Sermons by Nestor Sy
Senior Pastor
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…
The Plan That Was Always There
Sermon Title: THE PLAN THAT WAS ALWAYS THERE Sermon Text: MARK 14:10-26 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:10-26 ESV Then Judas Iscariot, who was one of the twelve, went to the chief priests in order to betray him to them.And when they heard it, they were glad and promised to give him money. And he sought an opportunity to betray him.And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they…
Broken And Beautiful
Sermon Title: BROKEN AND BEAUTIFUL Sermon Text: MARK 14:1-9 Sermon Series: THE PASSION NARRATIVE: FROM BETRAYAL TO THE CROSS By: PTR NIC SY Mark 14:1-9 ESV It was now two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. And the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how to arrest him by stealth and kill himfor they said, “Not during the feast, lest there be an uproar from the people.”And while he was at Bethany in the house…
Living Between Promise And Return
Sermon Title: LIVING BETWEEN PROMISE AND RETURN Sermon Text: MARK 13:28-37 Sermon Series: UNTIL HE COMES: THE KING PREPARES A WATCHFUL CHURCH By: PTR NIC SY Mark 13:28-37 NIV “Now learn this lesson from the fig tree: As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.Even so, when you see these things happening, you know that it is near, right at the door.Truly I tell you, this generation will certainly not…
The Return Of The Son Of Man
Sermon Title: THE RETURN OF THE SON OF MAN Sermon Text: MARK 13:24-27 Sermon Series: UNTIL HE COMES: THE KING PREPARES A WATCHFUL CHURCH By: PTR NIC SY Mark 13:24-27 NIV “But in those days, following that distress, “ ‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great…
The Days Of Distress
Sermon Title: THE DAYS OF DISTRESS Sermon Text: MARK 13:14-23 Sermon Series: UNTIL HE COMES: THE KING PREPARES A WATCHFUL CHURCH By: PTR NIC SY Mark 13:14-23 NIV “When you see ‘the abomination that causes desolation’ standing where it does not belong—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.Let no one on the housetop go down or enter the house to take anything out.Let no one in the field go back to get their…
Stones & Signs: Looking Beyond The Temple
Sermon Title: STONES & SIGNS: LOOKING BEYOND THE TEMPLE Sermon Text: MARK 13:1-8 Sermon Series: UNTIL HE COMES: THE KING PREPARES A WATCHFUL CHURCH By: PTR NIC SY SERMON NOTES What happens when the follower becomes the witness? I. EXPECT PRESSURE – THE SUMMONS The world’s hatred with you will not be about your personality or your preferences. It will be about your allegiance. Persecution doesn’t derail the mission; it advances it. What the enemy meant to silence, God uses…