Good Stewards Church Sermons: Recent Episodes
Good Stewards Church
Friendship with God is deep, honest, and sacrificial.Main Text: John 15:9-17Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God intends for every believer to participate in discipling the next generation of (both biological & spiritual) “children yet unborn” so that he might be known, trusted, and worshipped by every generation of people through eternity.
Main Text: Psalm 78:5-8
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Greatness in the kingdom of God looks like serving and receiving others for God’s glory.
Main Text: Mark 9:30-41
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Those who acknowledge their weak faith are empowered to do faith-filled ministry expressed in prayer.
Main Text: Mark 9:14-29
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the Lord of glory deserving of our worship and obedience.
Main Text: Mark 9:2-13
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Those who follow Jesus must live in self-denial. Those who do this will share in Jesus’ glory and save their lives. Those who do not will lose their lives and be shamed.
Main Text: Mark 8:34-9:1
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the Christ; the One who has come to die.
Main Text: Mark 8:27-33
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Knowing Christ comes from seeing and understanding Jesus.
Main Text: Mark 8:22-26
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Spiritual blindness happens when you miss out on Jesus because you seek to test Him, and also, when you are in close proximity to Him and yet, fail to understand.
Main Text: Mark 8:11-21
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus extends His compassion to all nations who come to Him.
Main Text: Mark 8:1-10
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus the Messiah has come to bring the kingdom of God and its blessings to the whole world.
Main Text: Mark 7:31-37
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The risen Jesus meets us (with the promise of shalom-peace sealed with His resurrection) in our fear & the risen Jesus meets us in our doubts.
Main Text: John 20:19-29
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Jesus saves all people who come to Him by faith.Main Text: Mark 7:24-30Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
We are unclean because we have a sinful heart that the law cannot change. We need the power of the gospel to transform us from the inside-out.
Main Text: Mark 7:14-23
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God’s Word has authority; not the traditions of men.
Main Text: Mark 7:1-13
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is God who reveals Himself in temptation, in power, and in trouble.
Main Text: Mark 6:45-56
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the True Shepherd of God’s people, leading, teaching, and feeding His people in the wilderness; contrast to the disciples who show no compassion to the crowd.
Main Text: Mark 6:30-44
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Followers of Jesus confront sin, no matter how hard; and followers of Jesus follow Him, no matter the cost.
Main Text: Mark 6:14-29
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Believers are called to follow the commands of Jesus, even if the message is rejected.
Main Text: Mark 6:7-13
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
We are to respond to Jesus as the Son of God by faith. People reject Jesus because of wrong expectations and familiarity.
Main Text: Mark 6:1-6
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The good news of the gospel is for all nations and all peoples.
Main Text: Acts 8:25-40
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The good news of the gospel is for all nations and all peoples.
Main Text: Mark 5:21-43
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God’s desire for his church to be good and faithful to all that she has been entrusted with, nothing more and nothing less.
Main Text: Matthew 25:14-30
Speaker: Guest Pastor Steve Chang
As the Messiah-King who has come to establish the kingdom of God, Jesus displays His authority even over demons whose influence was one of self-harm. Jesus delivers the man from demonic oppression, and is met with 2 contrasting responses: the man drawn by Jesus’ authority while the people drawn away from it. These contrasting responses confronts us today to realize whether we are free from our ways of self-harm or in bondage to self-love.
Main Text: Mark 5:1-20
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Jesus shows He is the Son of God by His authority over nature. Therefore, His disciples respond with faith even when they are afraid.
Main Text: Mark 4:35-41
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
12/24/23
The Christmas story is that God has come down, we have seen His beauty, and He brings an unexpected salvation.
Main Text: Luke 2:8-20
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Believers produce fruit when they share the good news of the kingdom, when they believe in the power of the kingdom. Then, they will see the expanse of the kingdom.
Main Text: Mark 4:21-34
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus forms a new family to those who see Jesus as Redeemer and obey the will of God. Those seeking to constrain Jesus are outside of this community.
Main Text: Mark 3:20-35
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The people of God are those who are called by Jesus and follow Jesus.
Main Text: Mark 3:7-19
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the Lord of the Sabbath who gives us Sabbath rest to restore our hearts.
Main Text: Mark 2:23-3:6
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the Son of God who brings joy and new life and calls us to follow Him.
Main Text: Mark 2:18-22
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
From beginning to end, creation, redemption, and salvation is the work of God. Our response as a church should be that of thankful worship to God in singing.
Main Text: Various Texts
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
When we gather, we give offering because (1) God commands it (2) God sustains Christians through it (3) God builds His Church through it.
