Sermons on Heaven
The Way to God
Thomas asks an important question to Jesus, he asks: “how can we know the way?” He is speaking about the way to heaven, the way to God. There are many people who ask this question today, how can we go to heaven, what is the way to God? This Sunday evening we will answer this question through the words of Jesus in John 14:6.
The New Jerusalem, Part 1
In Ezekiel 40–48, the prophet sees a city on a high mountain and a temple inside of it. Years later, it is revealed to the apostle John that this temple-city is the New Jerusalem, the dwelling place of the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb who is the temple. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on the visions Ezekiel saw from Ezekiel 40:1–4.
“And I saw the holy…
The Heidelberg Catechism (24): Eternal Life: The Secret and Hidden Wisdom of God [Lord’s Day 22]
In the word of God, eternal life is described as the unspeakable joy of searching out the infinite depths of God and delighting in him. This joy, for the believer, begins now on earth, and hope to one day experience this…
Heaven
In John 14:1-3, believers learn that heaven awaits all those who trust in Jesus. Rev. David Woollin describes the Father’s habitation, the Son’s preparation, and the believer’s destination.
“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for…
The Gospel of John (96): The Things that Jesus Did
In John 21:24-25, the apostle John opens our vision to the immeasurable amount of work that Jesus did. Jesus’ work is so vast that it cannot be described entirely even if you had an endless fountain of ink and a world full of paper, as it extends to all His work in creation, salvation,…
Ascension Day Sermons: Looking Up from Where Christ Will Come
Using Acts 1: 6-11 and 2 Peter 3:1-13, Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven describes the day the Lord ascended, the day we walk on the Earth, and the day in which Christ will descend.
“Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in…
The Reality of the Resurrection
Jesus’ victory over death is the hope of every Christian! Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven, preaching from 1 Corinthians 15:35-57, explains how the dead are risen: the resurrection of the bare kernel, the resurrection of the man of heaven, and the resurrection at the last trumpet. “Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”…
The Gospel of John (87): Followers of Jesus
In John 1:35-39, two disciples beheld the Lamb of God, followed Him, and stayed with Him. Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims from this text that we are to behold the Lamb of God, follow Him, come to His home, and see where He abides. “If then you have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your…
The Beatitudes (1): The Spiritually Poor, Eternally Blessed
In Matthew 5:3, Jesus Christ declares that the poor in spirit are blessed because they alone belong to God and the kingdom of heaven belongs to them. Mr. Brandt Barnard explores this truth by explaining the believer’s spiritual poverty, the believer’s blessed portion, and the believer’s heavenly…
Motto Text Sermon (2021): Heavenly Minded Servants of the Lord
Colossians 3:1-4 calls the servants of the Lord to seek their wisdom at God’s right hand. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims earthly-minded church leadership, heavenly-minded church leadership, and the heavenly-minded church in this Installation and Ordination and Motto Text Sermon for…
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