This sermon examines Colossians 2:16-23, challenging believers to focus on Christ as the substance of their faith, rather than getting sidetracked by religious rituals, worldly pressures, or human-made rules that cannot stop the indulgence of the flesh.

Here Paul urges these believers to keep receiving all they need from Jesus Christ, and not to be taken captive by anything else, because of six powerful truths about our Savior.

In this passage Paul gives four reasons from his own life for why we should not let anything draw us away from Christ -- because his joy in suffering shows the reality of Christ, because Christ dwells in believing Jews and Gentiles with the hope of glory, because in Christ we will receive encouragement, a community of loving believers, full assuran…

In this passage Paul counters the false teachers who tried to draw believers away from Christ, by giving seven reasons why we should keep our hearts glued to Christ.

In this passage we see that Paul was devoted to prayer for other believers, and that the focus of his prayer was on believers' spiritual growth.

Baptism is a powerful picture of how, when we trust Christ, we are united to Christ in his death and resurrection. In this sermon we explore what it means to die and rise with Christ, why this is so important, and how baptism pictures this wonderful transformation.gful.

As Paul describes his thankfulness for the church at Colossae, he teaches us that God uses our future hope to strengthen our faith in Christ and our love for each other.

Looking at Hebrews 1:1-4 to discover the supremacy of Christ above all things

As Paul concludes his letter to the church of Rome, he warns them of the danger of false teachers, equips them to resist false teaching, and encourages their hearts in the Lord.

In these 16 verses Paul commends and greets over 30 people, and shows us five essential characteristics of Christ-centered community.

As Paul explains to the believers in Rome why he has not yet visited them, we can see six aspects of his life that God would want us to imitate.

In this passage Paul gives five descriptions of God's will for the church at Rome, which are also God's will for every church, including Grace Church Abu Dhabi.

Paul wants the Church at Rome to build one another up and welcome one another for God’s glory and praise following the example of Christ, who came to serve and die for God’s glory.

Paul calls on believers to walk in love by not causing their brothers and sisters to stumble. Eating and drinking against one's conscience is sin and may lead to spiritual ruin before God. So, believers are called to walk carefully in love so as not to offend one another and tempt one to go against their conscience.…

A call for believers to embrace one another in love, setting aside judgments on non-essential differences.

As Christians we are obligated to love those around us. This kind of love does not fly int the face of God’s commands but instead upholds them, flowing from a love for God and His love for us. Likewise, knowing the time that we are in awaiting the return of Christ spurs us on to cast off darkness and live the Christian life.…

The Christian life should be marked by genuine love. This affects how we respond and interact with people inside the church community and outside. The gospel calls us to something that is radical and countercultural.

A look at Paul's call in Romans 12:1-2 to present ourselves as living sacrifices and embrace worship as a way of life, relying on the transformative power of God's Word and Spirit.

There is no greater gift Jesus can give us than a greater revelation of his glory. And in response to Lazarus' sickness, that's what he does for Martha, Mary, his disciples -- and Lazarus. And we get to read about it, and experience it, today.

Paul wraps up Romans 9-11 by showing how God's displays his breath-taking mercy in four stages of the history of salvation, concluding with a passionate celebration of God's mercy.

Paul knows that Israel's ongoing unbelief could make us think God has or will completely reject them, but Paul explains why that's not the case, and what God's amazing final plan is for Israel -- while also giving us a sobering message about the reality of God's hardening.

Romans 10:14-21 teaches that the Gospel should be proclaimed, heard, and believed yet sadly many have rejected the message.

In Romans 10 Paul helps us see that the goal of the Old Testament Law was to bring people to the faith that would give them the Messiah's gift of perfect righteousness, and what kind of faith brings us that gift today.

To show God's glory, and strengthen our faith in God's promises, Paul describes what God promises regarding the salvation of both Gentiles and Jews, and explains why -- at the present time -- so few Jews are embracing their Messiah.

