Sermons by Nestor Sy
Senior Pastor
Open To Receive
Sermon Title: OPEN TO RECEIVE Sermon Text: PSALMS 34:4-8 Sermon Series: OPEN: A PSALMS SERIES ON THE POSTURE OF ENCOUNTER By: PTR NIC SY Psalm 34:4-8 ESV I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.Those who look to him are radiant, and their faces shall never be ashamed.This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear…
Open To Waiting
Sermon Title: OPEN TO WAITING Sermon Text: PSALMS 40:1-3 Sermon Series: OPEN: A PSALMS SERIES ON THE POSTURE OF ENCOUNTER By: PTR NIC SY Psalm 40:1-3 ESV I waited patiently for the LORD; he inclined to me and heard my cry. He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our…
Open To Being Held
Sermon Title: OPEN TO BEING HELD Sermon Text: PSALMS 73:21-28 Sermon Series: OPEN: A PSALMS SERIES ON THE POSTURE OF ENCOUNTER By: PTR NESTOR SY Psalm 73:21-28 ESV When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heartI was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you.Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand.You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.Whom have I in heaven but you? And…
Open To Being Known
Sermon Title: OPEN TO BEING KNOWN Sermon Text: PSALMS 139:1-12 Sermon Series: OPEN: A PSALMS SERIES ON THE POSTURE OF ENCOUNTER By: PTR NIC SY Psalm 139:1-12 ESV O LORD, you have searched me and known me!You know when I sit down and when I rise up; you discern my thoughts from afar.You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways.Even before a word is on my tongue, behold, O LORD, you know…
The Ending That Sends Us
Sermon Title: THE ENDING THAT SENDS US Sermon Text: MARK 16:1-8 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 16:1-8 ESV When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb.And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll…
Nevertheless…
Sermon Title: NEVERTHELESS… Sermon Text: MARK 15:42-47 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:42-47 ESV And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the SabbathJoseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.Pilate was surprised to hear that he…
He Has Done It
Sermon Title: HE HAS DONE IT! Sermon Text: MARK 15:33-41 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:33-41 ESV And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”And some of the bystanders hearing it said, “Behold, he is…
The Love That Would Not Leave
Sermon Title: THE LOVE THAT WOULD NOT LEAVE Sermon Text: MARK 15:21-32 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 15:21-32 ESV And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.And they brought him to the place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull).And they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take…
The Sound Of His Footsteps
Sermon Title: THE SOUND OF HIS FOOTSTEPSSermon Text: MARK 15:16-20Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSSBy: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES I. THE RUMBLE OF ASSEMBLED CRUELTY A crowd can make cruelty feel normal. Reflect: Where have we allowed a crowd to lower our compassion? II. THE SMACK OF BRUTALITY AND VIOLENCE reed | Greek kalamos | “a staff, a measuring rod.” Reflect: When you think about Jesus’ suffering, has it become too familiar to you? The physical pain of Jesus reminds us that his…
Who Is Really On Trial?
Sermon Title: WHO IS REALLY ON TRIAL?Sermon Text: MARK 15:1-15Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSSBy: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES I. THE CHIEF PRIESTS: ROBES DON’T MAKE YOU RIGHTEOUS envy | Greek phthonos | “displeasure for another’s good” Jealousy wants what another person has. Envy goes further: it resents the other person for having it. The most dangerous corruption isn’t the kind that looks evil; it’s the kind that looks holy. Reflect: When someone else is praised, promoted, trusted, or used by God,…
The One Who Did Not Fail
Sermon Title: THE ONE WHO DID NOT FAILSermon Text: MARK 14:43-72Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSSBy: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES I. SOVEREIGN IN HIS SURRENDER (Mark 14:42-52, Romans 8:32) kiss | Greek kataphileó | “to kiss repeatedly or fervently” betray | Greek paradídōmi | “betray, to hand over” Reflect: What do you do when something unjust happens and you cannot fix it? Do not build your peace on your ability to control the outcome. Build your peace on the God…
The Spirit Is Willing, Flesh Is Weak
Sermon Title: SPIRIT IS WILLING, FLESH IS WEAK Sermon Text: MARK 14:27-42 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:27-42 ESV And Jesus said to them, “You will all fall away, for it is written, ‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’But after I am raised up, I will go before you to Galilee.”Peter said to him, “Even though they all fall away, I will not.”And Jesus said…