NYNCF Sermons

Ephesians 6:1-4 (ESV)1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father andmother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well withyou and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your childrento anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 (ESV)13 But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep,that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. 14 For since we believe thatJesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those whohave fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that wewho are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those whohave fallen asleep. 16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry ofcommand, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God.And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will becaught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we willalways be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words.

Ephesians 5:22-32 (ESV)22 Wives, submit to your own husbands, as to the Lord. 23 For the husband is thehead of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself itsSavior. 24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit ineverything to their husbands.25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her,26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with theword, 27 so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot orwrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without blemish. 28 In the sameway husbands should love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wifeloves himself. 29 For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it,just as Christ does the church, 30 because we are members of his body. 31 “Thereforea man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shallbecome one flesh.” 32 This mystery is profound, and I am saying that it refers toChrist and the church.

Ephesians 4:1-13 (ESV) 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. 7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8 Therefore it says,“When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gave gifts to men.”9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had also descended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,

Galatians 6:1-5 (ESV)1 Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual shouldrestore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted.2 Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. 3 For if anyone thinks heis something, when he is nothing, he deceives himself. 4 But let each one test his ownwork, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor. 5For each will have to bear his own load.

Romans 8:28 (ESV)28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, forthose who are called according to his purpose.

Matthew 7:21-23 (ESV)21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, butthe one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 On that day many willsay to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons inyour name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ 23 And then will I declare tothem, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’

Ephesians 4:7-16 (ESV)7 But grace was given to each one of us according to the measure of Christ's gift. 8Therefore it says, “When he ascended on high he led a host of captives, and he gavegifts to men.” 9 (In saying, “He ascended,” what does it mean but that he had alsodescended into the lower regions, the earth? 10 He who descended is the one whoalso ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gavethe apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, 12 to equipthe saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, 13 until we allattain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturemanhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, 14 so that we mayno longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every windof doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. 15 Rather,speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head,into Christ, 16 from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every jointwith which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body growso that it builds itself up in love.

Psalm 119:145-152 (ESV)145 With my whole heart I cry; answer me, O Lord! I will keep your statutes. 146 I callto you; save me, that I may observe your testimonies. 147 I rise before dawn and cryfor help; I hope in your words. 148 My eyes are awake before the watches of thenight that I may meditate on your promise. 149 Hear my voice according to yoursteadfast love; O Lord, according to your justice give me life. 150 They draw near whopersecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law. 151 But you are near, OLord, and all your commandments are true. 152 Long have I known from yourtestimonies that you have founded them forever.

Romans 10: 1, 5-15 (ESV)1 Brothers, my heart's desire and prayer to God for them is that they may be saved.5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that theperson who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousnessbased on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (thatis, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bringChrist up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near you, in yourmouth and in your heart” (that is, the word of faith that we proclaim); 9 because, ifyou confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that Godraised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes andis justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. 11 For the Scripturesays, “Everyone who believes in him will not be put to shame.” 12 For there is nodistinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, bestowing hisriches on all who call on him. 13 For “everyone who calls on the name of the Lordwill be saved.”14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how arethey to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hearwithout someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent?As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”