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Farewell Sermon by Rev C Bouwman delivered on Sunday Evening 3 April 2005
Text: Philippians 4:23
PAUL ENCOURAGES THE SAINTS OF PHILIPPI WITH THE PROMISE THAT GOD’S GRACE REMAINS WITH THEM
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John 1:51 | THE SON OF MAN FORMS AN ABIDING LINK BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN |
Ecclesiastes 1:2 & 12:13 | ONLY THE GOD OF LIFE CAN FIX THE BROKENNESS OF LIFE |
Ecclesiastes 7:2 | GOD’S PROSPEROUS PEOPLE ARE TOLD THAT A FUNERAL IS MORE WHOLESOME THAN A FEAST |
Ecclesiastes 3:11a | GOD HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME |
Ecclesiastes 4:12b | SOLOMON INSISTS ON THE TOGETHERNESS OF THE SAINTS |
Ecclesiastes 4:15 | (Ordination of Office Bearer) |
Ecclesiastes 5:1a | BE HUMBLE WHEN YOU GO TO THE HOUSE OF GOD |
Colossians 1:24 | THROUGH HIS SUFFERING PAUL FILLS UP WHAT IS LACKING IN THE AFFLICTIONS OF CHRIST |
Hebrews 13:20-21 | THE APOSTLE PRAYS FOR CONGREGATIONAL HEALTH ON THE BASIS OF GOD’S WORK ON EASTER SUNDAY. |
Ecclesiastes 6:10 | IT IS NOT FOR MAN TO CRITICIZE GOD |
Ecclesiastes 7:13 | THE HOLY SPIRIT INSTRUCTS US TO PUT UP WITH CROOKEDNESS AS LONG AS WE LIVE IN THIS FALLEN WORLD |
Ecclesiastes 7:29 | THE GOOD CREATOR ALONE PROVIDES MEANING FOR THIS FALLEN WORLD |
Galatians 5:16 | THE CHURCHES OF GALATIA MUST LIVE BY THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT OF PENTECOST |
Psalm 2;4 | GOD IN HEAVEN LAUGHS IN THE FACE OF HUMAN RESISTANCE ON EARTH |
Philippians 4;19 | PAUL’S GOD WILL FILL EVERY NEED OF ALL HIS PEOPLE |
Ecclesiastes 8:17a | GOD’S CONTROL OF ALL THINGS GIVES REASON TO ENJOY LIFE |
Ecclesiastes 10:10d | WISDOM IS GOD'S RECIPE FOR SUCCESS |
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Philippians 2:19a | TO ADVANCE THE GOSPEL, PAUL SENDS AN AMBASSADOR TO PHILIPPI. |
Mark 6:31a | JESUS ENCOURAGES HIS BELABOURED DISCIPLES WITH HIS INSTRUCTION TO REST |
Mark 10:14c | JESUS TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES THAT COVENANT CHILDREN ARE HEIRS OF GOD’S KINGDOM |
Mark 10:21b | THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS FREE, AND THEREFORE SO COSTLY. |
Mark 11:14 | IN CURSING THE FIG TREE JESUS PRAYS FOR GOD’S PROMISED JUDGMENT ON UNBELIEVING ISRAEL. |
Mark 15:21 | ON HIS WAY TO GOLGOTHA, CHRIST’S CROSS WAS TAKEN FROM HIM FOR OUR SALVATION. |
Mark 16:8c | FEAR BESETS THE WOMEN ON EASTER MORNING BECAUSE THEY SEE SOMETHING OF GOD AT WORK |
Genesis 6:2b | IN MARRIAGE AND OUT, NO ONE CAN SURVIVE INDEPENDENTLY OF GOD. |
Genesis 6:22 | NOAH SHOWED HIS FAITH IN GOD BY BLINDLY DOING WHAT GOD COMMANDED |
Ephesians 4:3 | THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST IS ONE BECAUSE THERE IS ONE HOLY SPIRIT AT WORK |
Ephesians 4:1 | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Genesis 7:16b | IN THE MIDST OF THE TERRORS OF THE DEADLY WATERS, THE LORD GOD IN MERCY PRESERVED A COVENANT SEED |
Philippians 3:1a | CHRISTIANS REJOICE IN THE LORD BECAUSE THEIR FOCUS IS FIXED ON HIM ALONE. |
Philippians 4:5a | GOD’S PEOPLE MUST EXUDE A DISPOSITION OF GENTLENESS. |
Genesis 9:25 | THROUGH HIS CURSE ON CANAAN, GOD SOVEREIGNLY PURSUES HIS WORK OF ACHIEVING SALVATION ON EARTH. |
