Sermons - December 2024
2024-12-15 – Morning
Covenant Reformed Church, MT - Rev. Orrie Oosthuizen
Text: Ephesians 1:3-14
Theme: A vista on the landscape of God’s grace.
Paul breaks into a doxology singing glory to God for the abundant blessings that He has bestowed upon us. In doing so, he draws our attention to the work of God the Father, God the Son (Jesus Christ), and God the Holy Spirit in our salvation. He shows us how the Father predestined (elected) us to be saved; how the Son became man in order to achieve this salvation; and how the Holy Spirit works in us to assure us of this salvation.
2024-12-08 – Morning
Covenant Reformed Church, MT - Rev. Orrie Oosthuizen
Text: Ephesians 1:1-2
Theme: Revelation & Blessing to a New Community in Christ.
Paul writes his letter to the saints in Ephesus under command of the Holy Spirit. In greeting the brothers and sisters at Ephesus, Paul already reveals a great many things about those saints. He goes on to pray unto them the grace and peace of God; the lovingkindness and mercy of the Father, through the faithfulness of the Son, worked in us by the Holy Spirit.
2024-12-08 - Evening
Covenant Reformed Church, MT - Rev. Orrie Oosthuizen
Text: 1 Corinthians 15 & Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 17
Theme: Christ conquered death by His resurrection.
For you to be a Christian, there is one undisputed fact that you have to believe in to be true: that Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The Heidelberger gets straight to the point by asking what benefit Christ’s resurrection has for you. It shows us how this fact of salvation is a personal blessing to each and every Christian who so believes.
2024-12-01 – Morning
Covenant Reformed Church, MT - Rev. Orrie Oosthuizen
Text: Psalm 5
Theme: The LORD’s instructions for personal prayer.
Prayer is something that comes easy for some yet is a struggle for most. We don’t always have the words or know what to pray. The LORD grants us an example and instructions on how to pray to Him in Psalm 5. This Psalm encourages us to begin our day in prayer to God; to know who God is; to make our requests known to Him; and to close our prayer in knowing that He will hear us.
2024-12-01 - Evening
Covenant Reformed Church, MT - Rev. Orrie Oosthuizen
Text: Luke 23:44-49, John 19:31-42 & Heidelberg Catechism LD 16
Theme: The death of our Lord, Christ Jesus.
Jesus Christ truly died and was buried. It was not for show, and it was for very good reason that He had to die. It was in order to conquer over death and remove the stranglehold it had on us. Christ suffered the anguishes of hell in His death so that we may never have to experience it.