Sermons on The Bible
Isaiah 29:9–14
How a person responds to the Word of God reveals the condition of the heart. In Isaiah 29, the people of Judah still professed to worship God, but their hearts were far from him. Rather than submitting to God’s Word, they had replaced it with the commandments and traditions of men. As a result, the Word that should have brought life became like a sealed book—present before them, yet impossible for them to understand. This sermon explores Isaiah’s warning about…
Isaiah 28:7–13
Why do some people hear the Word of God as life and glory, while others hear it only as meaningless noise? In Isaiah 28:7–13, Isaiah describes the spiritual condition of Judah’s leaders as drunken, blind, and incapable of understanding the Word of God. To them, divine truth sounds like nothing more than “precept upon precept, line upon line.” The problem is not with God’s Word—it is with the hearts of those who hear it. This sermon examines: Isaiah warns that…
Galatians 1:11–24
The Apostle Paul makes a staggering claim in Galatians 1:11–12: “The gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came through the revelation of Jesus Christ.” In this sermon, we consider the uniqueness of Paul’s call and the divine authority of his message. Paul was not merely persuaded by other apostles, nor did he invent a gospel of his own. He received it…
Genesis 22:1-19 (Part 3)
In Genesis 22:1-19, and particularly verses 15-19, we see the confirmation of the climactic promise made to Abraham: the blessing of the nations. Here at the end of the Abrahamic narrative, at the climactic point of the climactic narrative we are told that the nations will be blessed, but with one new addition: it will be in Abraham’s singular seed that this will happen. This singular seed is Christ, the Savior of the world, in whom all the nations of…
Genesis 18:16-19
In Genesis 18:16-19, God asks whether or not he should hide from Abraham what he is about to do in light of the promises he has received. In 18:19 we are told that Abraham has been chosen that he might instruct his children so that the promises might come to pass. Genesis 18:19 highlights the necessity we have of teaching our children the Word of God. It is the normal means God uses to bring our children to faith.
Isaiah 66:1-6
In Isaiah 66:1-6 Isaiah distinguishes between two kinds of people. On the one hand there are those who have truly received the grace of God and will thus enter into the New Heavens and the New Earth, while on the other hand there are those who will not. What is the difference? Disposition towards the Word of God. Some receive it humbly. Others rely on external ritual rather than the Bible.
Zechariah 6:9-15
In Zechariah 6:9-15 the prophet prophesies of a glorious King, called “the Branch” who will reign as a glorious priest-king. He will build the house of the Lord as promised to David. This refers to none other than Jesus Christ who has built the true house for God in the incarnation and by building up the church with living stones, and who will build the new heavens and the new earth as the ultimate house wherein God will dwell with…
Psalm 89
In Psalm 89 the Psalmist rejoices in the glory of the Davidic Covenant, but also laments its apparent failure in exile. What are we to do when outwardly God’s promises do not appear to be coming to fruition? We are to walk by faith, not by sight, believing that God will bring everything to pass that He has promised. We see that God was faithful even when His people were faithless in that the birth of Christ was the ultimate…
Daniel 7:1-14
In Daniel 7:1-14 Daniel is given a terrifying vision of the rise of various beastly kingdoms. These kingdoms refer tot he kingdoms of the world which are always against the people of God. The Son of Man, however, has received a kingdom that eclipses all of them.
Psalm 72
Psalm 72 contains a long prayer for the King, but not just any king: The climactic Son of David, the Messiah. This King will reign in righteousness and have an everlasting kingdom that is glorious beyond comprehension. Christ is this King who has come, and we are called upon to pray that His Kingdom would come.
Jeremiah 23:1-8
In Jeremiah 23:1-8, Jeremiah laments the fact that the people of God suffer under poor leadership but prophesies of better days. When will these days come? When the righteous branch of David, whose name is “Jehovah our Righteousness” appears. When this happens, he will work a salvation so great that is will eclipse even the Exodus. This is the salvation that is ours in Christ.