SERMON TOPIC: Our thought life - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 July 2020
Sermon synopsis: Paul exhorts us to develop a Christian thought life. A Christian thought life, is the basis of a life of joy.
Phil 4:4-8. Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! Let your.....
SERMON TOPIC: M2 - CH 12-14 - Effective Bible Study
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 July 2020
Sermon synopsis: How to get to know God’s Word:
- Through hearing
- Through reading
- Through study
- Memorise God's Word
- Meditate on God’s Word
SERMON TOPIC: Our thought life - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 June 2020
Sermon synopsis: A basic lesson of the Christian life is that all sin begins in our thoughts, which the Bible often calls “the heart.”
Jesus said: Mark 7:20-23 What comes out of a person is what defiles them......
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral Brenda
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 June 2020
Sermon synopsis: Are you saved?
- Do you realize that you are a sinner?
- Do you take responsibility for your sin?
- Do you realize who Jesus is?
- Do you confess your faith in Him openly?
SERMON TOPIC: The history of the Bible and Christian Worldview
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 May 2020
Sermon synopsis: Chapter 3. The history of the Bible.
66 Books, written in 3 languages, by 40 Writers, on 3 continents, over 1500 years.
Chapter 4. Christian Worldview.
An atheist would probably say that we.....
SERMON TOPIC: Answering the unbeliever - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 March 2020
Sermon synopsis: Common questions asked when a Christian is confronted by a staunch unbeliever.
1) What about the heathen who haven’t heard the Gospel?
2) What about the sincere Buddhist, Hindu etc?
SERMON TOPIC: Fear and the Fear Of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 February 2020
Sermon synopsis: The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
The Fear of God will keep us from fearing man.
The Fear of God is the whole duty of man.
The Fear of God keeps our spiritual ears open.
The Fear.....
SERMON TOPIC: Outreach and Evangelism
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2020
Sermon synopsis: The root of the word evangelism, evangel, is derived from the Greek word euangelion which is translated good news. From that same word, we derive the word gospel. Many words in English are.....
SERMON TOPIC: Communion with God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 January 2020
Sermon synopsis: The purpose of Salvation is not the forgiveness of your sins. That had to take place to fulfil the purpose of Salvation
The purpose of Salvation is not that you may escape Hell! That is the.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Backslider
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 January 2020
Sermon synopsis: Backsliding, which is otherwise called falling away or committing apostasy, is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Biblical God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 December 2019
Sermon synopsis: God’s Word tells us that believing in the real true God of the Bible is not enough to secure Salvation, let alone believing in some false god, or some non existent god, that is just the figment of.....
SERMON TOPIC: But God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 December 2019
Sermon synopsis: “But God” are two of the most wonderful and powerful words in the Bible because holiness is not the way to Jesus, Jesus is the way to holiness.
Eph 2:1-7 And you were dead in the trespasses and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Pardon and forgiveness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 October 2019
Sermon synopsis: Micah 7:18-19 Who is a God like you, who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of his inheritance? You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. You will again have.....
SERMON TOPIC: Walking in the Light
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 October 2019
Sermon synopsis: John 8:12. When Jesus spoke again to the people, he said, I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.
SERMON TOPIC: The Body and Blood of Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 September 2019
Sermon synopsis: French philosopher Voltaire and American President John Adams are famous for their criticisms of Christianity because they thought it was a “bloody religion,” with all its wars, its frequent mention.....
SERMON TOPIC: Walking in the Spirit vs walking in the Flesh
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 September 2019
Sermon synopsis: Amalek was a type of the flesh and that they were the first enemy that the Israelites encountered when they fled Egypt. The battle was not won in the valley but on the mountain as Aaron and Hur held.....
SERMON TOPIC: Prayer and Generational curses
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 August 2019
Sermon synopsis: Let’s consider the topic of “Christian superstition”. Perhaps some of us would not be too keen to admit that we are superstitious, but I’ve encountered quite a number of Christians that have been.....
SERMON TOPIC: Sin and the Law
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 August 2019
Sermon synopsis: Our victory does not lie in trying to please God in the flesh, that is the essence of the Law and it falls into the category of Religion and not New Life, it is Reformation and not Regeneration, it.....
SERMON TOPIC: Prayer and faith
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 August 2019
Sermon synopsis: How do our prayers and God’s sovereignty and will relate, and are we able to command apart from God’s will.
If “binding and loosing”, “pleading the blood” and all that type of thing were.....
SERMON TOPIC: A wasted life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 August 2019
Sermon synopsis: Aroma played a significant role in Jewish worship. How do you we smell in God’s nostrils?
2 Corinthians 2:14-15. But thanks be to God, who always leads us as captives in Christ’s triumphal.....
SERMON TOPIC: Prayer and the name of Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 August 2019
Sermon synopsis: Certain things that have crept into the Church that have corrupted and mystified prayer and Spiritual Warfare and made our prayer lives ineffective.
- Traditions
- Vain repetitions
- Formulas or.....
SERMON TOPIC: Sin and the sinner
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 July 2019
Sermon synopsis: We have all sinned: Romans 3:9- 18 & 23. We are not sinners because we sin, we sin because we are sinners.
God's solution for our sin problem was for Jesus to live a sinless life and to die so.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Corrie Becker
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 July 2019
Sermon synopsis: We glory in strength and power, but God thinks differently and works differently.
We frown on death and weakness but God uses it for His Glory. The cross does not appeal or make.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Discipline of solitude
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 June 2019
Sermon synopsis: Solitude is not a bad thing, in fact it is a very necessary thing for a Christian.
The Discipline of Solitude is the practice of our "waiting for God". This is an aspect of private prayer and.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Baptism in the Holy Spirit
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 June 2019
Sermon synopsis: Feast of Passover: “Peace with God”.
Feast of Unleavened bread & Feast of First Fruits: “Peace of God”.
Feast of Pentecost: “Power of God”.
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Lynn Cameron
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 June 2019
Sermon synopsis: Death is not a popular topic of conversation and people in general avoid having to deal with it. We cannot however avoid death as somewhere along the line we are confronted with our own mortality,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Faithfulness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 June 2019
Sermon synopsis: You do not have to worry about whether or not you will succeed. That's God's business. Yours is to be faithful.
Oxford dictionary: Faithful: Loyal, trustworthy.
Someone said, that simply put,.....
SERMON TOPIC: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 May 2019
Sermon synopsis: Doctrine and Unity are both important.
Ephesians 4:2-3 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the.....
SERMON TOPIC: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 May 2019
Sermon synopsis: Ephesians 5:4-6 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all.
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Elize Mathiesen
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 May 2019
Sermon synopsis: Our idea as humans of what is good and what is evil is very different from what God says is good and what is evil.
Modern psychology states that man is inherently good and that a person’s.....
SERMON TOPIC: Answering your accusers
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 April 2019
Sermon synopsis: 1 Peter 3:9-17. Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult.
On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. For, Whoever would.....
SERMON TOPIC: Saving Faith
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 March 2019
Sermon synopsis: You are saved by faith.
You cannot be saved by works.
Romans 4:1-5 NKJV What then shall we say that Abraham our father has found according to the.....
SERMON TOPIC: False prophets and fake Christianity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 March 2019
Sermon synopsis: Matthew 24:24 For false messiahs and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.
South Africa has in recent months seen an increase.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's Word - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 February 2019
Sermon synopsis: The three most basic Christian truths
1. God actually exists.
2. He has revealed Himself in a way that is understandable to people.
3. His revelation has been preserved for us in the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis - The effects of Adams disobedience
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 February 2019
Sermon synopsis: Man died spiritually.
Man faced physical death as he was banished from Eden. (God placed a guard at the garden of Eden.)
Adam’s sin affected the animal kingdom.
Adam’s sin affected the.....
SERMON TOPIC: A pure heart
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 February 2019
Sermon synopsis: Matthew 5:3 & 8.
Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven....
Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
SERMON TOPIC: Humility
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 January 2019
Sermon synopsis: Definition of humility: The quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance.
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my.....
SERMON TOPIC: Unconditional love
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 January 2019
Sermon synopsis: 1 John 3:16-18 This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees.....
SERMON TOPIC: Givers and Takers
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 December 2018
Sermon synopsis: Tithes pre-dated the Law.
Genesis 14:18-20. And Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. (He was priest of God Most High.) And he blessed him and said, “Blessed be Abram by God Most.....
SERMON TOPIC: Slavery
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 December 2018
Sermon synopsis: Atheist: "Why do people worship false gods?" asks the people who worship a book that endorses slavery, legitimizes racism, and celebrates genocide. Oh the irony!
Lita Cosner responded:
We don't.....
SERMON TOPIC: Suffering and persecution
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 November 2018
Sermon synopsis: There are three root sources of suffering for us as Christians.
1) Our flesh: (our physical body with its desires, weakened by our sinful nature)
2) The World: (Society, the systems of government.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis and The Sanctity of Life - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 November 2018
Sermon synopsis: Does the Bible endorse capital punishment?
Is abortion wrong?
Is euthanasia wrong?
