Tag: Bible
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Seeing the unseen, believing the unbelievable.
I believe in the sun, even though it doesn’t shineI believe in love, even when it isn’t shownI believe in God, even when He doesn’t speak Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,We live in a society & culture where there our hundreds of symbols.What is a young man saying to the girl he…
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Prelude to ‘Biblical foundations revealed’
Remember the law of my servant Moses, the decrees and laws I gave him at Horeb for all Israel. “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will…
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“The greatest is LOVE’. Love for God, His Word, His people and sinners.
Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,I want to begin this sermon sharing that wrestling with Malachi 3 and God’s message to me has not been easy. A thousand thousand thoughts have come to mind.I begin by saying,‘I cannot look into your heart and see what motivates you to choose to do what you…
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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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Choosing to honour God first and always
Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,Today we consider again the message God delivered through his prophet Malachi – the last of the Old Testament prophets.God placed a burden, a message on Malachi’s heart.He had to share the word of the Lord.His message:God has an unfailing covenant love for His people.The Lord says, “I…
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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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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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Living for Jesus – putting off the old, putting on the new
By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers & Sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,We live in a troubled world where there are so many people in trouble.Every day 7 men and 2 women commit suicide.Some have said “It takes a village to raise a child.”I think it takes a community to help those who are struggling to…
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Prelude to Standing firm in our faith
By Ron. v. Leerdam One of Satan’s strategies is to make us look inward at ourselves and forget the mighty power of God.He wants us to rely on ourselves.What happens then?We see our own weaknesses.We can become distressed and depressed and even question, “Is God with us?”Satan wants us to look inward and down.But what…
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