Main Text: Various Texts
Speaker: Pastor Austin Kim
From beginning to end, creation, redemption, and salvation is the work of God. Our response as a church should be that of thankful worship to God in singing.
Main Text: Selected Texts
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Expository sermons shows what God is speaking to us through His Word. We need expository sermons because we need life, we need to grow, and we need supernatural community.
Main Text: Various Texts
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Those who profess faith in Christ must not presumptuously arrive at the Gate of Heaven, expecting to be granted entrance, without holiness.
Main Text: Matthew 22:1-14; Hebrews 12:14
Speaker: Guest Pastor Daniel Chin
Jesus displays His mercy in His invitation to sinners.
Main Text: Mark 2:13-17
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus has authority to forgive sin, which is our greatest need.
Main Text: Mark 2:1-12
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the compassionate Christ with the power to make us clean by trading places with us.
Main Text: Mark 1:40-45
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus will not be swayed by the crowd or his disciples, but will live out His priorities in preaching the gospel.
Main Text: Mark 1:29-39
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The authority of Christ is displayed in His words and deeds.
Main Text: Mark 1:21-28
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The gospel is the good news of Jesus as the fulfilment of God’s promise to reign over His creation. Let us repent and believe the good news!
Main Text: Mark 1:14-15
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The Gospel of Mark is a powerful Gospel that shows us about the restorative power of the gospel (for Mark), teaches us about the Messiah-King who is also the Suffering-Servant, and calls us to consider the cost of our discipleship to Jesus.
Main Text: Mark, Selected Text
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
God's people celebrate God's providence over their lives. Purim shares to us there's a reason to celebrate, a rightness to celebrate, and an already but not yet of celebration.
Main Text: Esther 9:1-10:3
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God is a just God and will make all things right in this life or the next.
Main Text: Esther 8:1-17
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God's commitment to His people is seen in His promise-keeping to them.
Main Text: Esther 7:1-10
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God's invisible hand can be seen bringing good news and deliverance for His people.
Main Text: Esther 6:1-14
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Pride leads to destruction and dissatisfaction while the humble will be blessed by the LORD.
Main Text: Esther 5:1-14
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus reveals the Father to us, and only through faith in Christ can we have everlasting life.
Main Text: John 8:12-20
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God's people live in exile by living by faith in a providential God.
Main Text: Esther 4:1-17
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God's people live in a hostile world and thus, must trust God when persecution comes.
Main Text: Esther 3:1-15
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God's people living in exile need wisdom to navigate through life.
Main Text: Esther 2:1-23
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
According to the Bible, the moments in life when you experience God’s power the most, may not be when you feel the most confident or in control, but in your moments of weakness, desperation, and dependency. In this passage we learn how humility and power are connected together in the gospel, and how God works in our greatest moments of doubt.
Main Text: Judges 7:1-23
Speaker: Guest Pastor Andrew Kim
Believers must stay faithful to God in exile and not chase after the false greatness the world offers.
Main Text: Esther 1:3-22
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The gospel brings grace and peace to those who are in Christ. Believers are called to stay in the unending love of Christ together.
Main Text: Ephesians 6:21-24
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The believer is called to stand firm against the enemy by praying to God who strengthens them for gospel boldness.
Main Text: Ephesians 6:18b-22
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
The believer is called to stand by putting on the armor of God as they fight against the Devil's schemes.
Main Text: Ephesians 6:14-20
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The believer's hope is rooted in the resurrection of Christ. Because of this, we can be confident no matter what happens in this life.
Main Text: 1 Peter 1:3-5
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Believers are called to stand against the work of the Devil as we put on the armor of God.
Main Text: Ephesians 6:10-13
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Believers are called to work for the Lord, not for man, knowing that the Lord is judge and that He will reward.
Main Text: Walk in Wisdom: In Your Work
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Evangelism; God is the author of salvation and He uses His people to preach the gospel to the lost. God is the one who not only works in our hearts to preach the gospel, but also works in the heart of the unbeliever. All glory goes to Him in the work of salvation. This should spur us on to greater faithfulness.
Main Text: Acts 8:25-40
Speaker: Ian Kwon
Children walk wisely when they obey their parents in the Lord. Fathers walk wisely when they don't provoke their children to anger but build them up in the Lord.
Main Text: Ephesians 6:1-4
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Husbands and wives walk in wisdom when they live out God's design for their marriage. Wives submit to their husbands and husbands love their wives. All this is because of their desire to love and honor Christ.
Main Text: Ephesians 5:22-33
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Believers are called to walk in wisdom by living carefully in an evil world and also, by being filled with the Spirit.
Main Text: Ephesians 5:15-21
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Believers are called to walk in the light by not participating in the fruitless deed of their old lives but rather, shining the light of Christ to everyone in their lives.
