Word of Salvation – Vol. 37 No. 48 – December 1992   Do You Love Me?   Sermon by Rev. John Haverland on John 21:15-19 Reading: John 13:31-38, 18:15-18, 25-27 Singing. 437, 459, 441 (Psalter Hymnal)   Beloved congregation, At some time or other all of us have had a difference of opinion with someone who is close to us.  Maybe with our husband or wife or a close friend.  Sometimes those differences or arguments aren't settled properly; they aren't dealt with; they aren't brought out into the open. So they simmer beneath the surface.  They make us feel uncomfortable with...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 37 No. 45 – December 1992   Preparing For Christmas   Sermon by Rev. P. Stok on Isaiah 9:1-7 Reading: Luke 1:26-38   Brothers and sisters in the Lord, This morning I want to contrast two pieces of music.  You'll remember, or will at least have heard of them both.  One is an Oratorio, that is prose set to music, and the other is a rock opera.  One was first performed in 1741 in Dublin the other in 1970.  One deals mainly with the birth of Christ, and the other with his death. Have you guessed...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 40 No.46 – December 1995   A Mission In Two Directions   Sermon by Rev. J. W. Deenick on Isaiah 6:9-13 BoW 486Law and Assurance of PardonBoW 299Old Testament Scripture: Isaiah 1:1-20BoW 179New Testament Scripture: Matthew 13:10-17BoW 193Scripture and Text: Isaiah 6:1-13 (Text: Isaiah 6:9-13)SermonCongregational PrayerBoW 500OfferingBoW 181BoW 531   Brothers and Sisters in Christ. Throughout history, preachers have selected their text from the first half of this chapter; yet, few have preached from the second half.  That is somewhat strange because the Lord Jesus showed a special interest in the second half. Still, from a...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 31 No. 10 – March 1986   God Honours His Faithful Servant   Sermon by Rev. W. Wiersma on Isaiah 53:12 Reading: Matthew 20:17-28, Luke 23:1-4, 23-25, 32-42 Singing: 204, 352, 255, 381, 368   Dear Brothers and Sisters, young and older. Good Friday is a time to admire and praise our Lord Jesus Christ.  As we recall what happened on that fateful day in Jerusalem, let us be amazed.  Let us say to each other: Look at what Jesus did for us.  Look how Jesus loved us.  No, on Good Friday we don't have to...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 33 No. 39 – October 1988   On Being Unique   Sermon by Rev. A. I. de Graaf on Isaiah 40:25-27, Micah 7:18-20 Reading: Revelation 12:1-11 Singing: 180; BoW H.403; 383; BoW H.811   Congregation of the Lord Jesus Christ, Most of you must have seen that ad, at least they run it in NSW.  It is an ad of some insurance company.  It shows a baby girl, just born.  A voice says: "Hi kid, we got your number..." and then then numbers begin to appear on the screen: one for Medicare... one for bankcard, one...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 45 No.11 – March 2000   The Humiliation of God (2)   A LENTEN Sermon by Rev P Kossen on Isaiah 53:4-6 Scripture Readings: John 13:1-17; Isaiah 53:1-6 Suggested Hymns: BoW 104a:1,4,5,6; 301; 117; Rej 295; 281; 441   Brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ. Boys and girls, do you all have friends?  Who is your best friend?  What is a friend?  Is it someone you know, someone you like, someone you play with?  Someone you get on with really well?  Having a friend is important to us, isn't it?  You want someone to...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 45 No.10 – March 2000   The Humiliation of God (1)   A LENTEN Sermon by Rev P Kossen on Isaiah 53:1-3 Scripture Readings: Acts 8:26-40; Isaiah 53:1-3 Suggested Hymns: BoW 329; 84; 305; 419; 379:1,2,5,6; 136a:1   Brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ, boys and girls. Do you like reading books?  Have you ever cheated when reading a book, by quickly reading the last few pages to see how it ends?  If you have a lot of reading to do, that is sometimes a good thing.  You read the first part of the...

The Awesome Greatness of God   Rev John Westendorp Scripture Reading – Isaiah 40:1-17. Text – Isaiah 40:12-17 Sing: Book of Worship 367 / 181 / 8a / 148. Confession/Grace: Isaiah 6   Introduction:   It’s very easy and very common to have a very small God. Think, for example, of what Hollywood does with God.Invariably, to Hollywood He’s a being like us who is just a little bigger and better than us.We find those caricatures of God in movies like “Bruce Almighty”.   But the God of many Aussies is not much better – again a very small God.I had...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 48 No.17 – May 2003   Our Awesome Minder   Sermon by Rev W Wiersma on Isaiah 40:27-31 Scripture Readings:  1 John 3:11-24; Isaiah 40:12-26   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Word of God on which I want to speak to you is found in Isaiah 40 verses 27 to 31. These words from Isaiah seem to be addressed particularly to the Israelites who lived about hundred or more years after the life of Isaiah, when they were in exile in Babylon. "Why do you say O Jacob and complain O Israel? My way...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 53 No.23 – June 2009   Hunger and Thirst Satisfied A Sermon by Rev John De Hoog on Isaiah 55 Scripture Reading:   Acts 13:26-41   Dear Congregation.   In the late 1990s Richard Carlson made lots of money with his self-help books. The first in the series was called “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff.” It was a #1 National best-seller in the USA for more than a year. Other titles were, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff with Your Family,” “The Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff Workbook,” and “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff… and It’s All...