SERMON TOPIC: The sons of God in Deuteronomy 32v8-9
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 November 2018
Sermon synopsis: Deuteronomy 32:8-9. (NIV) When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the “sons of Israel”......
SERMON TOPIC: Thirst for God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 October 2018
Sermon synopsis: The psalmist wrote about hungering and thirsting for God.
Psalm 107:9 He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things
We must be thirsty and hungry. This is the desire every one.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's Word - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 September 2018
Sermon synopsis: The three most basic Christian truths:
1. God actually exists.
2. He has revealed Himself in a way that is understandable to people.
3. His revelation has been preserved for us in the Bible
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis and The Sanctity of Life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 September 2018
Sermon synopsis: God has given us a free will and all through life we are faced with choices. (Every choice has consequences).
- Does the Bible endorse capital punishment?
- Is abortion wrong?
- Is euthanasia.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis - The tree of the knowledge of good and evil
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 September 2018
Sermon synopsis: Scripture makes it clear that the trees in the Garden of Eden were actual trees, there is no hint that they were meant to be seen as just symbolic.
In Western Christian art, the fruit of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis - Cains Wife
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 31 August 2018
Sermon synopsis: At the historic Scopes Trial in Tennessee in 1925, William Jennings Bryan, the prosecutor who stood for the Christian faith, failed to answer the question about Cain’s wife posed by the ACLU lawyer.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis E - The age of the earth
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 August 2018
Sermon synopsis: The question of the age of the earth has produced heated discussions on Internet debate boards, TV, radio, in classrooms, and in many churches, Christian colleges, and seminaries.
The primary.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis D - Why was there light before the sun was created
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 August 2018
Sermon synopsis: We know today that all it takes to have a day-night cycle is a rotating Earth and light coming from one direction. The Bible tells us clearly that God created light on the first day, as well as the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis C - Who was the author
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 August 2018
Sermon synopsis: Pentateuch means the first five books of the Bible. These books are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy. The word Pentateuch comes from two Greek words that mean "five books" or.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Trinity in Genesis
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 August 2018
Sermon synopsis: God: This is the ancient Hebrew word Elohim. Grammatically it is a plural word used as if it were singular. The verbs and pronouns used with Elohim should be in the plural, but when Elohim refers to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Genesis - A - Why was it written
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 July 2018
Sermon synopsis: Adam is an important person in the Gospel narrative.
But did he really exist? Was he a historical person or not?
We saw in our last study that taking Genesis literally is foundational to the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Giving an answer for your Hope
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 July 2018
Sermon synopsis: 1 Peter 3:15 In your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Allan Fleet
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 July 2018
Sermon synopsis: James 4:13-16 Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money. Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow......
SERMON TOPIC: God's Glory - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 July 2018
Sermon synopsis: Jesus came for God’s Glory?
John 17:4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.
Healing and miracles are for God’s Glory?
John 2:11 What Jesus did here in.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's Glory
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 June 2018
Sermon synopsis: Jesus came for God’s Glory.
Who was John the Baptist?
John 1:25-26 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” John.....
SERMON TOPIC: Our heart
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 May 2018
Sermon synopsis: God sees us as we really are.
1 Samuel 16:7 Man looks at the outward appearance, but I look at the heart.
God’s assessment of the human heart
Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all.....
SERMON TOPIC: Godly reminders
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 May 2018
Sermon synopsis: Deut 8:10-20. When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you. Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his.....
SERMON TOPIC: Where God wants you to be
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 April 2018
Sermon synopsis: To do what God wants you to do, you have to be what God wants you to be, where God wants you to be.
- Who are you?
- Where are you?
- What are you doing?
- Are you content with being busy or.....
SERMON TOPIC: Which Jesus do you serve
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 April 2018
Sermon synopsis: October 19, 2017 – John Stonestreet Who is Jesus?
It’s a foundational question, and one many Christians struggle to answer.
In Matthew 16, Jesus asks His disciples, “Who do.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's faithfulness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 March 2018
Sermon synopsis: 2 Tim 2:11-13 Here is a trustworthy saying
If we died with him, we will also live with him;
if we endure, we will also reign with him.
If we disown him, he will also disown us;
if we are.....
SERMON TOPIC: Spiritual blindness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 February 2018
Sermon synopsis: Scripture often employs the imagery of blindness to describe the spiritual condition of persons who are either unable or unwilling to perceive divine revelation.
The things of God are perceived.....
SERMON TOPIC: Evangelism
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 February 2018
Sermon synopsis: Evangelism is the commitment to or act of preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the message and teachings of Jesus Christ.
SERMON TOPIC: Someone who cares
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 January 2018
Sermon synopsis: Have you ever heard the saying “Tell someone who cares” Well take comfort because God our Father cares.
Matt 6:25-34 Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or.....
SERMON TOPIC: Joy
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 January 2018
Sermon synopsis: People try to find joy in many areas of life; relationships, work, money etc, however, true joy can only be found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
John 15:5-11 I am the vine; you are the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Sharpening your axe
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 December 2017
Sermon synopsis: "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe." - Abraham Lincoln
Hard work, determination and energy can accomplish only so much. Sometimes what a.....
SERMON TOPIC: Encouragement and discouragement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 October 2017
Sermon synopsis: What is encouragement?
Oxford Dictionary: To give hope or confidence or stimulus.
Vines Gk noun: Paraklesis IE: a calling to one’s side, same as comforter or burden bearer.
1 Thessalonians.....
SERMON TOPIC: Truth and deception
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 October 2017
Sermon synopsis: Any Christian who is not on their guard can be deceived.
2 Cor 11:3-4 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your.....
SERMON TOPIC: Unity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 September 2017
Sermon synopsis: If you don’t think that unity is vital, consider this.
- Jesus prayed for unity.
John 17:11 & 20-23. I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 9b
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 September 2017
Sermon synopsis: The 4 types of conscience:
1) A good/clear conscience
2) A guilty conscience
3) A weak conscience (legalistic)
4) A depraved mind or seared, corrupt conscience
How do you know the difference.....
SERMON TOPIC: Repentance
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 August 2017
Sermon synopsis: True repentance is a gift of God. ---- Acts 5:31.
Repentance follows Godly sorrow. ---- 2 Corinthians 7:9-10.
Humility accompanies true repentance. ---- Job 42:1-6.
A hatred of sin accompanies.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 9
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 July 2017
Sermon synopsis: To a great extent, it is our human conscience that defines who we are. Morals and moral codes are not enough to keep humans on the right path. Not even the law can do that all the time......
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 8b
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 July 2017
Sermon synopsis: The true identity of Jesus Christ is more important to our eternal destiny than any other single factor.
Matthew 16:13-18 When Jesus came to the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 8a
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 July 2017
Sermon synopsis: Knowing Jesus isn’t about Church attendance, hearing or reading about him or even seeing him.
Luke 13:23-28 Someone asked him, Lord, are only a few people going to be saved? He said to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Mashel William Malabaro
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 June 2017
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk uprightly.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 7
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 June 2017
Sermon synopsis: God has a blueprint for the life of His children.
Ephesians 5:8-17 For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Berkley Watt
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 May 2017
Sermon synopsis: Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Charlotte Bate
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 May 2017
Sermon synopsis: James 4:13-16 Now listen, you who say, Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money. Why, you do not even know what will happen.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 6
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 April 2017
Sermon synopsis: 2 Peter 3:9 God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.
Jesus' involvement in seeing this accomplished, culminated in His going to the.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 5 - Mans free will
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 April 2017
Sermon synopsis: Genesis 1:26-27 Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 4
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 April 2017
Sermon synopsis: God has commanded us to pray.
"Pray for those who persecute you" –Matthew 5:44
"And when you pray …" –Matthew 6:5
"This, then, is how you should pray …" –Matthew 6:9
"Be joyful in hope, patient.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 March 2017
Sermon synopsis: A checklist to determine God’s will for us.
- Have I been obedient to the guidance God has already given me?
- Am I willing to give up my personal desires to do God’s will?
- What does God’s Word.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 February 2017
Sermon synopsis: Before revealing His plans to each person, God asks that certain "prerequisites" be met.
- A total surrender is needed to know God’s perfect will.
- You have to separate yourself from the.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's will and our desires
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 February 2017
Sermon synopsis: What do you want to see most in your life this year?
What do you want to see most in your church this year?
What do you want to see most in your work environment this year?
What do you want to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Sin and Grace
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 January 2017
Sermon synopsis: We do not have to look far to find sin, it is within each and everyone of us.
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it.....
SERMON TOPIC: Building the Church - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 December 2016
Sermon synopsis: What is the Church? Many people today understand the church as a building.This is not Biblical . The word “church” comes from the Greek word ekklesia which is defined as “an assembly” or “called-out.....
SERMON TOPIC: Building the Church - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 November 2016
Sermon synopsis: Many people today understand the church as a building.
his is not a biblical understanding of the church. The word “church” comes from the Greek word ekklesia which is defined as “an assembly” or.....