Main Text: Ephesians 5:7-14
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
As Paul calls the Church to walk in love, he unpacks the why, the what, the why not, and the how of walking in love - the people of God are to walk in love as Christ did for us; we are not to walk in sexual immorality, impurity, greed, disgraceful behavior, foolish talking, and degrading jokes - because these things don’t reflect the kingship & the love of Jesus in our lives; and we can walk in love by not excusing the sin among us and by not participating in it
Main Text: Ephesians 5:1-7
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Believers walk in holiness by living out their faith in speaking the truth, having the right kind of anger, providing for one another through work, using their speech to build up, and also, living out of the grace of God.
Main Text: Ephesians 4:25-32
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Christ is the Messiah who has all authority. His commission only makes sense because of it. Obedience is our natural response.
Main Text: Matthew 28:18-20
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The church is called out of living in their old ways, and to live in a way that is consistent with their belief in Christ.
Main Text: Ephesians 4:17-24
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The church grows in unity by serving one another with the gifts Christ has given to us. The goal is that we would grow in faith by speaking the truth in love.
Main Text: Ephesians 4:7-16
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Every church in every generation is called to be faithful with the gospel. In a day where there are so many issues on people’s minds and hearts, there is no greater need than Christ and the gospel.
Main Text: Romans 1:16-17
Speaker: Guest Pastor Jimmy Han
What should “new year, new me” mean for Christians? The Bible tells us of a God who’s doing a new thing in his people and in this world - through his Son, Jesus. Christians, then, should consider deeply the new thing God has done in them, and participate in the new thing that God is continuing to do in this world through the Church.
Main Text: Isaiah 43:16-21
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
God's solution to the problem of darkness is through the Son, who will be born into the world and give the gift of peace to those who believe.
Main Text: Isaiah 9:1-7
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The Servant has come to be the substitutionary sacrifice and accomplish the work of the Father.
Main Passage: Isaian 52:13-53:12
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The Servant will be completely obedient to the Father, even undergoing suffering and humiliation for His faithfulness. Yet, the Servant will be vindicated before all and call those who repent of their self-sufficiency and follow Him.
Main Text: Isaiah 50:4-11
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The identity of the Servant is Jesus Christ, who will bring his salvation to the ends of the earth. Even when the people of God feel forsaken and forgotten, God will meet His people with compassion.
Main Text: Isaiah 49:1-16
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Jesus is the one who will bring justice to the world through gentleness, compassion, and self-sacrifice.
Main Text: Isaiah 42:1-9
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
As a response to what God has done, we are to have the character of unity (humility, gentleness, patience), do the activities of unity (bear with one another in love and eagerness to maintain the unity of the Spirit), and ground our unity in the Triune God.
Main Text: Ephesians 4:1-6
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Paul prays for the church to experience the love of Christ.
Main Text: Ephesians 3:14-21
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Paul is a minister of the mystery by grace; he preaches the mystery to all peoples and reveals the purpose of the mystery.
Main Text: Ephesians 3:7-13
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The mystery of Christ [God's plan to create a new people from Jews + Gentiles] has been revealed to the apostles, for the church, and by the Triune God; and the power of God's plan encourages the discouraged church.
Main Text: Ephesians 3:1-6
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
The church is described as a family, a building, and a temple, all displaying the power of the gospel to transform those who believe.
Main Text: Ephesians 2:19-22
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The gospel creates a people, as it reconciles us between us and God, and also, to one another.
Main Text: Ephesians 2:11-22
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Main Text: Ephesians 2:8-10
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Our salvation from start to finish is by grace. Faith is the means of which our salvation is accomplished. Those who are saved are a new creation and thus, we show who we are by how we walk.
Main Text: Ephesians 2:4-7
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God has dealt with our problem of spiritual death by making us alive in Christ, raising us in Christ, and seating us with Christ. This is all based on His character (kindness, mercy, grace) towards us.
The problem we had before Christ was that we were dead in our trespasses and sins, walked according to the world/Devil/flesh, and were destined for wrath.
Main Text: Ephesians 2:1-3
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Haggai’s prophecy in our passage teaches us God doesn’t accept our divided worship and that life apart from God leads to death, but it also points us to God’s unmerited mercy that finds an undeserving people like us in Christ.
Main Text: Haggai 2:10-23
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Main Idea:
Paul's prayer for the church reveals a pattern for us to pray for the church, as well as what to remember when we pray.
Main Text: Ephesians 1:15-23
Main Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The Holy Spirit illuminates the gospel to us, and also, seals us, marking us as God's possession and persevering us to eternity
Main Text: Ephesians 1:13-14
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Christ has redeemed us through His blood, which presently reveals to us the scope and time of Christ redeeming all things under Him.
