Grace Presbyterian Church - Sermons

When asked the question, “What does God want of you?” many Christians answer with some spiritual discipline in which they feel they are lacking. “I need to clean up my act or prove myself more dutiful.” But Isaiah’s words in chapter 12 confront our...

A. W. Tozer said “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” In this passage, Isaiah shines a spotlight upon important truths about God.

people think they are doing God, and us, a favor by declaring God does not get angered. The belief is that since the Bible says “God is love” he therefore cannot be angry. But Isaiah shows us that it is because God IS love he must get angered at sin.

The Bible isn’t just ink on paper, for God has given life to his scriptures. He speaks to his people through his written word. And so, because God is speaking through scriptures, we must be attentive to his voice.

No one, after coming to faith in Christ, deserves heaven because of how faithful we are in living for Christ each day, for we daily fail to fully honor God with our lives. But thankfully, God triumphs in grace over our failure each and every day.

Paul has made it to Jerusalem, but now his journey will bring him directly into conflict with Rome. The end result? Through this one man, both the religious powers and the political powers come into direct conflict with the person of Christ.

All of life is a constant, day by day, quest to experience salvation in some form or another. In this passage, the Lord offers to be King Ahaz’s great and glorious ally. He draws near and says, “Let me save you.”

God is the Lord of all things. He orchestrates his kingdom ministry, his great commission to the church to spread the gospel to all nations, tongues and tribes demands Christians responses. Our response is obedience and willingness to take on this...

On the one side, the pressure of persecution can tempt us to hide or compromise our faith. On the other side, the deception of false teaching can lead us astray. With these things trying to pull us in both directions, we must continue in the age-old...

The Christian life is oftentimes thought of as a "Jesus and me" relationship. However, this passage reminds us that we are to live a life of faithful discipleship in community, in following others who follow God and in leading others to do...

While he is able to encourage the church there, the opposition to the gospel comes at him in full force. Both the church in Jerusalem and its enemies claim to have similar commitments; what distinguishes them?

Isaiah models salvation for us. For us to truly know God and relate to him, God must shake us, quake us, so that we experience humility in the presence of his glory, and receive his grace.

Scripture implores us “not to receive the grace of God in vain.” In Isaiah 5, we see how God has graciously lavished his people with everything they need to flourish, but they receive this grace in vain. In this passage we see the important gospel...

Paul travels to Jerusalem fully aware of the persecution he will experience there. How does this square without current obsession with self-care? Is the call to 'come and die' compatible with our culture's drive for physical and...

There slogan “No pain, no gain” doesn’t just apply to weight lifting and sports, it also is what the LORD implements in the life of his people in Judah during Isaiah’s ministry. The people were content to keep God at arm’s length. He was irrelevant in...

God has a spectacular plan for this world and his people. But God’s people have a tendency to keep God at arm’s length. So He speaks through Isaiah so that they will gain a heavenly perspective, see the folly of their ways, and come to walk in the...

It can be easy to look back on the Early Church with rose-colored glasses; a time full of heroism and miracles. But Paul's own testimony is quite different... God is on the move, and the time is more like our own than we may realize.

Before ascending into heaven, Jesus issued a calling for the church to be disciples who makes disciples. This is the main thing of the church, and so we must keep the main thing the main thing! In this passage Jesus demonstrates to his disciples, and...

With so many options for finding Christian content and connection, why should we still bother to show up on Sunday morning and attend worship together?