#91 All Yes and Amen?

23rd January 2011

#91 All Yes and Amen?

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Sermon based on 2 Corinthians 1:18-20


18 But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.” 
19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us—by me and Silas and Timothy—was not “Yes” and “No,” but in him it has always been “Yes.” 
20 For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.


The Parable of the Sower has been described to be the "mother of all parables".  This is because Jesus told His disciples that if they did not understand this parable, they would not be able to understand all His other parables.
In the same way, 2 Cor 1:20 contains what Rev Reuben describes as the "mother of all promises": it contains the promise that all other promises found in the Scripture are a definite yes and amen because of what Christ has accomplished for us via His perfect work on the cross.

#90 So This Is Christmas

25th December 2010

#90 So This Is Christmas

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Sermon based on Isaiah 7:14; Matthew 1:23

#89 Do They Know It's Christmas?

12th December 2010

#89 Do They Know It's Christmas?

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Sermon based on Matthew 1:1; 1 John 2:22

#88 Get Intimate

28th November 2010

#88 Get Intimate

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Sermon based on John 5:19-20; Hebrews 1:3

John 5:19-20
¹⁹ Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does. ²⁰ For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.


Hebrews 1:3
³ The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven. 

Heb 1:3 tells us that Jesus is the "exact representation (NASB/NIV)" or "express image (KJV)" of God the Father. The original Greek word is χαρακτήρ charaktēr (G5481), from which we derive the English word "character". In this sermon based on Jn 5:19-20 and Heb 1:3, Rev Reuben Ng explains how closely connected and in sync the Holy Trinity is.

#87 Drink Fill Bless

14th November 2010

#87 Drink Fill Bless

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Sermon based on John 4:13-14; John 7:37-39

John 4
13 Jesus answered, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again, 14 but whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”

John 7
37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.”[c] 39 By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

You have heard of "eat, pray, love"? How about "drink, fill, bless"? Listen to Rev Reuben distinguish between the very first time when one receives the Holy Spirit (Jn 4: well springing up to eternal life, Jn 20) and being continually filled with the Spirit (Jn 7: bellies flowing rivers of living water, Acts 2). He then encourages us to drink so as to be filled, and via the overflow become a vessel to bless and touch others. 

Friends, do not pray for revival to happen, because it already has!

#86 Intimacy

7th November 2010

#86 Intimacy


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Sermon based on 2 Corinthians 3:7-18


The Greater Glory of the New Covenant
 ⁷ Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, ⁸ will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? ⁹ If the ministry that brought condemnation was glorious, how much more glorious is the ministry that brings righteousness! ¹⁰ For what was glorious has no glory now in comparison with the surpassing glory. ¹¹ And if what was transitory came with glory, how much greater is the glory of that which lasts!  ¹² Therefore, since we have such a hope, we are very bold. ¹³ We are not like Moses, who would put a veil over his face to prevent the Israelites from seeing the end of what was passing away. ¹⁴ But their minds were made dull, for to this day the same veil remains when the old covenant is read. It has not been removed, because only in Christ is it taken away. ¹⁵ Even to this day when Moses is read, a veil covers their hearts. ¹⁶¹⁷ Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. ¹⁸ And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit. But whenever anyone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away.

This is a continuation of the sermons that Rev Reuben Ng preached last week and the week before.  Listen to Rev Reuben expound on 2 Cor 3:7-18, whereby the apostle Paul contrasted the ministry of death and condemnation (which glory was fading away) with the ministry of the Holy Spirit (which glory is ever-increasing).  He then gives us some pointers on how to remain steadfast on this "glory-to-glory" track in which things around us should become "naturally supernatural", and shares an amazing testimony on how/why the title of last week's sermon was changed from "We Want More" to "Hungry For His Presence".

#85 Hungry For His Presence

31st October 2010

#86 Hungry For His Presence (initially entitled "We Want More")

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Sermon based on Matthew 7:7-11

Ask, Seek, Knock



7"Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.
9"Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake?
11If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!

This is a continuation of the sermon that Rev Reuben Ng preached last week about being Filled to Fullness, having a deep hunger and thirst for God. Hear the amazing testimony by an Amos Yeo, one of the youths who had responded to the "altar call" last week. Hallelujah! God is moving mightily amongst the youth in Paya Lebar Methodist Church. By the way, those on Twitter can follow RR (Rev Reubs) on @ReubenNg