North Point Baptist Church Sermons

Can God's Children Ultimately be Left Alone? In the midst of Naomi's suffering, Ruth's covenant faithfulness becomes a picture of hope. Pastor Michael Christ traces the book of Ruth as a powerful picture of God's covenant love for His people.

Pastor John Musyimi elaborates on David's experience in 1 Samuel 19 to show that God's chosen people can face intense persecution even when they are innocent and faithful. As Saul seeks to kill David, God preserves him through the help of Jonathan, Michal, and ultimately His own direct intervention. He emphasized that Christians should expect trials because they belong to Christ, yet also trust that God will intervene in His wisdom and power whenever necessary, to sustain, protect, and preserve them until He safely brings them home.

This passage in 1 Samuel shows plainly that opposing God and His purposes on earth is always futile. Saul opposes David out of fear that David will replace him as king over Israel, yet every attempt he makes fails to stop David’s rise. In this sermon, Pastor John Musyimi uses the passage to point to the reality of Christ: hatred of Him cannot hinder Him.

Pastor Musyimi guides us to consider how God responds to His glory defied. In God's defence, He raised a man, David, who is used as a vessel to defend God's glory and honour, bringing salvation to Israel as a by-product. Dear listener, which side would you rather be, on God's side, or against Him? Would you rather be used in the defence of God's homour or defend your own?

How should we react in times of trials? What should be our disposition? This is what meets us in this passage where Jesus right before the hour He is crucified is in turmoil and agony. However, He prepared Himself for the trial ahead of Him and this is what Mark Ben Thuku seeks to admonish us in this sermon that in the trials that face them, Christians must pray that they may not enter into temptation!

In the midst of the trials encumbering the Israelite nation in Israel as they were captive under the Babylonian rule, we see a reminder and awareness of God's presence among them. As Jeremiah ends his book, unlike the expected wailing and sighing from the people because of their bondage, we see a God who is working for their good. Pastor Joe Thwagi seeks to show us in this sermon that although sin brings terrible consequences, God's mercy and grace can reach into the deepest ruins and restore those who deserve nothing but judgment and condemnation from God!

In this sermon and from this passage, Pastor John Musyimi explains that sometimes a problem is God's solution. In this instance, when God sends a harmful spirit to torment Saul, He is advancing the plans of His kingdom forward.We are asked to consider if what presents as a Satanic problem is God's way of bringing about spiritual progress.

In our day to day lives, we often follow a pattern of identifying need, finding a suitable answer or plan to solve the need, and applying the answer or enacting the plan to address the need. In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, Pastor Musyimi guides us through showing us how God pointed out to Samuel that Israel had a need for a king, how Samuel judged Jesse's sons based on outward appearance while God looked at the humility of the heart, and how God made a provision for the needs of Israel in making David to be anointed as king. Dear listener, have you considered God's best for your soul's needs in His provision?

Compromise runs rampant in our world today where we compromise what we know we ought to do for the sake of some desirable outcome. However, this cannot run with God. In this passage in 1 Samuel, Saul compromises obedience to God for his selfish pursuits. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, therefore seeks to show us that clear obedience to God is safer than qualified disobedience!

As in marriage where couples are encouraged to fight in a manner that honors their spouses, so in Christianity the Bible encourages us to fight the good fight of faith well. This is what meets us in this passage in 1 Samuel where we see Saul who, in an unfortunate regard, did not fight well. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to encourage us that the fight of faith should be fought with faith!