Tag: christianity
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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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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 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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Walking with God
By Ron. v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,God has created a wonderful world and human beings are most wonderfully made.We are created in God’s image.From the beginning we are made to walk with God. The relationship Adam and Eve enjoyed with God at first was perfect – love, joy, peace, harmony,…
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Not Ashamed
By Ron v. Leerdam Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ,I happened to watch the movie, ‘What we did on holidays.’The Scottish comedian, Billy Connolly, was a grandfather whose 3 grandchildren aged 9,7 &5 ended up giving him a ‘Viking funeral’ when he died on the beach, without any of the adults being informed…
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Prelude to Not Ashamed
By Ron. v. Leerdam “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. For in the gospel the righteousness of God is revealed—a righteousness that is by faith from first to last, just as it is written: “The righteous will…
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Prelude to ‘Walking with God’
By Ron. v. Leerdam “Enoch walked faithfully with God; then he was nomore, because God took him away.” Genesis 5:24. God has created a wonderful world and human beings are most wonderfully made in God’s image. From the beginning we are made to walk with God, sin and its curse have destroyed the relationship God…
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Prelude to Where do works fit in with grace?
By Ron. v. Leerdam “As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins, in which you used to live when you followed the ways of this world and of the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient. All of us also lived among them at one…
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