Northpointe PCA Sermons

About Northpointe PCA Sermons

Weekly expository preaching from the Lord’s Day morning and evening worship services at Northpointe Presbyterian Church (PCA) in Meridian, Mississippi.

Publisher

Northpointe Presbyterian Church

Category

religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

29 Mar 2020

Latest episode

25 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

551 episodes in the feed.

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   25 Oct 2026

   God's Justice

   Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33 Order of Service Welcome and Announcements Prelude Call to Worship — Revelation 5:11-12 Hymn — O for a Thousand Tongues to Sing Prayer of Invocation Prayer of Confession (corporate and silent) Assurance of Pardon — 2 Corinthians 5:21 Scripture Reading — Luke 11:1-13 Hymn — The Lord's Prayer (sung) Pastoral Prayer Offering (with Offertory Prayer) Hymn of Preparation — O Father, You Are Sovereign Prayer of Illumination Scripture Reading — Genesis 18:16-33 Sermon Closing Prayer Hymn of Dedication — Amazing Grace Benediction Gloria Patri Sermon Title: God's Justice Scripture: Genesis 18:16-33 Introduction A. The passage is about the justice of God and God's invitation to Abraham to share in it. Abraham was chosen so that he might command his household to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice (Genesis 18:19). The exchange with the Lord is a lesson in what God's justice looks like. B. God's justice is not merely retributive. Retribution (eye for an eye, the penalty fitting the crime) is one real aspect of God's justice. Job's three friends wrongly reduced God's justice to retribution alone, and God said they had spoken wrongly of him. Heresy flows from finite man shrinking God's infinite attributes down to size. God's justice is dynamic and multifaceted. Retribution will come on Sodom and Gomorrah, but first Abraham learns other facets. I. God's Justice Is Shared with His Friends A. God treats Abraham as his friend and covenant partner. Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do? (Genesis 18:17). Abraham is called God's friend in Isaiah 41:8 and James 2:23. In verse 19 I have chosen him is literally I have known him, the language of intimate friendship, as in John 15:15. B. Friends of God intercede. Moses interceded for Israel after the golden calf (Exodus 32:12), and Abraham interceded for Sodom. Christ interceded on the cross and now intercedes at the Father's right hand for those he has made his friends by his blood. C. S. Lewis observed that friendship love is purposeful, as the friend moves toward the other to befriend him. This is the love God has for those he brings into fellowship with himself. C. Their intercession is jealous for God's character. They do not say be nice, Lord. They appeal to his holy and righteous character: Shall not the judge of all the earth do what is just? (Genesis 18:25). Prayer is more than a wish list. God wants persistent petitions that appeal to his revealed character, as in Luke 11. To approach God as a friend, you must know him. A weak prayer life may come from not knowing God enough, so start by knowing him more through his Word. II. God's Justice Is Slow to Anger A. Unbelievers often reject the God of the Old Testament as a vindictive, fire-breathing dragon, as the New Atheists argued. Genesis 18 refutes that picture. B. God already knows the state of Sodom (Genesis 18:21), yet he enters this exchange with Abraham. This is God accommodating himself to us in human terms (anthropomorphism, or baby talk in Calvin's phrase). The purpose is that Abraham would know God's justice in its fullness, which is merciful and slow to anger. C. Slow to anger is literally long in the nostrils. It takes a long time for the Lord's nostrils to flare. He is a grace-and-mercy-breathing Lord. He does not afflict from his heart (Lamentations 3:33). The Puritans called wrath God's strange and foreign work. God made the world good to display his love, not his wrath. Like a parent forced to discipline a child, he does not afflict willingly. He is patient, not wishing any to perish (2 Peter 3:9). He made us in his image and wants to lavish his love on us. III. God's Justice Is Satisfied with Righteousness A. Abraham's friendship is reverent and fearful. He humbles himself as dust and as

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   25 Oct 2026

   How Do We Please God?

   Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14 Order of Service Call to Worship — Psalm 46 Hymn — A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (#244) Prayer of Invocation Catechism — Westminster Larger Catechism, Question 33 Hymn of the Month — Not What My Hands Have Done (#435) Pastoral Prayer Scripture Reading — Colossians 1:9-14 Sermon Prayer Hymn of Dedication — Wholehearted Thanksgiving (#9B) Benediction — 2 Corinthians 13:14 Sermon Title: How Do We Please God? Scripture: Colossians 1:9-14 I. We Please God by Bearing Fruit A. The question every believer asks Because we live by faith and cannot see God, every true believer is at some point anxious about whether he is pleasing God. Paul prays that the Colossians would walk worthy and be fully pleasing to God (Colossians 1:10). Three Greek participles that follow show what pleasing God looks like: bearing fruit (with growing in knowledge), being strengthened, and giving thanks. B. Increasing in the knowledge of God is part of bearing fruit We tend to define fruit only practically (giving, church attendance, prayer, missions), but Paul ties fruit-bearing tightly to knowing God. Scripture elsewhere prizes knowing God: Jeremiah 9:23-24, Psalm 46:10, and John 17:3. Doctrine is not a hobby or side gig. Coming to church to feed on the means of grace by faith is itself fruit-bearing. In the parable of the sower, the good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it (Matthew 13:23). C. Knowledge and practice go together Fruit is borne in every good work, in every sphere of life: family, work, and church. Knowledge gives wisdom to discern how to act, as in Proverbs 26:4 and its companion verse. Sanctification is not natural maturity. John Owen distinguishes the killing of sin from simply growing out of it, because it comes through growth in the knowledge of God in Christ. D. Fruit-bearing is organic, not artificial It flows from the new birth by the Spirit. The church is the greenhouse, where the word (the seed) and the Spirit (the water) cause growth. Do not depreciate study. Fruit-bearing happens in study and in the gathered church, not only outside its walls. II. We Please God by Being Strengthened A. God is the source of the believer's power (Colossians 1:11) The passage emphasizes God's actions: his will, his might, and the Father who qualifies, delivers, redeems, and forgives. Our practical obedience depends entirely on God's power. This power gives endurance and patience in suffering, not worldly protection or wealth. B. The Colossian context The church was pressured by syncretism, which blended Greek philosophy and religion with gospel language. This explains Paul's emphasis on knowledge and wisdom, and on perseverance in suffering. C. Perseverance of the saints On Reformation Sunday, the P of TULIP finds support here. God completes the work he begins (Philippians 1:6). The view that God will never leave you, but you can leave God is not what verse 11 says. Paul rests perseverance on all power according to God's glorious might, leaving no room for man's power. That you have not become an apostate is a miracle of God's omnipotence. D. Joy depends on God's power The catechism's estate of sin and misery is not gloomy. The loss of God's presence was the loss of true joy. Joy apart from God, though real in common grace (Matthew 5:45), is incomplete and counterfeit. Unbelievers are like those in The Matrix, content in ignorance and unaware of their condition. The fallen world is a tragedy within the biblical metanarrative of creation, fall, redemption, and consummation. Salvation is God's power breaking the spell and restoring the joy of his presence in Christ. III. We Please God by Giving Thanks A. The Father qualifies us for the inheritance (Colossians 1:12) Qualify was a Greco-Roman performance word, like an Olympian qualifying for the games, but here God does t

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   18 Oct 2026

   Mysterious Dinner Guests

   Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15 Order of Service Welcome and Announcements Call to Worship — Jeremiah 32:17-19 Hymn — God Is Our Refuge and Our Strength Prayer of Invocation Confession of Faith — Heidelberg Catechism, Q A 1 Scripture Reading — Luke 10:38-42 Hymn — The Lord's My Shepherd Pastoral Prayer Offering Offertory Prayer Hymn — In Christ Alone Prayer of Illumination Scripture Reading — Genesis 18:1-15 Sermon Closing Prayer Hymn — All My Heart This Night Rejoices Benediction Doxology Sermon Title: Mysterious Dinner Guests Scripture: Genesis 18:1-15 Introduction A. Last week's passage (chapter 17) gave the sign of circumcision and the promise that Sarah would bear Isaac, whose name means laughter. Here Sarah laughs. B. The three mysterious men are best understood as three angels, one of whom is Yahweh, the angel of the Lord. This is a theophany, or more precisely a christophany: the Son appearing to the saints before his incarnation. C. We should not shy away from the Bible's mystery. Its restraint, compared with pagan myth that fills in every detail, is a mark of authenticity. D. The encounter has a purpose. The three men serve as a confirming witness to Abraham's faithfulness, a covenant witness to God's faithfulness, and a convicting witness to Sarah's faithlessness. I. A Confirming Witness to the Faithfulness of Abraham A. Abraham's obedience in circumcising his household (chapter 17) is now matched by his faithfulness in hospitality. He runs to meet the guests, bows, and calls them my Lord, recognizing them as men of high honor, and likely recognizing Yahweh among them. He prepares a meal fit for a king, including fresh meat, which was a rare and generous offering in the ancient Near East. The image of the president showing up at your door shows Abraham's eagerness: Sarah, the King of Kings is here! B. Hebrews 13:2 likely has this episode in mind: some have entertained angels unawares. C. Christian hospitality is rarely discussed in the church today, even though Scripture speaks of it often. We live in an isolated age of fortress-like homes, social media, and screens (The Anxious Generation). Hospitality is one of the most effective ways to counter that isolation and offer a world touching only screens the human touch. The preacher is not asking for a hospitality guru, only that we put it on our radar, pray about it, and start small. It can mean simply being visible to neighbors and fellow believers, or being vulnerable enough to receive hospitality. II. A Covenant Witness to the Faithfulness of the Lord A. Unlike the king and queen in The King's Speech, who decline to stay for dinner, the Lord graciously says, Do as you have said. B. The promise is confirmed in the context of a meal. In the ancient Near East a meal ratified and solidified a covenant. The Lord promises, I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife shall have a son. C. The two angels serve as witnesses, in line with Deuteronomy 19:15 and Numbers 35:30. Sarah's denial in verse 15 is legal courtroom language, with Yahweh as judge. D. God goes to great lengths to make Abraham trust his promise. He calls Abraham in Genesis 12. He enacts the covenant by passing through the severed carcasses in Genesis 15. He puts the covenant sign in Abraham's flesh in Genesis 17. Now he dines with Abraham. It is like a candidate who calls personally and then knocks on your door to eat with you. E. Luke 19:5: Jesus tells Zacchaeus, I must stay at your house today. The King of heaven, on his way to die for the sins of the world, has time to dine with sinners. Jesus is always knocking. He wants to assure us of his promises so that we trust him, and so that we may dwell in his home forever. III. A Convicting Witness to the Faithlessness of Sarah A. Sarah, eavesdropping at the tent door, laughs to herself. The

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