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Jesus our Deliverer (Matthew Chapter 1) - Sunday, 21st December 2025.

Matthew 1:21-23 And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name JESUS: for he shall save his people from their sins. 22 Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

1. God delivered Israel from Pharaoh.
 
Exodus 3:7-8  And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. 

2. God delivered Israel from their enemies

Judges 3:9  And when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised up a deliverer to the children of Israel, who delivered them, even Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother.
Judges 3:15  But when the children of Israel cried unto the LORD, the LORD raised them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of Gera, a Benjamite, a man left-handed: and by him the children of Israel sent a present unto Eglon the king of Moab. 
 
3. In Isaiah, God is upset with Israel because they do not look to Him for deliverance.
Isaiah 50:2  Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

4. In the New Testament, Jesus delivered from storms, death, demons, sickness blindness, deafness, bitterness and on and on!

Matthew 8:26  And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

5.  How can I be delivered?

Psalm 50:15 And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Grace in the Genealogy of Jesus (Matthew Chapter 1) - Sunday, 14th December 2025.

1 Tamar. Matthew 1:3 - And Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram;

2. Rahab the Harlot. Matthew 1:5 - And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

3. Ruth the Moabitess. Matthew 1:5 - And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;

4. Bathsheba the adulteress. Matthew 1:6 - And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;

Complete in Him (Sermon Series on John) - Sunday, 7th December 2025

[Episode 4 - John Chapter 1 KJV]

1. John cried out Jesus is the one.
John 1:15  John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

2. Man is completed in Jesus.
John 1:16  And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
Colossians 1:19 For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell;
Colossians 2:9-10 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. 10 And ye are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power:

3. Moses gave the Law but Jesus gave grace and truth.
John 1:17  For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

4. Jesus showed us the Father
John 1:18  No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

Jesus took on flesh (Sermon Series on John) - Sunday, 30th November 2025

[Episode 3 - John Chapter 1 KJV]

John 1:14 "And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."

1. The word pitched His tent among us.
2. We gazed upon His Glory.
3. He was one of a kind.
4. He was full of grace and truth.

The Light of the World is Jesus (Sermon Series on John) - Sunday, 23rd November 2025

[Episode 2 - John Chapter 1 KJV]

1. John's witness to the light. John 1:6-8
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

2. Jesus lights up the world. John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

3. Man’s response to the light of Jesus. John 1:10-11
He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

4. Receiving the light of Jesus makes you a son of God. John 1:12-13
But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

In the Beginning (Sermon Series on John) - Sunday, 16th November 2025

[Episode 1 - John Chapter 1 KJV]

1. Jesus is eternal. - John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2. Jesus is the Word. - John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 

3. Jesus is God. - John 1:1 & 3 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4. Jesus is separate from God. - John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God.

5. Jesus is life. - John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

6. Jesus is light. - John 1:4 In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

7. Jesus lit up the darkness and was rejected. - John 1:5 And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.

Pattern for the Church - Sunday, 9th November 2025.

[Acts 2:41-42 KJV]

Acts 2:41-42  "Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls. And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers."

1. They were Baptised - Acts 2:41

2. They were learning doctrine. - Acts 2:42

3. They had fellowship - Acts 2:42

4. They broke bread - Acts 2:42

5. They prayed. - Acts 2:42

Daniel in the Lion's Den (Sermon Series on Daniel) - Sunday, 2nd November 2025.

[Episode 6 - Daniel Chapter 6 (KJV)]

1 Daniel is appointed president.
Daniel 6:1-3  It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

2. Envy and Jealousy motivate a devious plot.
Daniel 6:4-5  Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

3. Knowing the danger Daniel continues to walk with God openly.
Daniel 6:10  Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

4. Daniel’s enemies spring their trap.
Daniel 6:11-14  Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

5 Daniel is cast into the lions den.
Daniel 6:16-18  Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

6. God sends an angel to protect Daniel.
Daniel 6:20-22  And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

7. Daniel’s enemies are executed.
Daniel 6:24  And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

8. God is glorified throughout the empire again.
Dan 6:25-28  Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the

The Writing is on the Wall (Sermon Series on Daniel) - Sunday, 26th October 2025.

[Episode 5 - Daniel Chapter 5 (KJV)]

1 Belshazzar throws a party.
Daniel 5:1-2  Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem; that the king, and his princes, his wives, and his concubines, might drink therein.

2. The writing on the wall.
Daniel 5:5-6  In the same hour came forth fingers of a man's hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king's palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

3. Daniel interprets the writing.
Daniel 5:22-27  And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this; But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know: and the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified: Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written. And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

4. Belshazzar is killed and Daniel is exalted yet again
Daniel 5:29-31  Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.

Those that walk in pride, He is able to abase (Sermon Series on Daniel) - Sunday, 19th October 2025.

[Episode 4 - Daniel Chapter 3 (KJV)]

1. Nebuchadnezzar writes a letter to the World.
Daniel 4:1-3  Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.

2. Nebuchadnezzar is troubled by another dream.
Daniel 4:4-5  I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my palace: I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.

3. Daniel interprets his dream.
Daniel 4:24-27  This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most High, which is come upon my lord the king: That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will. And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule. Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

4 Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and humiliation.
Daniel 4:30-31  The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty? While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is departed from thee.

5. Nebuchadnezzar is restored.
Daniel 4:34-37  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation: And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou? At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.