Mercy Hill Church Sermons

Our fellowship with Jesus establishes and sustains our fellowship with one another. His radical generosity towards us is to be reflected in the radical generosity of our own community. As the watching world looks in and sees such things in the church, they can't help but see him in our midst as well!

The church is that blessed assembly that exists in the presence of God, as the people of God, for the purpose of God. It's what we were created to be from the beginning in Adam. And it's what we're now being redeemed to be once more in Christ.

Becoming a Christian is a journey from head through heart to hand. It isn't merely about knowing something; nor is it merely about feeling something; it is also about doing something. It either changes the life or it isn't real Christianity at all. "What does this mean?" (Acts 2:12) must give way to "What shall we do?" (Acts 2:37).

Whatever God calls us to, we do so with His people by faith for His glory!

As Christians, the full range of religious motion must move from our heads through our hearts to our hands. If knowledge of God and the gospel only fills our heads and nothing more, then we are self-blinding hypocrites. If it travels on to fill our hearts and nothing more, then we are self-centered sentimentalists. But if knowledge of God and the gospel moves from our heads through our hearts to our hands, well then my friends . . . we are

Christians after all!

Who is responsible for the death of Jesus? Some might say Judas, others the Jewish leaders, still others Pilate. Those with even deeper insight into Scriptures' teaching would admit that, in a very real sense, we are all guilty of it. And all of this is true. But there is yet one more (and glorious!) answer we can give: God did it. God gave his Son over to death in love for the very sinners who hung him there!

Jesus is the true satisfaction of our every thirst and desire. His offer of salvation, reconciliation with the Father, and eternal life is the living water that quenches all of our thirst. And our response to this offer is one of repentance and worship.

Peter quotes from a prophecy in Joel to help make sense of what's happening on the day of Pentecost. He sees the work of Jesus as inaugurating the "last days" and shows us how we should then live in light of them.

What does it mean to be "filled with the Holy Spirit"? At the bottom, when the Spirit of God comes and fills you, the first thing he does is open your eyes a little wider to the love of God for you in Jesus. He warms your heart with the warmth of God's heart for you. The gospel comes alive to you. Oh you may have heard it a thousand times. You already know the truths. But, when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, you know it at another level entirely. It's not just good news out there, it's good news for you.