Grace Presbyterian Church | Hamptons sermons
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Jesus has called the church to be disciples who make disciples, for discipleship is how we grow in Christlikeness and manifest his glory and his kingdom on earth! And since discipleship is Jesus’s top priority for his church, discipleship is the top...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Christians are not Pharisees. But Christians often live with Pharisaical tendencies. That is, we can live as if we are saved by grace but need to live by works to maintain our acceptance before God. In this parable, Jesus helps his people to rest in...Av Mark Middlekauff
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What we see in all this is that Jesus is more than we ever imagined he could be.Av Jay Harvey
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The God of the Old Testament often gets characterized as a judgmental, overbearing, unreasonable God, but a closer examination of the events shows that He is the God of unwavering promise and commitment to His people and promises. It is because of His...Av Jeffrey Jou
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Our natural sinful impulses cover us like grimy, decrepit clothing. When we cast off our old self and put on the new self, our new clothing of humility and love will transform every personal relationship in the joy of the Lord. But changing clothes...Av John Rantal
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One of the Bible's most beautiful depictions is God's covenant loving-kindness. We see this in the Old Testament through His gracious dealings with His people, and it is ultimately fulfilled in Christ, who invites us to experience the...Av Twaambo Moyo
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The Christian life is marked by perseverance because as we all know life is full of opposition, challenge and unforeseen circumstances. The Lord offers real strength for our journey that we can call and rely upon daily. This passage teaches us how...Av Josh Crane
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Isaiah ends his book on the topic of worship. You don’t need to be religious to worship, for everyone worships. Intrinsically, all people worship something or someone. And since we become like what we worship, for our health or for our harm, God cares...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Part of the human condition, though we fight to resist it, is that we are hopeless unless God intervenes in our lives. We don’t just need a little bit of good luck; we need a massive intervention from God. In this section of Isaiah, God shows just how...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Often, when we read Old Testament narratives, the temptation is to imagine that we are too far removed from the characters to relate to them. However, wisdom dictates that we are not so different after all. In fact, by reflecting on their history, we...Av Twaambo Moyo
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While a just God must judge all evil in the world, His judgments stem from an unfathomable love for His people, aimed at restoring us from the sins we fail to recognize.Av Peter Rhee
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In our lucid moments as Christians, we admit that there is a wide chasm between the abiding life Christ calls us to live and how we tend to live. We say we want God in our lives, but we don’t want too much of God in our lives. Isaiah prays that the...Av Mark Middlekauff
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We spend a lot of time focused on the external; we build resumes, exercise, eat well, try to dress well, and on and on. Christ comes to us today focused on one thing: our hearts.Av Andrew Barber
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Many people reject God being angry. “God is love,” they insist. Isaiah shows us that yes, God is love, but he is more than just that. In fact, because God loves so well, he must and will judge this world.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Contrary to popular opinion, God is a happy, joyful God. And by his gospel and through Jesus Christ God is spreading his joy to the world.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Guilt and shame are powerful messages that shape how we live our lives whether we’re conscious of it or not. These messages can often be crushing and can prevent us from living a life of joy and freedom. But where can we find the true cure for all our...Av David Lee
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In a world where many often feel alone and left to our own devices, the gospel promises us that we have a loving Father who is ever present, completely committed, and always guiding us through the hardships in life.Av Peter Rhee
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God’s revival includes the complete renewal and renovation of the entire universe. In this passage, Isaiah presents the before picture of the world as it is now, and the after picture of the world as God will remake it. God desires that his people...Av Mark Middlekauff
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God’s plan for this world is nothing short of world-wide revival and eternal perfection. In this passage in Isaiah, we see that the church is to be like a model home which displays what God’s future world will be like. And so, we must repent of any...Av Mark Middlekauff
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God is passionate about bringing revival to this earth and to his people. And his people are in great need of revival. In this section of Isaiah, the LORD reveals how are hearts are to be prepared for revival. Revival comes to those with contrite...Av Mark Middlekauff
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In this passage Paul captures the imagination of his readers by showing them what it means to have the mind of Christ—the sovereign God who took on flesh as the humble servant. The suffering God who plunged to the depths of sorrow and death to seek...Av Abhishikth Babu
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God has made everything to be wonderful for his people, so that our proper response is to live a life of joyous wonder and praise. And yet, our hearts and minds can become numb to the gospel. Thankfully, God know this and encourages us through the...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Spiritual blindness keeps you from seeing the reality of Jesus making a difference in your life. Spending time with scripture is the cure to spiritual blindness. Sundays spent in corporate worship accelerates spiritual growth.Av John Rantal
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It’s amazing! Roughly 700 years before Christ, Isaiah writes of him. In this famous passage Isaiah foretells of Easter. He shows us the life and death and resurrection of God’s servant, our savior.Av Mark Middlekauff
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The question "Who is Jesus?" elicits a spectrum of responses, from teacher to miracle worker, from Son of God to sacrificial Savior. Yet, amidst these diverse responses, His kingship is often overlooked or misunderstood. In this passage, we...Av Twaambo Moyo
