Mercy Seat Christian Church

Our congregation is unable to gather because the county building we rent at is closed by order of the government until at least May. We therefore are meeting at several homes and the sermon is live-streamed. This sermon looks at the numbers, the government actions, and the public response. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcS93LJdsUQ Here are the links to the two videos mentioned in the sermon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx8xKcQMTRs&list=PLRsLJyVixDAeThJzwKkwpgGzyPXV_SpZZ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBuP40H4Tko Here is the sermon Man's Most Shocking Trait - His Willingness to Conform: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninf... Sermon by Pastor Matt Trewhella. MercySeat.net + LesserMagistrate.com

This was the last sermon Pastor Matt preached just before the pretendemic. It was preached on March 8th, 2020 - finally published now. The sermon goes through chapter 19 verse by verse - and it ends with a 20-minute strongly worded and heartfelt exhortation. The things said were striking given what happened just a few days later. Strap on your boots - the sermon is 69 minutes long. We pray it is a blessing to your mind - and builds a fire in your heart. MercySeat.net DefyTyrants.com

Continuing through Acts verse by verse. So here again we see Paul before the magistrates. In contact with the magistrates. When the Lord spoke to Paul He said there would be no harm to him – but that did not mean there wouldn't be difficulties. But notice here – no harm did come to him! Here we see the interposition of the magistrates on behalf of Paul! The magistrate keeps Paul from harm. And this was huge. Had Gallio sided with the Jews – scholars point out that this would have slowed the preaching of the Gospel for the next 10-12 years. Then there was a change in Roman rule under Nero decidedly against Christians. But those 10-12 years running up till then would have been decidedly different. Gallio was held in esteem – had his judgment gone against Paul - all other proconsuls would hear of his verdict on this – and they too would have made things hard on the Christians. Because of the interposition of this proconsul – the Christian faith was given liberty to be proclaimed. This demonstrates once again – t

After two and half years, finally getting this sermon posted. Continuing through Acts verse by verse - it is a barn-burner. This is classic Christianity in action. True Christianity confronts the false religions and paganism of the cultures. True Christianity confronts and comes into conflict with the idols of cultures. And that is what is happening here. Notice this form of true Christianity is wholly opposite of American Christianity and all the Christianity of the West in our day – which tries to accommodate itself to the world – to live in peaceful coexistence with the world. To appease and conform to the world – even to where it can live in peaceful coexistence with and accommodate itself to homosex - when such behavior is condemned in see-spot-run fashion in Scripture. We have to ask – where are the men who fear God? All of present-day Christianity tries to effeminize men – make men into women – condemn and cajole manly behavior – and yet, the world is screaming for men who love God to speak! And to act

This sermon talks about the root and the history of Thanksgiving Day, and makes comparisons to the current view of Thanksgiving Day. Interesting and thoughtful. 32 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse through Acts. This sermon goes through Acts 14 which covers the second half of Paul's first missionary journey. 30-min. MercySeat.net

Preached on November 3rd in observance of the 502nd anniversary of the Reformation, this sermon explains why the idea of self-government - to the exclusion of the other three great governments - is an absurdity. The sermon then sets forth three areas in which the Reformation had a huge impact on self-government. 32 min. MercySeat.net DefyTyrants.com On the 500th anniversary, Pastor Trewhella preached on The Reformation and Civil Government. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=118172128447 On the 501st anniversary, Pastor Trewhella preached on The Reformation and Family Government. https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=1112181958110

Continuing through Acts verse by verse. This passage brings up the topic of imprecation. Is it biblical? Should Christians employ imprecation? This sermon examines this matter. The sermon is loaded with Scripture. 46 min. MercySeat.net DefyTyrants.com

Imprecation is seen in both the Old Testament and the New Testament. Here we see it in the Book of Acts. Imprecation is a New Testament, biblically-valid practice for believers in Jesus Christ. This sermon examines both the history surrounding this matter - and looks at lots of Scripture regarding its use. 46min. MercySeat.net

The Lord was building something great in Antioch - and the brethren there commence a mission to the Gentiles. This sermon continues verse by verse and covers the beginning of Paul's first missionary journey. The sermon reveals that sometimes the Holy Spirit who teaches us to be gentle - has us declare strong rebuke. We also see the first Gentile convert to the Christian faith in this missionary endeavor - was a magistrate. Lots of insight throughout. 40 min. MercySeat.net