Psalm 13:5a | DAVID COMPLAINS TO GOD ABOUT HIS CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE HE TRUSTS IN GOD |
Revelations 4:1a | BETWEEN EARTH AND HEAVEN IS AN OPEN DOOR! |
Revelations 5:5 | THE ASCENSION OF THE LAMB DRIES THE TEARS OF MEN |
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Matthew 2:23b | IN HIS INFANCY ALREADY THE KING OF THE JEWS WAS REJECTED AND DESPISED – A NAZARENE. |
Ezekiel 1:28b | GOD CONFRONTS A DESTITUTE EXILE WITH HIS GLORIOUS MAJESTY. |
Ezekiel 3:26-27 | THE GOD OF GLORY BINDS EZEKIEL’S TONGUE FOR THE GOOD OF HIS PEOPLE |
Matthew 9:38 | JESUS INSTRUCTS HIS DISCIPLES TO PRAY FOR LABORERS |
Ezekiel 5:13b | GOD IMPRESSES ON THE EXILES THAT HE IS A JEALOUS GOD. |
Matthew 26:31-32 | THE SCATTERING OF THE FLOCK INCREASES THE SUFFERING OF THE SHEPHERD. |
Matthew 28:2b | FOR THE SAKE OF OUR SALVATION THE HOLY SPIRIT INSISTS THAT JESUS PHYSICALLY AROSE. |
Acts 6:7a | TO A CHURCH THREATENED BY DISSENSION, CHRIST GIVES DEACONS SO THAT THE WORD MIGHT INCREASE. |
Ezekiel 6:13a | ISRAEL SHALL BE MADE TO CONFESS THAT GOD IS THE LORD. |
Ezekiel 8;18b | GOD TELLS THE EXILES THAT THEY’RE UNDERSTANDING OF WHO GOD IS DETERMINES HOW THEY SERVE HIM. |
Ezekiel 9:4 | GOD SPARES FROM JUDGMENT THOSE MARKED BY HATRED FOR SIN. |
Psalm 3:5 | DAVID IN HIS TROUBLES PROFESSES QUIET TRUST IN HIS COVENANT GOD |
Ezekiel 10:18 | THE GOD OF GLORY LEAVES HIS TEMPLE. |
Ezekiel 11:13b | EZEKIEL CRIES OUT HIS HEART-WRENCHING DISMAY AT GOD’S CONTINUED ACTS OF JUDGMENT |
Colossians 3:2 | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Matthew 24:28 | GOD’S COVENANT WRATH INVARIABLY COMES ON COVENANT BREAKERS |
Matthew 24:42 | WATCH ALWAYS BECAUSE THE SON OF MAN IS COMING AT AN UNEXPECTED HOUR. |
1 Corinthians 4:9b | GOD MAKES HIS PEOPLE A SPECTACLE TO THE WORLD. |
Ezekiel 12:25 | GOD DECLARES TO REBELLIOUS EXILES THAT HIS EVERY WORD COMES TO PASS |
Ezekiel 13:23b | THE FAITHFUL GOD OF THE COVENANT SNATCHES HIS OWN FROM THE FALSE PROPHETS. |
Ezekiel 14:3b | THE LORD REFUSES TO HEAR HYPOCRITICAL PRAYERS |
James 4:4 | FRIENDSHIP WITH THE WORLD IS ENMITY AGAINST GOD |
Ezekiel 16:49-50 | FOR PEOPLE’S INSTRUCTION GOD EXPOSES THE ROOTS OF SODOM’S SINS |
Ezekiel 16:60-61a | IN THE FACE OF HIS BRIDE’S BLATANT HARLOTRY, THE GOD OF GRACE REMEMBERS THE COVENANT. |
Philippians 1:6 | GOD’S ABUNDANT GRACE DRIVES THE PEOPLE OF GOD TO ABUNDANT PRAYER |
Philippians 1:21 | PAUL’S VISION FOR LIFE: TO LIVE IS CHRIST AND TO DIE IS GAIN |
John 3:16a | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Philippians 1:27a | BIBLICAL CHRISTMAS SPIRIT IMITATES CHRIST: HE EMPTIED HIMSELF (Christmas Sermon) |
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Luke 16:9 | THE LORD WANTS US USE OUR MONEY TODAY TO MAKE FRIENDS FOR ETERNITY |
Luke 9:57-62 | THE COST OF FOLLOWING JESUS CHRIST IS HIGH |
Luke 13:3b | JESUS TELLS ISRAEL THAT EVERY SINNER EITHER REPENTS OR PERISHES |
Luke 20:17 | CHRIST CHALLENGES GOD’S COVENANT PEOPLE TO ACCEPT HIM AS THE GOD-GIVEN CORNERSTONE. |
Luke 23:28 | ON THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE JESUS ADMONISHES UNBELIEVING JERUSALEM TO GRIEVE FOR THEMSELVES. (Good Friday Sermon) |