SERMON TOPIC: Building the Church - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 November 2016
Sermon synopsis: Many people today understand the church as a building.This is not a biblical understanding of the church. The word “church” comes from the Greek word ekklesia which is defined as “an assembly” or.....
SERMON TOPIC: Biblical Leadership
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 October 2016
Sermon synopsis: For much of the written history of Christianity, episcopal government was the only known form of church organization. This changed at the Reformation. Many Protestant churches are now organized by.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Sabbath test
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 October 2016
Sermon synopsis: There are some Christians who may be “sleeping on the job.” If so, this message is not to comfort them. The “rest” we are talking about is not the kind that you find a couple of weeks in the summer,.....
SERMON TOPIC: The test of Mt Sinai
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 September 2016
Sermon synopsis: The test of Mt Sinai is about hearing from God first-hand.
Exodus 20:18-20 When the people saw the thunder and lightning and heard the trumpet and saw the mountain in smoke, they trembled with.....
SERMON TOPIC: Faith vs Works
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 August 2016
Sermon synopsis: Sola fide, also known as the doctrine of justification by faith alone.
The doctrine of sola fide or "by faith alone" asserts God's pardon for guilty sinners is granted to and received through.....
SERMON TOPIC: The test of Amalek
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 31 July 2016
Sermon synopsis: Amalek was a type of the flesh. He was descended from Esau; and Esau represented the carnal nature.
Exodus 17:10-11 So Joshua fought the Amalekites as Moses had ordered, and Moses, Aaron.....
SERMON TOPIC: Sam Ennis memorial
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 July 2016
Sermon synopsis: Sam was born in 1932 in Belfast, at the Royal Victoria Hospital. He lived his early life in a small, terraced home with his grandparents in East Belfast. His first job as a teenager was.....
SERMON TOPIC: The test of Massah and Meribah
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 July 2016
Sermon synopsis: Grumbling is questioning and testing God. We put God to the test when we grumble and complain and try get God to do our will instead of His, by quoting Scripture out of context.
Ex 17:7 And he.....
SERMON TOPIC: The test of Manna, the bread of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 May 2016
Sermon synopsis: Nehemiah 9:15-21 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock; you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with.....
SERMON TOPIC: The test of bitterness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 May 2016
Sermon synopsis: Many professing Christians have not entered the abundant life that Jesus Christ promised to His followers.
Their testimony is not one of gain, but of loss, their spiritual life is fore shadowed in.....
SERMON TOPIC: Priorities
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 April 2016
Sermon synopsis: Priorities, the simple dictionary definition: Something that is more important than other things and that needs to be done or dealt with first.
Procrastination is the avoidance of doing a task.....
SERMON TOPIC: Barabbas or Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 March 2016
Sermon synopsis: Jesus was forsaken by the crowds He ministered to and healed.
They chose Barabbas over Him.
Sadly it is still the same today, when people are sick or someone has lost their job or someone is.....
SERMON TOPIC: Removing the grave clothes
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 March 2016
Sermon synopsis: When we are born-again , brought to life by the Spirit of God, we are still bound and inhibited by things that pertain to our unsaved life, the life of darkness and death.
The Lord wants us to.....
SERMON TOPIC: The resurrected life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 February 2016
Sermon synopsis: Colossians 2:11-12 In him you were also circumcised with a circumcision not performed by human hands. Your whole self ruled by the flesh was put off when you were circumcised by Christ, having been.....
SERMON TOPIC: Change
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2016
Sermon synopsis: We will never change the world by going to church, we will only change the world by being the Church.
We have just gone into a new year, resolutions were made & many have been.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Nancy Small
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 January 2016
Sermon synopsis: Funeral service of Nancy Small.
SERMON TOPIC: Death to self
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 January 2016
Sermon synopsis: Jesus said there are two great commandments, one of which is to "love your neighbour as yourself" (Matt 22:34-40). But if we say we can't love others until we love ourselves, we are essentially.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Peace of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 December 2015
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 9:6-7 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of.....
SERMON TOPIC: The broad road and the narrow road
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 December 2015
Sermon synopsis: The funeral service of Marion Greene.
Matthew 7:13-14 Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is.....
SERMON TOPIC: The cost of following Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 November 2015
Sermon synopsis: Nowadays in the West there is often not a great price to pay for the act of being baptized, there is of course the risk of being alienated by friends and family but in the 1500’s, when adult.....
SERMON TOPIC: Self examination
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 November 2015
Sermon synopsis: 2 Corinthians 3:18 And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
SERMON TOPIC: Sin
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 November 2015
Sermon synopsis: The Biblical definition of sin is very different to the ideas that many have that confines sin to merely bad things that a person does, like lying stealing, sexual sin or murder.
The topic of sin.....
SERMON TOPIC: Structural Leadership
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 October 2015
Sermon synopsis: The different forms of government in Christian churches, with variations on each are.
(1) Episcopal
(2) Presbyterian
(3) Congregational
- Single elder/pastor led
- Democratic congregational
-.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Linda Oelofse
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 September 2015
Sermon synopsis: When life caves in, you do not need reasons, you need comfort. You do not need some answers; you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation; he comes to us with his presence......
SERMON TOPIC: Hope
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 September 2015
Sermon synopsis: Heb 11:1 Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Your faith can be defined by what you hope for, with that in mind ask yourself these questions:
-.....
SERMON TOPIC: Good and evil
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 August 2015
Sermon synopsis: Our idea as humans of what is good and what is evil is very different from what God says is good and what is evil. Modern psychology states that man is inherently good and that a person’s upbringing.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Fear Of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 July 2015
Sermon synopsis: Contrary to the loving, gentle Jesus that wouldn't harm a fly, the Bible paints a very different picture of the God that has made us in His own image and bought us with His own blood. .....
SERMON TOPIC: Our Mission
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 June 2015
Sermon synopsis: Let me introduce my message today with two questions.
1) Do you consider yourself a true Christian, meaning "a Disciple of Christ Jesus" who is compelled by God's love to do his will?
2) What is.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Sandra Mclaughlin
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 June 2015
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. Those who walk.....
SERMON TOPIC: Encouragement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 May 2015
Sermon synopsis:
What is encouragement?
Oxford Dictionary: To give hope or confidence or stimulus.
Vines Gk noun: Paraklesis IE: a calling to one’s side, same as comforter or burden bearer.
1 Thess 5:11.....
SERMON TOPIC: What is wrong with Christians
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 April 2015
Sermon synopsis: To convert is to be “born again.” At the moment of conversion, the converted person is filled with the Holy Spirit and begins a journey of turning away from sin and beginning to worship and serve.....
SERMON TOPIC: Praise and worship
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 April 2015
Sermon synopsis: Although there are things that can be done to enhance corporate worship, there is a profound sense in which excellent worship cannot be attained merely by pursuing excellent worship. In the same way.....
SERMON TOPIC: The love of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 April 2015
Sermon synopsis: 1 John 4:16 And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them.
And so we know.. The love God has for us.
Do you know God’s.....
SERMON TOPIC: The feast of trumpets
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 April 2015
Sermon synopsis: Rosh Hashanah or Jewish New Year is called the Feast of Trumpets in the Bible because it begins the Jewish High Holy Days and Ten Days of Repentance with the blowing of the ram's horn, the shofar,.....
SERMON TOPIC: The marks of discipleship
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 March 2015
Sermon synopsis: Disciple (the Greek word) is used 269 times in the Gospels and the book of Acts.
- A disciple is a learner.
- A disciple is a follower.
Unless there is a love for the Lord that surpasses.....
SERMON TOPIC: Authority
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 February 2015
Sermon synopsis: Jeremiah 5:31 The prophets prophesy lies, the priests rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?
Without wanting to take away from the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Death
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 February 2015
Sermon synopsis: Death is man’s final appointment on earth. Death is not a popular topic of conversation and people in general avoid having to deal with it and either embrace the lie that everyone goes to heaven.....
SERMON TOPIC: Gratitude versus entitlement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 January 2015
Sermon synopsis: Entitlement:The belief that one is inherently deserving of privileges or special treatment.
Sunday Tribune (28 Dec 2014) Wolf Bernhardt writes society’s sense of taking what we believe is.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Feast of Tabernacles
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 December 2014
Sermon synopsis: The two most important ceremonies of the Feast of Tabernacles -pouring out of water drawn from the pool of Siloam, and the illumination of the Temple were both of post-Mosaic origin. These referred.....
SERMON TOPIC: Knowing God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 December 2014
Sermon synopsis: Apprehending God (Pursuit of God by A W Tozer):
It was Canon Holmes, of India, who more than twenty five years ago called attention to the inferential character of the average man's faith in God......
SERMON TOPIC: Greece 2014 Vision Tour
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 November 2014
Sermon synopsis: Feedback from Ken, Bev, Brenda and Lynne on the Greece 2014 Vision Tour with Hellenic Ministries.
SERMON TOPIC: Radical Christianity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 November 2014
Sermon synopsis: Radical is a term that is used in a very negative way nowadays. If you live a radical life as a Christian, you are called a fanatic, but how does God want us to live, is He happy with a half-hearted.....