Main Text: Ephesians 1:7-12
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
The story of Christianity begins with a sovereign God who predestines us in love to be brought into His family, and be holy and blameless
Main Text: Ephesians 1:3-6
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
God has the power to equip us for ministry and change our identity, through the grace and peace offered to us by the gospel.
Main Text: Ephesians 1:1-2
Speaker: Pastor Charlie Kang
Even as God’s people, we are prone to spiritual discouragements, when we look back at our former glory. Haggai 2:1-9 calls us to respond to these discouragements by being strong in the building ourselves as God’s people (because of his promise of his presence) and by being fearless (because of his promise of peace - in future glory).
Main Text: Haggai 2:1-9
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
We find satisfaction in living for God’s glory over our own comfort. God rewards obedience to live for his glory with his comforting presence and sustaining spirit. Therefore, God’s people should hear God’s word and rely on God’s provision as they build God’s house.
Main Text: Haggai 1
Speaker: Ricky Pan
What is Haggai prophesying?
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It is better to live for God’s kingdom > our comfort (Haggai 1:1-11)
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Our God works in/through our obedience - for his glory and our good (Haggai 1:12-15)
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Our God empowers us in our obedience through his own presence (Haggai 2:1-9)
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And even when we fail, our God blesses us with undeserving blessings (Haggai 2:10-19)
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Our God himself establishes his kingdom through his chosen servant (Haggai 2:20-23)
Main Text: Selected Texts
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Note: I forgot to start recording until halfway through the sermon. I apologize for the inconvenience. -Peter Kang
In Paul’s final words, he is pleading with the Galatian church to discern between the 2 gospels/messages (namely, the true gospel of Christ vs. the false gospel of legalism) by discerning the 2 motives of these gospels: legalism is motivated by worldly desire to boast in works vs. the gospel is motivated by godly desire to boast in weakness - because in boasting in our weakness, we are boasting in God’s power to save us by his grace.
Main Text: Galatians 6:11-18
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Paul continues to unpack the what the Spirit-led (spiritual) community should look like: the spiritual community invests in
1) the health of its teaching (6-8) and
2) in the household of God (9-10).
What motivation do we have for this investment? In due season, we will reap - this is God’s promise for the church.
Main Text: Galatians 6:6-10
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
The spiritual community restores sinner in gentleness (1) and the spiritual community bears each other’s burdens in love (2) - but not without grounding themselves in humility (1, 3-5). What does it look like to ground ourselves in humility? Self-watchfulness (1), self-awareness(3), self-examination (4a). Why? Because we are corporately called to boast in God’s glory (4b) and personally called to bear our own cross (5).
Main Text: Galatians 6:3-5
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Psalm 96 calls those inside the covenant community and invites those outside of the covenant community to a right relationship with God and a monumental worship of him. The reason for our monumental worship? God’s monumental worth, his monumental judgement, and his monumental invitation for sinners to sing of his mercy and worth.
Main Text: Psalm 96
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
God is ruling and reigning in ways that are behind the scenes. Required patience and trust, to hope in things not seen.
Main Text: Mark 4:26-29
Speaker: Guest Pastor Daniel "Dinko" Kim
As the apostle Paul encourages the church to walk in the Spirit together as a church, he goes on to show us what the spiritual community should look like: the SC restores sinner in gentleness, the SC bears each other’s burdens in love, and the SC boasts in God’s work for themselves in humility. This is how we bear the image (and the fruit) of God in this world as God’s blood-bought children.
Main Text: Galatians 6:1-5
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
The power to live out our Christian liberty comes from the Holy Spirit. In other words, Christians are called to live out their Christian liberty by walking by the Spirit of Christ. In addition to the 2 joys of walking by the Spirit from last Sunday, there are 2 more:
1) Walking by the Spirit produces who God is in us (God’s character) and
2) Walking by the Spirit proves who we are in him (God’s children).
Finally, God calls us to walk by the Spirit together as the Body of Christ (v. 25-26)
Main Text: Galatians 5:19-26
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim
Some of us feel powerless towards our enemies of legalism & licentiousness and powerless to walk in freedom & love. Where can we turn/go to find power in these things? How can Christians live this out? By walking in the Spirit (v. 16) because:
1) Walking in the Spirit protects us from walking in sin,
2) Walking in the Spirit empowers us to walk in the law, and
3) Walking in the Spirit produces godliness in us.
This is what it looks like to belong to Jesus (Galatians 2:20).
Main Text: Galatians 5:16-18
Speaker: Pastor Kay Lim