Grace Reformation Church Of Woodland: Sermons

Ron Poarch preaches on 2 Peter 3.1-7 on March 30 2008. Everything remains the same - so the scoffers say.

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 46:1-27 on March 30 2008. God keeps His promises, but not the way natural man might think.

Ron Poarch preaches on 1 Corinthians 15:12-26 on March 23 2008. How important is Jesus' resurrection from the dead? Paul talks about this that Christians should be pitied above all others if Christ was not risen, for then our hope in Him would be in vain. Yet we may rejoice for Christ has indeed risen from the dead.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 9:32-43; 1 Kings 19:11-12 on March 16 2008. We often think,"Only if God would work a miracle, then the people would be saved". Looking at this question Biblically is this true to think this way? How has miracles effected people's decisions in the Old Testament? What does the Bible say about how to build our faith? How are we being strengthened in the faith?

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 9:26-31 on March 08 2008. Saul goes to Jerusalem and the Christians there are cautious of him suspecting that his faith may be a disguise, or seeking self-gain from this. Barnabas befriends Saul learning about his conversion and telling the Church and the Apostles that Saul can be trusted. Through this the Lord gave the Church peace.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 9:18-25 on March 02 2008. Soon after Paul's conversion he began preaching Christ crucified. He preached Christ, the very thing he persecuted earlier. Paul was still young and growing in his faith and he needed several years to study the scriptures to really know what they said about Jesus, the Christ.

Ron Poarch preaches on 2 Peter 3 on February 24 2008. Peter is encouraging believers not to listen to scoffers who say "When is this judgement coming?" In this Peter speaks of the burning of the earth. How is this supposed to encourage believers of his time? How does this apply to us? Is it future? Is it past?

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 44-45 on February 24 2008. Joseph is putting his brothers through their final test. Seeing if they have learned to love and changed their jealous ways. In this story we see how what they meant for evil God meant for good. How many people were blessed and God preserved His promise to make a great nation through Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 43 on February 17 2008. Jacob and his sons are running out of food grain and are needed to go back to Egypt for more grain. Judah, talks with Jacob to take Benjamin down to get more grain so they all won't die from the famine. Jacob trusts the Lord the his sons will be alright. When they arrive Joseph welcomes them warmly, though they are suspicious, and has one more test in store for his brothers.

Ron Poarch preaches on 2 Peter 2:4-22 on February 10 2008. False teaching is strongly condemned by the Bible. What is the effects fo false teaching on this earth? What are God's promises to those who do not teach the full council of God? Let us see what God has to say on this from 2nd Peter.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 9:1-17 on February 10 2008. Saul is seeking the followers ofr Christ to put them in prison and to possibly kill some, but God has different plans for Saul's life. On the road to Damascus Jesus appears to Saul, asking him why he is persecuting God. God changes Pauls heart. At the same time God prepares Ananias to recieve Paul as a fellow believer and to lay hands on him, praying for him. In this passage we see that what was somehting the believers feared God turned into something good.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 8:26-40 on February 03 2008. God is showing us hwo He is choosing to use us. Many times He leads without telling us where or why, yet God has a plan. Stephen obeys and meets the Ethiopian Eunuch on the roads and immediately believes in Jesus Christ as Lord. God may choose to use us in the most unexpected ways and we must be prepared to be used by Him in all circumstances.

Ron Poarch preaches on 2 Peter 2:4-9 on January 27 2008. Speaking of the day of Judgement peter alludes to what he will talk of in chapter 3, the new Heavens and new Earth. When will this happen? Or has it already happened? We look into the scriptural basis for the view that the new Heavens and new Earth have already come with the ussering in of the new Covenant. Yet we also see that there is much to look forward to and to hope for. This "Now and not yet" tension gives us a taste of the wonderful glory which will come in the final day of judgement.

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 42 on January 27 2008. Joseph is head of all Egypt and the famine has come across the land. Joseph is in charge of the stores of grain and eventually his brothers come to buy grain. Joseph decides to test his brothers to see if they have changed. We begin to see how God's plan to bless the house of Israel unfolds in the a most unexpected way.

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 40-41 on January 20 2008. Joseph is in now head of the prison though he is a prisoner himself. God brings two men from Pharoah's court to him. God enables Joseph to interepret their dreams but the cup bearer does not remember him. Two years later Pharoah has a dream and the cupbearer then rememebers Joseph. Joseph interprets the dream and tells Pharoah what he should do. Pharoah then establishes Joseph taking him from being a slave to ruling over all of Egypt.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 8:9-24 on January 13 2008. Philip is preaching Christ crucified to the Samaritans, performing signs and miracles. Simon, a magician sought to make himself known. He heard the message of Christ and believed but then in disbelief wanted the power to give others the indewelling Holy Spirit. The apostles condemned him, while those who truly had fiath in Christ recieved the Spirit from God.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 8:1-8 on January 06 2008. Steven has just been martyred. The Church is in turmoil and many have fled from Jerusalem. God is using this persecution to further spread the gospael to the Samaritans and to the rest of the earth.

Ron Poarch preaches on Genesis 39:1-23 on December 30 2007. Joseph was sold into slavery. A man named Potiphar purchased Joseph and God blessed everything Joseph did so that he prospered. So much so that Potiphar put Joseph in charge of everything that he owned. Yet everything did not go smoothly as planned. God had temptation and trials in store for Joseph.

Ron Poarch preaches on Isaiah 7:14 on December 23 2007. The true Identity of Jesus Christ has been challenged and debated by everyone since his birth. Those who do not accept Christ for who He is make Him not who He truly is. Christ Being fully man and yet also fully God born of a virgin. This has been challenged over the centuries, we examine historical challenges to His divine diety and manship as well as ones in our current day and their falacies.

Ron Poarch preaches on Acts 7:1-60 on December 16 2007. Stephen on trial, responds to false charges. His response is quite unexpected, telling the truth about his accusers in the hope that they may repent of their sin. Though Stephen's life is on the line he does not shrink back from telling the truth.