Word of Salvation Vol.48 No.3 - January 2003   The Pillar and Support of the Truth   Sermon by Rev. J. Rogers on 1Timothy 3:14-16 Scripture Reading:  1 Peter 2:1-10   Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ. We all know that the Church is not really a building. The Church is the people of God themselves. Together they are the temple of the Holy Spirit where Christ lives in this world. As we read in 1 Peter 2:5, "You (plural), as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house, for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 33 No. 01 – Jan 1988   God Gives The Weaker Sex The Key   Sermon by Rev. A. I. De Graaf on Genesis 3:15 & 1Timothy 2:15a Reading: Genesis 3:1-15, Luke 1:26-38 Singing: Bow.Ps.113; 289; BoW.H. 105; H. 100; 170   Dear Brothers and Sisters, In advent it is quite the done thing to preach a sermon on the "Mother Promise", the first announcement of the Gospel of Christ, made in Paradise just after our Fall.  Today we will look at this text from the angle of 1Timothy 2.  The angle of "the place of...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 30 No. 11 – March 1985   The Marks Of The True Church   Sermon by Rev. S. Voorwinde, M.A., M.Th. on 1Tim.3:14,15 (Belgic Confession  Art.29) Scriptures: Mat.18:15-20; 1Cor.5:1-13; 1Tim.3:1-16 Suggested Hymns: 321; 280; 22; 426; 396.   Brothers & Sisters in Christ, In this mobile age of ours, people often move into an area where there is no Reformed Church – sometimes they do it to find work, sometimes for study, sometimes it's on a business assignment and sometimes it might even be in the search of adventure.  Then inevitably the question arises: what church...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 30 No. 15 – April 1985   Ministers, Elders And Deacons   Sermon by Rev. S. Voorwinde on 1Timothy 3:1 (Belg. Conf. Art.31) Scriptures: Acts 14:21-25; Titus 1:5-9; 1Tim. 3:1-13 Suggested Hymns 165; 280; 468; 484; BoW 504.   Brothers & Sisters in Christ,             [The Rev.  Steven Voorwinde begins this sermon as follows:] One of the most interesting phone calls I ever received was in Sydney back in 1975.  It was a call from the Prime Minister's office in Canberra, and you will remember that the Prime Minister at that time was none other than...

Word of Salvation - June 2011   ONE MEDIATOR, by Rev. John Haverland (Sermon 5 in a series on texts related to the Heidelberg Catechism)   Readings: 2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2 Text: 1 Timothy 2:3-7 Heidelberg Catechism LD 5-6 Theme: God has provided Jesus as the one mediator between himself and us. Purpose: To point out God’s provision of Jesus as the one Mediator between himself and us.   There are some conflict situations in life that we cannot sort out on our own. Sometimes you have a problem or difficulty with another person and you try to resolve it but you...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 43 No. 23 – June 1998   Ten Commandments for Christian Leaders   Sermon by Rev. Prof. S. Voorwinde on 1Timothy 3:1-13 Scripture Readings: 1Timothy 3:1-13; Titus 1:5-9   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Not all of us are called to Christian leadership, but we should all know what a Christian leader looks like.  If we are called upon to cast our vote, that vote should first of all depend not on personal preferences, but on biblical principles.  Here is a process in which most of us will be involved at one point or another. ...

Word of Salvation - September 2014   A Great Reversal Text: James 1:9-12 Scripture Readings: 1 Timothy 6:6-10; Luke 18:18-30 Song in Response: Book of Worship 246 "My spirit glorifies the Lord" (cf. rich/poor reversal in Mary's song)   We have a paradox before us today. A statement that's seems to be contradictory or opposed to common sense, and yet is true. The writer G.K. Chesterton once said "a paradox is truth standing on its head shouting for attention". Imagine, as one person has, truths lined up like ridiculous people on their heads, feet waving in the air. "Hey, look at...

Word of Salvation – Vol.52 No.10 - March 2007   Christ the Only Mediator A Sermon by Rev Martin Geluk on 1 Timothy 2:5 (Sermon 3 on 'Christ Alone') Scripture Readings:  Hebrews 10:1-25; 1Tmothy 2:1-5 Suggested Singing:  BoW 470; 89b; 117   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. In our series on the five solas of the Reformation we're up to the third sermon on Christ alone. Firstly it was Christ the only Saviour, and we saw there that Christ is unique with regard to His claims and teaching. The second sermon was about Christ the only Sacrifice, and there we...

Word of Salvation - February 2019   B.C.29 – The Marks of the True Church Sermon by Rev. John Westendorp Scripture Reading: 1Timothy 3 Belgic Confession: Article 28 Text: 1Timothy 3:14,15   Introd:  Occasionally I hear people say that they are “shopping around for a church”. That always makes me cringe. It reduces church membership to the same level as shopping around for a mechanic or a dentist. You become dissatisfied with the service at the present one so you shop around for another. It basically turns Christianity into a consumer product.             We shop around until we find the brand that...