Pelsall Evangelical Church Sermons

Basic Church Maintenance

Romans 14:1-15:13  - Steve Hope
Accept one another without quarrelling - (14:1-13a)
God accepts us - (v3)
God is their master, not you - (v4-9)
God is their judge, and yours too - (v10-12)
Build one another up without offending - (v14:13b-23)
Offending deliberately is not acting in love - (v14-16)
The Kingdom of God is more important than disputable matters - (v17-21)
Bear with one another without selfishness - (15:1-13)
Christ is our example - (v3-7)
Unity is the endgame - (v8-12)
Romans 4:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 

03 - How do you feel - making sense of our emotions - Part 3

Tim Smylie
Engaging our emotions - part 1
Take the challenge seriously
Listen to your emotions
Evaluate your emotions
What do they tell me about what I love?
What do they tell me about what I believe?
"Emotions reflect what we believe and reveal our assumptions about how the world works" (Matthew Elliot)
What does the bible say?
Don't be bullied by your emotions
"I need this"
"This is all or nothing
"I need to act right now"
 

10 - A broken jar, and a broken man

Jeremiah 19-20  - Tim Smylie
A message of just and unavoidable judgment - (19:1-15)
A messenger who goes down to the depths of suffering - (20:1-18)

Jesus' prayer for the church

John 17v6-26 - Pieter Vroom
Prayer for the disciples
Reasons for the prayer - (v6-11)
Content: safety, joy, sanctification - (v12-19)
Prayer for the church - (v20-26)
Unity so the world knows that the Father sent Jesus
That we may see Jesus' glory and have fellowship with him.
That we may know the Father and share in his love.

09 - The Potter

Jeremiah 18 - Tim Smylie
Clay in the potter's hands (vv1-10)
God is sovereign- he is completely in control - (vv5-6)
 Our response matters - God is not a tyrant - (vv7-10)
Responding to the potter's touch - (vv11-23)
Means responding to: His message - (vv11-17)
......and his messenger - (vv18-23)

Why Stand?

Ephesians 6:10-18 - Timothy Fisher

Why Pray?

Colossians 1:3-12 - Timothy Fisher

63 - Faith and Power

Matthew 17v14-23  - Steve Hope
Our own power is powerless to do God's work -(v14-18)
To do His work you need His power - (v19-20)
The power of the cross and resurrection - (v22-23)

08 - The Healer of hearts

Jeremiah 17:1-18 - Tim Smylie
Sin is deeply set in the human heart - (vv1-4)
Hearts are deceitful - (vv5-9)
The LORD knows and heals hearts - (vv10-18)

02 - How do you feel - making sense of our emotions - Part 2

Tim Smylie
Emotions are:
Good
Complicated 
Powerful
Not the only thing
Mirrors of the heart

07 - When pain gets personal

Jeremiah 11:18 - 12:17 - Tim Smylie
God's messenger feels the pain of betrayal and questions God's justice - (11:18 - 12:17)
The God of justice reveals the depths of his pain, and the long reach of his love - (12:5-17)

62 - The Transfiguration

Matthew 17:1-13 - Steve Hope
Look at His Glory (v1-3)
Listen to His Word (v4-8)
Live in His Plan (v9-13)

06 - Worthwhile wisdom

Jeremiah 9:12-10:16 - Tim Smylie
Understands the folly of forsaking God's Word - (9:12-22)
Understands the value of knowing God - (9:23-10:16)
He is the only one to fear - (10:1-7)
He is the uncreated creator and ruler of all - (10:8-13)
He is the only true and lasting treasure - (10:14-16)

05 - Worthless worship

Jeremiah 7-8:3 - Tim Smylie
Confidence in salvation without a commitment to obedience - (7:1-15)
Living life without listening to God - (7:16-31)
Worthless worship leads to death - (7:32-8:3)

61 - You are the Messiah - Part 2

Matthew 16:13-28 - Steve Hope
You are the Messiah
Revealed by God - v17-20
Unexpected by Men - v21-24
Victorious over All - v25-28

04 - Visions of judgment and the anguish of love

Jeremiah 4:5-31 -  Tim Smylie
Deserved disaster (vv5-18)
Divine distress (vv19-22)
Pathetic defiance (vv23-31)

60 - You are the Messiah

15th September 2019 - Steve Hope
1. Jesus is the Messiah (v13-16) a. Revealed by God (v17-20) - By the Father.... .....Through His Church

03 - Return to me

15th September 2019 - Tim Smylie
1. Unfaithfulness is unforgivable - (3:1-11)2. God offers outrageous mercy - (3:12-18)3.We return through true repentance - (3:19-4:4)

01 - How do you feel - Making sense of our emotions - Part 1

Emotions are good
Our emotions are derived from God's emotions
Jesus felt: Joy, Love, Compassion, Frustration, Anger, Distress
Emotions are complicatedThey're like a paint mixer that never shuts off
They're connected to our bodies
They're disordered by sin
 

02 - A love story

Jeremiah 2 - Tim Smylie
First love - (vv1-3)
Forsaking first love - (vv4-8)
Bitter rewards - (vv9-37)
Slavery - (vv14-19)
Foolishness - (vv20-28)
Stubborn unbelief - (vv29-37)

God's Final Word

Hebrews 1:1-2:4 Alan Reeves

01 - You're ready

Jeremiah 1 - Tim Smylie
A message for then, and now - (vv1-3)
God prepares his messenger - (vv4-5)
God provides a powerful message - (vv6-10)
God makes promises to his messenger - (vv11-19) 
God will do what he said - (vv11-12)
Judgement is coming - (vv13-16)
Stand up and you'll stand firm - (vv17-19)
 

The God who Intervenes

Psalm 17 - Bill Patterson

What kind of people ought you to be?

1 Samuel 14v1-23 - Bill Patterson

Remember the wonders He has done

Psalm 105 - Roger Davies

Great is the Gospel

Romans 1v1-24 - Roger Davies

The Eternal God and us

Psalm 90 - Pieter Vroom
From: Lord, you have been our dwelling-place throughout all generations (v1)
to: May the favour of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us - yes, establish the work of our hands (v17)
God is eternal ó we are mortal (vv2-6)
Our sin and God’s wrath (vv7-11) ð Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain a heart of wisdom (v12)
Wisdom leads to dependence on God’s compassion and love with all it’s blessings (vv13-16)
Then God can establish the work of our hands (v17).

Living in the present age

Living in this present age - 2 Timothy 3v1-4v5
The world as it is - v1-9
Resolve to follow the best mentors - v10-11
Be realistic about the world - v12-13
Rely upon the Bible - v14-17
Proclaim the Word - 4v1-5

In the hands of the Lord

2 Samuel 24 - Tim Smylie
The unavoidable reality of God's wrath - (vv1-13)
The central reality of God's mercy - (vv14-25)
The place of mercy - (vv15-16)
The cost of mercy - (vv17-25)

59 - Spiritual Blindness

Matthew 16v1-12 - Steve Hope
Religious Leaders: Blinded by their Stubbornness - (v1-4)
Disciples: Blinded by their Stomachs - (v5-12)