Word of Salvation – Vol. 20 No.49 - September 1974   The Gentile Pentecost   Sermon by Rev. J. de Kievit, Th.Grad. on Acts 11:2,3,17,18 Scripture Reading: Acts 10:44 - 11:18 Psalter Hymnal: 187:1,2,4,6; 430:1,3 (Conf. of sin); 260 (After rule of gratitude);             194:1,2,3; 400:1,2,3,4; 400:5 (Doxology)   Every year again, ESPECIALLY around the time of Pentecost, we hear a fair bit of talk about the baptism with the Holy Spirit after Pentecostalist fashion.  There is the stress on the speaking in tongues and all that goes with it.  And we are assured by people who are caught up in...

Word of Salvation – Vol.33 No.19 - May 1988   The King’s Kingdom   Sermon by Rev. M.C. de Graaf on Acts 1:6-11 Scripture Reading: Ps. 79:5-13; Catechism: L.D. 18 Suggested Hymns: PH: 42; 204; 125; BoW H.507; H.707   Brothers and Sisters, I guess we all know that Karl Marx and his followers are not very keen on Christianity – OR ACTUALLY, TO BE MORE FAIR AND ACCURATE – they are not keen on what they perceive as "religion" in general.  Not only do Christians get persecuted but so do Muslims, and Jews and whoever believes in something other than...

Word of Salvation – Vol.33 No.18 - May 1988   Christ’s Spirit of Victory   Sermon by Rev. D.J. Groenenboom on Acts 1:1-11 Scripture Reading: Acts 1:1-11 Singing: BoW H.4; S.54; 397; BoW.H.606; 169:1,3,7,9; 493   Brothers and Sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, There are many people in the world today who have difficulty believing in God because He does not act the way they would act.  They have a long hard look at the world and conclude that if God exists, and if he were active – as the Bible portrays Him – then surely the world would be...

Word of Salvation – Vol.33 No.20 - May 1988   And You Shall Be My Witnesses   Sermon by Rev. D.J. Van Garderen on Acts 1:8b Reading: Acts 2:1-21; Acts 5:17-32 Singing: 489; 87; 95; 393; 404; 405   Dear Congregation, The day of PENTECOST as recorded in Acts 2 marks the birth of a new age.  It is the beginning, or birthdate, of the CHURCH OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.  The CHURCH as a Spirit-inspired, Spirit-filled, Spirit-powered communion of believers called to witness to the love of God in Christ Jesus, His only begotten Son. This birth or beginning of...

Word of Salvation - Vol.49 No.17 - May 2004   Word + Spirit = Church!   A Pentecost Sermon by Rev S Bajema on Acts 2: 42-47   Scripture Readings:  Galatians 5:22-26; Acts 2:22-47   Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts chapter 2 is the great story of Pentecost. There's that sound like a roaring wind, the tongues of fire coming down, that speaking in all those different languages. There's the sermon the apostle Peter preached about why it happened to that huge crowd that gathered. There's the amazing response of many of those listening as they are dramatically converted....

Word of Salvation – Vol. 33 No. 26 – July 1988   The Beacon   Sermon by Rev. M. C. DeGraaf on Acts 3:4 & 12 Reading: 1Cor.1:10-31 Singing: P/H 324; 169; BoW.H.13; 316.   Brothers and Sisters, Not far from my home in North Ryde, on the Warringah road heading toward Dee Why, there is a small suburb called – Beacon Hill.  At the centre of that small suburb is a carpark, behind which is the original Beacon Hill.  On that hill, over a hundred-and-fifty years ago, when Sydney was still a small town, there was a small contingent of...

Word of Salvation – Vol.34 No.24 - Jun 1989   The Poured-Out Spirit Points To Christ   Sermon by Rev. D. Groenenboom on Acts 2:22-36 Reading: Ps. 110; Acts 2:22-36 Singing: 170; 125; 319; 407; BoW H.904   There were many questions in the minds of the people in Jerusalem.  For several years, and especially the 8 weeks before the events that we read about here, there had been a lot of interest in the person of Jesus the Nazarene. As Peter reminds the Jews, He had performed many miracles, signs and wonders.  But even though he was acclaimed as a...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 53 No.19 – May 2008   The Holy Spirit Comes on the Day of Pentecost   A Pentecost Sermon by Rev John De Hoog on Acts 2:1-13 Scripture Reading:  Leviticus 23:1-21 Suggested Singing:  BoW 32; 235; 339; 351   Dear Congregation. The Day of Pentecost was the day the first Christian sermon was preached. It was the beginning of the new age of the Spirit in which we now live. It was the day the believers were equipped for their task as witnesses to King Jesus. It was the day the church was baptised with the...

Word of Salvation June 2018   The Extraordinary Day of Pentecost - by Rev. David Waldron Text: Acts 2:1-13 Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; Acts 1:1-8; 2:1-13   Theme: The promised Holy Spirit comes upon the gathered disciples in Jerusalem on the day of Pentecost, enabling them to be equipped with the gospel to convey to all the nations, thereby glorifying God and gathering the church. Proposition: We have the same Holy Spirit to equip us for the same mission of telling people with our own mouths about the mighty works of God in Christ Jesus, thereby glorifying the Lord and being used...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.20 – May 2005   The Church in the Power of the Holy Spirit   A Pentecost Sermon by Rev J Joubert on Acts 2:1-21  Scripture Reading:  Psalm 104:24-35 Suggested Hymns:  BoW 354; 359; 207; 182; 345; 346   Dear friends... Today we celebrate Pentecost Sunday. Traditionally we place great emphasis on Christmas and the coming of God the Son, and on Easter with the death and resurrection of our Saviour. And maybe we expect therefore that the Ascension and Pentecost would receive equal emphasis in our celebrations. But often they do not. I believe this...

