English Sermon: The Golden Rule

The Golden Rule

So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets.
— Matthew 7:12 (ESV)
And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them.
— Luke 6:31 (ESV)
For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
— Galatians 5:14 (ESV)

English Sermon: God or Mammon?

God or Mammon?

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
— Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV)

Lay Up Your Treasures In Heaven

Lay Up Your Treasures In Heaven

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
— Matthew 6:19-21 (ESV)

Eye Is The Lamp Of The Body

Eye Is The Lamp Of The Body

Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.

“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light, but if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
— Matthew 6:19-24 (ESV)
And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.
— 2 Corinthians 11:14 (ESV)

Identity In Christ

Identity In Christ

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Once you were not a people, but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
— 1 Peter 2: 9-10 (ESV)
For am I now seeking the approval of man, or of God? Or am I trying to please man? If I were still trying to please man, I would not be a servant of Christ.
— Galatians 1:10 (ESV)
  • We are part of the Royal Family (1 Peter 2:9-10)

  • God pleasers not man pleasers (Galatians 1:10)

  • We are more than conquerors (Romans 8:31-71)

    Access to God's peace in every situation

    Trust in His Sovereign plan

    Overcome any situation with the power of the Holy Spirit

  • We have freedom from the guilt of sin (John 8:36)

All our chains are gone

Freedom in Christ

God gives grace to the humble

  • We are fearfully and wonderfully made (Psalms 139:14)

"Knowing yourself begins with knowing God" -John Calvin