? If Jesus returned today - would he welcome you to heaven? Or condemn you to hell? The answer as we will see from Zephaniah is... it all depends...

Introduction: Are you sure?

Context

1. A Possibility of Escape (2:1-3)

2. Judgement on the Nations (2:4-15)

a. Desolation for God’s Enemies

    i. Philistines (4-7)

   ii. Moabites & Ammonites (8-11)

   iii. Cushites (12)

   iv. Assyrians (13-15)

b. Restoration for God’s Remnant (7, 9)

3. Judgment on Jerusalem (3:1-8)

Conclusion & Application

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Cathedral on 15th December 2019.

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

In this episode, we continue our series in the Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation. Today we consider what it means that "Scripture Alone" is our ultimate authority in the Christian life, above reason, experience and tradition.

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

Our world is obsessed with thinking about the end of the world. Christian thinking on the topic has often focussed on the meaning of the millennium (or 1000 years) in Revelation 20. How are we meant to understand the millennium? And more importantly, how can we make sure we're ready for judgement day?

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

What does a spiritual church look like? Experiencing God's presence in worship? Miracles and healings? Spiritual Gifts? In 1 Corinthians 12-14, Paul deals with the issue of what true spirituality looks like.

Introduction: What is a spiritual church?

1. The truly spiritual person knows Christ as Lord (12:1-3)

2. The truly spiritual person uses their gifts to serve (12:4-26)

3. The truly spiritual person lives in love (13:1-13)

4. The truly spiritual person desires to prophesy (14:1-25)

5. The truly spiritual person maintains order in the church (14:26-40)

Conclusion

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

Is Jesus enough? Is Jesus and his sacrifice on the cross sufficient to bring us salvation or do we need more?

Do we need Christ and anything? Or Christ alone?

This sermon was preached as part of a series on the Five Solas at St Mary's Cathedral on 17th March 2017.

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

How can we be right with God? How can we be accepted by God and enter heaven? Or to use the Bible’s terminology – how can we be justified – declared not guilty before God. 

Faith alone – Sola Fide – declares to us - that none of us, by our own works can merit our way to heaven. Our only hope is being justified by faith.

Check out our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out our YouTube Channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

Many of us crave for the intimacy that marriage offers – the, trust, commitment, the love and companionship. Our wedding services remind us of the ultimate purpose of marriage to be a picture of the intimate union of Christ and his church. How do we grow intimacy in our marriages? And how to do we grow intimacy in our relationship with Christ?

Introduction: Growing intimacy?

Context

1. Intimacy grows from exclusive union (6:4-12)

2. Intimacy grows through sexual union (6:13-7:13)

3. Intimacy grows from a refusal to compromise (8:1-4)

4. Intimacy grows out of testing & time

5. Growing intimacy

a. In our relationship with Christ

b. In our relationship with our spouse

This sermon was preached at St Mary's Anglican Cathedral on 18th November 2018.

Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants

Check out all our video resources on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

What should marriage be like? What should love be like? What is the right and proper expression of our sexual instincts. Is it up to me to decide? Or societies preference? In Song of Songs we see the beauty of love, sex and marriage according to God's design.

Introduction: Sex gone wrong

Context

1. Sex is for marriage (3:6-11)

2. The beauty of marital love  (4:1-15)

3. The goodness of sex within marriage (4:16-5:1)

4. The ultimate marital union (Ephesians 5:22-33)

5. Conclusion

Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ButServants 

Check out all our video resources on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCcGLBzrqjVIVOus62ejMbg/

When Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg, the Reformation began. Luther’s great discovery was that we are justified by faith alone and not by works.

Check out this talk about Martin Luther and his impact by Rev. Tim Nicholls.