Sermons by Rev. George Skariah
Peter – From Disciple to Denial, Devotion, and Dedication
Scripture portion : Matthew 4:19; 26:69-75; John 21:15-19 Introduction Being a Hero of faith is not an easy thing. One needs to heed the call and be ready to pay the price. The true gospel call to follow the Lord Jesus Christ is a call to self-denial. It is not a man-centered call of…
Daniel – The Man who Purposed against Proposed
Scripture portion – Daniel 1:3-21 Introduction Is it possible to live a life that is pleasing to God and serve Him when all the circumstances go against us? The life of Daniel shows us the way. Daniel was a man who purposed to follow God’s will against a system that wanted the otherwise. As a…
Ezekiel – The Man and His Message
Scripture Portion – Ezekiel 2:1-10 Introduction Like Isaiah and Jeremiah, Ezekiel was another prophet whom God raised to warn the sin of the people of Israel. Jeremiah and Ezekiel were contemporaries, prophesied during the time of the captivity of Judah in the 6th century BC. Daniel was another prophet lived during the same period. While Jeremiah was left behind in…
The Commissioning of Jeremiah and the Covenant Promise
Scripture Portion – Jeremiah 1:9-10, 17; 31:31-34 Introduction The prophet Jeremiah was called and commissioned by God for the prophetic ministry when the nation of Israel (Judah) was going through one of the most difficult times, facing the severe judgment by God for their sins, through the…
Jeremiah – the Sovereign Call of a Reluctant Prophet
Jeremiah 1:4-10 Introduction The prophet Jeremiah was another distinguished hero of faith in the Old Testament. He prophesied in the 7th century BC, starting from around 640 BC till 586 BC and beyond. He prophesied during the period of King Josiah, and four other kings followed Josiah, stretching…
Isaiah – a Man who Pleaded God to Come Down to Help His People
Isaiah 63:15-64:12 Introduction Through God’s Spirit, the prophet Isaiah saw a desperate future time in Israel’s history—the Babylonian invasion and captivity. This led him to pray this prayer as a gracious way of teaching us how to lay hold of Him and His power in times of great spiritual need.…
Isaiah – a Man of Vision and a Man of Winsome
Isaiah 6:1-13 Introduction The prophet Isaiah stands in the history of Israel as a man of vision and a man who has done justice to that vision. He lived a life according to the vision and he fulfilled God’s plan for his life. A Man of Vision (vv 1-7) Seeing the Holiness of God—Vision of God (vv…
Solomon’s Late Blossomed Wisdom
Ecclesiastes 11:9-12:14 Introduction Some people may be wise, but they end up doing all kinds of foolish things. Solomon was such a person, which we meditated last month, under the title, “Solomon, when the wisest man becomes a fool.” He went after the pleasures and riches of this world, which ruined the major part of his life. But toward the end of his life, his wisdom…
Solomon – When the Wisest Man Became a Fool
Scripture Portion: 1 Kings 11:1-13 Introduction Solomon is known as the wisest king ever ruled the face of the earth. He was one of the richest rulers who ruled the earth those days. He had all that he wanted in life—wisdom and riches (2 Chron 8-9)! But he is also an example of wisdom not…
David’s Wise Counsel to Solomon
Scripture portion – 1 Chronicles 28:9-10 Introduction David, before departing from the face of the earth, wanted to pass on the spiritual legacy to the next generation. Where was David’s spiritual legacy centered on? What was the capsule of it? David here spells out to his son Solomon the key of success in life: A Consecrated Heart (v 9a) A perfect heart means…