In this passage Paul answers two more objections to his preaching, and then shows us what is God's ultimate, cosmic purpose in his plan of salvation -- which is profoundly encouraging.

In this passage Paul uses the way God chose Jacob to be the father of Israel to teach us four truths about how God chooses us for salvation.

Paul uses the story of the births of Isaac and Ishmael to explain that the way we become saved children of promise is by God supernaturally creating faith in our hearts.

Before Paul explains how the promises of Romans 1-8 transform our lives, he has to explain why Israel's unbelief does not raise doubts about the truth of God's promises. That's what's going on in Romans 9-11. And that's where he starts in 9:1-6.

Pastor Steve brings our Prayer Week to a close with a message from Psalm 119:17-24, in which we see the psalmist's devotion to prayer and meditation on God's Word, and learn why these are so crucial.

What does it mean to pray with faith? To answer this question, and strengthen our prayer as we head into prayer week, we look at how Paul prayed about his thorn in the flesh, how Jesus describes prayer in Mark 11:23-24, and what Paul says about the spiritual gift of faith in 1 Cor 13:1-2.

The LORD bless you and keep you; the LORD make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the LORD lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Num. 6:24-26).

The story of the wise men gives us eight reasons to trust Christ, which will result in him being the very center of our lives.

The book of Isaiah show a familiar pattern, Israel and Ahaz live against God's good laws, God calls them to repent, they don't, and God allows their sin to be punished. Despite this repeated pattern beginning with Adam, God has always had a plan, and his plan is to save his children through the bruising of his Son.…

To be gripped by the wonder of Christ's birth, it's important to understand who Christ was before he was born.

We all know that Jesus calls us to be fishers of men, but for some reason we miss the amazing promise he makes to us about this.

In this passage God calls us to not settle for shallow, trivial fellowship, but to understand and pursue the life-changing fellowship God has for us.

This sermon exploreis the urgency of serving others based on 1 Peter 4:7-11, emphasizing the importance of love as the driving force behind selfless service and highlighting the transformative power of God's grace in fulfilling our highest calling—to bring glory to the One who is worthy of all praise, honor, and adoration.…

In Romans 12:3-8 Paul warns us of a danger we will face when we pursue spiritual gifts, and also tells us how we should go about pursuing them.

As Grace Church faces a trial, we take this Sunday to look at what God promises about our trials, and how we should respond to our trials.

In 1 Corinthians 13 Paul says there will come a time when certain spiritual gifts will cease. So when is that? And what does this mean for us?

One of our convictions is that God calls us to be a worshiping church. In this passage we learn why David worshiped, and how David worshiped, so we can grow together in worship.

Romans 8:31-39 shows us that we can be sure of our salvation in Christ and certain of God's love for us in Christ.

In this sermon we will dig into what it means to suffer with Christ, and the five reasons Paul gives for why suffering with Christ is worth the glory that will experience in Christ forever.

Paul describes the difference between those who live according to the flesh and those who live according to the Spirit. He assures us that those who are in Christ by faith are also in the Spirit. We now enjoy the Spirit's life giving presence and the hope that one day, through the Spirit, God will give life to our mortal bodies.…

Paul brings the previous chapters to a conclusion by celebrating that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because everyone who is in Christ has had their sin condemned in Jesus' flesh and has this confirmed by the Spirit's work of freeing them from sin.

To show how powerful sin is, Paul describes how hard sin is to battle against.

Paul has said some negative things about the Law of Moses, and so explains that the problem is the way our sin has responded to God's Law. He wants us to understand that the Law is holy, righteous, and good.

All of us were enslaved to sin because we were born under the law and had no righteousness of our own. Through Christ, we are set free from the bondage of our sin and through the power of grace, live holy lives in submission to God. Grace's reward is eternal life and sin offers death.

Through Jesus's sacrifice, we die to ourself and experience new life, and through Jesus's resurrection he redeems us in the next life. Now, we are called to die to self in order to be god's righteousness instruments for his kingdom.