Sermons

“This is the word of the Lord: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the Lord Almighty.
-- Zechariah 4:6

God’s prominent purpose behind creation, salvation, and recreation is that He will have a people among whom He can dwell now and forever! As a covenant-making God, He is particularly faithful those who join themselves to Him in repentance, faith, and obedience. In this way, we as His people become the temple in which God dwells by His Spirit here on earth! And after Jesus returns, we will dwell with Him and He with us throughout eternity!

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Look! God’s dwelling place is now among the people, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and God himself will be with them and be their God.”
-- Revelation 21:3

“Be careful not to forget the covenant of the LORD your God that he made with you; do not make for yourselves an idol in the form of anything the LORD your God has forbidden.”
-- Deuteronomy 4:23

Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.
-- Luke 12:32

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 live by faith.'
-- Romans 1:16-17

It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.
-- Galatians 5:1

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
-- Titus 2:11-13

“The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”
-- 1 Samuel 16:7

As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him; for he knows how we are formed, he remembers that we are dust.
-- Psalms 103:13-14

​Encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing. ​
-- 1 Thessalonians 5:11

​“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.”
-- 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

​For we know that if the earthly tent we live in is destroyed, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands. Meanwhile we groan, longing to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked. For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.
-- 2 Cor 5:1-4

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
-- Acts 1:8

For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.
-- 1 Corinthians 3:11

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
-- Ephesians 6:1-3

“Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of his Messiah. For the accuser of our brothers and sisters, who accuses them before our God day and night, has been hurled down. They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death.
-- Revelation 12:10-11

There before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.”
-- Revelation 7:9-10

“In Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
-- Galatians 3:26-28

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
-- John 3:16

“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
-- John 13:34-35