Luke 24:5b-6a, | ON EASTER SUNDAY, THE RISEN LORD WORKED FAITH IN HIS RESURRECTION WITHIN THE DISBELIEVING WOMEN. (Easter Sunday) |
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 | God’s identity as Israel’s covenant God obliges His people to whole-hearted love for God. |
Deuteronomy 7:2a | IN HIS CARE FOR HIS PEOPLE, GOD COMMANDS ISRAEL TO DESTROY UTTERLY THE UNGODLY OF CANAAN |
Deuteronomy 8:2 | IN PROSPERITY THE LORD INSTRUCTS HIS PEOPLE TO REMEMBER HOW THEY GOT THERE. |
Deuteronomy 9:3a | BEFORE GOD THE CONSUMING FIRE, PEOPLE HAVE NO CLAIM TO ANYTHING BUT JUDGMENT |
Isaiah 32:15 | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Mark 4:40 | THROUGH THE STORM AT SEA, CHRIST TEACHES HIS DISCIPLES TO WORK IN THEIR DAILY LIVES WITH THE PREACHING THEY JUST HEARD. |
Joshua 24:14 | Serving God requires total commitment |
Numbers 22:35b | GOD ASSURES ISRAEL THAT NOT EVEN BALAAM’S PAGANISM CAN FORCE THE LORD TO DO ANYTHING; IT’S RATHER THE OTHER WAY AROUND. |
Numbers 22:38b | THROUGH THE PAGAN SORCERER GOD ENCOURAGES ISRAEL ABOUT HIS SOVEREIGNTY. |
Numbers 31:16 | GOD MAINTAINS THE ANTITHESIS BY MAKING THE COUNSEL OF BALAAM COME TO NOTHING. |
Matthew 3:2 | JOHN STRESSES THAT THE COMING JESUS IS GOD. |
Matthew 3:15 | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Matthew 1:17 | GOD GIVES THE WORLD A SAVIOUR-KING IN JESUS CHRIST |
Matthew 2:11b | GOD CAUSED MEN OF THE EAST TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SOVEREIGNTY OF ISRAEL’S NEW KING. ( Christmas Sermon) |
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Ecclesiastes 1:3 | HUMAN LABOUR HAS NO PROFIT IN ITSELF |
Romans 8:28 | THE CHILD OF GOD CONFESSES THAT FATHER CAUSES ALL THINGS TO BENEFIT HIS CHILDREN |
Isaiah 59:15b, | Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper |
Matthew 8:3 | IN CLEANSING THE LEPER, JESUS DEMONSTRATED THAT HE FREES FROM THE EFFECTS OF SIN |
Matthew 20:26a | SUCCESS FOR SAINTS IS MEASURED BY SERVICE |
Matthew 27:19 | THROUGH THE MESSAGE CLAUDIA SENDS TO PILATE, GOD MAKES JESUS SUFFER MORE. |
Matthew 28:13 | ON EASTER MORNING, GOD GAVE TO ISRAEL’S CHURCH LEADERS THE SIGN TO PROVE THAT JESUS IS THE CHRIST |
II Samuel 6:2 | CHRIST’S KINGSHIP MEANS THAT GOD’S PEOPLE HUMBLY SUBMIT TO HIM. (Ascension Day Sermon) |
Acts 4:31 | GOD REASSURES THE THREATENED CHURCH OF JERUSALEM THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT REMAINS MIGHTILY PRESENT (Pentecost Sermon) |
John 15:5a | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
II Chronicles 31:21b, | HEZEKIAH PROSPERED BECAUSE HE SOUGHT THE WILL OF HIS GOD |
Exodus 2:10a | IN CAUSING MOSES TO GROW, GOD MAKES SPORT OF PHARAOH |
1 Corinthians 10:14 | THE HOLY SPIRIT COMMANDS THE SAINTS OF GOD TO FLEE FROM IDOLATRY |
1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
Exodus 3:10a, | IN MOSES THE LORD PICKED UP A BROKEN TOOL TO ACCOMPLISH HIS PURPOSE |
Exodus 4:24b, | IN SEEKING TO KILL MOSES, THE LORD TEACHES MOSES HIS NEED FOR GOD’S REDEMPTION. |
Exodus 6:1a | MOSES’ LABORS FAIL SO THAT GOD MAY RECEIVE THE GLORY. |
Psalm 142:5 | IN THE DARKNESS OF HIS CAVE, DAVID SOUGHT HIS COVENANT GOD IN PRAYER. (Public Profession of Faith) |
