Sermons

Saturday EV - Week 5: Revelation 14 

Revelation 14 | Saturday EV | 12/11/2016 | Tim Baldwin

Tags: Revelation, Victory, Lion, Lamb, apocalyptic, 7 seals, 7 trumpets, Satan Defeated, redeemed people

Tim Baldwin explores who we are as Christians, challenging us to own this identity as redeemed people, encouraging us to trust in the Lamb for our security, consciously aware that we are undeserving of God's grace. In light of the certainty of Gods final judgement, are you celebrating God's salvation, remaining faithful, and living sacrificially in accordance with Gods plan?

Romans 6:1-14 

Romans 6:1-144 | EV Church | 21/07/2013 | Andrew Heard

Romans 6 answers the question, if we are saved by grace, do we really need to change at all? Christianity is all about change. The early chapters of Romans highlight the big issues of life, such as God's judgement of sin. Romans describes Two Realms * Adam - Sin, Death, Law, Condemnation, Old * Jesus/God - Life, Freedom, Righteousness, New Moving from Adam's realm to God's realm isn't possible by works, but by faith (Rom 5:1) Baptism is being incorporated into something, or identified with. Faith unites us with Christ and baptises us as a Christian. Died to Adam's realm in order that we can live a new life in God's realm. Free from being a slave to sin, and given power to live in God's realm. Grow and develop a discontent with the old self, whilst grow in contentment of the new life Discipline yourself to not let sin reign

Romans 6:15-23 

Romans 6:15-23 | EV Church | 28/07/2013 | Tim Baldwin

Christ died to sin, so His death is ours. If we are joined with Jesus then His resurrection is ours. Rom 6:15 Paul asks "If Gods grace is so powerful to forgive any sin, then why does it matter whether we change?" You are a slave to whatever you obey. God has laid claim to us, so it's natural to want to obey & desire God with thanksgiving - rejoicing to be a 'slave of God' Just because we have experience of sitting under flawed authority, it shouldn't cause us to assume that getting out from under authority is freedom. We were designed to sit under authority and true freedom comes from sitting under good authority. Being united with Christ, lets us see becoming slaves of God being good and living in true freedom. We have become free to serve God in whatever circumstances we are faced with, free to share the gospel, caring for people's spiritual needs, free to be content in Christ.