It is the start of a New Year, 2026. This preaching points us to the greatest new beginning of all — the gospel of Jesus Christ — where God offers forgiveness, new life, and a fresh start through the cross and resurrection, calling us to begin this year in faith and obedience to Him.
God’s wisdom is seen in the small and the weak. From the ant to the lizard, and from the foolish to the despised, He chooses what the world overlooks to display His glory — so that our boast is only in the Lord.
This talk at Refresh 2025 explored how we are made right with God through faith in Jesus. It unpacked the biblical meaning of justification, showing how Christ’s righteousness is credited to us by grace, giving us peace and assurance in our salvation.
If you ask people whether they want to go to heaven, the answer will often be yes. Many individuals have charted their own paths toward this goal, believing they are on the right road. However, the Bible tells us that there is only one way to heaven. What is this way? Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
The Gospel is a message that speaks to the heart. Our sins have separated us from a holy and righteous God, and the scriptures say, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” God is speaking to you in the Gospel, and He desires to give you a new heart. How? The Lord Jesus came into this world as a Saviour for sinners. He went to Calvary’s cross, where He took the punishment for our sins upon Himself to bring salvation for you. Through this great sacrifice, God is able to cleanse the sinner and give you a new heart because of the wonderful work of Jesus.
“The Gospel is good news from heaven. God desires for all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth. Today, the Gospel is still preached because of God’s amazing love for you. The Bible tells us we are all like sheep; we have all gone astray, far from our holy creator God. But the good news in the Gospel is that God has provided a way of salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Many in the world today would claim to have found wisdom. The Bible tells us that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. The Gospel is preached to annouce God’s plan of Salvation to mankind. Paul writes in Corinthians, ” the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but to us that are saved it is God’s power.” Jesus came into this world to save you from your sins and bring salvation to a broken world.
The Bible teaches us that we have all sinned and fallen short of God’s glory. Through our sins, we distance ourselves from the holy and righteous God against whom we have transgressed. What Can Wash Away My Sin? The scriptures proclaim that salvation is found in Jesus Christ, through the work he accomplished on Calvary’s cross.
Sometimes as believers we get weary with the challenges and struggles of life. God desires for His people to be awake and be zealous for the Lord in service. In this address you will hear an appeal to weary soul to awake from sleep and be fully committed to the Lord Jesus.