North Point Baptist Church Sermons

In a world where self-striving and self-accomplishments are gloried in; where those who have accomplished much by themselves are aggrandized, we see quite the contrary in this passage in 1 Timothy. Paul in this passage shows us the utter inability of men to save themselves from their sin, and this is what Mark Ben Thuku seeks to show us in this sermon, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners!

We again encounter Saul as his moment arrives to be revealed as the one chosen by God to be Israel's King. Though Saul shrinks back, God's call prevails over his reluctance.Pastor Musyimi uses this passage to emphasise that just as God chased down Saul and grabbed him, He knows how to find and draw us to his purpose. God is calling us to stop hiding from our shame and our insecurities, and to trust Him to carry us through the call he has bestowed upon our lives. We do not have to hide.

Drawing from 1 Samuel 9-10.16 Pastor John Musyimi reflects on the first encounter between Samuel and Saul, to trace how God calls us in a way that leaves no room for doubt.He urges us not to attempt to engineer our circumstances, but rather to submit to his transforming power in our lives, and trust that He alone will validate our call.

In this text in 2 Peter, we see a reminder of even though the awaited promised day of the Lord tarries it will surely come to pass. What should be our posture as we await that day? Pastor Luke Sloterdyk seeks to urge us in this sermon to live lives that await the promise to be fulfilled as it is certain that the promised day of the Lord will come!

We are at times plagued with the consequences of choosing wrong paths based on our misconstrued desires. This is what meets us in this passage in 1 Samuel where the wrong desires of the Israelites which were contrary to God's will and honor in the end ended up working against them. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that desires that displace God are destined for distress.

In this passage, Samuel mediates between God and his people, reminding us of Jesus who ever lives to intercede for us. Pastor John Musyimi paints a magnificent vision of God returning to help and bless his people when they humbly repent. We are thus challenged to genuinely repent, and to live as if God is our only hope. God helps, Pastor Musyimi says, in marvelous, magnificent and unexpected ways, but he helps those who humble themselves.

Drawing from the account of the first century's Christians' generosity towards each other, Isaac Dimba encourages us to reject and repent of any mere appearance of oneness and embrace what it truly means to be one in Christ.North Point Baptist Church exists as a Bible-believing congregation committed to preaching the gospel of Christ, making disciples and displaying God's love and holiness to the watching world.For more information, you can email: [email protected] media handles:X: / northpointke Facebook: / northpointke Website: https://northpointke.org/

Humans have the tendency to misjudge situations and people in general. One act done can tend to form a whole bias about someone or something. This tendency also tends to creep into our judgment of God's character and this is what meets us in this passage in 1 Samuel. The Israelites assumed God's act of kindness and restoration excused His aforementioned laws. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that God appeased is not God adjusted!

The essence of being captured in an enemy's territory results in unquestionable fear and hopelessness for us as humans due to the condition of our powerlessness therein. However, this is not what is seen in this text in 1 Samuel. Even though the ark of God has been captured by the Philistines, we see God’s vivid demonstration of His sovereign power within their territory. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that God is supreme everywhere even where the enemy lives!

The error of realizing who God is and His role in our lives leads us to catastrophic outcomes. If we have the notion that God is present for our own purposes and goals, we end up with disappointment and shame. This is what is seen in 1 Samuel where the Israelites thought God would be used for their intended outcomes without honoring Him. Pastor John Musyimi in this sermon seeks to show us that if we use God we will lose God!

God's words and providences are at times contradictory to one's expectations. Nevertheless, He calls us to heed to them. This is what meets us in this passage in 1 Samuel, where God delivers a conflicting message to Eli through the same vessel he was training as a priest. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to encourage us to heed God even when what's good to Him is hard on you!

It was in the wedding at Cana, that Jesus performed his first miraculous sign. Pastor Dan Gachuki explains how the apostle John used this occasion to point to Jesus as the one who has intervened in our lives to cover our shame, to cleanse our sin and to consummate our joy.

We who have been loved by God are called to reflect his love towards one another. Mark Ben Thuku explains from 1 John 4:7-12, that this privilege to be loved by God is not without obligation; we have a duty to extend this love to one another, and in so doing God will be shown to be among us.

