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  • The Seventh Commandment (5) Homosexuality

    Read: Exodus 20:14
    1 Corinthians 6:9-20

    “We are not defined by our desires. We are made by God and for God. The way to life and blessedness is the way of salvation in Jesus Christ, and the way of being, renewed in the image of Christ. That involves dying to self. It involves that for all of us, no matter what our particular struggles and inclinations are. Just giving into our desires is the way of death. One of the great themes of the New Testament is that in Christ it is possible to live a life that is pleasing to God – not perfectly in this life, but nevertheless really. The Bible does not hide the fact that this is sometimes very hard. But it insists that the Christian life is the life of blessedness and true well-being. There is no better way to live than the life that is the result of salvation in Christ – the life of submission to God – the life of love and service – the life of putting God’s will before our own.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Ten Commandments

    39 min
  • “As the LORD, the God of Israel lives.”

    Read: 1 Kings 16:29 - 17:7

    “There are a lot of warnings in Scripture. But these warnings are motivated by God’s grace and mercy and they all anticipate Jesus and his mission because it is in him that we escape the punishments that are the consequences of sin.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Message of Elijah

    37 min
  • The Seventh Commandment (4) Pornography

    Read: Exodus 20:14
    Matthew 5:27-30
    1 Thessalonians 4:1-8

    “Fighting against sin is a multifaceted thing – it is about putting off sinful attitudes and actions and putting on godly attitudes and actions. It is about drawing on the resources that God has given us in the gospel. It is about being part of the body of Christ and receiving rebuke and encouragement from the other members of the body, and it is about nurturing love for God and our fellow man through the nourishment of the means of grace.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Ten Commandments

    38 min
  • Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs (9) Cultural Marxism

    Read: Psalm 19:7-11
    Micah 6:6-8
    Matthew 5:10-12

    “The greatest oppression that human beings experience is the oppression of their own sin and the tyranny of the devil. Jesus came to set us free from that and as Jesus himself said in John 8:36. “So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.””
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs

    44 min
  • The Seventh Commandment (3) Singleness (2)

    Read: Exodus 20:14
    1 Corinthians 7:25-40

    “The deep joy and satisfaction that is possible for us as human beings does not come from seeking joy and happiness directly but by seeking God and his kingdom. It is when our focus is not on ourselves, but outside of ourselves on enjoying our relationship with God and giving ourselves in his service that the result of that is the profound joy and happiness that we are designed to enjoy. This is why the Bible focuses on obedience rather than the idea of satisfying our desires with the things of this life.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Ten Commandments

    36 min
  • Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs (8) The Psychological Man

    Read: Philippians 4:10-20
    Hebrews 11:32-40

    “The great assumption of the Psychological Man is that it is possible to be psychologically whole apart from God, while the great truth from the beginning to the end of the Bible is that to live apart from God is death. Man’s wellbeing depends entirely and completely and utterly on being in a state of reconciliation with God – being accepted by God – loving God and being loved by God and living for the glory of God.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs

    42 min
  • The Seventh Commandment (2) Singleness

    Read: Exodus 20:14
    Isaiah 62:1-5
    1 Corinthians 7:1-8

    “The only way that the things of earth can truly satisfy us is if they point us to God and satisfaction in him. And one of the points of all the pleasures and satisfactions in life is that they are not enough. We cannot be complete without God. Our hearts cannot right rest apart from God. And so marriage and sex make the point that they are not enough. They can never be what God must be in our lives.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Ten Commandments

    38 min
  • Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs (7) Expressive Individualism

    Read: Genesis 2:15-17
    Matthew 16:24-28

    “Our happiness and greatest wellbeing come from living for God rather than living for ourselves. We were not designed to find our deepest happiness by focusing on ourselves. We are designed to find our deepest happiness in God. The Bible is actually very concerned with man’s happiness, but as a result of living for God rather than living for ourselves. The picture that the Bible paints of a life in the service of God is a wonderful picture of fulfillment and wellbeing and profound happiness. The Bible makes it clear that the deepest joy that we can know is joy in the Lord and in his service. Psalm 32:11 says “Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, O righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!” ”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: Biblical Responses to Secular Beliefs

    35 min
  • The Seventh Commandment (1) The Protection of Marriage

    Read: Exodus 20:14
    Genesis 2:18-25
    Hebrews 13:4

    “The mysterious intimacy of marriage is used by God to describe our relationship with God which is also described in the New Testament as the relationship between Christ and the church. One of the great purposes of marriage is to point to and help us to understand and to long for the intimacy between God and man and between Christ and his church that is the ultimate fulfillment of human life.”
    — Rev. Jerry Hamstra

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    Sermon Series: The Ten Commandments

    38 min

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This podcast includes sermons delivered at Riverside Presbyterian Church in Cambridge, Ontario. Join us for morning and evening worship services each Sunday. Visit Riverside online at…