Word of Salvation – Vol.51 No.18 – April 2006   A New Testament Church   A Sermon by Rev Albert Esselbrugge on Acts 2:41-47 Scripture Readings:  Psalm 66; Acts 2:36-47   Brothers and sisters, young people, boys and girls. Many of us are concerned, perhaps even worried, about the church in general and the state of Christianity in the world. Some of us are concerned over the state of the Reformed and Christian Reformed Churches, especially some particular congregations and where they are headed - doctrinally and in worship practices. It will be good for us to have a look at...

Word of Salvation – Vol.39 No.30 - August 1994   The Resurrection And Our Righteousness In Christ   Sermon by Rev. J. Rogers on Acts 3 Scripture readings:  Psalm 130, Acts 3   INTRODUCTION   Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ, In Lord's Day One of our Catechism, we confess that, 'my only comfort in life and in death is that I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, to my faithful Saviour, Jesus Christ.' I am very glad about that.  To be left to ourselves in death, or in life, is a terrible thing.  And the reason for...

Word of Salvation – Vol.51 No.22 – June 2006   Organising the Church   A Sermon by Rev Albert Esselbrugge on Acts 6:1-7 Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 55   Brothers and sisters, young people, boys and girls. The New Testament church as we see it here in these early chapters of Acts was a church going places. It was booming in numbers and growing at a phenomenal rate. It's been estimated that by the time we get to chapter 6 of Acts the New Testament church had grown from that initial 120 disciples that met in the upper room at Pentecost, to...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 21 No. 24 - March 1975   The Challenge Of The Gospel Challenged   Sermon by Rev. W. J. Van Schie, Th.Grad. on Acts 5:17-42 Scripture reading: Acts 5:17-42   INTRODUCTION While the young people of the Newcastle W.H.B.L. Team were working at the stall at the Mattarra festival, something happened that was quite upsetting.  A man came up to the counter in the tent and said, "What you are doing is wrong.  I am a Christian: I know that you are wrong.  Read Matthew 24:24 and you will see what I mean."  And with that...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 22 No. 33 – May 1976   Christ Triumphant   Sermon by Rev. C. W. Oppelaar on Acts 1:9-11 Sermon for Ascension Day, 1976 Scripture Readings: Psalm 24; Acts 1:1-11 Psalter Hymnal: 324:1,2,3; 42:1,2,3; 365:1,2,3; 366:1,2,3; 368:1,4; 310:1,2   Beloved congregation of our Lord, The children of God today celebrate one of their most wonderful feasts.  Today we can exclaim: we have a King!  A KING WHO ASCENDED TO THE THRONE OF GOD.  And tonight we listen to the powerful and infallible Word of God, which tells us that Jesus is triumphant.  Following our text we...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 25 No. 23 – February 1979   The Gift Or The Baptism With The Holy Spirit   Pentecost Sermon by Rev. M. P. Geluk, Th.Grad. on Acts 2:1-4, 37-39 Scripture reading: Acts 2:1-42 Psalter Hymnal: 393; 390; 400; 383; 170:3, 4   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, When a gift has been promised to you, you then look forward to receiving it. You look forward to it even more when you already know a little bit about that gift. So it was with the disciples after the ascension. We know from the teaching of Scripture...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 26 No. 11 – December 1979   The Gift Of The Baptism With The Holy Spirit At Pentecost   Sermon by Rev. M. P. Geluk on Acts 2:1-4; 37-39 Scripture Reading: Acts 2:1-42   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ, When a gift has been promised to you then you look forward to receiving it. You look forward even more when you know already a little bit about that gift. So it was with the disciples after the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Christ. We know from the teaching of Scripture on the baptism with the...

Word of Salvation – November 2023   PAUL AT ATHENS   Scripture Reading: Acts 16:17-34   Introduction Let me begin this sermon with an admission. I’ve never preached on the whole of Paul’s speech at Athens before. I’ve made a couple of attempts at preaching on just parts of it, but never on all of it. And the reason for this is simple. I’d never really understood it.  But now at last this late in life I finally have the confidence to preach to you about Paul’s speech in Athens. Just recently I began to see how the lead up to...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 31 No. 16 – April 1986   The Betterment Of Babel   Sermon by Rev. A. I. De Graaf on Genesis 11:5-7 & Acts 2:4-11 Reading: Genesis 11:1-9, Acts 2:1-18 Singing: 206, 95, Bow. 702, Bow. 604, 393, 383.   Gen.  11:5-7: The Lord came down to see the city and the tower that the men were building.  The LORD said, "If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan will be impossible for them.  Come let us go down to confuse their language so they will...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 26 No. 29 – May 1981   All Together   Sermon by Rev. A. I. de Graaf on Acts 2:1 & 3 Scripture Reading: Acts 1:12-14, 2:1-4a Psalter Hymnal: 206; 319; 398; 314; 389; 387; 361   Always in Israel's history the Day of Pentecost had been the Day of bounty! The Harvest-Feast! God is the God of plenty! God's gifts are not the niggardly, miserly trickle but the stream of mercy, the showers of blessing. "Come", said God to Israel on the Day of Pentecost, "Come and show how I have filled your cup to...