Category: Ron v. Leerdam
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‘Almighty God is good and just’
Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,This morning we continue the series on the last book of the Old Testament.Fundamental to our understanding of what is going on is:The Covenant God made with Judah.The covenant: Is not God our Father? Did He not create us? He is Almighty God!The covenant God made with His…
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Prelude to ‘Almighty God is good and just’
You have wearied the Lord with your words. “How have we wearied him?” you ask. By saying, “All who do evil are good in the eyes of the Lord, and he is pleased with them” or “Where is the God of justice?” “I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come…
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Prelude to ‘Choosing to honour God first and always’
But you, man of God, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made your good confession in the presence of many witnesses. In the sight of God, who gives life to everything, and of Christ Jesus, who while…
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Know who you are
By R. van Leerdam There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all. Ephesians 4:4-6 Then we will no longer be infants, tossed back and forth by the waves, and blown…
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True Worship = Wholehearted devotion
Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ, Last Sunday we heard that God placed a burden/a message on Malachi’s heart.He had to share this Word of the Lord. The burden that God place on His ‘Messenger’ – the name Malachi means “messenger of the Lord”, was:God’s unfailing covenant love is for His people.‘This is…
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Prelude to True worship equals wholehearted devotion.’
A son honours his father, and a slave his master. If I am a father, where is the honour due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?” says the Lord Almighty. “It is you priests who show contempt for my name.“ “But you ask, ‘How have we shown contempt for your name?’ “By offering defiled food on…
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The mystery of God’s Providence
Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,What happens when someone has a burden on his or her heart?There is almost an overpowering, overwhelming need to express it in some way.If you have a burden of grief or your heart is filled with sorrow, it shows on your face and in your body language.It comes…
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Prelude to The mystery of God’s Providence
A prophecy: The word of the Lord to Israel through Malachi. Israel Doubts God’s Love “I have loved you,” says the Lord. “But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the Lord. “Yet I have loved Jacob, but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his hill country into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.”…
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Worshiping and praising our glorious God
Brothers & Sisters in Jesus Christ, This morning we look at the last two verses of Jude – perhaps the most well known part of this short letter – we could also say that Jude is a short sermon – just 25 verses. The verses are well-known to us because we often sing the last…
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Prelude to: The First Commandment
People are incurably religious. We have got to serve someone; we have to trust in, to give our life to something; in order to give life it’s meaning and purpose. If not, everything is vanity and meaningless! A life lived without true meaning or purpose quickly destroys the essential nature of the human being. All…
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