We are a congregation that gathers in the heart of Halifax to worship God each Sunday. As Christians, our goal is to worship God according to His revealed will through Jesus Christ by the grace of the Holy Spirit. We therefore look to the Scriptures as the rule of our worship. Here, you will find the newest sermons from Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church.
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Today we come to Revelation 12-1-6. Here we are given a very compressed picture of the church. We see a quick picture of her before Christ came and when He came. This compressed history is very helpful because it shows us what the church's essential nature is-in short, that she is the woman with her son.…
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Hebrews 13 gives us rules about how we ought to conduct ourselves in the church as we run this race with our brothers and sisters. In sum, we have seen that we are to continue in brotherly love.
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Today we are continuing our sermon series in Hebrews. We will be looking at Hebrews 13-2. Hebrews 13 is the last chapter in this epistle or letter to the Hebrews. We are told how to go on with His people. We are told how to conduct ourselves with His people.
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In the passage we are looking at today, John returns to see what happens -up there- which he learns about in a vision. It is clear that the things he sees happen in order-the seventh trumpet is blown after the sixth. Rev 11-14 declares- The second woe is past. Behold, the third woe is coming quickly.-…
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This afternoon, I want to look at five things we can learn from Revelation 11-7-14. First, learn that you must finish the work that God has given you to do. Second, learn how important it is for us and our people to receive the testimony that God gives us. A third thing we learn from our text is the identity of the one God often uses to take away H…
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Today we come to chapter 13 where we are told how to behave ourselves among all whom Christ has redeemed. We might call this chapter- 'Rules of Conduct for Pilgrims Who are Going to God's House in Glory.' Today, we will look at the first thing that is said about this conduct. It sums up all the rest.…
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In our Revelation sermon series, we will begin chapter 11 today. This part of the vision has to do with the interval between the sixth and seventh judgments that are initiated by the blowing of trumpets. Something ominous is about to happen.
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In Christ, All Shall Be Made Alive
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Jesus rose from the dead. So what-- What does that have to do with any of us-- Today, I want to show you why the resurrection matters so much to us as believers.
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By now, you know that there are various interpretations of Revelation. Whatever our view, we need to come away with confidence that He is working faithfully to establish His righteous kingdom.
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Jesus is The Way to the Father. To become the way, He had to go to the cross to bear the punishment of all our sins. To be without this way leaves us in the most twisted, diabolical, wicked condition, missing the purpose for which we were created. We are worse than useless. How wonderful is this way that Jesus has made for us to come to our Father'…
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Imprecatory Power & Relentless Rebellion
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Today, in our sermon series from Revelation, we have come to chapter 9, verses 13-21. Now, with the sixth trumpet, another great host of demons under the leadership of four arch-demons are sent forth, and this time, they are authorised to kill one-third of the people.
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Today, we will continue our sermon series in the Epistle to the Hebrews. Christ is the way or the road from sin and misery to our Heavenly Father in glory. Those who are in this way of Christ are chastened -vigorously trained- by the Father.
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Today we come to Revelation chapter 9. The Apostle John has been writing to us about the visions he saw of the ongoing work of Jesus Christ now that Jesus is reigning in heaven at God's right hand. Today, we are going to see what happens when Satan and his demons are turned loose upon a people. I am calling it a deluge -or flood- of demons.…
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The way is hard. We must not allow ourselves to become weary and beaten down by our Father's discipline-by the refiner's fire, the thresher's sledge, and the pruners shears.
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This epistle is written to those believers among the Jewish people. Some of them had grown weary and discouraged and were thinking of turning back. That's why this letter spends the first ten chapters showing how Christ is superior. All this talk about endurance is not without reason. Our text today gives us a fourfold remedy against weariness.…
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Today, we are going to look at -quote- -natural disasters.- These should all be seen, as -acts of God--more specifically, -acts of Jesus.-
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Last week, I preached about running the race that God has given us to run that we might enter God's house at the end. Today, I want to preach about bringing our children with us that both we and they might get to God.
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This afternoon, we will continue our sermon series in Revelation. In case you have not been with us in this series, I want to point out that what we have in Revelation is the revelation of Jesus Christ now that He is in heaven. We get to see what He does up there to establish His kingdom down here.
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We Praise the Lord for Preserving Us
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In the terrible siege of Jerusalem, that was starting to happen when John had this vision, the whole city would be destroyed- 1.1 million Jews would perish, 97,000 were enslaved. But Jesus told His followers to flee when they saw Jerusalem surrounded and they did. Rev. 7-1-8 seems to speak of this time, but whether it does or not, it shows the Lord…
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In our Sermon Series from Hebrews, we are starting Hebrews chapter 12 today. The first two verses are packed with a lot of material, so we will only cover them today. They introduce us to the theme that we will be following pretty much until we finish Hebrews. These last two chapters exhort us to press on to glory, looking to Jesus.…
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Coming to chapter 7, we have the answer to their question, -Who is able to stand--- What we see in chapter 7 is our Lord's special care and protection of His church. From the earth's perspective, it can look like the church is going to be wiped out, but Jesus is in perfect control.
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Today, in our Hebrews sermon series, we are taking up a new Psalm of Focus to go along with Hebrews chapters 12 and 13. From chapter 12 on, Hebrews will exhort us to advance in the life of faith in Christ. For this reason, I thought Psalm 84 would be an excellent Psalm for our Song of Focus. It is the song we sing as we go, expressing our sentiment…
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Today we come to the conclusion of this chapter that prepares us for the challenge we will be given in chapters 12 - 13 to live up to our privileges as believers under the New Testament.
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Today we come to the conclusion of this chapter that prepares us for the challenge we will be given in chapters 12 - 13 to live up to our privileges as believers under the New Testament.
