This sermon was preached by our guest speaker, Pastor Josh Grauman.
Dan Lee
Jesus selflessly gave Himself up for us, a profound truth vividly displayed in the scene of His arrest. In these eleven verses, John reveals how Jesus truly surrendered Himself for our salvation. His rejection of personal gain, self-preservation, and self-centeredness exposes our own selfishness, highlighting our need for the Savior and repentance. May the Holy Spirit guide us to behold Jesus’ glory in His self-sacrifice, repent of our sinfulness, and grow in grace.
Dan Lee
Worship is the insignia of salvation. We who wish for all our children to be saved must pass down to them an enthusiastic worship of the LORD. This is the pattern revealed in Psalm 145. Extolment of our God passes from personal to generational to universal, and the character of that worship is seen as reverberative, personal, constant, wonderful (full of wonder), and faith-ful (full of faith). May the extolment of our great God be the legacy we leave behind.
Dan Lee
The visions of the end times events are now complete. As the book of Revelation draws to a close, John conveys to us the last words of our Lord and underscores three themes of revelation, overcoming, and imminence. They teach us that we are to trust, know, preserve, and heed His revelation to us. His core message in this book can be captured in the one word “overcome.” The true overcomer in the book of Revelation is the Lord Himself. This reveals the nature of our overcoming efforts. We overcome in Christ. it is only as we abide in Christ and He abides in us that we overcome. He has conquered and He enables us to do the same in this sin infested and corrupt world. He guides us in the pathway to heaven which is the pathway of sanctification. The urgency of this matter is seen in the resounding reminder that the coming of the Lord for rapture is imminent. May the Holy Spirit give all of us the wisdom to walk closely with the Lord and be ready for Him whenever that day comes.
Dan Lee
The last section of Revelation is regarding New Jerusalem, the believers’ eternal home. John sees the vision of that remarkable place marked by its newness, the glory of God, its magnificent and beautiful appearance, its sustenance for its inhabitants, and its fruitful activities. The celestial city comes down from heaven like a bride adorned for her husband into the new creation, the new heaven and the new earth where all things have been made anew. How glorious will be our eternal home! Scripture brims over with the pictures of that wondrous city. May the Lord teach us to fill our hopes and our dreams with the anticipation of this glorious future and see our fleeting life on earth as training grounds for heaven’s worship and service.