SERMON TOPIC: Belonging to God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 October 2014
Sermon synopsis: Now if you are a professing Christian there should be no argument about the fact that you belong to God. He not only created you but he bought you back from the slave-market of sin.
Romans 12:1-2.....
SERMON TOPIC: Judgement, Resurrection - The End Time Feasts
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 September 2014
Sermon synopsis: Understanding the Doctrines of the Resurrection of the dead and Judgement that awaits each one of us is crucial and foundational as a Christian and it helps to understand future events more clearly.
SERMON TOPIC: Blood Moons - The End Time Feasts - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 September 2014
Sermon synopsis: Joel 2:31 and Acts 2:20. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord.
On April 15, 2014, there was a total lunar.....
SERMON TOPIC: Blood Moons and The Feast of Trumpets
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 July 2014
Sermon synopsis: A look at the typology of the Feast of Trumpets and the Rapture of the church - and the phenomenon of the Blood Moons.
Leviticus 23:23-25 The Lord said to Moses, Say to the Israelites: On the.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Feast of Pentecost
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 July 2014
Sermon synopsis: The Feast of Passover: had to do with “Peace with God”
The Feast of Unleavened bread and Feast of First Fruits: had to do with the “Peace of God”
The Feast of The Feast of Pentecost: has to do.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Feast of First Fruits
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 June 2014
Sermon synopsis: The Feast of First-fruits, on the 17th day of Nisan, was a celebration of the harvest, when a sheaf representing the very first of the harvest was waved before the Lord, as a symbolic gesture that.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Feast of Unleavened bread
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 May 2014
Sermon synopsis: Unleavened Bread (Leviticus 23:6)
Pointed to the Messiah’s sinless life (as leaven is a picture of sin in the Bible) making Him the perfect sacrifice for our sins.
Jesus’ body was in the grave.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Feast of Passover
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 May 2014
Sermon synopsis: Leviticus 23:4 On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover.
The Hebrew word "Pesach" means to pass over, to exempt or to spare. Passover, which begins on the 14th.....
SERMON TOPIC: The cares of this life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 April 2014
Sermon synopsis: ARE THE CARES OF THIS LIFE WEIGHING YOU DOWN? GOD SAYS WE SHOULD CAST ALL OF THEM ON HIM.
1 PETER 5:6-7 (AMP) THEREFORE, HUMBLE YOURSELVES UNDER THE MIGHTY HAND OF GOD, THAT IN DUE TIME HE MAY.....
SERMON TOPIC: Blaming others
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 March 2014
Sermon synopsis: Accepting responsibility for your sin is vital.
Passing the buck is an expression said to have originated from poker. A marker or counter (e.g., a knife with a buckhorn handle during the American.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Ellen Sahling
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 March 2014
Sermon synopsis: 2 Timothy 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
Ellen made the decision to acknowledge Christ as her .....
SERMON TOPIC: The Army of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 March 2014
Sermon synopsis: 1 Tim 6:12 Fight the good fight of faith.
2 Tim 4:7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race...
1 Tim 1:18-20 Timothy, my son, here are my instructions for you, based on the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipline
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 February 2014
Sermon synopsis: Hebrews 12:4-12
In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have you completely forgotten this word of encouragement that addresses you as a.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral of Nick Georgakis
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 February 2014
Sermon synopsis: When life caves in, you do not need reasons, you need comfort. You do not need some answers; you need someone. And Jesus does not come to us with an explanation; he comes to us with his presence. We.....
SERMON TOPIC: Love
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2014
Sermon synopsis: In one of the most powerful and poetic chapters of the Bible, 1 Corinthians 13, the apostle Paul describes the sort of love Christians are meant to embody:
"Love suffers long and is kind; love.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's witnesses
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 January 2014
Sermon synopsis: God has given us many witnesses:
1) Creation
2) Our conscience
3) God's Word
4) Preachers
5) Every Christian
SERMON TOPIC: God's gift
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 December 2013
Sermon synopsis: John 3:16-17 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world .....
SERMON TOPIC: The Body of Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 December 2013
Sermon synopsis: Ephesians 4:11-16 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hunger for God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 November 2013
Sermon synopsis: The Lord has given us a variety of appetites, which are essential for our physical survival. But He has also created within our hearts a hunger that is spiritual. David was a man who recognized and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Grace
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 November 2013
Sermon synopsis: Do you know the Jesus who stands with arms open to embrace those broken and enslaved by sin, if not, which Jesus are you trusting in?
God’s grace accepts us as we are, but it does not leave us as.....
SERMON TOPIC: Dedication
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: A Baby Dedication is a ceremony in which believing parents, and sometimes entire families, make a commitment before the Lord to submit a child to God's will and to raise that child according to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Choices
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: God has given us a free will and all through life we are faced with choices.
Every choice has consequences, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
Our choices are motivated by our priorities.
The.....
SERMON TOPIC: Altars and sacrifices
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 September 2013
Sermon synopsis: The altar is not the table or pulpit up front or the offering bag, the altar is your heart, and before the sacrifice means
anything and is acceptable, the altar must be clean.
1 Kings 18:30 Then.....
SERMON TOPIC: Success or Faithfulness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 August 2013
Sermon synopsis: It seems like every time I flip through the channels on the TV, I come across endless numbers of "preachers" with the same old "health and wealth" message. It’s sad. They convince people that.....
SERMON TOPIC: Generational and bloodline curses
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Let us now look at blood line curses and generational curses.
Deuteronomy 5:9. is where the root of this issue starts and it’s also mentioned in Exodus 20.
Both of these are accounts of the Ten.....
SERMON TOPIC: Counterfeit Christianity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Galatians 3:6-10 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel which is really no gospel at all......
SERMON TOPIC: Counterfeit Christianity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 July 2013
Sermon synopsis: Galatians 3:6-10 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel which is really no gospel at all......
SERMON TOPIC: Security
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 June 2013
Sermon synopsis: People find security in a country with a good economy and low crime rate.
Isaiah 8:11-13. This is what the Lord says to me with his strong hand upon me, warning me not to follow the way of this.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral of Michael Chinsamy
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 May 2013
Sermon synopsis: God’s perspective on death.
Psalm 116:15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful servants.
Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; the devout are.....
SERMON TOPIC: Serving Ministry
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 April 2013
Sermon synopsis: There is a word in Pentecostal and Charismatic circles that has become a dirty word... “WORK”.
However there is no way of getting away from the fact that God’s purpose for us is not to sit around.....
SERMON TOPIC: Love in marriage
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 April 2013
Sermon synopsis: We all as humans need to be loved and it is no wonder because we are made in God’s image and God is love, He does not love, He is love, it is His very essence.
SERMON TOPIC: Money
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 March 2013
Sermon synopsis: When you talk about money in a secular environment i.e.
the outside world, people's eyes light up and you have their attention. When you speak about money in the Church people get uncomfortable.....
SERMON TOPIC: Our responsibility to the poor
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 March 2013
Sermon synopsis: In the world today, more than 6 billion people live. If this world were shrunk to the size of a village of 100 people, what would it look like?
Of the 100 people in this village - 20 are.....
SERMON TOPIC: Setting the captives free
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 February 2013
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 61:1 He has sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release for the prisoners. Jesus' purpose in coming to redeem mankind went a lot further than this, he came to set us free from.....
SERMON TOPIC: Fasting and Prayer
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 January 2013
Sermon synopsis: Isaiah 58:1-11
Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Church is sick
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 December 2012
Sermon synopsis: What does a sick church look like? How can we recognize one when we spot one?
We want to be cautious in treading here. The last thing we hope to do is discourage our brethren.
Our only reason for.....
SERMON TOPIC: What are you doing
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 November 2012
Sermon synopsis: James 1:22-25. Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a.....
SERMON TOPIC: Where are you
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 October 2012
Sermon synopsis: WHO ARE YOU?
We saw that who we are is far more important than what we do, and in fact what we do, should flow from a life that is surrendered to Christ.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
Activity, and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Good people go to hell
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Now right up front let me clarify that I did not title this ministry “All good people go to Hell” and in fact I could have used a title “Bad people go to Heaven” but once again I would have.....
SERMON TOPIC: FIRST PRINCIPLES- Laying on of hands
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Heb 6:1 Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,
2.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipleship and Discipline - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 September 2012
Sermon synopsis: Marks of Spiritual Maturity.
- Christ is seen in you.
- A solid knowledge of Biblical truth.
- A constant readiness to witness (not argue) on the basis of good example.
- Walking in the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipleship and Discipline - Part 4
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 August 2012
Sermon synopsis: Discipline with regards to praying and reading God's Word.
You will be able to see a person who spends time with the Lord
Exodus 34:29-35.
When Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipleship and Discipline - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: Being disciplined with your time.
Take inventory of your activities.
24Hr’s a day.
Sleep 8.
Work 9.
Meals 2.
Total 19.
How do you use the remaining 5 hours?
How.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipleship and Discipline
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 July 2012
Sermon synopsis: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27.
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize. Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict.....
