St Andrews CHB sermons

How to respond to the most challenging world ever.

Jesus calls us to live in the truth of the gospel, which means that

1) We will judge in the spirit we wish to be judged

2) We will judge ourselves first

3) We will judge situations knowing our limits

Jesus teaches us how the life of faith helps us to stop worrying and to start really living!

At Pentecost we celebrate Jesus sending the Holy Spirit to continue His mission in the world.

Thus:

1) The Spirit is the Church’s power to witness everywhere and to everyone.

2) We live in the time of the Spirit. Which means that we live in the...

A living faith is a faith with purpose.

A faith that knows it is sent.

A faith on the go.

Daniel 7:13-14

Matthew 28:16-20

A living faith is a faith that feeds on Jesus.

While John 6 mightn't be about the institution of communion it is absolutely about the heart of communion - that Jesus feeds us not for a day, but for eternity.

He gives us right standing with God.

Jonah 4 - The God of justice and mercy

We all want justice, but we all need mercy.

It is only in the God of the bible that these two are held together.

It is in Jesus that these are held together perfectly for us.

We are all Jonahs in some ways.

Messengers to God's enemies.

Messengers to our neighbors and enemies.

Messengers of the greatest message in the world!

1) The message

2) The response

3) God's desire

4) The greatest message in the...

Jonah is the worst, most successful prophet in the Old Testament.

He teaches us about our journey with God.

He teaches us about the God of justice and grace.

And he teaches us about Jesus, the ultimate prophet.

A living faith is a faith that is found in Jesus and lived out of Jesus. It is a baptised faith.