Ptr. Jess Erasquin
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Imago Dei: Created in the Image of God
Man was made to mirror God’s character on earth. Sin marred that image, but in Christ, the perfect image of God, it is being restored.
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Spoils of Victory
Abraham’s victory over the four kings and the return of the spoils of war becomes a picture of Christ’s greater victory, who plunders sin and death and shares the riches with his people.
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Lavish Gift of God
From the gold and silver poured into Israel’s tabernacle to Christ becoming poor for our sake, this sermon traces God’s lavish gift and calls his people to lavish, willing generosity.
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Sons of God
See how great a love the Father has given us, that we should be called children of God. Like Father, like son: His children bear His likeness.
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Who Is Jesus?
Crowds followed Jesus for loaves and signs, and religions still give many answers. Scripture gives the true one: He is the Christ, the Son of the living God.
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The Great Dilemma
A Philippian jailer, sword in hand at midnight, asked the question every person must face: ‘Sirs, what must I do to be saved?’
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The Most Essential Thing in Life
The world ranks health, family and happiness first. Jesus asks what it profits a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.
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Seeing the Unseen God
The natural man cannot see the things of God. The unseen God is seen by faith, and without faith it is impossible to please Him.
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The Battle with the Amalekites
Israel’s fight with the Amalekites was won on a hilltop, not a battlefield – as long as Moses’ hands stayed raised in prayer.
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God Made All Things Possible
Is anything too difficult for the Lord? No one can change his own heart, but God does something new and gives His people newness of life.
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The Shameful Nakedness of Noah
Noah’s drunken, exposed shame after the flood becomes an unlikely picture of the gospel: the God who clothed Adam and Eve, and let His Son be stripped naked on the cross, to cover ours.
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Regeneration: From Death to Life
Unless one is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God. Regeneration is the Spirit’s sovereign work, bringing the spiritually dead to life.