SERMON TOPIC: Pentecost
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 May 2012
Sermon synopsis: Jesus has fulfilled the Old Testament Feasts:
- Jesus our Passover Lamb has died.
- Jesus has taken away the leaven (sin of the world)
- Jesus has risen as the first-fruits of the resurrection.....
SERMON TOPIC: The marriage feast of the Lamb
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: Most couples are looking for a marriage that will last and bring happiness!
It is referred to as a "marriage or match made in heaven.”
However while some marriages may have been made in heaven,.....
SERMON TOPIC: A sweet smelling savour
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 April 2012
Sermon synopsis: Text: Philippians 4:18,19.
I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.
But my God.....
SERMON TOPIC: Taste and see that the Lord is good
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 March 2012
Sermon synopsis: Psalm 19:9-10.
The decrees of the LORD are firm, and all of them are righteous.
They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Wedding - Emanuel and Jackie
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 March 2012
Sermon synopsis: There is no escaping the importance of love in the life of the Christian and the Church, but because Hollywood has distorted the concept that many have of love we need to look at God’s Word to get.....
SERMON TOPIC: Touching God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 March 2012
Sermon synopsis: We have looked at hearing God and seeing God, today I want us to look at touching God.
We saw in Scripture that there are those who have ears but don’t hear and who have eyes but don’t see.
Today.....
SERMON TOPIC: Seeing God's face
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 February 2012
Sermon synopsis: Jesus said the Pharisees were blind leaders of the blind.
So clearly self righteousness blinds us from seeing ourselves as we really are and subsequently God cannot reveal himself to us.
We don’t.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hearing God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 January 2012
Sermon synopsis: Mark 4:23-25 He who has ears to hear let him hear. Consider carefully what you hear, with the measure you use it will be given to you and even more. He who hears will be given more, he who does not.....
SERMON TOPIC: Vision
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 December 2011
Sermon synopsis: Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish.
If your vision dies, you die.
The renowned blind lady Helen Keller when asked what is worse than being blind replied:
“To be able to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Fellowship
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 November 2011
Sermon synopsis: The 4 vital ingredients in the early Church are found in Acts 2:41,42.
Those who accepted his message were baptised, and about three thousand were added to their number that day.
They devoted.....
SERMON TOPIC: The heart of man
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 October 2011
Sermon synopsis: Proverbs 4:3 Guard your heart with diligence for it is the wellspring of life.
From the scriptures we can see that there is a dire need for us to guard our hearts and keep them on track.
REMEMBER:.....
SERMON TOPIC: Godly sorrow
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 7:8 Even if I caused you sorrow by my letter, I do not regret it. Though I did regret it - I see that my letter hurt you, but only for a little while - 9 yet now I am happy, not because you.....
SERMON TOPIC: Revival
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: In it's truest sense, revival is to bring back to life that which once was alive before.
SERMON TOPIC: Being an example
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: Children from the ages of 1 - 7 learn by imprinting.
Children from the ages of 8 – 13 learn from role models.
From the ages of 14 – 20 your value system is tested by peer pressure.
By the age of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Light and darkness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: Eph 4:17 So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 18 They are darkened in their understanding and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Freedom from captivity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: Luke 4:16 He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. And he stood up to read. 17 The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hearing from God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: 1 Sam 1:12 As she kept on praying to the LORD, Eli observed her mouth. 13 Hannah was praying in her heart, and her lips were moving but her voice was not heard. Eli thought she was drunk 14 and said.....
SERMON TOPIC: Deception - Exchanging the truth for a lie
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: Rom 1:25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator - who is forever praised. Amen. 26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful.....
SERMON TOPIC: Miracles, Signs, Wonders and Healing
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: While the Scriptures teach about miracles, signs and wonders they must be kept in perspective.
The cross must always be foremost because signs and wonders don't change hard hearts.
An overemphasis.....
SERMON TOPIC: The fool
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: 1 Corinthians 1:20-27.
Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For since, in the wisdom of God, the world.....
SERMON TOPIC: The lost and the saved
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: The Biblical perspective of what it means to be lost and why we need to be saved.
Luke 15:7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than.....
SERMON TOPIC: Self or Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: Mark 8:31 He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three.....
SERMON TOPIC: Condemnation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 September 2011
Sermon synopsis: John 8:3 The teachers of the law and the Pharisees brought in a woman caught in adultery. They made her stand before the group 4 and said to Jesus, "Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Gossip and the tongue
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 August 2011
Sermon synopsis: Words unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead, but even God can’t kill them when they are said.
SERMON TOPIC: Born Again Christians
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 August 2011
Sermon synopsis: "Born again" is a phrase we have heard about in a bad light more often than a good light in the secular world and press.
Let us look at scripture to see if this is biblical and if and why it is.....
SERMON TOPIC: Funeral - Rose Sabie
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 July 2011
Sermon synopsis: Funeral of Rose Sabie.
SERMON TOPIC: The tongue
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 July 2011
Sermon synopsis: James 3:2 We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check.
3 When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make.....
SERMON TOPIC: The cares of this life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 July 2011
Sermon synopsis: Matt 13:18-19 And others are the ones sown among thorns. They are those who hear the word, but the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of riches and the desires for other things enter in and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Salvation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 July 2011
Sermon synopsis: Salvation doesn't only begin at Calvary; it continues at Calvary and it ends at Calvary. We never move away from Calvary.
SERMON TOPIC: Missions and ministry
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 July 2011
Sermon synopsis: A look at the importance of "works of service" in the light of missions and ministry.
Ephesians 4:11-12 It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, some to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Fasting
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 June 2011
Sermon synopsis: The physical & spiritual benefits of fasting.
Isa 58:3 "'Why have we fasted,' they say, 'and you have not seen it? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you have not noticed?'
"Yet on the day of.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Bible - Part 4 - What are you doing with the Bible
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 June 2011
Sermon synopsis: Are you using the Bible to try get God to do what you want?
In Matthew 4:5-6 we see that this type of manipulation is not new. Satan used it in his temptation of Jesus in the wilderness when he.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Bible - Part 3 - What are you doing with the Bible
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 May 2011
Sermon synopsis: A comparison of the Qumran manuscript of Isaiah with the Massoretic text revealed them to be extremely close in accuracy to each other. A comparison of Isaiah 53 shows that only 17 letters differ.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Bible - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: Revelation: Jesus is "A Saviour."
Illumination: Jesus is "The Saviour."
Appropriation: Jesus is "My Saviour."
SERMON TOPIC: Destiny
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: John 12:24 I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
SERMON TOPIC: The backslider
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: James 4:1 What causes fights and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from your desires that battle within you? 2 You want something but don’t get it. You kill and covet, but you cannot have what you.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Bible - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 March 2011
Sermon synopsis: The three most basic Christian truths are:
(1) God actually exists.
(2) He has revealed Himself in a way that is understandable to people.
(3) His revelation has been preserved for us in the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you and what are you doing - AGF Sat 12 Feb 2011
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: In “The 21 Laws of Leadership” John C. Maxwell talks of the ‘Law of magnetism’ where the layers of an onion are used to indicate our own and others perception of ourselves:
(1) How others see.....
SERMON TOPIC: Judgements and resurrections
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: Hebrews 6:1-3
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from acts that lead to death, and of faith in God,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Dont offend
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: Luke 17:1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his.....
SERMON TOPIC: Dont be offended
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 February 2011
Sermon synopsis: Matt 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall.....
SERMON TOPIC: Encouragement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 January 2011
Sermon synopsis: Act 28:15 The brothers there had heard that we were coming, and they traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. At the sight of these men Paul thanked God and was.....
SERMON TOPIC: Change
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 January 2011
Sermon synopsis: We have just gone into a new year. New year resolutions were made (Many have been broken already).
- Change is needed - Change is possible - A new year is a good time to implement change.
SERMON TOPIC: Contentment
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 December 2010
Sermon synopsis: There is a famous story about author Joseph Heller attending a party given by a billionaire. Another illustrious author, Kurt Vonnegut, informed Heller that the host, a hedge fund manager, had made.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hungry for God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 December 2010
Sermon synopsis: Jer 29:13 You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.
Psalm 42:1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, O God. 2 My soul thirsts for God, for the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Integrity and restitution
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 December 2010
Sermon synopsis: True integrity is doing what is right when no one is looking.
Integrity includes being financially accountable and personally reliable.
John 1:47 When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Appointment with death
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 November 2010
Sermon synopsis: Funeral service for Mersia Hartslief.
SERMON TOPIC: Being faithful to the local body
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: When the wind stops blowing, don’t abandon ship - pick up an oar.
Acts 27:29-31 Fearing that we would be dashed against the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for.....
SERMON TOPIC: Faith
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 October 2010
Sermon synopsis: There is a misperception that if you have enough faith, nothing bad will ever happen to you.
When her brother Lazarus had died, Martha said to Jesus, "If you had been here, my brother would not.....
SERMON TOPIC: Different perspectives on death
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 September 2010
Sermon synopsis: Funeral of Irona Sandra Oelofse (27 Aug 1946 - 16 Sep 2010).
