Introduction We been studying the attributes of God recently to answer the question: 'What is God like?' However, we began, not so much with an attribute, but with who God is. Who is God? He's the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. In other words, we began with the Trinity: There is only one … Continue reading Impassibility
Author: Colin Gamble
Immutability
Introduction Everything changes. I was talking about that to the children on Sunday. And we all know it's true. Everything changes. From the moment we're conceived in our mother's womb, we change, because we develop from an unborn baby to a newborn baby to a toddler to a child to a teenager to a young … Continue reading Immutability
Omnipresence
Introduction Our church's Shorter Catechism teaches us that our God is infinite in his being. And by saying that he is infinite in his being it is saying that God is omnipresent. That is, he is present everywhere. There are no restrictions or limitations on where he can be. You and I are limited, because … Continue reading Omnipresence
Holiness
Introduction Our church's Shorter Catechism teaches us that our God is infinite, eternal and unchangeable in his holiness. And that's what we're thinking about this evening: God's holiness. God's holiness is infinite, which means it is not limited in any way, but is perfect. God's holiness is eternal, which means it is without beginning or … Continue reading Holiness
Luke 12(13–31) (Harvest 2018)
Introduction Since most of us live in Belfast -- where we're surrounded by buildings and not fields -- we're out of touch with what happens in the countryside. However, when I lived in Co. Kildare, there were members of the churches who were farmers and so I was more familiar with the pressures farmers faced … Continue reading Luke 12(13–31) (Harvest 2018)
Haggai 2
Introduction God had sent his people into exile because of their persistent unbelief and rebellion. But 70 years later the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, the king of the Medes and Persians, to make a proclamation that the people in exile could return to the Promised Land to rebuild the temple of the … Continue reading Haggai 2
Haggai 1
Background We're beginning a new series of sermons today. And my plan for Sunday evenings is to preach through Haggai and Zechariah, because these two books really belong together, because Haggai and Zechariah conducted their prophetic ministry at the same time and in the same place. Both of the conducted their ministry in Jerusalem after … Continue reading Haggai 1
2 Cor. 05(16)–06(02)
Introduction We began to look at this passage last week when we concentrated on verses 11 to 15. And there were really two parts to last week's sermon, because in verses 11 to 13 Paul appealed to his readers in Corinth to defend him and his companions. And then, in verses 14 and 15 he … Continue reading 2 Cor. 05(16)–06(02)
2 Cor. 05(11–15)
Verses 11 to 13 Have you ever been in this kind of situation. You're in a meeting or you're with a group of people. And some of the people in the group are attacking another person in the group. They're not attacking this person physically, but they're attacking this person verbally. They're criticising him and … Continue reading 2 Cor. 05(11–15)
2 Cor. 04(16)–05(10)
Introduction I've said several times before that Paul is having to defend his character and his ministry in this letter to the Corinthians. The members of the church which he had planted had begun to doubt him and to criticise him. They had begun to doubt him because he had changed his travel plans more … Continue reading 2 Cor. 04(16)–05(10)
