Redeemer Church Of Waterford

The Apostle Paul has spent the first 11 chapters of his great Epistle to the Romans scaling the mountain of the great theological realities of God's way of making sinners righteous. When he reaches the peak in Romans 11:33, he looks back down from where he has just ascended and can only exclaim, "O the depth of the riches and the wisdom and the knowledge of God!" What has prompted this ascription of praise to our sovereign God?

When the Apostle Paul looks down from the lofty peak of the theological realities which he has just scaled in Romans 1 through 11, he breaks forth into an ascription of praise to God for the depth of the riches of His grace and mercy, the wisdom which implemented such a plan so contrary to the wisdom of this world, and the knowledge which devised it to His own glory.

The Church at Pergamos was syncretizing the sacred institution of the Lord's Table with the immoral orgies of the pagans under the pretense of understanding the schemes of the devil to better fight against him. Jesus gives this church one of his most severe warnings.

Click "View Item" to listen. In the post-Christian context God has sovereignly placed us in, the church faces enormous challenges as we seek to proclaim biblical truth to a culture that increasingly characterizes that truth as bigoted. Now more than ever it is essential that we "pray for all saints" as we face the evil of our day.

In the Letter to Smyrna we are introduced to a church made up of believers who were not merely faithful UNTIL they died, but died BECAUSE they were faithful. This is the church of the martyrs, who sacrificed life with all of its material benefits in exchange for the "crown of life' promised to them by the One was was dead and is alive forevermore.

What does the Apostle mean when he commands us to "pray in the Spirit"? The Holy Spirit is our escort into the presence of God when we pray. There is no sense in which we can say that we are truly praying without the controlling influence of the Holy Spirit.

What is the "first love" which our Lord says the Ephesians have "left"? And how do they get it back?

"Watching" is a military term related to "readiness" or "alertness." In what ways is the Apostle telling us to be watchful as we pray? Click "View Item" to listen.

Each of the seven letters to the seven church of Asia Minor in Revelation 2 and 3 contain characteristics, and warnings, and encouragements which apply to every church since the ascension of Christ more than 2,000 years ago. Listen as we examine the first of these letters.

The Apostle Paul closes his letter to the Ephesians with an urgent call to prayerfulness. All of us must confess our praylessness. In Ephesians 5:18, the Apostle lays before us all the reasons why we should pray and the key to finding time to pray.

The Apostle Paul and his Ephesian audience would not have had a physical Bible with 66 books like we do. So what does Paul understand to be "the word of God" when he calls on us to "take the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God"?

Why does the Apostle Paul identify the word of God as the sword "of the Spirit"? This is the 11th time Paul has referred to the Holy Spirit in his letter to the Ephesians. Only as we understand what he has already said about the Holy Spirit can we understand how to effectively wield the Spirit's sword.

In the Old Testament, God gave clear prohibitions against "imaging" Him. He went further, even telling Moses that no man could see Him and live. And yet here in the opening chapter of the Book of Revelation, God paints for John - and for us - a picture of the glorified Christ. What do we learn about the character of our risen and reigning Savior from this picture?

The Helmet of Salvation is the gospel realities which the Apostle Paul delineates in Ephesians 1. In 2 Corinthians 4 he describes these gospel realities as "treasure in earthen vessels," and then proceeds to model for us how to use the helmet of salvation as a defense against the "weariness of our minds."

In Obadiah 1:10-16, the prophet contrasts "the day of Jacob's calamity, distress, and destruction" at the hands of Edom with "the day of the Lord's retributive justice" against Edom. God always vindicates His people.

Who changed the Sabbath Day from the Seventh Day to the First Day? How did the "Sabbath Day" become the "Lord's Day"? A proper understanding of Hebrews 3 & 4 gives us the insight we need to get the proper answers.

As the Apostle Paul comes to the end of his letter to the Ephesians, he is at pains to remind us that the believer is engaged in a cosmic spiritual war. The devil is bent on wearing you out, to cause you to become weary and to faint in your minds. The helmet of salvation is the gift that God has given to us to guard our hearts and minds against Satan's attacks on our assurance. What is this helmet and how is it to be used?

As Edom makes alliances with God's enemies against God's people, their pride has them on a downward trajectory to destruction under the wrath of God. Edom boasts of being an invincible eagle, yet it is God, like a majestic eagle, who comes to the vindication of his people.

There are some arm-chair Bible interpreters who are more than suggesting that the "sorcery" of Babylon in Revelation 18:23 is pharmaceuticals being used by governments to deceive the world in the end times. Pastor Paul takes us on an extensive exegetical journey to see if such views pass the muster of sacred Scripture.

Christians are not exempt from the consequences of sin and its devasting effects in terms of disease, breakdown in family relationships, financial failure, accidents, and every other possible evil. It is only with the shield of faith that we are enabled to overcome all that the wicked one throws at us. What is this shield and how is it to be used?