An Exposition of Matthew 7:15-20

Last night I preached a message entitled “Beware of the False Prophets!” from Matthew 7:15-20. You can read it here or listen here.

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A Busy Resurrection Weekend

This past week and weekend have been extremely busy for me due to more-than-usual studying and sermon preparations. I’ve delivered two messages over the weekend:

“Compassion from the Cross” from John 19:26-27 (a Good Friday message)

“Which Way to the Kingdom of Heaven?” from Matthew 7:13-14 (a not-so-typical Easter message)

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A Good Friday Reflection

In light of a Good Friday reflection on this Passion week, I post following message that I preached on last year’s Good Friday service:
 
What Does the Prayer of Jesus from the Cross Teach Us?
Luke 23:34
Next to the month of December, this month is perhaps the most important month of the year for Christians and [...]

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Prayer of Persistent Petitions – Part 2

[continuing from the previous message]
III. Knock
In his commentary on Matthew, William Hendriksen defines that knocking means “asking plus acting plus persevering” (emphasis his).[1] The point is we have to knock again and again until the door is opened. As a saying goes, persistence pays off (cf. Luke 11:5-10).
In the NT sometimes door [...]

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Comments on London Baptist Confession Chapters 20-22

I am currently teaching a comparative study of London Baptist Confession of Faith (LBCF) with Westminster Confession of Faith during our Sunday school hour. I’ve been having rich experiences both preparing for the class and lively discussions during the class. The following are my highlighted points and comments from last night when we covered Chapters [...]

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Prayer of Persistent Petitions

This evening I had the privilege of preaching Matthew 7:7-12. The following is my sermon transcript:
PRAYER OF PERSISTENT PETITIONS
Matthew 7:7-12
If I can summarize what this portion of Scripture is all about, it has to do with persistence prayer that involves asking, seeking, and knocking. Perhaps I can also say that effectiveness of prayer involves asking, [...]

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Lloyd-Jones on Pulpits

Here’s a follow-up comment from words of Martyn Lloyd-Jones to my previous post:
There are many who preach about the Lord Jesus Christ to no effect and we can see why. They have no doctrine of sin, they never convict or convince people of sin. They always hold Christ before men and say that that is [...]

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Teen Sex and Pulpits

If you’ve been listening to national news for the past two days you’re aware that one in four teen girls has sexually transmitted disease (STD) in this country. Did you hear that? One in four!
In addition, according to our local news (which reported as “breaking news”) the South Dakota teen girls have higher percentage of [...]

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Judging Hypocritical Judging – Part 2

Let me reason with you why our culture believe the way they do about this issue. In our culture people hate absolutes, especially, moral and theological absolutes. And one of the primary reasons for this is because pluralism and inclusiveness is an easy way to escape from confrontations. It is much easier to say, “Your [...]

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Judging Hypocritical Judging

Last night I had the wonderful privilege in preaching Matthew 7:1-6. The following is my sermon transcript:
Judging Hypocritical Judging
Matthew 7:1-6
Jesus now turns our attention from having negative attitude that we have ourselves, namely worrying about temporal needs in life, to having negative attitude that we have of others, namely judging hypocritically. All that is to [...]

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