Sermon from RN Evans on James 2:13 8/4/18 am – Unlocking the book of James – Mercy triumphs over judgement Extract 13 because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment. Main Points 1  Judgement without mercy 2. Judged by the law of liberty 3. Mercy triumphs over judgement Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 17 All my days I will sing this song of gladness 27 Jesus is Lord, behold the King of kings 524 And can it be that I should gain

Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Kings 18:4 18/2/18 pm –  Elijah’s cry of anguish Extract 4 While Jezebel was killing off the Lord’s prophets, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them in two caves, fifty in each, and had supplied them with food and water.) Main Points 1  Rebuilding the altar 2. A cloud the size of a man’s hand 3. It is enough

Sermon from RN Evans on James 1:17 18/2/18 am – The Father of lights Extract 17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. Main Points 1 What does not come from God 2. What God gives 3. How God is described

Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Kings 18:31 and 19:19 4/2/18 pm – Elijah and Elisha – The place to start Extract 18:31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” 19:19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. Main Points 1  Linking Numbers 2. The significance of 12 3. The significance of 24 Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 150 Thou art the everlasting word 210 Here is love deep as the ocean 783 O thou who camest from above 562 ’tis finished the Messiah dies

Sermon from RN Evans on James 1:5 4/2/18 am – Unlocking the book of James – giving and asking Extract 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. Main Points 1 What we believe 2. What we do 3. Why we do it Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 120 Great is the gospel of our glorious God 14 All heaven declares 378 Jesus shall take the highest honour 27 Jesus is Lord behold the King of Kings 83 Hast thou not know hast thou not seen

Sermon from RN Evans on 1Kings 19:19-21 28/1/18 pm – Revisiting Elijah and Elisha Extract 19 So he departed from there, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he was with the twelfth. Then Elijah passed by him and threw his mantle on him. 20 And he left the oxen and ran after Elijah, and said, “Please let me kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you.” And he said to him, “Go back again, for what have I done to you?” 21 So Elisha turned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen and slaughtered them and boiled their flesh, using the oxen’s equipment, and gave it to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and followed Elijah, and became his servant. Main Points 1 The context of famine 2. Famine and the people of God 3. The word of the Lord Hymns of Praise The hymns the congregation sang at this service were: 100 When all Thy mercies, O my God 123 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 7 Your mercy flows upon us like a river 728 Guide me O Thou great Jehovah

Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Timothy 1:5 21/1/18 am – Five needful things Extract Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, Main Points 1  The purpose of the commandment 2. God has not given us 3. Consider the plank 4.  Encourage one another 5. A way to more happiness

Sermon from A Scully on Matthew 13:31-33 14/1/18 pm – parables of mustard seed and leaven Extract 31 Another parable He put forth to them, saying: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and sowed in his field, 32 which indeed is the least of all the seeds; but when it is grown it is greater than the herbs and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.” 33 Another parable He spoke to them: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till it was all leavened.” Main Points 1 The story 2. The context 3. The meaning

Sermon from RN Evans on 2 Timothy 1:12 7/1/18 pm – Against that day Extract 12 For this reason I also suffer these things; nevertheless I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed and am persuaded that He is able to keep what I have committed to Him until that Day. Main Points 1  What we have committed 2. What He will keep 3. Whom we believe

Sermon from RN Evans on 1 Corinthians 1:9 7/1/18 am – God is Faithful – The context of faithfulness Extract 9 God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Main Points 1  Faithful to fellowship 2. Faithful to forbid 3. Faithful to Forgive