Commandment Number 2

Commandment Number 2

The reason God commands his people to keep from graven images is to ensure God’s people only worship the creator, and not creation. It is wrong for created things such as animals (e.g. the Golden Calf), or humans (e.g. saints) to receive that which only God is worthy...
Commandment Number 1

Commandment Number 1

There’s a clever saying that says; ‘God made man in his image. Man then returned the favour’. What this means is that humans like to think God is just like ‘me’; i.e. He has similar morals and beliefs to me, will let into heaven the people I think should be there, and...
Prelude To The 10 Commandments

Prelude To The 10 Commandments

Our sermon series this term concludes with the famous Decalogue. Yet the role of the 10 Commandments has been widely misunderstood, with many believing they are Israel’s side of the Siniatic Covenant. Yet the Siniatic Covenant is NOT a bilateral (2-way) covenant in...
God Takes Communion Seriously

God Takes Communion Seriously

Last week I discussed how God takes baptism seriously. This week I want to look at Communion. In 1 Cor 11:28-30 the Apostle Paul says some of the Corinthians have become sick, and even died, because they were partaking of the Lord’s Supper in an unworthy manner. So...
God Takes Baptism Seriously

God Takes Baptism Seriously

Last week’s sermon included one of the Bible’s most bizarre passages, where God was about to kill Moses, as Moses was on his way back to Egypt (Ex 4:24-26). What is even more bizarre is God’s motive; that Moses hadn’t circumcised his son. What this episode shows is...
To Work or Not To Work

To Work or Not To Work

The Bible says there is nothing humans can do to earn salvation; for justification is by grace alone. But what about after we’ve been saved? Should the Christian life consist of hard work; or are we sanctified (grow in Christian maturity) by grace as well. The answer...