Redeemer Church of Waterford
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The weekly Sunday morning message by Pastor Paul Edwards from Redeemer Church of Waterford, Michigan.
Episodes
- The Holy Flock
We have been considering the word of the Lord which came to Ezekiel which is nothing less than the revelation of God's plan to rescue, redeem, and reconcile to himself His wayward people - the gospel of our salvation. But what is God's ult…
- Open Heart, Open Home
The episode discusses Lydia, an example of a sinner whose heart was opened by the Lord to understand the gospel through Paul's preaching, resulting in a transformed life.
- "Then the Nations Shall Know"
The episode "Then the Nations Shall Know" from Redeemer Church of Waterford discusses God's ultimate purpose for salvation: His sanctification in believers to silence mocking unbelievers. It references the humbling of heathen nations and G…
- "Jacob Have I Loved, Esau Have I Hated"
How do we reconcile the truth that God loves the world with His statement in Romans 9:13 (Malachi 1:2-3) that he hated Esau?
- "40"
Psalm 40 is examined through its historical, prophetic, and spiritual contexts. Historically, it reflects King David's words. Prophetically, it speaks of Jesus, the Messiah. Spiritually, it applies to every believer, particularly those cal…
- God's Purpose According to Election
We can logically conclude that the basis for God choosing Isaac over Ishmael was due to the illegitimacy of Ishmael's conception and birth with Hagar and not Sarah. But how do we explain God's choice of Jacob over Esau given they were both…
- Children of the Promise
The Apostle Paul in Romans 9 is dealing with the question: "If Israel - Abraham's seed - are God's chosen people, why have so many Jews rejected Jesus? In light of the Jews' rejection of Jesus, Paul anticipates the question: "Has the word…
- Every Spiritual Blessing
This episode explores the abundant blessings of salvation in Jesus Christ, describing it as a state of fullness, all-sufficiency, and final satisfaction.
- Not All Israel is Of Israel
In the opening verses of Romans 9, the Apostle Paul, himself a Jew, has lamented Israel's rejection of the gospel (vv. 1-3) in spite of the privileges they enjoy as God's chosen people (vv. 4-5). In verse 6 he anticipates a question from h…
- Ethnic Israel's Unique Privileges
In Romans 9:4-5, the Apostle Paul highlights eight unique privileges that belong to ethnic Israel as the chosen people of God. These eight privileges are not only for those Jews who have believed on Jesus, but belong to all of those who ar…
- Sinners in the Fellowship of a Holy God
This episode from Redeemer Church of Waterford discusses reconciliation with God as a supreme benefit of the gospel, emphasizing that this is possible despite human sin and rebellion.
- "I Will Put My Spirit Within You"
Every Christian knows the frustration of trying their best to not sin and to obey God. How are we able to live this Christian life? How are we able to keep the statutes and commandments of God and walk in his ways? The answer rings loud fr…
- God's Plan for Ethnic Israel: Defining Terms
God does indeed have a plan for ethnic Israel, both in this present church age and at the end of history. But "they are not all Israel which are of Israel." Before considering what God the plan of God is for Israel is, we must first define…
- A New Heart and a New Spirit
What are the heart and spirit as the Bible defines them? The heart is the mind, the control center of my entire being. The spirit is the will, the thing that causes me to do that which the mind dictates, to fulfill the desires of the flesh…
- "And You Shall Be Clean"
The gospel is bad news before it is good news. The bad news is we are defiled, unclean, and polluted because we have profaned God's holy name by our own way and our own doings. Is there any hope that we can be made clean? Yes! The very hol…
- The Lord God Sanctified in You
The gospel is not a remediation program. It is not a program of moral reform. The gospel is nothing less than a radical transformation of the entire being through the sovereign work of regeneration by the Holy Spirit. And what is the evide…
- "I Poured My Fury Upon Them"
The message of the Bible is that God in eternal counsel has devised a plan to reconcile his fallen creatures to himself. This plan is the gospel, and it is on every page of holy Scripture. All of the essential elements of the gospel are co…
- The Message of the Bible
What is the message of the Bible? The word of the Lord that came to the prophet Ezekiel in Ezekiel 36:16-38 is the message of the whole Bible in miniature. You will find this message either implicitly or explicitly on every page of the Bib…
- Distortion, Distraction, and the Word of the Lord
This is the first in a series of messages titled "The Gospel According to Ezekiel: Salvation by Grace in Ezekiel 36." From the beginning of human history, two voices have competed for the minds, hearts, and wills of human beings: the voice…
- In Praise of God's Anger Averted
The story of the people of God is marked by periods of rebellion against God, then exile from God, and then return to God. In chapters 9 and 10 of Isaiah, God is angry with His people. This anger has come in four waves, with each wave endi…
- Portraits of Christmas: A Shoot
The Shoot is an insignificant twig which Isaiah prophesies will cut down the mighty trees of the woods - the nations of the world who are in rebellion against God and and oppress the people of God. How will we recognize this insignificant…
- Jesus: Growing in God's Word
Our text tells us that "Jesus grew in wisdom, and in stature, and in favor with God and man." Since Jesus is God in human flesh, why would it be said of him that he "grew in wisdom and favor with God?" What are the means which God used in…
- Portraits of Christmas: A Star
In a blessing that is also a prophecy, Balaam sees, in the latter days, "a Star coming out of Jacob" who will "crush the foreheads" of Moab. It is clear that this Star is a majestic ruler, but not an ordinary majestic ruler. Balaam sees th…
- Mary: Pondering God's Word
We consider three vignettes from Mary's relationship with Jesus as described by Luke to discover lessons for developing holiness in our own lives.