SERMON TOPIC: God's heart for the lost
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 September 2010
Sermon synopsis: Psalm 50:16 But to the wicked, God says: “What right have you to recite my laws or take my covenant on your lips? 17 You hate my instruction and cast my words behind you. 18 When you see a thief,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Tithing
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 8 August 2010
Sermon synopsis: Matt 6:24 No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and Money.
SERMON TOPIC: Our humanity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 June 2010
Sermon synopsis: Some people say “I’m only human” and use that as an excuse for weakness and failure.
Heb 2:6 But there is a place where someone has testified: “What is man that you are mindful of him,
the son.....
SERMON TOPIC: Thanksgiving
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 May 2010
Sermon synopsis: One of the characteristics of the godless listed in Romans 1:21 is that they do not give thanks to God.
In 2 Timothy 3:2 it says that in the last days people will be “ungrateful”.
Do you take.....
SERMON TOPIC: Unity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 April 2010
Sermon synopsis: 1 Cor 3: 16 Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and you are.....
SERMON TOPIC: Jesus reputation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 April 2010
Sermon synopsis: Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you,
for that is how their fathers treated the false prophets.
Matt 5:11 “Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say.....
SERMON TOPIC: Service
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 March 2010
Sermon synopsis: Ministry simply put – is servanthood.
Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, SERVANTS of Christ Jesus…
2 Peter 1:1 Simon Peter, a SERVANT and apostle of Jesus Christ…
James 1:1 James, a SERVANT of God.....
SERMON TOPIC: Choices
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 March 2010
Sermon synopsis: Proverbs 1:22 “How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
23 If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out.....
SERMON TOPIC: Repentance
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 31 January 2010
Sermon synopsis: What is repentance? The Latin translation (the Vulgate) used a word for repentance that has the connotation of being sorry. But the original New Testament Greek work “Metanoia” for repentance means.....
SERMON TOPIC: Temptation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 January 2010
Sermon synopsis: (A) We need to live pure and holy lives.
1 Thess 4:7 “For God did not call us to be impure, but to live a holy life.”
(1) Choose a lifestyle that keeps you from temptation and sin.
(2) Find.....
SERMON TOPIC: Confession
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 January 2010
Sermon synopsis: 1 John 1:5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. 6 If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 11
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 November 2009
Sermon synopsis: THE MIND ALWAYS JUSTIFIES WHAT THE HEART EMBRACES.
Who do others think you are?
Who do you think you are?
Who does God know you are?
It’s good to listen to our critics because we may learn.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 10 - Walking in the light
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Reputation is what people think you are; character is what God knows you are.
(1) Does God know who you are?
(2) Do you know who you are?
(3) Do others know who you are?
1 John 1: 7 “But.....
SERMON TOPIC: Search me O God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Hidden sin is sin we are unaware of.
Secret sin is sin that we know about and have covered.
Psalm 139:23-24 “Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if.....
SERMON TOPIC: Authority - Part 3 - Questioning God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 September 2009
Sermon synopsis: Have you ever questioned God or any delegated authority over you?
Why does God judge rebellious people more severely than those who have moral failure?
Rebellion is the sin of Satan and God’s Word.....
SERMON TOPIC: Authority - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 August 2009
Sermon synopsis: 1 Thess 1:7 "For the secret power of lawlessness is already at work; but the one who now holds it back will continue to do so till he is taken out of the way. 8 And then the lawless one will be.....
SERMON TOPIC: Authority - Capital punishment
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 August 2009
Sermon synopsis: One of the ten choices that will change your life is the authority you decide to honour.
Authority has nothing to do with whether you like the person you have to submit to or not; authority has.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 9 - Friends and mentors
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 June 2009
Sermon synopsis: You are what your friends are. The importance of good friends and mentors.
SERMON TOPIC: Worship - The woman with the alabaster jar
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: John 4:23-24 "Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. God is spirit, and his.....
SERMON TOPIC: Thirsting for God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: Without the Lord we fall into one of 2 categories of people that Jesus addressed; sinners and Pharisees.
Do you fall into either one of these groups?
Are we like the self-righteous Pharisee who.....
SERMON TOPIC: Grace
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 May 2009
Sermon synopsis: God is a God of justice, mercy and grace.
Mercy is God not giving you what you deserve.
Grace is God giving you what you don’t deserve.
A look at God’s dealing with the wicked king Manasseh and.....
SERMON TOPIC: The resurrected life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 April 2009
Sermon synopsis: Before a resurrection there must be a death.
Salvation must change the things you do. It must change your actions, your thoughts and your speech.
We must be careful of wrong thinking and trusting.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hindrances to Revival
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 February 2009
Sermon synopsis: What are the things that hinder revival?
If we do what we can - God will do what we cannot.
Are you one of the 380 or one of the 120?
SERMON TOPIC: Peace on earth (Christmas)
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 December 2008
Sermon synopsis: At the time of Christmas we remember the birth of the Prince of Peace. The angels song to the shepherds promised peace on earth to those on whom His favour rests.
SERMON TOPIC: Generational Curses
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 November 2008
Sermon synopsis: Does God curse us for the sins of our fathers? Do Pentecostal and Charismatic Christians also have Biblically unfounded superstitions?
SERMON TOPIC: Brokeness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 November 2008
Sermon synopsis: God can use even a broken vessel for his glory.
SERMON TOPIC: Prioritizing relationships
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 September 2008
Sermon synopsis: Matt 6:33 But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
SERMON TOPIC: Persecution
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 July 2008
Sermon synopsis: Sometimes in our trials and difficulties we feel isolated and alone. We may try and project an image that everything’s okay when inside we’re hurting.
In Jesus’ parable the storm came to both the.....
SERMON TOPIC: God uses the things man despises
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 July 2008
Sermon synopsis: Just as David used 5 stones to defeat Goliath, so God uses 5 things to defeat Satan. He uses:
(1) the foolish things,
(2) the weak things,
(3) the lowly things,
(4) the despised things AND
(5).....
SERMON TOPIC: The persecuted church
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 June 2008
Sermon synopsis: Heb 13:3 Remember those in prison as if you were their fellow prisoners, and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering.
SERMON TOPIC: Praise and worship
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 June 2008
Sermon synopsis: Praise and worship is not singing, clapping and dancing.
These are just expressions of praise and worship.
(1) It's not about where you worship.
(2) You need to know the God you worship.
(3).....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 8 - A good and faithful servant
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 May 2008
Sermon synopsis: Service is an indicator of your relationship with God.
Phil 2:4-7 “Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Your attitude should be the same as.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 7
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 April 2008
Sermon synopsis: Who are you – Part 7.
Gal 5: 7 "You were running a good race. Who cut in on you and kept you from obeying the truth?"
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead showing that only he can give spiritual.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 6
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 April 2008
Sermon synopsis: Who are you and what are you doing – Part 6.
What is the difference between good works, works of obedience and works of the Law? Salvation is not a result of works, but works are a result of.....
SERMON TOPIC: The second cross
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 March 2008
Sermon synopsis: This message doesn’t focus on the cross where Jesus died, but on the cross where we must die.
Many believe and preach the first cross but deny the second cross.
Instead of a throne for the one.....
SERMON TOPIC: What will you do with Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 March 2008
Sermon synopsis: Pilate asked the crowd, “What shall I do, then, with Jesus who is called Christ?” (Matt 27:22)
God has made man with a free will - and of all the choices we ever make the most important is what we.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 4
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 February 2008
Sermon synopsis: Firstly, who are you?
Sometimes we deceive others and we can even deceive ourselves. But we’ll never fool the Lord, because He knows who we really are. And we need to get to the place where we know.....
SERMON TOPIC: Baptism
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 February 2008
Sermon synopsis: Just as circumcision was the sign of the Old Covenant,
so baptism is the sign of the New Covenant.
Col 2:11 In him you were also circumcised, in the putting off of the sinful nature, a not with a.....
SERMON TOPIC: The power of Tradition
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 January 2008
Sermon synopsis: John 4:19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I can see that you are a prophet. 20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in Jerusalem.” 21 Jesus.....
SERMON TOPIC: What God do you serve
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 December 2007
Sermon synopsis: What God do we serve
Gal 4:8 Formerly, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those who by nature are not gods. 9 But now that you know God - or rather are known by God - how is it that.....
SERMON TOPIC: The fool - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 September 2007
Sermon synopsis: Jer 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and.....
SERMON TOPIC: The fool - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 September 2007
Sermon synopsis: Psalm 14
The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, their deeds are vile; there is no one who does good.
2 The LORD looks down from heaven on the sons of men to see if.....
SERMON TOPIC: Evangelism
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 August 2007
Sermon synopsis: 4 lepers went out from a city that was starving and found food, but while they were feasting they said “What we are doing is not right”.
In like manner, the gospel is one beggar telling another.....
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 5
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 August 2007
Sermon synopsis: Who are you? Is your Christianity real or are you a hypocrite? Have you got the real thing or have you settled for a cheap imitation?
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 July 2007
Sermon synopsis: Who are you? A look at Paul, King Saul, the prophet Isaiah and the apostle Peter.