Word of Salvation - May 2011   Live in hope, holiness, fear and love, John de Jongh (Sermon 3 in a series on 1 Peter)   Reading – Isaiah 6:1-8 Text – 1 Peter 1:13-25 Songs: Be unto your name, 188, 372, Take time to be holy, 33   Outline   1: For the present & future: Live in hope & holiness! Set your hope fully on the grace to be given when Christ returns   Preparing your mind for action, being self controlled   Be holy, as God is holy   2: In regard to God; Fear! Live your lives...

Word of Salvation – Vol.48 No.7 – February 2003   Our Gracious God Sermon by Rev W Van Schie on Isaiah 30:18-19   Scripture Reading:  Luke 15:11-32   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. Today I would like you to use your imagination. I know you are good at that! I want you to imagine that you have your annual holidays coming up. You have three weeks. And you decide that instead of going away to relax, you are going to stay home and work in the garden. Excited? Some are, some aren't. You want to get that front lawn and...

Word of Salvation - September 2017   Our Suffering Saviour. By Rev. John Zuidema Scripture Readings:  Isa 53; John 19:17-30; LD 15 Q37-39   Beloved people of God, Over recent months and years, we have seen much suffering and trouble in our world.  In fact, when I think about it I have to be careful, for it tends to depress me.  I think of some African nations that we hardly hear about, yet they are torn with civil war and as a result, there is much suffering, not least being poverty.  I think about the recent conflicts and wars in my...

Word of Salvation – Vol.34 No.30 - August 1989   Our God Redeems, Summons and Guards His People   Sermon by Rev. Peter Abetz on Isaiah 43:1b-3a Scripture Readings: Isaiah 42:18-43:7; Romans 8.   Introduction Brothers and sisters in our Lord Jesus Christ: Many of the people of Israel felt utterly dejected.  And it was in this setting that God called the prophet Isaiah to speak words of encouragement and hope.  These people had been a slave people in Egypt and God had made them out of being nothing, into a nation.  As a nation they had prospered and things had...

Word of Salvation – Vol.41 No.46 - December 1996   The Servant King   Sermon by Rev S Bajema on Isaiah 42:14 Scripture Readings: Matthew 3:13-17; Isaiah 41:1-16; 42:1-4 Suggested Hymns: BOW 96:1-3, 5; 286; 72B; 357:4   Congregation of our Lord. It has been said that this book of Isaiah is all about the Messiah.  So, in a more particular way than any other Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, the son of Amoz, seven hundred years before Christ was physically born and lived for a while among us, gives us a very clear view of what would happen. In fact, if...

Word of Salvation – June 2022   Precious, Honoured and Loved   Sermon by Rev C. Berends on Isaiah 43:1-7 Scripture Reading: Isaiah 43:1-7 Suggested Song: Build My Life   I wonder what things make you scared, what makes you afraid. What makes you afraid? I did a bit of googling about the kinds of things that people are most afraid of in Australia, and it was interesting.  Social Phobias is number 1 fear in Australia - One in 20 Australians have a social phobia, meaning they get anxious in social situations. Most people are afraid of being judged by others. Agoraphobia: fear...

Word of Salvation – Vol.50 No.12 – March 2005   The Way of Salvation   Sermon by Rev A Esselbrugge on Isaiah 30:15  Scripture Reading:  Isaiah 30   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... In Isaiah 30:15 we have a marvellous offer of grace and mercy from the hand of Almighty God, and today we want to focus on that offer. But before we do that, we need to observe a few things about what is happening here in this chapter. There is always a danger that we lift a few sentences out of the Bible, and lift them out of...

Word of Salvation – Vol.12 No.47 – November 1966   Comfort, Comfort Ye, My People Sermon by Rev, J.J. van Wageningen on Isaiah 40:1-8 Scripture Readings: John 1:1-34 & Isaiah 40:1-8 Suggested Hymns: Psalter Hymnal: 162; 420:6,4; 211:4,6,7; 397; 464   Beloved Congregation, The Lord will comfort His people.  He calls His servants the prophets and charges them, "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people."  He calls His servants who have to proclaim His Word, and gives them still the same charge: "Comfort ye, comfort ye, My people." And His people so need this comfort.  We hear about the warfare, the slavery,...

Word of Salvation - July 2018   B.C.8/9 – Faith in a Tri-une God Sermon by Rev. John Westendorp Bible readings: Isaiah 63:7-16 & Luke 1:26-38 Belgic Confession: Article 8 & 9   BC stands for Basic Christianity.  What are the fundamentals of the faith? BC also stands for Belgic Confession – a document in which the Christian church (in a time of great persecution) spelled out the basics of what she believes. When Christianity is a mile wide and an inch deep it needs to grasp again the basics of the faith and confess them in a world where the...

BOW 23 "The Lord's my Shepherd" BOW 8a "Lord, our Lord, Thy Glorious Name" BOW: 206 "In God the Father I believe" BOW 361 "This is my Father's world" Scripture Readings: Isa 40:12-31; John 14:5-14; Sermon: "My Heavenly Father" BOW 367 vv1-2; "O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder" BOW 367 vv3-4; "O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder" Brothers and sisters in the Lord Jesus Christ. In the early church people who wished to join had to agree to the articles contained in the Apostles' Creed. They had to believe in the Triune God, Father Son...