Farnham Baptist Church Sermons
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Ehud the Judge
The book of Judges is characterised by a common cycle in Israel of rebellion, retribution, rescue and repentence, followed by a return to rebellion and the repetition of the cycle. Each time the nation rebels, God sends a 'judge' to be their rescuer. Each of the judges is an unlikely figure and each method of rescue equally unlikely. Perhaps this points to the ultimately unlikely figure of Jesus as the servant King, and the ultimate rescue in the form of apparent failure on the Cross. God's ways are not our ways, and He chooses methods that seem to our human eyes to be folly. But God is sovereign and knows better than any of us what He is doing! Here's the test we should apply: Which way is my life moving - towards Jesus, or away from Him?
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Is there a perfect Church?
The Church on Earth comprises people like you and me; imperfect, striving to be more like Jesus, some more than others. This earthly Church cannot be perfect. But we know that as Christians, we already belong to the invisible perfect Church that is comprised of all those whose names are written in the Book of Life and which will become visible on the Day of the Lord. The labels and styles with which we differentiate our earthly churches do not matter in the eternity of the one perfect Church. Our key task is to realise what life will be like in perfection and to make sure that our lives are moving towards Jesus, not away from Him. We must ask not what the Church can do for us, but what we can do for the Church.
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Introduction to Judges
The book of Judges covers the period lasting approximately 430 years between the death of Joshua and the period of the Kings, notably including David. During this period, the people Israel had no clear leader, so lost their spiritual way, forgetting God and what He had done for them. From time to time God showed his compassion on his people by raising up a Judges to rescue them, but each time the respite was temporary and when the Judge died the people would turn even further away from the Lord. The episodes described by Judges leads us to ask three things: 1. Do we know God and what He has done for us? 2. Do we recognise God's outrageous compassion on His people? 3. Are we prepared to live the lives that God calls us to?
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The Church and Love
Ephesians 5 describes the relationship of Jesus with His Church as like that between a husband and his bride. We see the nature of God's love for us in the sacrificial and sanctifying love that Jesus displays for His Church and we are drawn to emulate this in our relationship with the other members of His Church, our brothers and sisters in Christ - no matter how hard that might be for us on a human level.
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We can be sure
Sometimes in a conversation it takes some time to get to the heart of what the issue. John has hinted all along that the matter he’s concerned about is over knowing. The BIG question in this book? How do we know we have eternal life? Here it is in 13 as his purpose statement; this is why he writes: "I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life." Look at all the we knows in 18, 19, 20. Here’s our theme: we can know; we can be sure; we can be confident.
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The Church and truth
There is nothing like the church! It’s a most wonderful concept thought up by God; He loves the church; his Son died for her. She is called the Bride of Christ, the body of Christ, the Temple of the Living God. What could be more grand than that? And through faith in Christ we are members! What a privilege! We saw last week that the church on earth is a reflection of the church in glory - a community of people whom God has gathered together. Since God is in the gathering business, church is people who come together. But what do we come together for? What distinguishes the true church from a religious meeting?
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The Test of Evidence
How do we know we have eternal life? That’s the BIG question in 1 John. This is how we know, 5:2 is a key phrase; that you may know, 5:13. We know, we know, we know, John keeps saying to his readers. He’s given us a number of tests to check ourselves: the test of obedience, of truth, of love. And now EVIDENCE. The past two centuries have seen rational evidence exalted above all other ideas. “Unless you can prove it to me, I won’t believe”. A few years ago, scientific proof was the ultimate form of proof. But now we recognise that such proof is not what we use in the law-court, nor in discovering historical truth. In those cases we want cumulative evidence, which when pieced together is “beyond reasonable doubt”. The same is true of faith; is there sufficient evidence to believe? And what sort of evidence should we put forward – would our personal experience count? Would the authority of the church be acceptable? Is it a matter of human reasoning? We’ll look at evidence this evening
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The Church - Local and Global
Many people think of a church as a building, but throughout the Bible "church" is used to describe assemblies or gatherings of God's people. The Greek term "ekklesia" literally means gathered, called. These groupings are known as the visible church, but Hebrews describes a future church comprising all of God's people that were, are or will be. This church is invisible to us now, but will be our eternal destiny as we praise Him forever with His angels. As we make 'church' today, how much do we long for the eternal church, how much do we want our church to be like that future eternal church?
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The work of Interserve and Urban Vision in the UK and abroad - part 2
The population of Britain is becoming less "Christian" and more multi-religious. For some people this provokes fear about the loss of a Britain we once knew, for others the fear is about the rise of radicalised minorities. Interserve has a very different view. Having served the peoples of Asia and the Arab world since 1952, they see Britain as a site for cross-cultural Christian witness. Today, the sovereignLord of history is at work creating significant cross-cultural mission opportunities across Europe.
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The work of Interserve and Urban Vision in the UK and abroad - part 1
The population of Britain is becoming less "Christian" and more multi-religious. For some people this provokes fear about the loss of a Britain we once knew, for others the fear is about the rise of radicalised minorities. Interserve has a very different view. Having served the peoples of Asia and the Arab world since 1952, they see Britain as a site for cross-cultural Christian witness. Today, the sovereignLord of history is at work creating significant cross-cultural mission opportunities across Europe.
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