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 July 2007
Sermon synopsis: Who are you and what are you doing? In Part 2 of this ministry we look at John the baptist, the Samaritan woman at the well, the 'sinful' woman who anointed Jesus - and others.
SERMON TOPIC: Who are you - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 July 2007
Sermon synopsis: Who are you and what are you doing? Find out from the life of Mary why it's so important to know the answer to these questions rather than simply getting busy with religious activity.
SERMON TOPIC: Death - our final destination
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 May 2007
Sermon synopsis: Death - the inescapable reality we all have to face one day. How can we best prepare ourselves for our final destination?
Heb 9:27 says that “man is destined to die once, and after that to face.....
SERMON TOPIC: Judgment and condemnation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 April 2007
Sermon synopsis: Often we make quick assessments of people and pass judgment on them, without knowing the details of their circumstances
The people we meet with need to know that we love them. One of the saddest.....
SERMON TOPIC: The purpose of the law
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 February 2007
Sermon synopsis: In this age of grace, should the Law be discarded? What was the purpose of the Mosaic Law and does it still apply to Christians today?
Gal 3:19 What, then, was the purpose of the law? It was added.....
SERMON TOPIC: The cost of following Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 December 2006
Sermon synopsis: When something costs you nothing, you don’t value it.
Our salvation was free for us, but it was at a huge cost for God.
Bur although salvation cost us nothing, there is a cost to being a.....
SERMON TOPIC: How desperate are we for God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 1 October 2006
Sermon synopsis: Jer 29:10 This is what the LORD says: “When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will come to you and fulfill my gracious promise to bring you back to this place. 11 For I know the plans I.....
SERMON TOPIC: Whales and worms
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 November 2005
Sermon synopsis: In the account of Jonah God prepared 5 things:
(1) A storm,
(2) A great fish,
(3) A vine,
(4) A worm,
(5) A wind.
Learn from the worm – rather than from the whale.
This is a look at.....
SERMON TOPIC: Being a witness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 September 2005
Sermon synopsis: We are not all evangelists, but we are all called to be witnesses.
SERMON TOPIC: Slander and Gossip
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 April 2005
Sermon synopsis: What does the Bible say about slander and gossip?
SERMON TOPIC: Love
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 March 2005
Sermon synopsis: Besides the gospel message, what is the most important topic we should speak about?
SERMON TOPIC: Encouragement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 January 2005
Sermon synopsis: Why is encouragement so important?
SERMON TOPIC: Lead us not into temptation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 March 2002
Sermon synopsis: Regarding authority what can we learn from David and how he handled Saul’s treatment of himself? What of Moses and the rebellion and Korah, Dathan and Abiram and also at one stage of Aaron and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Anger, Self-pity, depression and loneliness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 February 2002
Sermon synopsis: James 1:19-21 My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God.....
SERMON TOPIC: The judgments of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 January 2002
Sermon synopsis: A look at God's judgments on (1) the righteous (2) the nations (3) the wicked.
SERMON TOPIC: The Narrow Road and the four lane highway to hell
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 November 2001
Sermon synopsis: The message of the exclusiveness of Christianity as the only way to God is not something contrived by Christians, but was taught plainly by our Lord himself.
Matt 7:13 “Enter through the narrow.....
SERMON TOPIC: God of the mountains and the valleys
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 November 2001
Sermon synopsis: We want to always live on the mountains but it’s in the valleys that things grow. Do you want to be made better or bitter by your valley experiences?
1 Kings 20: 23 Meanwhile, the officials of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Our encouragement with Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 October 2001
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 11:2 I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to him. 3 But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived.....
SERMON TOPIC: What is our purpose
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 June 2001
Sermon synopsis: In God's eyes, what purpose do we fulfill both as individuals and as an assembly?
SERMON TOPIC: The 7 sayings of Jesus on the cross - Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 April 2001
Sermon synopsis: The 5th saying of Jesus on the cross.
John 19:28 Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.” 29 A jar of wine vinegar was.....
SERMON TOPIC: The 7 sayings of Jesus on the cross - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 April 2001
Sermon synopsis: The 4th saying of Jesus of Jesus on the cross.
Matt 27:45 From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. 46 About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice,.....
SERMON TOPIC: The End Times Part 3
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 December 2000
Sermon synopsis: A look at the world kingdoms of Daniel 2, the 2 witnesses, the battle of Armageddon, the Millennium, the binding of Satan and the new heavens and new earth.
SERMON TOPIC: The End Time - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 December 2000
Sermon synopsis: A look at the 7 year period between the Rapture and Second Advent known as Daniel’s Seventieth Week or the Tribulation.
A look also at the Bema Seat judgment of believers, the “sheep-goat” judgment.....
SERMON TOPIC: End Times - Part 1
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 November 2000
Sermon synopsis: Heb 11:13 All these people were still living by faith when they died. They did not receive the things promised; they only saw them and welcomed them from a distance. And they admitted that they were.....
SERMON TOPIC: Choices and mans free will
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 October 2000
Sermon synopsis: We are not animals governed by instinct.
We have been given a free will by God and can make choices.
But each choice we make has consequences.
SERMON TOPIC: God's tests
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 August 2000
Sermon synopsis: God tested his people repeatedly on their journey from Egypt to Canaan. How can we apply this to our lives? We look at just 3 of the tests:
(1) The test of Baptism (death to self),
(2) Turning.....
SERMON TOPIC: Faithfulness and success
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 July 2000
Sermon synopsis: Do excellence, success and recognition go hand in hand?
Success does not necessarily last. Excellence, on the other hand, does.
Are you a person of destiny? Do you have a call from God? Don’t.....
SERMON TOPIC: Christian Worldview
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 March 2000
Sermon synopsis: CHAPTERS 3-5 OF 2ND MODULE
SERMON TOPIC: Faith
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 March 2000
Sermon synopsis: Faith is complete trust or confidence – belief without logical proof.
John 20:24 Now Thomas (called Didymus), one of the Twelve, was not with the disciples when Jesus came. 25 So the other.....
SERMON TOPIC: CH 12 - The parables - Part 3-5
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 February 2000
Sermon synopsis: A look at the parables in the Gospels of Mark and Luke.
SERMON TOPIC: Jonah - the unwilling servant
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 February 2000
Sermon synopsis: The Lord prepared the following 5 things for Jonah:
1) A storm
2) A great fish
3) A vine
4) A worm
5) A wind.
In the first 2 chapters Jonah is the unwilling servant of God and in the last.....
SERMON TOPIC: CH 9-11 - Baptism and Laying on of hands
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 February 2000
Sermon synopsis: A look at the following topics:
- The Spirit of the leader
- Go make disciples
- Laying on of hands
SERMON TOPIC: CH 1-2 - Christian Foundations
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 17 January 2000
Sermon synopsis: The true disciple will join in Jesus mission.
John 15:8,16 By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples…. You did not choose me, but I chose you and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Generation X - The lost generation
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 December 1999
Sermon synopsis: Judges 2:10 After that whole generation had been gathered to their fathers, another generation grew up, who knew neither the LORD nor what he had done for Israel. 11 Then the Israelites did evil in.....
SERMON TOPIC: The teacher
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 October 1999
Sermon synopsis: Eph 4:11-13 “It was he who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers, to prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the body.....
SERMON TOPIC: Finishing strong
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 October 1999
Sermon synopsis: It’s sad to see people who once were strong in the Lord who have subsequently given up and have no fight left in them.
Today we see men and woman who were once strong and on fire for God left in.....
SERMON TOPIC: Fulfilling your ministry
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 September 1999
Sermon synopsis: 2 Cor 13:5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you - unless, of course, you fail the test?
SERMON TOPIC: Witnesses
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 June 1999
Sermon synopsis: Heb 10:28 Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 29 How much more severely do you think a man deserves to be punished who has trampled.....
SERMON TOPIC: Gifts of the Spirit
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 May 1999
Sermon synopsis: 1 Cor 12:4 There are different kinds of gifts, but the same Spirit.
5 There are different kinds of service, but the same Lord.
6 There are different kinds of working, but the same God works all of.....
SERMON TOPIC: The wilderness and Canaan
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 4 April 1999
Sermon synopsis: Salvation is not only a “bringing out” – it is also a “bringing in”. Salvation did not end with bringing the Israelites out of Egypt – Salvation was to bring them into Canaan.
God’s final.....
SERMON TOPIC: Pride
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 March 1999
Sermon synopsis: A different way of looking at this familiar passage in Luke to remind us of Jesus’ cautions against pride and the striving for self-recognition.
Luke 10: 17 The seventy-two returned with joy and.....
SERMON TOPIC: Obedience
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 February 1999
Sermon synopsis: John 15:10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in his love.
John 15:14 You are my friends if you do what I command.
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SERMON TOPIC: Joy of the Lord
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 February 1999
Sermon synopsis: John 15:9 “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love. 10 If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father’s commands and remain in.....
