St Thomas’ Anglican Church, Cranebrook

Steve Judd speaks on Psalm 9-10 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 15th of January 2012.

Sermon outline:

• Introduction - Justice and Mercy
• What is a Psalm?
• The two become one
• Logic vs. the Heart
• Psalm 9
  1. Thanksgiving
  2. The reason for his thanks - God's deliverance
  3. God the judge
  4. The certainty of judgement
• Psalm 10
  1. Where is God?
  2. Profile of the enemy
  3. Plea for justice
  4. Trust in God
• Comparison - Logic vs. the Heart

Psalm 9 - The Facts	Psalm 10 - The Heart
9 The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.	1 Why, O LORD, do you stand far away? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?
12 For he who avenges blood is mindful of them;	13 Why does the wicked renounce God and say in his heart, “You will not call to account”? (i.e., it looks like God has forgotten about the wicked) 15 Break the arm of the wicked and evildoer; call his wickedness to account till you find none. (The heart says "God has failed to act. Please do something")
12 he does not forget the cry of the afflicted.	11 He says in his heart, “God has forgotten, he has hidden his face, he will never see it.” 12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up your hand; forget not the afflicted. (The heart says God has forgotten)
Ultimately the both affirm God.
7 But the Lord sits enthroned forever; he has established his throne for justice,	16 The LORD is king forever and ever;

• Conclusion
  • What's happening in your life?
  • Look to the throne

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Michael Gange speaks on Psalm 8 at Morning Church and Night Church on the 8th of January 2012.

Sermon outline:

• God's majesty and Man?
• God's majesty is evident in creation (v1, 3)
• God's majesty is evident in man as rulers over His creation (v5-8)
• Man has failed as God's representative on earth (Hebrews 2)
• God uses weak man to display His majesty more clearly (v2)
• Humble, obedient, trust

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Jim South speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Being a Christian in the Household' (Ephesians 5:15-6:9) at Morning Church on the 4th of December 2011.

Sermon outline:

• Introduction
• A life filled with the Spirit
  • Joy
  • Thankfulness
  • Submission
• The Spirit-filled marriage
• A Spirit-filled family life
• A Spirit-filled person in the workplace
• Return to 5:15

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Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Children of Light in a Dark World' (Ephesians 5:3-14) at Morning Church on the 27th of November 2011.

Sermon outline:

• The confidence of light
• The shame of darkness
• The walk of light

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Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Who Are We Imitating?' (Ephesians 4:25-5:2) at Morning Church on the 20th of November 2011.

Sermon outline:

• Imitators
• Be Imitators of God (5:1-2)
  • Become who ew are (v1)
  • N.B.: I'm not God!
  • Christ is our model (v2a)
  • Imitate Christ's self-sacrificial love (v2b)
• Walking in Love (4:25-32)
  • Speak the truth (v25)
  • Give the devil no opportunity (v26-27)
  • Working hard with our hands (v28)
  • Not grieving the Spirit (v29-30)
• Forgiving as God forgave you in Christ

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Steve Judd speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - Old Hat, New Hat' (Ephesians 4:17-24) at Morning Church on the 13th of November 2011.

Sermon outline:

• Different hats
• Renovation rescue
  • Opening our eyes to see what's wrong
  • New persons in Christ
• What does it mean to be transformed?
• How do we live as Christians in a fallen world?
  • Therefore
  • Sit up and pay attention
  • Don't walk like the Gentiles walk
• Who were we before we knew Christ?
• Old Man and New Man
• Renewed

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Adam Taylor speaks on 'Ephesians: Living a Life Worthy of Christ - The United Body of Christ' (Ephesians 4:1-16) at Morning Church on the 6th of November 2011.

Sermon outline:

• Walking as One (v1-6)
• The diversity of the walkers (v7-12)
• Walking together to maturity (v13-16)

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A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'Presenting Perfect' (Colossians 1:15-29) and is the last in the four-talk series.

Talk outline:

• Where have we come so far?
• The 'M' word
• Counting the cost
• God's plan is our work
• Implications
  1. Always be looking outside the present group
  2. Ministry requires both personal and corporate sacrifice
  3. There is no magic bullet
  4. False teachers are the ones who look for ease and popularity
  5. Not all of us are teachers
  6. For those that are teachers, teach the negative as well as the positive
  7. For anyone to be saved and grow as a Christian, they have to hear the word of the Gospel
  8. We've got to have the right expectations:
     • The world to be against you
     • That God will work
  9. Give up your life for the sake of the glory of God, for the sake of Jesus, for the sake of others and for your own sake

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A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'Being Perfect' (Matthew 5) and is the third in the four-talk series.

Talk outline:

• The impossible expectations
• The kingdom of heaven
• Why is it that we can't just darn well obey?
• Jesus' sermon and the Law
  • It shows us how sinful we really are
  • It points us to the need for a Saviour
  • It shows us the right way to live as people who are on the side of righteousness
• Sinless perfectionism?
• Implications
  1. Keep reading the Bible with a self-critical eye, not a Bible-critical eye
  2. Keep putting sin to death
  3. Confession is important
  4. There's a danger of moralising
  5. We need to have very realistic expectations of others
  6. We need to set an example in both righteousness and confession for others
  7. The danger of pride
  8. We need to devote our whole life to the service of Christ and work on being perfect

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A talk by Joe Wiltshire at St Tom’s Big Weekend 2011 on the topic of 'Perfection: The Goal of God's Plan'. This talk is entitled 'The Perfect Son' (Hebrews 4:14-5:10) and is the second in the four-talk series.

Talk outline:

• The central event in God's perfect plan: The perfecting of his Son
• How can God be made perfect? Some observations...
  • Without this...
  • What perfection doesn't mean
  • What perfection does mean
  • How Jesus was made perfect
• How can Jesus 'learn obedience'?
  1. He learned the cost of obedience
  2. He learned what it was to be tempted
  3. He learned that obedience to his Father's will and perfect plan would mean the ultimate price
  4. He desired his Father's will more than his own life
  5. Jesus' prayer is heard because of his reverence
  6. Jesus' death is how he achieved salvation for mankind
• Implications:
  1. The only proper response is awe and thanksgiving
  2. It ought to lead us to repentance and trust
  3. We must not harden our hearts and become disobedient
  4. Know that Jesus can help you in your temptations and sympathises with you
  5. There is no other way of salvation
  6. We need to be aware of the danger of 'works'

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