Sermons by Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven (Page 24)
The House of Devoted and United Prayer
For our Service of Prayer for Crops and Industry, Acts 1:6-14 shows the disciples returned to Jerusalem after Jesus ascended into heaven, and they responded by praying faithfully. In these troubling times, we also turn to God as our source of help. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven links our prayers to God’s rich promises: the Church as a house of prayer, the devoted prayer…
The Heidelberg Catechism (22): Life Through the Holy Spirit [Lord’s Day 20]
The Holy Spirit is the believer’s life, their closest companion, directly involved in the everyday life of the believer. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches from 1 John on four areas in which the Holy Spirit is experientially present in the life of all true believers: the inward…
The Book of Ezekiel (27): Spiritual Adultery and Its Consequences
In Ezekiel 23:1-49, the Lord speaks to Ezekiel about two lewd sisters, Samaria and Jerusalem, and how they committed continuous spiritual adultery against him with the nations. God’s jealousy is aroused because they live on God’s benefits while serving and delighting in their idols. Natural man is…
The Heidelberg Catechism (21): The Comfort of the Approaching Day of Judgment [Lord’s Day 19]
The Lord Jesus warned those who were at ease to be afraid of the day of judgement. However in Luke 21:25-28 he encourages his followers who suffer hardship on his behalf with the approaching day of judgment. For them that…
The Heidelberg Catechism (20): The Blessings of Christ’s Ascension [Lord’s Day 18]
Acts 1:6-11 describes the ascension into heaven of the victorious Christ and points to the benefits that belong to believers. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven teaches Jesus Christ our sure Advocate in heaven, Jesus Christ our…
The Book of Ezekiel (26): The Depths of a Sinful Heart
Ezekiel 22:1-31 describes the reason for the coming judgment: the princes destroyed each other’s lives and they profaned God. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims why a judgment is coming: the two-fold abomination of sin, the shedding of blood according to one’s power, and the defilement of…
The Book of Ezekiel (25): The LORD has Drawn His Sword
In Ezekiel 21:1-32, the prophet groans with a breaking heart at the judgment of the Lord upon the sins of his people. Yet, a far greater judgment is coming upon all the wicked of the world as they stand condemned before the Judge, Jesus Christ the Lamb of God. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven…
The Heidelberg Catechism (19): The Resurrection Power of the Real Gospel [Lord’s Day 17]
The so-called gospel that fills our land is a gospel of forgiveness without the power to transform—in short, it is a gospel without the power of the resurrection. The Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 17 teaches, as the…
The Book of Ezekiel (24): Face to Face with God on Judgment Day
Are you ready for Judgment Day? In Ezekiel 20:1-49 God tells the prophet Ezekiel that though he stayed his hand from pouring out his wrath on Israel, there was coming a day when he will execute judgment on his people for their sin. There is coming a day when God will finally pour forth the fury of…
The Book of Ezekiel (23): Escaping the Spiritual Wilderness
In Ezekiel 19:1-14, the prophet Ezekiel is to take up a lament for Israel and her princes and kings for their sin against God and others. They are desolated and placed in a wilderness for their sin. Christians, too, can find themselves in a spiritual wilderness in their heart when they grieve the…