Sermons by Joe Khan (Page 28)
The Voice of Truth
In life there are so many voices that all promise to give us something true. Even when it comes to church and our faith there are many different people who preach many different ideas about Jesus and salvation. In John’s day there were numerous false teachers who were vying for the hearts and minds of the church so in this passage he outlines how they can be sure that a message is true. Pastor Joe looks at John’s test and…
Easter Sunday: No Condemnation
This life constantly casts burdens upon our shoulders… the burdens of trying to get everything in our life right… to measure up to the demands of those around us. But in the story of the empty tomb there is a stunning truth that offers us hope and freedom. On Resurrection Sunday Pastor Joe reveals the amazing word that God spoke over humanity when He raised Jesus from the dead and how it gives us true freedom!
Good Friday: Mockery & Shame
On Good Friday it is pretty common knowledge that Jesus died on the cross, but I wonder how often we remember the manner in which He was punished. Because Jesus did not just embrace death on Good Friday, but the culmination of everything that is wrong with human hearts. This Good Friday Pastor Joe examines the mockery and shame that Jesus encountered and reveals how it impacts on our understanding of what Jesus did for us.
Gospel Empowered Love
As we continue in John’s letter to the churches we have to remember that he is writing to people who are plagued by false teachers who were trying to capture their hearts and minds. John has been constantly calling for the people to see the flaws in these teachers and see the hope and assurance in the gospel of Jesus. Today he unpacks how the gospel changes our relationships with one another and how the love that it empowers can…
In the Father’s Footsteps
Fatherlessness is such a huge problem in our society because without a father, especially young boys, have no tangible example of how the ethics and values of their family get lived out in the world. This is the unique contribution that fathers make to society and in so many ways we long to follow in our fathers’ footsteps. John continues on with the theme of the fatherhood of God we looked at last week to show us that how we…
The Love of the Father
A lot of people think that Christianity gives you nothing but a boring life of rules and restrictions now and offers you nothing but a boring life of halo-wearing and harp-playing after death. As we continue to walk our way through John’s letter to the churches we will see that it is nothing of the sort. John outlines one of the greatest truths of all time and how it gives us a glorious hope.
Functional Antichrists
Hearing words like “end times” or Antichrist” can send us into a bit of a spin; we either have visions of apocalyptic horror movies or visions of confusing theological debates. Either way I think John would say that we are missing the point. When John speaks of “the last hour” and “antichrist”, he is not speaking about fearsome future events but a shocking present reality. So join us as we try to see past preconceived ideas that we might have…
Taking the Gospel for Granted
Familiarity breeds contempt… or so they say. Basically the longer you have something or someone in your life, the easier it is to take them for granted. As John writes to the churches who are probably a few generations old now, he desperately wants them to recognise that it is very easy to take Jesus for granted… to get bored of Jesus and chase after something else. So John takes a moment to remind the people just how powerful the…
The Gospel and Obedience
I am just going to say it, most of us don’t like being told to obey. It cuts against our preconceived idea that we know what is best for ourselves. In many ways it is one of the big reasons that people steer clear of Christianity, because they feel like they will be forced to obey rules and regulations rather than determine their own direction. So when John calls for radical obedience as evidence for our faith it could reinforce…
God is Light
When we are convicted of our sin it can often feel painful… this is mainly because our sin is pretty much always driven by our pride and so when we get ourselves into trouble it is a slap in the face to our pride as we realise we are not as good as we thought we were. As John continues to unpack the implications of the gospel we are going to wrestle with how we should deal with this conviction.