Theological term
Kingdom of God
33 sermons · All terms
The Pursuit of Heavenly Treasure
Matthew 6:19–21 sets before the believer a stark choice: lay up treasure on earth, where moth, rust, and thieves destroy, or lay up treasure in heaven, where nothing can diminish what is stored. The sermon expounds three movements in the text — a prohibition against covetousness and materialism, a positive command to pursue heavenly treasure through kingdom-shaped living, and an implication that wherever a man's treasure lies, his heart inevitably follows. The application presses hearers toward honest self-examination, gratitude for Christ's perfect loyalty to the Father, and the call to believe on him as the only one who perfectly laid up treasures in heaven on behalf of his people.
A Real Savior for Real Sinners
What does it mean that 'such were some of you' — fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, thieves, drunkards, revilers? Expounding 1 Corinthians 6:9–11, this sermon makes six observations: the kingdom of God is real; self-deception about one's standing before God is pervasive; God has established an objective ethical standard in his moral law; all men without exception stand guilty before that standard; sin is not genetic and therefore not beyond redemption; and Christ is a real Savior who truly washes, sanctifies, and justifies real sinners. The closing application calls believers to live a cross-centered life, letting the memory of what they once were fuel ongoing worship and praise.
The Meek Shall Inherit the Earth
Meekness, as Jesus pronounces it in Matthew 5:5, is not weakness or passivity but power under control — strength governed by the Holy Spirit and expressed in humble, others-centered living. Drawing on the Beatitudes' presupposition of saving grace, the sermon defines meekness through Scripture, Puritan writers, and biblical exemplars including Moses, Christ, Timothy, Epaphroditus, and the apostle Paul. Philippians 2:1–11 serves as the extended doctrinal and practical illustration, showing that esteeming others as better than oneself flows from the gospel logic of Christ's own self-humiliation. The sermon closes with six concrete marks of meekness and a call to unbelievers to seek justification by faith in Christ, from which true meekness flows.