Bracadale and Duirinish Free Church of Scotland (Continuing)
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father. Matthew 13:43
The two ways
Posted by on September 4, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie, Sabbath Evening, 4th September, 2011.
The text is Genesis 21:9-21: “And Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had born unto Abraham, mocking. Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac. And the thing was very grievous in Abraham’s sight because of his son. And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called. And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed. And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beersheba. And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bow shot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept. And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is. Arise, lift up the lad, and hold him in thine hand; for I will make him a great nation. And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer. And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.”
“Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise” (Galatians 4:24)
Build for God!
Posted by on September 4, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie, Sabbath Morning, 4th September, 2011.
The text is Haggai 1:1-15: “In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Josedech, the high priest, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD’s house should be built. Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying, Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste? Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways. Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways…”
“Go…and build…”
Rejoicing encourages rejoicing
Posted by on September 2, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie at the Wednesday Evening prayer meeting, 24th August, 2011.
The text is Romans 12:15: “Rejoice with them that do rejoice, …”
“Rejoice with them that do rejoice”
Promise fulfilled
Posted by on September 2, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie, Sabbath Evening, 28th August, 2011.
The text is Genesis 21:1-7: “And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age.”
“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh”
Vision for the work of God
Posted by on September 2, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie, Sabbath Morning, 28th August, 2011.
The text is Nehemiah 2:9-18: “Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days. And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon. And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire. Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass. Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned. And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work. Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.”
“And they said, Let us rise up and build.”
The Christian’s reaction to persecution
Posted by on August 25, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Keddie at the Wednesday Evening prayer meeting, 24th August, 2011.
The text is Romans 12:14: “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.”
“Bless, and curse not”
Encouragement in serving the Lord
Posted by on August 22, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Morrison (Retired Minister of Kilmuir and Stenscholl) at the Monday Midday Communion Thanksgiving Service (Waternish), 22nd August, 2011.
The text is Matthew 28:6-10: “He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.”
“Go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead”
Christ’s forsakenness
Posted by on August 22, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Morrison (Retired Minister of Kilmuir and Stenscholl) at the Sabbath Morning Communion Service (Waternish), 21st August, 2011.
The text is Matthew 27:45-51: “Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him. Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent.”
“My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”
Faith resting on the greater treasures
Posted by on August 20, 2011
The following sermon was preached by Rev. John Morrison (Retired Minister of Kilmuir and Stenscholl) at the Saturday Midday Communion Preparatory Service (Waternish), 20th August, 2011.
The text is Hebrews 11:30: “By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season; Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he endured, as seeing him who is invisible. Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.”
“By faith he forsook Egypt”
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