1 Kings 3:12a | SOLOMON’S KINGDOM OF PEACE RECEIVES A LISTENING HEART. (Ordination of Office Bearers) |
Luke 2:10b, | (Sermon held prior to celebration of the Lord's Supper) |
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Luke 2:38 | God used a lonely widow to encourage his burdened people. |
Luke 5:30-31 | Jesus freely joins the sinner’s party in order to help celebrate God’s gift of salvation. |
Luke 4:21 | Jesus comforts the people of Nazareth with news that the year of jubilee has dawned. |
Luke 19:1 | In snatching Zaccheus of Jericho from Satan's grasp, Jesus Christ claimed the world for himself. |
Luke 22:19 | |
Luke 22:31-32 | In the hour before his betrayal, Jesus assures his disciples that he is master over Satan. |
Luke 22:44a | Through deep struggles of prayer Jesus received strength to do the will of God. |
Luke 24:8 | Through words of Jesus’ triumph over death, God grants relief to his despairing children. |
Revelation 3:1a | In his care for his church in Sardis, Christ tells this church that it is dead. |
Romans 8:1a | There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. |
Luke 24:51a | Calvary's Highpriest lays an unending blessing on his church. |
Luke 24:48 | The outpoured Spirit made Jesus’ disciples reliable witnesses. |
Acts 2:3 | In the sign of the distributed fire, God teaches that he dwells in the hearts of all his own. |
Revelations 3:7 | Jesus tells his church at Philadelphia that he determines who has access to God. |
Romans 8:18 | The sufferings of this life lead us to glory. |
Mark 5:13b | By having the pigs run into the sea, Jesus sends the demons back to hell. |
Revelations 3:14 | Christ presses his lukewarm people in Laodicea to be zealous, lest they be spewed out. |
Romans 9:20a | Since God is God, he freely does whatever he wishes. |
Romans 8:30b | |
Matthew 5:3 | Jesus teaches that one needs an attitude of humility in order to be happy. |
Hebrews 13:17 | The Lord tells his redeemed to obey their rulers and submit to them. |
Romans 10:4a | Christ is the heart of the Old Testament law |
Genesis 18:14a | Nothing is too hard for the Lord |
Romans 11:26a | Faithful God declares that all Israel will be saved |
Romans 12:1 | Paul exhorts every Christian to sacrifice the self to God |
II Corinthians 8:9 | God the Son’s self-emptying at Christmas prompts God’s people to enjoy giving. |
Matthew 1:21 | |
Matthew 1:5a | Rahab's place in Matthew's genealogy points up God’s faithfulness to his faithless bride. |
Matthew 1:25a | The Holy Spirit tells us of Joseph's abstinence so that we might be assured of God’s blessing on the marriage bed. |
Matthew 2:17-18 | Matthew quotes Jeremiah to make clear that Bethlehem refused the comfort of the gospel because of self-pity. |
Sermons 1998
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Theme of the Sermon |
Romans 1:16 | God granted Paul enthusiasm for the gospel. |
Isaiah 8:20a | God’s
unbelieving people are summoned to return to the law and the
testimony. |
II Corinthians 12:7-10 | Through a thorn in the flesh, Paul learns that God’s strength is revealed through man’s weaknesses |
Mark 14:25 | |
John 19:25-27 | "Christ's lonely sacrificial path." (Rev W VanderJagt) |