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Today we will continue our series from the last book of the Bible-Revelation. Two weeks ago, we came to chapter 4 where the Lord presents to John an open door to heaven and says- Come up here and I will show you things which must take place after this. John saw visions of things representing invisible things including God the Father. The emphasis w…
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Today, we are going to take a similar approach looking at bearing hardships- We will look at the examples of the marvellous things that faith enabled them to endure. We will consider how faith can surely enable us to do the hard things we are called to do.
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God’s Decree Placed into Christ’s Hands
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Today we are taking up the first 7 verses of chapter 5. In these verses, we are shown how God's plan or decree is put into the hands of Christ, our Mediator, who represents us- It is what we read in Daniel 7. It is what is celebrated in Ps 2, 47, 89, - 110 to name a few.
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We have been in Hebrews 11 for a while, working through some of the most excellent examples of those who had faith. Last week it was the example of Rahab in verse 31. With verse 32, the writer wants to wrap things up. He says- What more can I say Today, I will read the rest of the chapter, give you an overview of it, and then focus on vv. 32-35a. N…
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Our Creator: Greatly to Be Praised
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As we embark on this new section in Revelation, we see in the opening verses that John is summoned to come up to heaven. But we need to understand that the visions are not visions of material things, but of invisible spiritual things visualised in symbols. What we see here is not heavenly worship, but our own earthly worship from heaven's perspecti…
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Today in our study of the letter to the Hebrews we have a very unique example of faith and of what it does in peoples' lives by God's marvellous grace.
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To summarise, these verses teach us that we must trust God to deliver us from bondage to sin, Satan, and the rebellious world -v. 29 from last time-, and v. 30 -today's verse-, that by faith we are able to overcome all opposition -symbolized by the walls of Jericho- to establish God's righteous kingdom in this world.…
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Today's topic is Jesus' letter to the church in Laodice. In this last of the seven letters, His deep concern for churches and people that are lukewarm is expressed. We see both disgust and tenderness toward them. What a powerful impact this has on all in whom God's Spirit is at work- How can anyone be indifferent to what is in this letter--…
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Philadelphia: Unshakable Faithfulness
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Today in our series on the seven churches in Revelation, we come to the sixth letter that Jesus sent. This one is to the Church in Philadelphia. This letter is quite different than the fifth letter that was written to Sardis. The city of Philadelphia was the youngest of the cities to which Jesus wrote. Philadelphia continued to be an influential ci…
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Why Jesus Came (Part 2- to fulfil God’s Law)
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Today, I want to look at why Jesus came from a slightly different angle. It is the reason He gives in the Sermon on the Mt.-a sermon about His kingdom. At the heart of this sermon, Jesus declared that He came to fulfill the Law and the Prophets.
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At this time of year, people think about the coming of Jesus. But why did He come-- Even people who go to church and keep Christmas often don't know. You need to know why He came-in fact, everyone does. So I am going to take up this subject today, that you might know, that you might know more fully, and that you might be able to tell others. Jesus …
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Today in Jesus' fifth letter, to the church at Sardis, there is something quite different that is dealt with. There is no mention of heresy or immorality, nor of persecution. All who visited saw what appeared to be a healthy, vibrant, faithful, prosperous church. This time, there are no charges of false doctrine of immoral behaviour, no charges of …
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Thyatira: Called to Keep Growing under God’s Pruning
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This afternoon, we will continue our series on the seven churches in Revelation. Today, it is the church at Thyatira in Revelation 2-18-29. Thyatira was the smallest and least important town to which Jesus wrote. By including them, Jesus shows that He cares for the small as well as the great.
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For some time, I had planned to do seasonal sermons about why Christ came, but when we set Katherine's baptism for today, I decided to preach on the Magnificat -Lu 1-46-56-. Here we have the wonderful response of Mary to the blessing of conceiving Jesus Christ our Saviour.
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Follow the Example of the Wise Men
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In our sermon series from Revelation, we have seen how intimately connected Jesus is with every congregation of His people. We were first shown this in chapter one in John's vision of the glory of the Son of God in which our Lord was seen in His glory caring for His churches and their ministers. This means that we should take great interest in read…
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The world needed a Savior because we are all estranged from God by sin. Jesus came to be punished in the place of sinners that He might bring them to God. The good news is that whoever believes in Him will be pardoned and restored to God. The passage we are looking at today shows us a key time in Israel's history, about 1500 years before Christ cam…
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In our sermon series from Hebrews, we are in chapter 11 where we have a whole array of examples of people who had faith. They are helpful to show us what faith looks like. Lately, we have been looking at the section about the faith of Moses. Today, we come to v. 28 where, by faith, he leads the whole nation of Israel to keep the Passover and the sp…
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When Jesus sent this letter to Smyrna, severe persecution had already begun there. Though our persecution is far less severe, it is evident that it is increasing in our land. The core of Jesus' message is in Rev 2-10- Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. The burning question is why not-- Why not be afraid when suffering is…
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Today we are going to focus on Hebrews 11-27 which we only touched on last week. It tells us that Moses endured by seeing God who is invisible. Let us learn from Moses' example.
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Over the next couple of months, we will be looking at what our reigning Lord says to these seven churches and at how it applies to us. We must consider both the positive and the negative things. His addresses to these churches in real history have a more powerful impact than if He had just given us a bunch of precepts in the abstract.…
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Last week, we began a series on the book of Revelation. We saw that this book begins with the words, -The Revelation of Jesus Christ.- This week, we are going to look at the blessing of Grace and Peace from God.
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Today we continue our Hebrews sermon series. We have been looking at Hebrews 11 where we are given a great list of people of faith from the Old Testament. These are presented to the Hebrews to encourage them to have faith. They are models, showing us what faith does in a person's life. Today we come to one of the greatest figures in the Old Testame…
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