- Portraits of Christmas: A Scepter
We learn from Jacob's blessing on Judah in Genesis 49 that the seed of the Woman in Genesis 3:15 is a royal seed. Underlying the conflict between nations, between husbands and wives, between employer and employees is the question: "Who wil…
- Joseph: Obeying God's Word
What is God doing in Joseph? What is God making him to be? For the sake of His Son, Jesus, God is making Joseph "a walking, living, breathing model of what it means to live as a friend of God." Part One in the 2025 Family Advent Sermon Ser…
- Portraits of Christmas: A Seed
The first half of Genesis 3:15 tells us why there is trouble, and turmoil, and despair in the world. The second half of Genesis 3:15 is the first gospel promise that God has a plan to do something about the way the world is and to restore…
- "One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church" Part 2
A further consideration of the four characteristics of the church in the Nicene Creed: The Church is One (Unified) The Church is Holy (Unblemished) The Church is Catholic (Universal) The Church is Apostolic (Unerring)
- "One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church"
In the first half of the third article of the Nicene Creed we affirm WHO the Holy Spirit is - "the Lord and Giver of life who proceeds from the Father and the Son." In the second half of the third article we affirm WHERE the central place…
- "We Believe in the Holy Spirit," Part Two
Most Christians do not have a biblical understanding of who the Holy Spirit is. According to Ligonier's 2025 State of Theology Survey, 53% of self-described evangelicals believe the Holy Spirit is "a force." This is not biblical. The Holy…
- "We Believe in the Holy Spirit" Part One
According to Ligonier's 2025 State of Theology Survey, 53% of self-described evangelicals believe the Holy Spirit is "a force." This is not biblical. The Holy Spirit is not a force, or a power, or a feeling. The Holy Spirit is a person who…
- "He Ascended Into Heaven"
One of the most neglected aspects of the atoning work of Christ is his ascension into heaven. While we rightly give our attention to his resurrection, just as important to our salvation is his ascension and the work that he is doing even n…
- "Whom God Raised Up," Part 2
There are numberless gifts purchased for the believer by the blood of Christ which are bestowed upon us in the resurrection of the Lord Jesus from the dead. In this message we consider just three of those gifts: satisfaction, sanctificatio…
- "Whom God Raised Up"
The central theme of apostolic preaching is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead because the central tenet of the Christian faith is the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead.
- "Crucified, Suffered, Buried"
When the creed rightly declares that our Lord was "crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered, and was buried," we must be careful to understand that the suffering of our Savior is not limited to what he endured for us on the cross.
- "And Was Made Man"
Though Mary the virgin was the willing human instrument, the conception of the eternal, only-begotten Son in her womb so that He might be made flesh is due only and entirely to the work of the Trinity.
- "He Came Down From Heaven"
The most important thing about heaven is that the Lord Jesus Christ is there at the right hand of His Father. This truth only emphasizes the great grace displayed by the Son of God who willing left the glory of heaven to come to earth to s…
- "For Us Men and For Our Salvation"
In the Nicene Creed, the phrase "Who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven" turns our attention from the person of Christ in relation to His Father as the eternal Son of God, to the work of Christ in relation to us as the…
- "The Christ, the Son of God"
When Peter confesses, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God," he is not making a definitive statement about the deity of Jesus. When Peter calls Jesus "Christ," he is affirming that Jesus, as a descendent of David, is the final fu…
- One Lord JESUS Christ
The name 'Jesus' derives from the Aramaic 'Joshua' which means 'the LORD who saves.' Jesus was a common first century Jewish name. Because the people were anticipating a savior who would deliver them from their enemies, parents of infant s…
- One LORD Jesus Christ
To fully understand what the Apostles meant when they called Jesus "Lord," it is necessary to understand the meaning of the unutterable Name of the LORD as God was called in the Old Testament.
- Begotten of His Father
What does it mean when the Nicene Creed affirms that our one Lord Jesus Christ was "begotten of His Father"? Was there a time when the Second Person of the Holy Trinity did not exist? Beyond that, what are the implications FOR US that the…
- "Behold, a Throne"
The first article of the Nicene Creed affirms "one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible." This one God is seated on an invisible throne from which He overrules all other powers which…
- Created For God's Pleasure
When the cherubim and the twenty-four elders sing, "Thou, Lord, hast created all things and for thy pleasure they are and were created," we are confronted with the absolute sovereignty of God over every created thing and the resulting tens…
- "Maker of All Things Visible and Invisible" Part Two
How does Jesus being the Creator of things visible and invisible speak to our own cultural moment which places a higher value on the visible (material) world than it does the invisible (spiritual) world?
- A Creation Call to Worship
The 148th Psalm is a call for all creation to praise the Lord. Verses 1 - 6 call for the heavens to praise the Lord, from the highest to the lowest created things. Verses 7 - 14 call for the earth to praise the Lord, from the lowest to the…
- "Maker of All Things Visible and Invisible" Part One
In the first century, when the Apostle Paul wrote to the Colossians, there is confusion about who Jesus is. In the fourth century, when the Nicene Creed was written, there is confusion about who Jesus is. In the twenty-first century there…
- "Father Almighty, "Maker of Heaven and Earth" (Part Two)
In this continuation of our consideration of what the Nicene Creed means by "Maker of Heaven and Earth," Pastor Paul gives a fuller exposition of Hebrews 1:1-12 as we examine how the Son as the Word of the Father calls everything that is i…
- "Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth" (Part One)
Albert Mohler: "...everything that exists traces its existence and its reality to the sovereign act of God the Father Almighty—maker of heaven and earth." What we believe about the origins of life is fundamental to everything else we belie…
- "One God, the Father Almighty"
What does the Nicene Creed mean when it says, "We believe in one God, the Father Almighty"? How are we to understand God as "Father"? Preeminently, God is understood to be Father in His eternal relationship to the Son without regard to His…