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July 26th | Sunday Afternoon Please Join Us For Our Service

Lord's Day afternoon preaching and worship service Psalm 8 The Excellent Name (continued)

In this afternoon exposition of Luke 19:11-28, Pastor Rockhill preaches the parable of the ten minas, spoken by Jesus as He drew near to Jerusalem and the crowds mistakenly expected the kingdom of God to appear immediately. The central burden is a charge to faithful stewardship: rather than being consumed with speculation about the timing of Christ's return, believers are called to be busy in the work their Master has entrusted to them until He comes. Pastor Rockhill unfolds the parable's purpose, its players, and its instruction. The nobleman who departs to receive a kingdom pictures Christ, who through His obedience, death, resurrection, and ascension has secured all authority and now reigns, though the fullness of His kingdom is not yet come. The servants represent the visible church, each entrusted with gifts—abilities, spiritual graces, and the gospel itself—to invest for God's glory. The hostile citizens picture those who reject Christ's rule. With pastoral care, Pastor Rockhill distinguishes reward from merit, insisting that salvation rests wholly in the grace of God through Jesus Christ, while faith must nevertheless bear fruit. He warns that the unfaithful third servant portrays the false professor, a Christian in name only like Judas, whose resentment of the Master exposes an unregenerate heart, and that Christ's return will bring both gracious reward for the faithful and just judgment upon those who despise His gifts and reject His reign. The sermon closes with an earnest exhortation: labor diligently in the Spirit's power, undistracted by the cares of this world, so that at the King's certain return He may be pleased and glorified.

July 19th | Sunday Afternoon Service Please Join Us For Our Service

John 9:39-41 — Jesus never drags anybody to the light. He gave a blind man sight and left proud men free to say no — and saying no is what put their eyes out. This expository preaching message through John 9:39-41 closes out the courtroom motif that's run through two full chapters: the blind beggar the Pharisees interrogated and cast out, now standing in front of the true Judge who never had to call a single witness against them. If you've wrestled with spiritual pride — the quiet, respectable kind that never gets called sin — this verse-by-verse teaching was preached for you. There are two kinds of blindness in this text. One a man is born into, with no guilt attached — the kind Christ can heal in an afternoon with nothing but clay and spit. The other a man chooses, defends, and boasts about — and that's the kind he carries to his grave with his eyes wide open. This message draws that line carefully, and asks which side of it you're standing on. Working through John 9:38-41 alongside John 8:12-59, John 3:18-20, John 5:40-44, and a word study connecting "remaineth" to 1 John 3, this expository sermon shows that no one blinds the proud — they love the darkness they're standing in more than the light in front of them. This expository preaching message through John 9 covers: - Why the same light gets stoned in chapter 8 and worshiped in chapter 9 - "Are we blind also?" — reading the sneer underneath the Pharisees' question - The shift from "we know" to "we see" — a claim about the Book vs. a claim about themselves - The illustration of the man who reads in the fading light and refuses the lamp - The two kinds of blindness — one born, one chosen

July 19, 2026 Sunday Afternoon Worship Remember Him (I Corinthians 11:24-35) Pastor Kevin Humphreys

Missionary Eli teaches the contents of his book "Four Paths Out of Islam" for our benefit on a Sunday afternoon. Get a copy here: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=four+paths+out+of+islam

Jonathan Huessy | 19 July 2026 (Afternoon Service) www.redemptionchurch.org.nz

July 12, 2026 Sunday Afternoon Worship A Brief Look At The Lord's Supper (I Corinthians 11:22-34) Pastor Kevin Humphreys