Sermons

Human Hearts can be Hard of Hearing

Jeremiah 1, 36, 52

(Bible Reading, 36:1-8, 13-25, 27-28)

Human hearts can be hard of hearing

Jeremiah and the reality of God’s Judgement 

…for rejecting God and failing to listen to God’s word 

      …failing to listen to God’s powerful and effective word  (1:9-11)

God’s word and the reality of Judgement … for us!

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Thinking about Elders

1 Tim 3:1-7, 1 Peter 5:1-5, Titus 1:5-9

 

Elders are everywhere, and in the Bible 

 

 

We have Elders in the Presbyterian Church

 

 

How should the Bible inform the way we think about elders for KPC?

You don’t need to be an elder to love and serve your church

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

What more do you need?

John 20

 

We often think we need to see to believe… 

 

But seeing can be hard to believe (20:14ff)

 

And we don’t really need to see to believe (20:29)

 

What more do you need, to recognise Jesus is your Lord and your God?

   

 

Dear God, 

I am sorry for ignoring the truth about Jesus. 

Thank you for sending Jesus to die my death and give me life. 

Please forgive me and change me to live with Jesus as my Lord and my God. 

Amen 

 

 (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

The Inconvenient Truth? 

John 18-19

 

Pilate: a man who couldn’t handle the truth 

John 18:38 

John 19:8 

John 19:12-16 

 

The truth that Jesus is King 

John 18:36-37 

John 19:11 

 

The truth that means LIFE 

John 3:16-21 

“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…” 

 

 

Dear God, 

I am sorry for ignoring the truth about Jesus. 

Thank you for sending Jesus to die my death and give me life. 

Please forgive me and change me to live with Jesus as my King.

Amen 

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Belief without signs and wonders

John 4:43-54

 

1. A desperate request

  

 

2. Seeing and believing

 

 

3. Jesus’ promises are fulfilled before they are seen, so we can believe without seeing

 

 (Preacher: Thom Herbert)

Thirsty?

John 4:1-42

John wants us to believe Jesus is the Messiah, that by believing we would have real life in Jesus

He shows a harvest of Samaritans who put their trust in Jesus’ words

As he teaches us about living water, real food and true worship

Are you thirsty for real life?

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Saviour of the World

John 3:12-21

Jesus is qualified to speak and able to save

  

Jesus is the way God has loved the world

 

Jesus is God’s light shining in our darkness

  

What matters now – is that you 

come into the light

trust in Jesus 

and keep your eyes on Him

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Born from Above?

John 2:23-3:12

 

 

Did Nicodemus really believe? And did Jesus entrust himself to Nicodemus?

 

 

What does it take for anyone to enter the kingdom of heaven?

 

 

 

Why is it so difficult to believe?

 

 

 

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

New and Old

John 2:13-25

 

Renovate or rebuild?

 

Why did Jesus clear the temple courts?

 

And how does Jesus rebuild the temple?

 

What does all this teach us about the state of human hearts and the nature of true worship?

 

 

 (Preacher: Steve Blencowe)

Signs of Glory

John 2:1-12

 

John records the first of seven signs that show Jesus’ glory

 

Jesus says his “hour has not yet come” (4) 

as he gives a taste of what to expect when it does 

by replaced the old with the new (6-8)

and revealing his glory to his disciples (11)

And John shows Mary’s appropriate response (4-5)

(Preacher: Steve Blencowe)