Sermons

The sermonette, “The Battle Within,” is about the Christian’s continuing struggle against the self, or “old man.” Its specific focus is what I call our “matter-spirit bias”: the pull toward the physical, carnal way of thinking rather than God’s spiritual way.

Every institution we rely on today exists because the human heart is deceitful, and trust has to be built, policed, and paid for at enormous cost. The Kingdom of God will replace this system entirely. When God writes His law on human hearts instead of stone, obedience becomes willing, judgment becomes perfectly righteous under Jesus Christ, and deceit disappears, so the world becomes safe, peaceful, and abundant without any of that overhead. We don’t have to wait for that Kingdom to begin living by its standards and already see blessings flow from living that way now.

The Hebrew expression “Hinneni,” which is regularly translated as “Here I am!”, is used both by God Himself and by various figures in the Bible.

We will first explore the profound significance of this expression and then, using two biblical figures as examples, take a closer look at the deep insights it offers for the life of a Christian and for their relationship with God and with other people.

God is going to completely replace all governments with a completely new and perfect government – one that will rule the people correctly unlike our present failed systems.

Who were Christ’s 12 disciples and did He choose them randomly? Was there a specific purpose for each of them and how does that reflect for us today? Are we also chosen for a purpose today?

We explore how God deliberately uses repetition, patterns, and recurring themes throughout Scripture to deeply etch His message into our hearts and reveal essential truths. By understanding repetition as a divine teaching tool, we learn how form highlights meaning and invites us into a deeper, lifelong engagement with the Word of God.

Everything we go through now is training. The hard things, the tedious things, the things we don’t understand in the moment are for our learning. We may not always see why we experience what we do, but we can trust that God is preparing us for a purpose far greater than we realize. We are not only being raised up as children of God, we are being trained as kings and priests, to serve under Jesus Christ when He returns. The Feast of Tabernacles pictures that future time, when the nations will finally be ready and willing to learn the truth, and we will be the ones teaching them, drawing on the very experiences, sufferings, and lessons we are living through right now. We don’t have to wait until then to see the value of our training. Every trial we face today is already shaping us into the kind of teacher who can help others come to salvation, with the same understanding and empathy Christ Himself gained through what He suffered.

Does God call all people to salvation today? Christ’s ministry as a human being demonstrates that He made no effort at that time to lead everyone to the Truth, to impress the masses, or to draw all people to Himself. Rather, the Bible speaks of two harvests and two types of rain. The masses—the world—will be called to salvation at a later time, but not now. And this realization has consequences for the Work of the Church of God today.

How could ancient Israel ensure that it would be able to rejoice in a blessed harvest during the Feast of Tabernacles – a joy that God expected of His people?

In answering this question, we will also explore a spiritual dimension that the unique weather patterns of Israel reveal for all mankind, one that will lead to truly great joy among all people with the beginning of the Millennium.

This message looks at preparation and other matters which will help everyone to enjoy the Feast of Tabernacles by ensuring that we have the right priorities at this important time of the year.

Jesaja 47 enthüllt die göttliche Ankündigung des Gerichts über Babylon – einst Weltmacht, heute Symbol eines gottlosen Systems. Diese prophetische Warnung gilt nicht nur der Vergangenheit, sondern beschreibt erschreckend präzise die Realität unserer Zeit. Wer die Zeichen erkennt, versteht: Der Fall Babylons ist unvermeidlich – damals wie heute.

Jesus Christ said that in the last days, things will be just as they were in Noah’s time. What exactly did He mean by that? What exactly was the same back then as it is today? And what was it like in the time in between? Has much changed at all throughout that entire period? And what might we be able to learn from the past today? This sermon provides some answers to these questions.

As we prepare our offering for this Feast of Trumpets, what are we doing daily that makes a difference as we continue to prepare for the return of Christ? This message looks at Philadelphia’s example of little strength, but still faithful and asks whether that’s true of us right now, not just something that happened to a church long ago.