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Christ Church Romford
We are a friendly, Christ-centred, bible-teaching church seeking to serve our town of Romford, we meet in St John’s Hall on Mawney road on Sundays mornings; this is our sermon audio archive, he hope you are blessed by what you hear, and please do get in touch if we don’t know you already!
Jesus calm displays a confidence we can copy, Jesus word brings us a confidence in his person.
The comfort of Christ's Future Promise, the Evidence of Christ's Present Power and the Challenge of Christ's Costly Demand.
Jesus, the greatest preacher, preaches the greatest sermon and calls us to make up our mind regarding the path we are traveling on, the influencers we are listening to and the foundations we are building on. Will we be doers of his word.
Jesus calls members of God's Kingdom to see clearly. To be less critical of others, but also to be discerning toward them, while being prayerful towards God.
The dawning of the kingdom with the arrival of King Jesus, the building of the kingdom in the calling of disciples, that works to the goal of the kingdom in the healing of the nations.
God's love seen through the words of John, the words of the God and the words of Jesus.
John the Baptist is great because he sees who Jesus is, what Jesus wants, what Jesus does and what Jesus wields.
The mystery of our holy God and best of sinful men. The certainty of the wrath of God and the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus, our perfect sinless Saviour.
Jonah needs deliverance like we all. He shows us by his actions and words that salvation for all people belongs to God.
Praise our righteous King who praises the God who delivers him from all his enemies and enables him to build a glorious kingdom.
The depth of our problem, the sureness of the covenant, the seriousness of our sin and the awfulness of the atonement.
We are to worship Jesus who rules the nations, brings us to God and acts in perfect justice.
Rebels to King Jesus are found both outside and inside the kingdom. Many call him Lord but will we do his word?
We are tempted to be anxious because we believe lies about who God is, about his saving work and about ourselves. We need to remember the true Word of the Lord.
Advent is the time to remember we wait for God's returning king. We must receive him, dependant on his mercy, delighting in his presence and content in his honour.
In God's kingdom justice must be served. In God's kingdom the bonds of love cannot be broken. Where can justice and love meet?
In meeting the Lord Jesus we reveal who we are. Disciples stay with and serve king Jesus, while others manipulate, curse and fail him. True discipleship though diverse, has a distinctive pattern, activity and grace.
Since the garden of Eden the story of humanity has been one of exile. Jesus follows in the footsteps of exiled king David to restore God's children home.
God's power never comes through worldly methods. God never judges things by results but by the methods we use. We must therefore beware of Counterfeit wisdom, leadership and strength.
In the midst of evil and darkness God speaks. He shows us sin's doggedness in God's kingdom yet we can know goodness because God has spoken. Even when God is silent we must learn to hear him speak.
God's grace is shrewd and savvy. He shows mercy in sending a messenger, revealing the hypocrisy of David's response, the consequences of sinning. He reveals the heart of the deceiver and the shock of the removing of sin.
The greatest promise of all is the promise that God made. He is a God of promise and His promise is permanent it stands above death and time.
Jesus shows his disciples what greatness looks like. It involves sacrifice, being the servant of all, severing sin and having certainty of salvation which is in Christ.
We are made to live in the presence of the Lord. God's holy presence is central to our lives and his holiness terrifying, yet there is humble joy in the worship of the Lord.
The Kingdom God is established on God's Promise, prospered by a vision to bless God's people, and marred when God's people compromise with the world.
The Christian has a living God he never stops seeking who supports him in a war that never stops.
As Christians denial, particularly self denial is one of the marks of our relationship with Christ. What is its source and does it have any splendour?...
The christian life has its many ups and downs yet God's people have a big grip on the gospel and the gospel has a big grip which gives comfort in the challenging times.
God's kingdom is different from the kingdoms of the world. God's king resists Satan's temptations and receives God's kingdom through righteousness judgment.
The model the church follows in giving to the church and the mechanism of how the church gives to the church.
The direction of where worship should be aimed, and the pattern of what worship should look like.
Before his enemies, Jesus rests in God's revealed provision and holds onto God's righteous purpose.
Those chosen by God are called to submission and suffering now as we await our future salvation at Christ's appearing. God has given his people, delegated shepherds go lead them and calls us to devoted humility on our journey.
Those God has chosen are called to innocent suffering, even as Christ suffered innocently. Christians are therefore not to be surprised, ashamed or distracted by suffering.
Those God has chosen are called to submit purposefully now, even as the Lord Jesus submitted to suffering.
The Church is a loving family of elect exiles that Christ redeemed, a spiritual temple made of living stones. As living stones, the Church is made of people who believe in Jesus and those who belong to God.
As elect exiles we have an inheritance which is certain, a sure purpose for suffering, and guaranteed a future hope. All because of our future salvation through Christ.
Christians are "in this World not of this World". Therefore they must know who they are and how they are to behave.
The Law God gives is intended for blessing not Salvation, for the real world, for Life and for Justice.
In giving the Law we see God's world under God's rule, God's glory and God's Image, God's perfection and God's wrath and triumphantly God's mercy and God's mediator.
Our Generosity is spurred when we think of: the source, attitude, principle and result of our giving.
All we have belongs to God. We must identify as a steward not an owner and we are to give and use what God gives with thankfulness.
God tests us that we might show obedience to His word and provides for us in ways that make obedience possible
Our eternal destiny is affected by the way we see God since our view of God impacts how we live and relate with him.
By God's grace life and love in God's kingdom are extraordinary as we hear God's law rightly, obey God's law sacrificially and imitate God's love familially.
God powerfully fulfils all his promises in Christ, whom we proclaim through the weakness of gospel preaching
God powerfully fulfils all his promises in Christ, whom we proclaim through the weakness of gospel preaching
The God who is, does not need us and yet has made himself known that we might know him.
We will fear something or someone - either we will fear the God who made us, or someone else.
God blesses his people as he promises, but often that blessing brings bitter circumstances.
The wickedness of the world and the weakness of God's people are both in the powerful hand of God.
In following Christ we must walk with our eyes open, holding firm to the faith, ready to flexibly love others.
Christ gives shepherds to care for his sheep. Beware imposters who imitate and be ready to bear the privilege of suffering.
The church of the Lord Jesus should be the safest place in the world, but great damage comes to the flock when those who have been given for over them, forget who the sheep belong to.
The Kingdom of the Lord Jesus grows where faithful shepherds encourage Christ's sheep with his word
The exalted Lord Jesus continues to work in the world through the continuing increase of his mighty word
God graciously leads his people in the past, present and future, therefore we need not be afraid.
Idolatry is an affront to our Creator God who is jealous for his own glory. We too should feel the disgrace of all idolatry and call people to turn from idols to the Living God.
The exalted Lord Jesus is working amongst the nations to free those willingly enslaved in Satan's grasp, that we might belong to him and so become like him.
God calls his people to engage in mission with passion and prudence, aware of our own powerlessness to bear fruit.
Those God calls to be members of his family through faith in Christ are to live distinctive lives for him.
We cannot, nor do we need to, add anything to faith in the Lord Jesus for our salvation.
Both for unbelievers to whom we witness and for believers who seek to follow Christ, there are certain things we must know if we are to see gospel fruit.
We are to rejoice at the life we have been given while we are able, before judgment comes.
What is the wise way to live in this world where there is one thing certain and so many things uncertain.