SERMON TOPIC: Godly vision
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 January 1999
Sermon synopsis: Prov 29:18 (KJV) Where there is no vision, the people perish…
Prov 29:18 (NIV) Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint…
We need to forget the failures and disappointments.....
SERMON TOPIC: Politics and the church
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 6 December 1998
Sermon synopsis: Should the church and Christians be interested or involved in the country's politics?
SERMON TOPIC: The Fourth Watch (Second Coming)
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 18 October 1998
Sermon synopsis: The fourth watch (3 – 6 a.m.) of the night is the most difficult time to stay awake. We are, as a church, in the fourth watch waiting for Jesus’ imminent return.
Matt 14:22 Immediately Jesus made.....
SERMON TOPIC: Honesty
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 September 1998
Sermon synopsis: God’s priority for you is to see yourself as you really are – to show you your heart.
When you go to a doctor for a diagnoses, do you want to be made to feel good by what he says at the expense.....
SERMON TOPIC: Signs and miracles
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 5 July 1998
Sermon synopsis: Are signs and wonders the most important thing for the church to pursue?
1 Cor 1: 22 Jews demand miraculous signs and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block.....
SERMON TOPIC: The sin of lukewarmness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 24 May 1998
Sermon synopsis: The bridegroom is at the door
and the bride still hasn't tried on her wedding garments.
She's still dressed in the rags of this world;
still playing with the things that the unsaved indulge in.
SERMON TOPIC: Who is Lord of your life
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 March 1998
Sermon synopsis: Gal 2: 20 I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I live in the body, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
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SERMON TOPIC: Touching Jesus
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 22 March 1998
Sermon synopsis: Are you prepared to push through the crowd to touch Jesus – or do you expect everything to land in your lap just because you show up at church?
Mark 5: 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd.....
SERMON TOPIC: Our weak spots - Part 2
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 October 1997
Sermon synopsis: Satan looks for our weak spots so that he can bring us down and destroy us.
(1) Lack of fellowship
(2) Lack of discipline with our tongues
(3) Lack of faith – fear
(4) Lack of.....
SERMON TOPIC: Jesus being forsaken
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 March 1997
Sermon synopsis: When Jesus died all the things that were part of the torment that He endured – were things that He had made.
John 1: 10 “He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world.....
SERMON TOPIC: Prayer
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 February 1997
Sermon synopsis: Sometimes God allows crises in our lives to get us on our knees.
A look at some things that hinders our prayers from being answered.
SERMON TOPIC: Sins Transgressions and Iniquity
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 January 1997
Sermon synopsis: Some focus only on God’s forgiveness at the expense of holiness.
When certain portions of truth are extracted at the expense of the whole truth, it leads us into error.
Jesus didn’t only die.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's Times and Seasons
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 January 1997
Sermon synopsis: Mark 16:17 "And these signs will accompany those who believe: In my name they will drive out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up snakes with their hands; and when they drink.....
SERMON TOPIC: Pressing on
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 15 December 1996
Sermon synopsis: So often people are bound by the past – both the good and the bad in the past.
There are experiences which you need to leave behind you.
Phi 3: 12-14 "Not that I have already obtained all this,.....
SERMON TOPIC: The weak Christian
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 November 1996
Sermon synopsis: Matt 11:30 "For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
SERMON TOPIC: Abortion
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 13 October 1996
Sermon synopsis: Is an unborn baby just a blob of tissue which miraculously transforms into a baby while passing through the birth canal? Does dehumanising an unborn baby by calling it a fetus make abortion anything.....
SERMON TOPIC: Visions and Fasting
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 29 August 1996
Sermon synopsis: Acts 26:13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying.....
SERMON TOPIC: Priorities
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 May 1996
Sermon synopsis: Matt 6:19 “Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and.....
SERMON TOPIC: The body of Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 31 March 1996
Sermon synopsis: Rom 12:4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discipline, Love and the tongue
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 March 1996
Sermon synopsis: Prov 12:1 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid.
SERMON TOPIC: Pruning and Discipline
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 February 1996
Sermon synopsis: Isa 5:15 I will sing for the one I love a song about his vineyard: My loved one had a vineyard
on a fertile hillside.
2 He dug it up and cleared it of stones
and planted it with the choicest.....
SERMON TOPIC: Hardened hearts
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 2 February 1996
Sermon synopsis: People have this imagery from Rev 3:20 that Jesus will knock on the door of your heart your whole life until you finally respond.
But beware you don’t open the door to find He’s no longer there......
SERMON TOPIC: Praising Christ
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 December 1995
Sermon synopsis: Luke 2:13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom his favor rests.” 15 When.....
SERMON TOPIC: David and Goliath
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 December 1995
Sermon synopsis: The Lord proves us in the small things.
God noticed David when he was still obscure and used him as Israel’s deliverer.
God allows us to be tested - He doesn’t just entrust His power to anyone but.....
SERMON TOPIC: The Power of the tongue
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 November 1995
Sermon synopsis: James 3:6 “The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole person, sets the whole course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.”.....
SERMON TOPIC: The weak, the strong and the shepherds
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 10 September 1995
Sermon synopsis: Are you a weak or strong Christian – or are you a shepherd?
Matt 26:37 He took Peter and the two sons of Zebedee along with him, and he began to be sorrowful and troubled. 38 Then he said to.....
SERMON TOPIC: Holiness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 August 1995
Sermon synopsis: 1 Pet 1:14-17 “As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: ‘Be.....
SERMON TOPIC: Life after Death
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 July 1995
Sermon synopsis: What are Hades, Sheol, Gehenna, Tartarus and Queber?
What does the Bible say about soul sleep? Is the spirit simply the same as “breath” as JW’s teach?
Did Jesus suffer in hell (as some teach).....
SERMON TOPIC: God's Word
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 16 July 1995
Sermon synopsis: We are to be living epistles read of all men.
We need to show by our lives that Jesus can and will make a difference.
Why is it important that we regularly read God’s Word?
Do we “go by feel”.....
SERMON TOPIC: Discouragement
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 June 1995
Sermon synopsis: Deut 20:1 When you go to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than yours, do not be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, who brought you up out of Egypt,.....
SERMON TOPIC: Fear of the Lord
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 28 May 1995
Sermon synopsis: Matt 21:28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 ”‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his.....
SERMON TOPIC: Winds of doctrine- The Toronto blessing
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 May 1995
Sermon synopsis: Doctrine is important - but you can have the right doctrine and the wrong spirit. Many attempts to correct doctrine are done in an obnoxious and sarcastic manner. This is a look at ‘The Toronto.....
SERMON TOPIC: Prayer
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 30 April 1995
Sermon synopsis: There are three things we should look for before making any important decision:
1) The witness of the Spirit
2) The witness of the Word
3) The witness of the brethren
SERMON TOPIC: Unforgiveness
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 23 April 1995
Sermon synopsis: Matt 21:28 “What do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’
29 ”‘I will not,’ he answered, but later he changed his.....
SERMON TOPIC: Radio Pulpit Interview - Pornography
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 11 April 1995
Sermon synopsis: Ken Paynter's interview on Radio Pulpit in 1995 regarding his anti-pornography campaign in Brakpan.
SERMON TOPIC: Becoming a Christian
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 9 April 1995
Sermon synopsis: How to become a Christian and how to lead someone to Christ.
SERMON TOPIC: Wisdom
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 3 March 1995
Sermon synopsis: There is a difference between God’s wisdom and man’s wisdom.
1 Cor 8:1 “We know that we all possess knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up.”
Knowledge is what you know.
Wisdom is.....
SERMON TOPIC: God's glory
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 26 February 1995
Sermon synopsis: We always need to be reminded that when God uses people or things that He must get the glory.
Judges 7:2 The LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many men for me to deliver Midian into their hands......
SERMON TOPIC: Pleasing God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 12 February 1995
Sermon synopsis: Matt 3:17 And a voice from heaven said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.”
SERMON TOPIC: The pure in heart
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 27 March 1994
Sermon synopsis: Matt 5:8 Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
SERMON TOPIC: The Church - The Building - Part 5
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 20 February 1994
Sermon synopsis: 1 Cor 3:9 For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, God’s building.
10 By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But.....
SERMON TOPIC: Christmas
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 25 December 1993
Sermon synopsis: If ever there's a time to be be thankful, it's this time when we remember when God gave his Son for us.
SERMON TOPIC: A man in whom is the Spirit of God
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 21 November 1993
Sermon synopsis: Genesis 41:38 So Pharaoh asked them, "Can we find anyone like this man, one in whom is the spirit of God?"
SERMON TOPIC: Beware of false doctrines
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 19 September 1993
Sermon synopsis: Titus 1:6 An elder
... must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
SERMON TOPIC: The desires of our heart
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 7 March 1993
Sermon synopsis: Satisfaction is something we'd all like to have.
Satisfaction has to do with desire.
You have to first desire something before you can be satisfied.
SERMON TOPIC: Election of elders
BY: Ken Paynter ON: 14 February 1993
Sermon synopsis: 1 Tim 3:1 Here is a trustworthy saying: If anyone sets his heart on being an overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Now the overseer must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate,.....