Word of Salvation - Vol.48 No.30 - August 2003   The Sign of the Prophet Jonah Sermon by Rev J Haverland on Jonah 1:17, 2:10; Matthew 12:38-40   Scripture Readings:  Matthew 12:22-42; Jonah 1:17-2:10   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The verses of our text show that Jonah is miraculously swallowed by a fish and after three days is vomited onto dry land. The Bible teaches us that Jonah in the fish is a type of the death and resurrection of Christ. And the purpose of that teaching is to have us put our faith in Jesus. Jonah in the...

Word of Salvation – Vol.48 No.26 – July 2003   Man Overboard   Sermon by Rev J Haverland on Jonah 1:4-16 Scripture Readings:  Mark 4:35-41; Acts 27:13-26, 33-38   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ... Our text is about the Lord pursuing his runaway prophet and the purpose of the sermon is to describe how the Lord pursued Jonah in his disobedience and achieved His purposes. There is a poem written by Francis Thompson called, "The Hound of Heaven". It is a poem about God. It describes the times we flee from the Lord, "Down the nights and down the days......

Word of Salvation – Vol. 48 No.22 – June 2003   A Prophet on the Run   Sermon by Rev J Haverland on Jonah 1:1-3 Scripture Readings:  Acts 1:1-9, 2:38-41; 2 Kings 14:23-29   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. In this sermon we see that Jonah was disobedient to God's call to take a message of judgment to Nineveh. In connection with that we must emphasise the need of each believer and the church to obey the call of God and take his Word to the world. Most of us have probably read one or two missionary biographies (if you...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 48 No.18 – May 2003   I Press On   Sermon by Rev J Haverland on Philippians 3:10-14 Scripture Readings:  Philippians 3:1-14; James 2:14-26   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. We can see from our text that the apostle Paul resolved to press on towards the goal of knowing Christ and the final prize of salvation. And the purpose for a sermon on this text is to urge you to press on to a greater knowledge of Christ and His final salvation. Sometimes young people get to the end of their schooling and they have...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 48 No.14 – April 2003   Gaining Christ   Sermon by Rev J Haverland on Philippians 3:4-9 Scripture Reading:  Psalm 85; Philippians 3:1-11                              and Belgic Confession Art 23   Congregation of our Lord Jesus Christ. The text for this sermon makes us see that Paul could not gain a right relationship with God through his background or the law but only from God through faith in Christ. As we look at that, then we want to direct you away from trusting in anything but faith in Christ to make you right with God. One of...