Drilling into the well-known verses from the Epistle of John, Josphat Macharia reminds us that Christ is the crystallisation of God's love for humanity, and this love shapes not just who a Christian is, but also defines what is the Kingdom of God.

Honor is a great virtue to uphold. As witnessed in the world, when there is a breach of honor, we see it results in disrupted relationships and great loss. This is what meets us in this passage in 1 Samuel, where the house of Eli, who were appointed as priests in God’s house, dishonored God. Pastor John Musyimi shows us in this sermon based on this text that God does and will defend His honor!

In a world filled with ruin, corruption and defilement, we are left to wonder if there is hope for all that we see going wrong. The Christian is, however, presented with a different reality compared to the hopelessness that is rampant in this world. As seen in this text in 1 Samuel, and as pastor John reveals in this sermon, a Son is presented as the needed hope of the world. He reveals that hope for the defiled church is in the undefiled Christ!

In a world which is self-exalting and self-aggrandizing where being weak and lowly is considered a disadvantage, we meet with Hannah's song of thanksgiving - a song which exalts the mercy and grace of God afforded to those who have humbled themselves before Him. This is the key ingredient to the ones God exalts. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that salvation is only for the weak!

What do you do in times of desperation, in challenging times that seem hopeless? Do you withdraw to busy activities to keep you engaged trying to avoid the challenge in question? Do you withdraw to other meaningless habits that yield no fruit in the end? For the Christian, God calls him/her to prayer in such moments, and this is what this text in 1 Samuel portrays. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that desperate times call for desperate prayers!

The Christian matures through lifelong growth in trust, obedience, and the use of God’s means of grace. Pastor Kelvin Mwenda, assures us that because of what we have attained in Christ we continually press on in our Christian race toward maturity.

In order to stand strong against the devil's roars, we need a faith fortified in God, such that when the storms pass, we are still standing. Pastor John Musyimi reminds us that we have hope that any damage done will be repaired by God himself.

To our frail natural minds, being asked to do something that is quite impossible for our capabilities is to a great extent hilarious and alarming. However, this is what meets us in this famous passage in Luke. Mary, an insignificant person is asked to do something significant and life-changing, to bear the Son of God. This is what the Christmas message is, a wonder to the natural mind! And it is what Pastor John Musyimi seeks to show us in this sermon, that we ought to trust the impossible promise of a God who makes everything possible!

In a world fixated with pride and self-exaltation, we often encounter scenarios where humility is scorned and considered weakness. However, as shown in this passage in 1 Peter, we see what true humility is - a character which God cares for and exalts. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, exhorts us to be humble because God cares!

Unbelief to God is a great sin, since it is an outright judgement of His proven character. This is what meets us in this passage in 2 Kings 7 where after a prolonged time of famine, Elisha pronounces God's Word of provision of food. However, the king's captain doubted this word and disaster awaited him. In this sermon, Pastor Richard Chege reminds us that when God promises, the matter is as good as settled. His Word will never fail, therefore, we ought to trust it!

The Book of Romans, which is ideally Paul's masterpiece, portrays a vivid and potent display of what the gospel of Christ is and our call to it. We see the hope of Christ's resurrection, our justification and the eternal glories laid for those who believe in Him. Pastor Ken Mbugua, in this sermon, seeks to urge us to lean into the mission of the local church as the way in which we hold fast to the gospel!

Nahum 1 presents us with a vivid image of the assured nature of God's justice and judgment. His enemies will surely not distress twice; He will make a complete end of them. How are we to live now in light of God's assured judgment? Isaac, in this sermon, seeks to encourage us that since God will avenge all His enemies, we ought to live as though He has already done it!

In the face of injustice and evils done unto us, we may despair wondering if we will ever be avenged; if the perpetrators will ever face the punishment due to their actions. In this Psalm of Asaph, we see a scenario where even the wicked may laugh and scorn, but God, the ultimate Judge, will surely avenge; He will surely do justly. Mark Ben Thuku, helps us in this sermon to entrust our souls to Him who created us by reminding us that God's justice may seem delayed but it is never denied!