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Christians often live on a treadmill of good works. It causes us to believe that if we had a quiet time in the morning, that God would be more willing to answer our prayer. Thankfully, Paul shows us a different life – the Therefore Life in God’s...Av Mark Middlekauff
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The allure of amassing wealth is connected deeply with what money promises each of us. And yet, it doesn't always deliver. Alternatively, when we delight in the generosity of God, we can use money properly instead of money using us.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Often the people of God complain that God seems to be asleep on his throne. Nothing could be further from the truth. It is the people of God who need to be awakened, not God. We must awaken to the fact that our God reigns.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Isaiah reminds what we already know - the world is dark. He wants us to listen for the voice of the Lord in the darkness and obey him. But we are prone to “light our own torches” instead of sitting in the dark, listening for the voice of the Lord.Av Mark Middlekauff
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The spiritual condition of the people of God in Isaiah’s day was that of despondency: low spirits with a sense of hopelessness and despair. And they thought God was nowhere to be found. But nothing could be further from the truth. With great love and...Av Mark Middlekauff
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How can we know God will not abandon his people, even if they struggle with sin and lack a zeal for God? How can we know God won’t kick us to the curb? Because our salvation is not rooted in our faithfulness, but it is rooted in the glory of God. God...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Christians have a beautiful and glorious calling from God to herald the good news. We live out this grand calling smack dab in the middle of the confluence of God’s sovereignty and mankind’s responsibility.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Christians have a distinguished and difficult calling from God – Ambassadors for Christ. God is reconciling the world to himself, and he has entrusted this message of reconciliation to his ambassador people.Av Mark Middlekauff
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To most people on earth, the gospel is both foolish and offensive. And yet, Paul declares that he is not ashamed of the gospel, for the gospel is the power of God that brings salvation to all who believe.Av Mark Middlekauff
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The word ‘gospel’ literally means ‘good news’. In Christ Jesus we have received the greatest of news – salvation and new life in Christ. Here Jesus, the Light of the World, tells his followers that they too are the salt of the earth and light of the...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Laying hold of an unseen God requires faith. And even when you do believe, you can find yourself questioning what you believe and doubting God’s goodness towards you. In Genesis chapter 15, Abram’s experience demonstrates that there is no greater good...Av Mark Middlekauff
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Just as our bodies need nutritious, physical food every day, so too we need spiritual food from God. This passage from 2 Timothy helps us understand how God’s living scripture feeds God’s people.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Christmas is seen by many as a short escape from the brokenness of this world, but God intends the promise of Christmas to be his remedy for all that is wrong with the world. And this promise comes to mankind in the very beginning, in the Garden of Eden.Av Mark Middlekauff
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The world promises we find peace I the big things like our work, marriage, bank accounts, etc. But Micah shows us that the peace of God is different. It comes forth in the little places, little people and little things.Av Mark Middlekauff
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Our own personal thought lives are often filled with cycles of self-absorption and negative self-critiques. Yet, in this passage, Paul reveals the content of the mature Christain mind by examining the joyfully others-focused mind of Christ.Av Micah Bragg
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Only when we place our trust in the substance of Christmas can we truly enjoy the true spirit of Christmas.Av John Rantal
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When we take the good things of God and enjoy them apart from God, they end up hurting us and harming us, in this life and the age to come. Thankfully, God saves us from all our idols so that our happiness is found in him.Av Mark Middlekauff
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In a world desperately in need of both truth and love, the church has a unique opportunity to manifest the truth of God in love. John commends a church which takes tangible steps to support the missionary work of sharing the gospel that flows from a...Av Frank Frank
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Perhaps the greatest truth one could press into their soul is that God is the potter, and we are but his clay. That he is sovereign over all the good and all the evil that has ever befallen this world. And God is working out all things for an eternal...Av Mark Middlekauff
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There may be a season for everything but how do we know our lives have any purpose? It is easy to enjoy life when things are good but what about the times everything really does feel meaningless? How do we make sense of tragedy in our lives? The...Av Graham Girard
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What is your life about? Or another way to ask this same thing: what reality does your life bear witness to? How would you answer that question- Working hard? Helping others? Glorifying God? Something else? Now, imagine an independent, objective...Av Eric Lipscomb
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It is not enough that the people of God experience a reformation from God, they need revival as well. It is not enough to have a renewed will but the old sin nature, the flesh, as the power to pursue it. Thank God that he pours out his Spirit in his...Av Mark Middlekauff
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In this passage, Isaiah shows us that God is 100 percent committed to restoring his people. In love, his reformation remakes us and reshapes us to be more and more like our savior, Jesus Christ. And so, we must embrace this good work of God in or lives.Av Mark Middlekauff
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This world isn’t the way it’s supposed to be. There is discord and corruption withing the very fabric of the universe, and in us. And mankind will never succeed in making this world all we long for it to be. But all is not lost. God has a Servant, his...Av Mark Middlekauff
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