Henry Sim

John 7:14-18, Who's Your Teacher?

Jesus is our supreme teacher. In this section in John 7, we see Jesus as the fearless teacher who calls people to obedience to God, a teacher who always sought to glorify the Father and whose motives are unmixed, who can be trusted, who alone can be described as true and in whom there is no unrighteousness. How precious is our Lord who is also our supreme Teacher. May we live faithfully as His disciples, who give Him our supreme attention and obedience.

Matthew 6:5-13a, Pray to your Father [Part 2]

The Lord taught us how we ought not to pray - hypocritical prayer and meaningless repetition. People of God do not pray like the hypocritical religious leaders of Jesus’ day, seeking to be seen by men, but keep our motives pure, as we go to God in prayer, treasuring the personal time we have with our Father. Neither do we engage in praying with meaningless repetition as pagans do, thinking to impress or obligate their deity. This is out of place for one who communes with the one and only true God. He has no interest in repeated words, but those who approach him with a sweet, quiet confidence, as one that approaches Him as their Father. How then shall we pray? The Lord shows us the way we ought to pray through His model prayer. In this sermon, we observe two facets of the Lord’s way of praying : knowledge and worship. We approach God knowing who He is and we approach God with an attitude of worship.

Matthew 6:5-13, Pray to your Father [Part 1]

The very first thing everyone must do to have a relationship with God is to come to believe in the person of Jesus Christ and to receive the forgiveness of sins through faith in Him. Without Christ representing us before the Father, we have no right to go before God and call Him our Father. For the redeemed, prayer is now their great privilege. It is a delight and an essential part of walking with the Lord. In this passage, the Lord shows us what is prayer and how are we who walk with the Lord to pray?

Psalm 1:1-6, Two Ways to Live [Part 2]

The blessed man is likened to a healthy and fruitful tree. As its success is the direct result of its nearness to the constant water source, so the blessed man thrives because he is ever near the necessary source of spiritual nourishment, the Law of the LORD. Those who spiritually thrive constantly abide in the Word of God. Remove yourself from the Word of God, and your soul shrivels up. Plant yourself by the Word of God, your soul will thrive.

Psalm 1:1-6, Two Ways to Live

This is part 1 in our series on “daily walk with the LORD.” The Psalmist presents two ways to live where one is clearly the right/wise choice and the other the damnable one. The right way to live involves three refusals to listening to, living like and laughing with the world. This right way also involves a delight in the LORD’s commands (the Law of the LORD) and making them our meditation all the time. Knowing and living out the will of the Almighty God is the supreme treasure in this life.