Covenant Waterfall Presbyterian Church

The Prince of Darkness Grim, We Tremble Not For Him | Exodus 1:1-21

Deep down every human being longs for a deliverer. In various ways, we all sense some sort of bondage in this world, whether we're worried about the prospect of a Third World War and global instability, or the abuses of our own government – over-reach, corruption, tanking economy – effecting our lives. We long for someone to come and rescue us, make things right, lead us in a just way, to deliver us from evil and bring us into a Promised Land where everything will be made right!
Generations have felt this – African American slaves yearning for freedom from their shackles. Boers in the Cape longing to escape what they saw as British tyranny. It’s for this reason that the story of the Exodus is so powerful and compelling. We're starting a new series this morning in Exodus. It's the story of God who raises up a deliverer, Moses, who led the nation of Israel from slavery in Egypt into freedom in the Promised Land. A story of God himself destroying his enemies and saving a people for himself.
Over the next few months, we will see is that this Exodus story is a gospel story. It’s foreshadowing of the ultimate Exodus led by a new Moses, Jesus Christ, who saves us from bondage to sin and leads us into the true Promised Land, our eternal inheritance, the new creation.
We open up in here in chapter one – and here we see that the people of Israel are slaves in Egypt, ruled over by an evil Egyptian king, Pharaoh, who is trying his best to oppress and destroy them. In spite of his best efforts, they continue to multiply and flourish. What we will see in this text is that because God is faithful to his covenant promises, his purposes will prevail no matter what.
Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.
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The Baby Born a Dragon-Slayer | Revelation 12:1-6

Preacher: Mr. Alex Hewitson.
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From Slaves to Sons | Galatians 4:1-7

Preacher: Mr. Alex Hewitson.
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Exodus 2.0 | Hosea 11:1-11

Preacher: Mr. Alex Hewitson.
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Let Earth Receive Her King | Micah 5:2-6

Christmas Eve 2023.
Preacher: Mr. Alex Hewitson.
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Christ is Lord: Listen to Him | Deuteronomy 18:9-22

Preacher: Mr. Alex Hewitson.
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Blessed to be a Blessing | Philippians 4:14-23

Many of us have been in churches where money is spoken about in almost every sermon. You're typically guilt tripped into giving more money, with the promise that the more you give, the more God will bless you with more money or will heal your sickness. This sort of teaching is unfortunate evidence of the widespread influence of the prosperity gospel in our church context.
It is easy in response to having been exposed to this manipulative prosperity gospel teaching to react in another extreme direction, whereby we don’t speak of money at all, and in fact view it as something unspiritual, bad in itself and unconnected and irrelevant to our Christian faith.
Yet biblical teaching on money is neither of these extremes. The Bible definitely does not teach that we are to give money so that God can give us more money. Nor does the Bible teach that money is in itself unspiritual, in fact it teaches quite the opposite, that how we use money has a direct connection with our heart toward the Lord.
We’ve reached the final verses of this letter to the Philippians. In these few concluding verses, Paul talks about money. He thanks the Philippian church for supporting him financially, even though they were a very poor church. As we look at these verses this morning, we’ll observe some important biblical truths regarding how we are to steward money as believers in Christ. We’ll see that because God is abundant in riches, he will provide for us richly through his grace, so that we can bless others for the sake of the gospel – we’ll see that we’re blessed in order to be a blessing.
Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.
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Doctrine of God 20 | The Holy Trinity Part 2

Part 20 of Covenant Waterfall's catechism class on the Doctrine of God: The Holy Trinity Part 2.
Teacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.
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The Secret of Contentment | Philippians 4:10-13

Preacher: Brendan Stamper.
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Antidote to Anxiety | Philippians 4:4-9

As South Africans, there are many reasons for us to be anxious – whether it’s crime, the way our country is governed, the economy, or insecurity about the future. It's not only here in South Africa, but the world over. There is a real fracturing especially in Western culture. Lots of us struggle with anxiety.
In a similar way, the Philippian church was also experiencing anxiety at the time Paul wrote this letter. They were anxious about disunity and quarrels within the church. We saw this last week with the dispute between Euodia and Syntyche. The church was also worried about destructive false teachers (Judaizers and prosperity gospel). Their founder, their pastor, Paul, who had discipled them and grown them in their faith was locked up in a prison in Rome hundreds of miles away from them. This young church plant faced some significant threats and so they were understandably anxious. Paul speaks directly into this situation in this text. What we will see that because God grants us his peace in Christ, there is no need to be anxious. Instead we can rejoice in the Lord.
Preacher: Rev. Antonio Coppola.
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