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COVENANTS

SERMON TOPIC: Covenants Part 12 - The Davidic Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 12 February 2023

Sermon synopsis: It is clear from the New Testament that Christ fulfills the Davidic Covenant. The first book of the New Testament starts by revealing the genealogy of Christ by listing all generations from Abraham.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 11c - The New Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 19 June 2022

Sermon synopsis: While the New Covenant has greater benefits, it also has greater penalties for those who reject it. Heb 12:25 (NIV) See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 11b- The New Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 5 June 2022

Sermon synopsis: Not only was it a New Covenant; it was a better covenant. Heb 7:22 (NIV) … Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant. Heb 8:6 (NIV) … the covenant of which he is mediator is superior to.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 11a- The New Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 22 May 2022

Sermon synopsis: At the Last Supper, Jesus used the term “new testament” to describe the covenant he established between God and mankind. He uses the word “new” to contrast the covenant to the one which Moses was.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 10 - The Mosaic Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 30 January 2022

Sermon synopsis: The Mosaic covenant was a formal arrangement of mutual commitments between God and Israel, with Moses as the mediator between the Israelites and the angels who put the covenant into effect. While.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants-Part9e- The Abrahamic Covenant - JUDAH

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 29 August 2021

Sermon synopsis: The 2 dominant tribes would become Judah (the recipient of the Abrahamic blessing) and “Joseph” (the recipient of the birthright).

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9d - The Abrahamic Covenant - JACOB

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 August 2021

Sermon synopsis: While the actions of Rebekah and Jacob are rightfully frowned upon, the inappropriate actions of Isaac seem to be overlooked. Isaac must have been aware of the Lord’s prophecy given to Rebekah.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9c- The Abrahamic Covenant - JACOB

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 21 July 2021

Sermon synopsis: Just as Isaac was chosen over Ishmael, so Jacob was chosen over Esau. There are other examples of God choosing younger brothers over older ones.

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9b - The Abrahamic Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 21 March 2021

Sermon synopsis: God had insisted that the covenant would be established with Sarah’s son, even though Abraham originally tried to convince God that it would be simpler to establish it with Ishmael instead. When.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 9a - The Abrahamic Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 7 March 2021

Sermon synopsis: We soon see man’s failure in the dispensation of Human Government. The command to “fill the earth” was given to Noah’s descendants (Gen 9:1). In direct contravention to this instruction, the people.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 8 - The Noahic Covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 21 February 2021

Sermon synopsis: This general covenant was made between God and Noah following the departure of Noah from the ark. Many see it as a royal grant because God promises never to destroy the earth again with water. This.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 7 - The seed of the woman

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 4 October 2020

Sermon synopsis: With the demise of the Edenic covenant, God immediately establishes a new covenant with mankind, or more specifically with “the seed of the woman.” There is hope for mankind! God promises a.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 6 - Adamic covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 20 September 2020

Sermon synopsis: Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 portray Adam and Jesus as 2 covenant heads for mankind. Adam broke his covenant (Hos 6:7) but Jesus made a New Covenant (1 Cor 11:25). Adam sinned and brought a Curse,.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 5 - Edenic covenant

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 6 September 2020

Sermon synopsis: This covenant is conditional in nature (Suzerain Vassal). Adam’s part of the bargain was only one condition i.e. not to eat from a forbidden tree and a curse (penalty clause) for not doing so. The.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 4b - Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 30 August 2020

Sermon synopsis: Dispensationalists believe: The Church has not permanently replaced Israel and God has a distinct program for Israel and the Church. The OT promises to Israel have not been transferred to the.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 4a - Covenant Theology and Dispensationalism

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 9 August 2020

Sermon synopsis: There are 3 main Protestant views on covenantal frameworks for biblical interpretation: 1) Covenant Theology (17th century) 2) Dispensationalism (19th century) 3) New Covenant Theology (20th.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 3

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 26 July 2020

Sermon synopsis: Let’s look at the covenant of parity (a conditional covenant between equals) established between Jacob and Laban.

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 12 July 2020

Sermon synopsis: The Bible refers to “a covenant of salt” and “the salt of the covenant.” Lev 2:13 (NIV) Season all your grain offerings with salt. Do not leave the salt of the covenant of your God out of your.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 28 June 2020

Sermon synopsis: A covenant is a legally enforceable agreement between 2 or more persons to do or to refrain from doing a certain act. Just as we have different kinds of contracts today, the same was true of.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 5 June 2020

Sermon synopsis: A contract or covenant has always been a crucial part of God’s relationship with his people. Covenant is a legal concept often used in the Bible as a metaphor to describe the relationship.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants

BY: Siegfried Aussel ON: 22 July 2019

Sermon synopsis: We are in a covenant relationship with God. As the stronger party he offers us his protection.

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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.....

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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.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus in the Old Testament - Part 2

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 21 October 2012

Sermon synopsis: Ex 12:13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt

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SERMON TOPIC: Jesus in the Old Testament - Part 1

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 9 September 2012

Sermon synopsis: It has been said of the Old and New Testaments. The New is in the Old contained - The Old is in the New explained. The New is in the Old concealed - The Old is in the New revealed.

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SERMON TOPIC: The fulfilment of the Law

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 30 November 2007

Sermon synopsis: Was the Law made obsolete by the New Covenant? What is the purpose of the Mosaic Law? What did Jesus mean when He said that He had not come to abolish the Law, but to fulfill it?

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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.....

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SERMON TOPIC: Covenants

BY: Gavin Paynter ON: 1 January 2000

Sermon synopsis: A CONTRACT OR COVENANT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CRUCIAL PART OF GOD'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS PEOPLE. This is a study of the different covenants found in the Bible, culminating with the greatest covenant -.....

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SERMON TOPIC: The New Covenant

BY: Leston Blackburn ON: 6 April 1997

Sermon synopsis: “You’re going to find that there will be times when people will have no stomach for solid teaching, but will fill up on spiritual junk food - catchy opinions that tickle their fancy. They’ll turn.....

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