245 episodes
One Covenant Church Sermons One Covenant Church
-
- Religion & Spirituality
These are the sermons of One Covenant Church, Singapore, every Sunday morning.
-
Ode to Joy (Psalm 42)
In Psalm 42, the psalmist expresses his longing to commune with God. As he finds himself away from the sanctuary of God, the psalmist shows us the importance of lament in the face of pain and anguish. The purpose of lament is not to drive us away from God but to drive us towards Him and His good purposes. When we do so, we're enabled to live with hope, leading to praise of the living God.
-
The Righteous Way (Psalm 1)
Sermon series: Reflections on the Psalms
In this opening, defining psalm, the psalmist draws our attention to the importance of walking in the way of wisdom. This comes through meditating, day and night, on the Word of God. By internalising it, we become a fruit-bearing tree that can resist sin, as well as prosper according to God's economy. This is possible because of our union with the true vine, Jesus Christ.
Preacher: Aaron Akins
Date: 2 June 2024 -
I Believe in the Resurrection and the Life (Romans 6:4-5; John 3:36, 4:14, 15:5, 17:3; Luke 16:22-25, 23:43; Philippians 1:23; Romans 8:23, John 5:28-29)
Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed
The Creed ends with a reminder that Jesus gives us hope in the present life, in life after death, and in life after life after death. Our final hope as Christians is not to live as disembodied beings in eternity, but to be with God in resurrected physical bodies in a restored creation.
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 26 May 2024 -
I Believe In the Forgiveness of Sins (1 John 3:4, John 14:15, Genesis 2:16-17, Isaiah 59:2, Isaiah 64:6, Exodus 34:6-7, Isaiah 53:5-6, Matthew 9:6, Matthew 26:28, Luke 23:34, Luke 24:46-47, Mark 1:15)
Sermon series: This I Believe -- the Apostles' Creed
In Jesus, God can mercifully forgive our sins without compromising His justice, and so be perfectly merciful and perfectly just at the same time (Exodus 34:6-7). He is just, because sin has been punished in Jesus. And he is merciful, because He can now freely forgive. This forgiveness cannot be earned, but can only be received humbly as a free gift. Knowing a forgiveness that doesn’t compromise justice enables us to truly rejoice that we are forgiven (Psalm 32:1-2), and helps us to create a safe space for sinners in our church (Matthew 18:21-22, Colossians 3:13).
Preacher: Tan Huai Tze
Date: 19 May 2024 -
I Believe in the Church (1 Corinthians 3:16-17; 1 Peter 2:9-12; Matthew 28:18-20; Revelation 7:9-10; 1 John 1:1-3)
Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed
After its description of the persons of the Trinity, the Apostles' Creed transitions to a description of the church as God's people. The church is the gathering of saints who have been set apart by God for the sacred mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the ends of the earth. As believers, we have communion with one another through our common union in Christ. This provides a foretaste of the fellowship that we'll have in eternity with every believer in Christ from every nation, tribe, people, and language.
Preacher: Joel Sim
Date: 12 May 2024 -
I Believe in the Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1-3, Luke 3:21-22, John 14:15-17, John 14:25-27, 1 Cor 12:3; Rom 8:15-17)
Sermon series: This I Believe -- The Apostles' Creed
After confessing about God the Father and the Son, the Apostles’ Creed turns to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, in the third paragraph (“I believe in the Holy Spirit”). Theologian J. I. Packer says that this paragraph “turns to the re-creating work of the Spirit, whereby we are actually made new in and through Christ.” In order to appreciate better what it means to be a believer, we need to understand the person, presence, and power of the Holy Spirit as He applies the work that Christ accomplished to us.
Preacher: Aaron Akins
Date: 5 May 2024