When one thinks of a job or situation they are not pleased with, they approach it with reluctance or want to completely avoid it. In this passage, however, Peter gives us a completely different approach which elders of churches should carry. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, helps us to see that elders ought to shepherd like they want to!

Deuteronomy 34 pictures the end of the great man of God, Moses, whom God used mightily for His purposes. Alfred Ndoro, in this sermon, shows us the excellencies of Moses in the Pentateuch, which though great had an end. In contrast to this, we see Christ, the neverending one whose excellencies surpasses Moses', who is the anchor of all those who believe in Him. Alfred urges us to overflow in good works because death has been defeated!

Corrective and safeguarding measures inflicted on the body usually feel unpleasant at the moment but endurable when one considers what he/she is being saved from; take chemotherapy for example. In the same breadth, Peter, in this passage, exhorts us to endure suffering knowing God has a perfect goal in the end. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to urge us to rejoice in our suffering because God is saving us through our suffering!

The reality of the end of a life brings in new perspectives and new approaches to life; approaching things with earnestness and clarity. In the same breadth, Peter brings the end of all things to a greater light in this text, showing what our posture should be in light of the upcoming judgment and Christ's return. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, urges us to practice Christian community like there is no tomorrow!

How we suffer is inextricably tied to our godliness. In reminding us that the path of godliness is paved with commitment to suffer like Jesus, John Musyimi draws our attention to how our relationship with sin is affected by the mindset we bring to our suffering.

The notion of hopelessness in the face of dire challenges and suffering is widely popularized in this world, abandoning all hope due to the nature of our circumstances. However, this notion's contrariety to Christian beliefs is what Peter challenges in this text in 1 Peter. He commands us that even though hell itself be against us, we ought to face it with an audacious confidence; a confidence not rooted in us but in the resurrection of Jesus. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us how Christ is our confidence in our suffering!

Exodus 1 presents us with a compelling case of the indestructible and undefeated nature of who God is and what He does. Unlike some manmade and man-driven agendas which start out well but end up futile, like the Titanic, what God purposes, He fulfills. In this sermon, as seen in the example of the growth of the Israelites, Isaac helps us see that God's purpose unstoppable by earthly opposition is advanced by those who fear Him!

Do you feel as though God is silent when you pray, and has abandoned you in your suffering? The writer of Psalms 74 also felt that God had forsaken their nation in the face of national catastrophe. In this sermon, Mark Ben Thuku encourages us to use this psalm as a template to express our lament, and to remember the God who never forgets his people.

Many entertain the notion that Christianity is everything other than the work that entails being a Christian. Many come to Christ seeking His life but not prepared to put in the work. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter, where he urges the readers that for those who desire to inherit God's blessing, for those who name the name of Christ, they must actively turn away from sin. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, exhorts us to be righteous and from that, you will be blessed!

There is a skewed mentality prevailing in the world about marriage, and more specifically, about wives as being a burden to their husbands. A log they would want to be free from. Our passage in Peter, however, presents us with a different view. Peter exhorts us that husbands should carry the posture of care and honor to their wives as they share in the same grace of life and due to their delicate nature. Pastor John Musyimi seeks to show us in this sermon that godly husbands care for their wives because godly husbands care about God!

The counter-cultural aspect of Christian living is portrayed yet again in this passage in 1 Peter. Where the world esteems beauty through outward expressions of garments and facial adornments, God's Word expresses it quite differently. Peter, in this passage, portrays that a wife's beauty is in the submission to her husband; a concept not grasped by many in the world. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that compelling submission is the incorruptible beauty of a Christian wife!

Daniel 2 brings out an immense picture of a people taken into exile and in constant worry of the adversities they are under. And in this same picture, we see Daniel and a group of three friends whose hope is in something greater, a God who controls the outcome of all things. This story highly relates to our daily living where we face different trials, and it is in this same breadth that Pastor Majola seeks to exhort us, that in the midst that all that shakes us, we would be firm people who are unshaken because our faith is in a God whose Kingdom is unshaken!

