St Timothy Presbyterian Church in Toronto: Sermons

St Timothy Presbyterian Church in Toronto: Sermons

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  • More Than Fish
    Scripture Passage Luke 5:1-11 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Life is about more than fish. Focus on God, not the fish. God will provide all that you need and unlock what you really want. Do you know what it is that you WANT? What if what you THINK you want is not REALLY what […]
    20 min
  • Love Never Ends
    Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Love never ends. (1 Corinthians 13:8) This phrase catches my eyes. There is so much in this passage. I can talk about so many things about love. But this phrase stands out for me. Love Never Ends. Love is eternal. The eternal quality is […]
    19 min
  • You Belong
    Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script When St. Paul met Christ, he became a new person. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! (2 Corinthians 5:17) Yes, when we meet Christ, we become a […]
    22 min
  • Not Forsaken
    Scripture Passage Isaiah 62:1-5 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script God never forsakes you. God never abandons you. God never deserts you. But, even though God never forsakes you, sometimes you feel forsaken, abandoned, and deserted. Even our Lord, Jesus, experienced the feeling of abandonment on the cross. He cried out, my God, my God, […]
    20 min
  • Be The Rock That Others Stand On
    Scripture Passage 1 Peter 2:4-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script I hope that you are having a great start to 2025. Before we get too far into the new year, it’s important to reflect on important things. What kind of person do you want to be in 2025? Let me share a great vision […]
    22 min
  • Be the Rock
    Scripture Passage 1 Peter 2:4-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Happy New Year! May God’s blessings be upon you and your family! God has been good in 2024. God will be also good in 2025. Let us trust God. Everything will work out for good. Even though there may be difficult times, God will […]
    23 min
  • Humility and Forgiveness
    Scripture Passage Colossians 3:12-17 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Last week, we talked about humility. I said, humility is not just accepting your weaknesses and shortcomings. Humility is trusting in God’s power and looking to God in all your circumstances, even in an impossible situation. That was what Mary did when she said, “Let […]
    17 min
  • Be Humble
    Scripture Passage Luke 1:46-55 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Merry Christmas! We are celebrating today as Christmas Sunday even though it is the fourth Sunday of Advent. Today, we are celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. His birth changed the way we think about our life. His birth gave us hope. His […]
    19 min
  • The Light Shines in the Darkness
    Scripture Passage

    John 1:1-14

    Worship Video

    Sermon Script
    HOW EACH GOSPEL SAW THE BIRTH OF JESUS

    Merry Christmas!

    On Christmas we celebrate birth of Jesus. We celebrate because it has meaning.

    How did the gospel writers in the Bible view the birth of Jesus?

    Mark: taken for granted, focused on life of adult Jesus
    Matthew and Luke: narratives of physical birth of Jesus

     

    HOW JOHN SAW THE BIRTH OF JESUS: THE SPIRITUAL MEANING

    John: wasn’t focused on physical birth of Jesus, but the spiritual meaning of it

    Spiritual meaning for John: the light has come into the world

    Most similar to what prophet Isaiah saw:

    The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light; those who lived in a land of deep darkness on them light has shined. (Isaiah 9:2)

    For John, Christmas is about the light coming into the world.

    Before light, there was darkness.

    DARKNESS: LOST

    When all is dark, we can't see. We can't see what's around us, where we're going. We’re moving, but we don't see where. We have to be careful because we can bump into things. We feel afraid and frustrated.

    LIGHT: CAN SEE THE WAY

    In the light, we can see what's around us. We can see where we're going. We navigate around obstacles.

    Jesus is the light that has come into this world.

    WORLD: DARKNESS TRIES TO OVERCOME LIGHT

    John's view of the world: the darkness tries to overcome light. It tries to make people lost again. It makes people confused. We don't know where we're going.

    DARKNESS IN 2024

    If I were to describe this year in one word, I would use the word lost. People can't see clearly what's going on. People can't see the way. The future is unclear. Even information is not clear. We are lost.

     

    THE MEANING AND POWER OF CHRISTMAS

    It's in this context that Christmas has real meaning for us.

    John's crucial insight was this: the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it.

    This is the real meaning and power of Christmas. Jesus came as light. The world did everything to overcome the light but it could not. It tried to overcome love with hate, healing with sickness, life with death. But not even death could overcome the life.

    The light that cannot be extinguished has come into the world.

    HOPE AND JOY

    Because of that, we have HOPE. No matter how lost you are, there is a way. Jesus is the way, the truth and the life.

    Hope is not hope when everything is going well. Hope is most real in the midst of darkness. Hope leads to joy.

    Joy because we know that: after sadness comes laughter, after the night comes the day, after darkness comes light.

    That's why Christmas is filled with joy, because we have hope in the midst of our present darkness. What a gift to receive from God! The gift of hope, and the gift of joy! The delight that children feel when they open presents represents the joy we have because the light has come into the world.

    The birth of Jesus represents light that cannot be overcome. Let the light of Jesus shine brightly in you. Let that light be the light for your families, be the light for those who are lost, and let it be the light for those who have lost hope.

    I pray that this Christmas you may be filled with the light of Jesus. May it fill your hearts with hope and joy. Merry Christmas!

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  • Prepare the Way
    Scripture Passage Luke 3:7-18 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script INTRODUCTION Do you know what you were born to do? Many people don’t. Some do – John the Baptist was one of them. What he was born to do was foretold even before his birth. Zechariah and Elizabeth – righteous but no children. Promise to […]
    26 min

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