Word of Salvation - September 2010   God: just & merciful, John de Jongh   A Sermon on Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 4 Reading – Romans 3:19-26 Singing – BOW 136a, 373, 187, 517, 236   Sermon outline (Could be used for the Bulletin)   1: Recap God created us good and in his own image (Ge 1:31; Eph. 4:24) Adam and Eve fell into sin taking us with them (Ge 3; Ro. 5:12,18,19) Humanity has a natural tendency to hate God and others 2: God will punish our disobedience and rebellion As a just judge he punishes sin (Ge 2;...

Word of Salvation - February 2011   THE LAW AS A MIRROR by Rev. John Haverland (Sermon 2 in a series on texts related to the Heidelberg Catechism)   Text: Matthew 22:34-40 Confession: Heidelberg Catechism LD 2 Readings: Psalm 53; Romans 7:7-25 Theme: The entire law can be summarised in the command to love God and our neighbour. Purpose: To explain how the summary of the law shows us our sin and misery.   Introduction before the reading:   There are three main parts to the Heidelberg Catechism. The first part describes our misery; the second part describes how we are...

Word of Salvation - February 2011   THE POWER OF TRUTH WITH LOVE, Rev. John de Hoog (Sermon 10 in a series on the Ten Commandments)   Reading: Deuteronomy 19:15-21; Proverbs 6:16-19 Text: Exodus 20:16; Ephesians 4:15   Human beings are made in God’s image. That basic fact about us gives the Ten Commandments all their power. A couple of examples:   “You shall not murder”. When we murder or attack another human being, it involves attacking God, because we are tearing up God’s image in that other person.   “You shall not steal.” God made human beings to own and...