Sermons from Seven Mile Road Church in Waltham

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 24. As Abraham approaches the end of his life, he sends a servant back to his own people to find a wife for Isaac. How does Abraham know God's will for finding Isaac a wife? How does the servant make a plan according to God's will? In this text, we draw out principles to learn how to discern and pursue God's will.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 23. Sarah dies after a 127-year life filled with wandering, mistakes, waiting, laughter, and trusting the Lord. We watch as Abraham mourns the death of his princess and beloved wife and continues to trust in the Lord’s promised land, Canaan, as he negotiates with the Hittites to secure a burial place for Sarah. Here we learn what it means to remember death, walk in faith, and live with our ultimate hope in the God of the living.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 22 where God tests Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his only son, Isaac. Trusting the Lord, Abraham bound his son to the wood of the altar. Everything was at stake—the long-anticipated covenant promise to Abraham of many descendants, finally at long last fulfilled in Isaac, seemed to be slipping away. Yet at the last moment, the Lord himself provides a ram, which is sacrificed as a substitute in Isaac’s place. What does this story teach us about God's promises, the testing of faith, and the ultimate provision of sacrifice on our behalf?

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 20-21. In these chapters, we spend a few years with Abraham, the man of faith. And as we spend time with him, we see that his life is a vivid picture of the life of faith. We see that faith is a work in progress. We also see that a life of faith experiences both joy and sorrow. And finally, we see that a life of faith means that God is with us.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 18 and 19. The time of God's judgment upon the wicked city of Sodom has come. God reveals his plans to Abraham who pleads for God to spare the city for the sake of a few righteous. There's only one problem- There are no righteous people there. Only Lot is "righteous", yet even he lingers, revealing a heart that is attached to the pleasures of sin.

In these verses, we learn an essential gospel truth: God’s justice will only punish the guilty. The trouble, of course, is that before God’s eyes none are truly righteous. How then can anyone be rescued from God's righteous judgment? Only by the righteousness of Christ.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 17 and 18. God rearticulates his covenant with Abraham, gives a sign that marks God's people, and promises the birth of Isaac. The longer Abraham and Sarai wait for this promise to be fulfilled, the more unlikely, even laughable, it seems to them. But God is faithful. This passage teaches us a crucial lesson: ss God’s set-apart people, we must trust in his promises, for nothing is too hard for him.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 16. This chapter begins with a reminder of Abram and Sarai's ongoing problem: they are still without a child. How can the promise of God to Abram be fulfilled without the provision of a family? It's in this setting that Sarai turns from trusting the Lord to take matters into her own hands, Abram fails to lovingly lead, and Hagar the servant is left to wander. Genesis 16 shows that our best efforts cannot bring about the promises of God. The God who sees and hears is faithful to bring about his will in his way.

In this sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Genesis 15. How will this promise of a great nation be fulfilled if the aging Abram has no children? This question is a point of anxiety and fear for Abram. God addresses Abram’s anxiety over childlessness with one of the Bible’s most powerful affirmations of the goodness of God toward his people. God himself is Abram’s shield (v.1), so Abram must not fear. God then guarantees this promise, originally given in 12:2, with a covenant.

In this sermon, Pastor Kevin looks at Genesis 13-14. As Abram returns to Canaan after his faith wavered in Egypt. We see in these chapters a renewed man, marked by humility, who responds to a number of trying circumstances with surprising faith. Abram walks by faith, not by sight. In doing so, he points us to the God who sustains and upholds his people.

In this Easter Sermon, Pastor Clint looks at Luke 24:13-35. Two disciples are walking back to Emmaus after seeing Jesus crucified. On the way, they meet the risen Jesus and their despair turns to hope. Listen and be encouraged how your life can changed on the seven mile road.