This life is full of turmoil. And this is no new feat in the area of authority. Some often find themselves under harsh bosses, and as Christians, Peter has instructed us in his book on what we ought to do when we find ourselves in such tough providences. In this passage, we see Christ as the better example who endured such conflict without sinning. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, exhorts us to endure unjust masters by entrusting ourselves to our just God!

Proverbs 3 is a collection of Solomon's proverbs which at the core of it focuses on the heart of man. Humans generally agree that there is a deep problem with man, and have devised so many ways to address this problem. Diverse rituals and philosophies have been devised to get to the root of this. However, at the heart of Christianity, we see a greater hope and solution that traverses man's chiefest devisings. Pastor Richard Chege, in this sermon, seeks to show us that our deepest problems are heart problems, and God's deepest work is heart transformation.

1 Kings 13, a commonly bewildering Biblical text, sets out to show us that God's commands ought to be fully followed and any diversion from this leads to certain destruction. Just like certain outlined instructions not followed in any constructive project here on earth leads to flawed outcomes, the same applies to the instructions God gives to be followed by His people. Luke Sloterdyk, in this sermon, seeks to show us that an incomplete obedience is complete disobedience!

Unlike what is commonly mistaken in this world that freedom frees us from submission to the law, this passage in Peter echoes a different emphasis. Peter argues in this passage that due to the sole reason that we belong to God and His rule, we ought to be obedient to the governing bodies He has placed over us, even in this world that is passing away. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, shows us explicitly that living as a good citizen is the Christian thing to do!

Certain environments and certain identities influence how we conduct ourselves in this world. As a practitioner, it would influence how you conduct your life on a day to day basis. The same is true for a Christian. Peter, in this passage, portrays the way Christians ought to conduct themselves as they encounter the wars they face in this world, flowing from who they are, as witnesses of God to a watching world. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that the Christian's fight is a Christian fight!

This passage in 1 Peter portrays the sure foundation Christians are built upon, Christ Himself. Just like the famous analogy of houses built on sand vis-à-vis houses built on stone, the contrast is clear in the book of Peter of the work God is doing in building His house! Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to emphasize that God is building His people on Christ!

The call to love is a call to function from the heart, not just perform superficial actions. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter. Just like every other action which we can analyze its sincerity by the person doing it, so is the call to love and the actions that ensue from this. Peter, in this passage, shows us that God's love is rooted in the unchangeable Word of God. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, thereby seeks to show us that the love the gospel requires is love that the gospel inspires!

Despite how esteemed it is in this world, Maslow's hierarchy of needs fails to capture the direst need any person has, which is their need of forgiveness. Sin has plagued the human, separating him from his ultimate good and subjecting him to utter futility. However, God has not left us to our own demise. Mark Ben Thuku, in this sermon, seeks to show us that anyone who thirsts for mercy is invited to God's feast of forgiveness!

In this world full of strivings without and within, the Christian is often compared to a soldier who ought to be always on guard as they navigate this world. This is what meets us in this passage in Peter, where after a series of description of who they are and what they have in Christ, instructs them on how they ought to live as redeemed children of God. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that sober Christian minds are needful for sober Christian lives!

We at times desire and seek to know hidden things and have the privilege of knowing information not publicly available to many for one reason or the other. In the same breadth, as seen in this passage, the prophets of old, and even heavenly beings, sought to know the hidden riches of the gospel which Christ only made available to us, making us to have such a great privilege. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that what Christ veiled from others, He has unveiled to us!

Evil is ever present in this world, and more so in the Christian's life. The question that prevails in the midst of this is, even in the midst of evil, what is God working in the Christian's heart? What is the intended outcome of such occurrences? Josphat Macharia, in this sermon, seeks to show us that God's glory is the good of the Christian even when evil creeps into the Christian's circumstances!

This passage in Peter vividly shows us the true essence of the nature of a Christian. Just like new born babes naturally incline to their mothers' milk by feeding, God has innately created Christians to react in a unique manner, distinct from the surrounding world. Pastor John Musyimi, in this sermon, seeks to show us that though often grieved, Christians instinctively rejoice in their salvation!