This sermon is loaded with wisdom, insight, and Scripture. You will learn more about the goodness and importance of singing in this 26 minutes than you have probably learned all your life. Ernie is an elder at Mercy Seat, a music teacher, and a composer. 26 min. MercySeat.net

I preached this sermon two days after my mom crossed over the river and went to be with the Lord. The sermon covers many details and thoughts. I want everyone to know that my mom not only was the first in our family to come to Christ and break the curse, but she patterned who He is to all of us in how she lived. I will share just three examples - though I could share hundreds. I preached a sermon this past Mother's Day in honor of my mom. It is only 15-minutes long and reveals her life, and how the Lord graciously regenerated her by the power of the Holy Spirit. Here is the link: https://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?SID=51419036587671 May Christ be praised!

"Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. Then he killed James the brother of John with the sword." -Acts 12:1-2 Continuing on verse by verse through the Book of Acts. This sermon covers all of chapter 12. Lots of important history and insight. 38 min. MercySeat.net

In Christian history, apart from Jerusalem, no other city of the Roman Empire played as large a part in the life of the early church as Antioch of Syria. It was the home base of Paul's outreach to the eastern half of the empire. It was the place believers were first named "Christians." It was the place where the dispute about whether the Gentile converts had to be circumcised or not and other Jewish customs arose. It was the birthplace of foreign missions (13:2). And it had among its teachers – Barnabas, Paul, and Peter in the first century; Ignatius and Theophilis in the 2nd century; and Lucian, Theodore, and Chrysostum at the end of the third century. Continuing verse by verse. 40 min. MercySeat.net "For there is no spirit of liberty of independence in them to lift up their voices against the powers of the world. No valor to protect the truth in time of danger. So long as they prosper in their own concerns, so long as they realize the objects of their ambition or avarice, they hold in small account the loss

The Jewish mind had a hard time accepting the idea that the Gospel was for any others but the Jews. The Jewish mind had a difficult time accepting the idea that Gentiles could be part of the Lord's people. So difficult – that the Lord had to give Peter this dramatic vision in order to make it thinkable and accepted by the early Jewish believers. The primary point of this passage regarding this vision was not about whether you can eat unclean animals or not per Leviticus 11, rather, the primary point of this passage and vision is that the Gentiles – whom the Jews considered unclean – were able to be part of the people of God also. The Gospel was not just for the Jew – but also for the Gentile. For all men. This sermon covers all of chapter 10 verse by verse. May Christ be praised! 47 min. Mercy Seat.net

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon first addresses persecution and suffering. Then it spends from about the 21:00 minute mark on addressing the iconoclastic nature of the Gospel. Christianity destroys idols. 40 min. MercySeat.net

This sermon covers the purpose for miracles. Do miracles convert people to Christ? It also looks at the matter of kneeling. 34 min. MercySeat.net

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon covers Saul's conversion to Christ and Christianity. It also looks into the suffering the Lord declares he will endure as His chosen vessel. 49 min. MercySeat.net

I never published this sermon because it is missing the first 8-minutes due to a recording error. But I now realize that what was preserved is of too great importance not to air. Very few Christians who have been martyred were told - "Deny Christ or die." The vast majority of persecutions had and have to do with some point of obedience. The matter is about authority - and about rule. The design of the state is to persecute and eliminate Christianity, or subjugate it, or dull, deaden, and defile the form of Christianity in their midst. This is what has happened in America and throughout the West. The state makes laws or policies that impugn the law or Word of God. The Christian is brought into confrontation and conflict with the state because of this point of obedience - whatever the situation may be. He refuses to join in the state's rebellion against Christ. He is obedient to the Lord. This results in suffering, persecution, and martyrdom. Lawrence the Deacon exemplified this in the 3rd century. 23 min. M

Continuing verse by verse, this sermon covers the expansion of the Gospel into non-Jewish areas as we see the conversion of the Samaritans and an Ethiopian eunuch. The early Jewish believers were beginning to realize what Jesus said in Acts 1:8 was true - that they would be His witnesses in Samaria and to the ends of the earth! The sermon also covers whether Simon's conversion was genuine or not. 39 min. MercySeat.net