Mark 14:45c | Jesus received the cold kiss of betrayal so that we might never be alone. |
Mark 16:14b | Jesus scolded his disciples because they closed their eyes to the facts. |
Galatians 6:10 | Paul tells the Christians of Galatia to do good to all men |
Mark16:19b | Christ's ascension is a source of great comfort for the Church. |
John 16:13a | The departing Christ promised his disciples that the Holy Spirit would guide them into all God’s truth. |
Revelations 2:12 | Jesus Christ warns his Church in Pergamos against subtle covenant breaking |
Mark 16:20b | For our salvation, the ascended Lord assisted his disciples with the promised signs. |
Romans 4:5 | God is happy with those who entrust themselves to Him. |
Romans 5:2b | In good times and bad we exalt in the confidence we have in God’s glory. |
Romans 6:12a | Do not let sin be boss in your life. |
Romans 7:25ba | Paul the believer testifies of the battle that characterises every Christian. |
Psalm 56:4c | What can flesh do to me? |
Revelation 2:18 | In the name Christ mentions, he reminds Thyatira that the world is hostile to the Lord God. |
Psalm 58:6 | God’s people call God’s promised curses down upon God’s enemies. |
Ephesians 5:18b | All who have the Holy Spirit are instructed to see to it daily that they are filled with the Holy Spirit. |
1 Peter 2:2 | To encourage growth, Peter instructs the saints to be as babies in desiring the milk of God’s Word. |
Luke 1:13a | By announcing John’s birth, the Lord shows a hopeless people that he hears prayers. |
Luke 2:1 | God Almighty uses the gods of this world as tools in His hand to bring about His plan of salvation. |
Isaiah 41:4b | This past year been a good year because all things have come from God and are to God. |
Sermons 1997
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John 19 : 23a | On the cross of Calvary, God stripped his Son naked so that we might be royally clothed. |
Acts 2:4b | On Pentecost day, the outpoured Spirit caused the disciples to speak foreign languages |
Matthew 18:14 | The Father does not wish a single little one to perish |
1 Corinthians 5:5a | The Church of Jesus Christ must deliver to Satan any member who persists in sin |
Ephesians 6:14a | Paul tells the Christian soldier to stand firm on the place which God assigns. |
Psalm 49:20 | The most honoured of men, if he has not Christ, shall perish. |
Psalm 32:5 | God's heavy hand drives David to confession of his sin |
Psalm 103:4b | The Lord's lovingkindness and tender mercy are revealed in the fact that David has life and health. |
Revelation 2:8 | The Sovereign over life and death encourages his oppressed people in Smyrna to be faithful until death. |
Isaiah 2:22 | God tells his
people Israel to have nothing to do with man. |
Isaiah 7:9b | The Lord challenges king Ahaz to believe His Word |
Ecclesiastes 11:9 | "The Lord
counsels his youthful children to make the most of the life He gives. |
Ecclesiastes 10:16-17 | Not maturity in years but maturity in faith is critical for leadership |
Isaiah 9:6a | Through the birth of a Child God gives to people in darkness a cause to rejoice. |
Ecclesiastes 12:13a | The conclusion of the year is: fear God and keep his commandments. |