Ilagan Christian Church

Topic: Law

  • Work & Sabbath

    From creation’s rhythm of work and rest to the fourth commandment, this message traces how God instituted, blessed, and restored the Sabbath for his people.

  • The Reality of God’s Law: Why Morality Exclusively Belongs to the Christian God

    An apologetics message asking what standard makes anything truly good or bad, and showing that only the Triune God can ground real morality.

  • The Gospel and the Law

    This message traces how God’s law indicts sinners, reveals sin, and yet still guides the believer’s sanctification, even though it can never justify.

  • Sermon on the Mount

    A series through the Sermon on the Mount, moving from Christ fulfilling the Law to what it means to truly honor father and mother.

  • The Greatest Commandment

    Asked which commandment is greatest, Jesus answered: love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul and mind. This two-part study asks what that love requires and where it comes from.

  • Love Your Neighbor as Yourself (Part 2)

    The second great commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. The Bible defines that love as sincere, active and selfless, doing good and no harm.

  • The Parable of the Good Samaritan

    A lawyer tested Jesus about eternal life and then asked, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus’ answer exposes our self-righteousness and calls us to show mercy.

  • All Law Fulfilled

    Jesus said He came not to destroy the Law and the Prophets but to fulfill them – so what does that mean for Christians who assume the Old Testament no longer applies, and for keeping even its very first command?

  • The Sabbath

    A three-part study of the Sabbath as the pattern of creation, God’s provision in the wilderness, a binding commandment, and the sign of true freedom in Christ.

  • Is God’s Law for Us Today?

    Grounding salvation in sovereign grace before asking whether, and how, God’s law still binds His covenant people, at a seminar held the day the church’s new Havilah Garden Resort was dedicated.

  • Weightier Matters

    Jesus condemns religious leaders who fastidiously tithe garden herbs while neglecting the law’s weightier matters of justice, mercy, and faithfulness.

  • Law and Order

    From the Shema to the new covenant, this message traces law’s purpose in bringing order — order human effort cannot sustain, but that Christ writes on the heart.