Warragul Presbyterian Church

Sunday 14th June 2026

Read: Psalm 78:32-42; Exodus 17:1-7; 32:1-24; 1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 10:1-11:1

 

Introduction

1 Corinthians 8-10 Concerning food sacrificed to idols

1 Corinthians 10:1-13 The boundaries of Christian freedom
10:1-6 freedom that destroys
(Exodus 13:21; 14:21-22; 16:4, 14-18; 17:6; 32:6)

10:7-13 types from the Church before Jesus
(Numbers 25:1-9; 21:4-9)

1 Corinthians 10:14-22 We are not free to be unfaithful to the covenant

1 Corinthians 10:23-11:1 We are free to be governed by what is helpful

 

Sunday 7th June 2026

Read: Psalm 115; Amos 3:1-8 (Jeremiah 20:7-12; Matthew 22:36-40); 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 9:1-27

 

Introduction: How much do rights matter?

1-2 Questions of identity: Paul and the Corinthians

3-14 Questions on rights and entitlements

15-18 Rewards outweigh rights

19-23 The freedom to be a servant

24-27 The freedom to win

 

Sunday 31st May 2026

Read: Jeremiah 1:1-10; John 13:34-35; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13

 

Introduction: “Head knowledge” vs “Heart knowledge”

1-3 The knowledge that builds up

4-6 The knowledge that puffs up (Good theology badly applied)

7-13 Rights and wrong (Taking care that being right doesn’t lead to doing wrong)

Conclusion: “You are not your own”; “I will show you a more excellent way”

 

Sunday 24th May 2026

Read: Revelation 14:1-13; 1 Corinthians 7:17-40

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 7:17-40

 

Introduction

1 Corinthians and the matters about which they wrote

1 Corinthians 7:17-24 If only my situation were different

1 Corinthians 7:25-38 To be or not to be married

1 Corinthians 7:39-40 Widows and remarriage

Conclusion

 

Sunday 17th May 2026

Read: Psalm 128; Genesis 2:15-25; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16

Sermon: 1 Corinthians 7:1-16

 

1-5 Concerning marriage and sex

6-9 Concerning singleness

10-11 Christians and divorce (a)

12-16 Christians and divorce (b)

 

Sunday 10th May 2026

Read: Psalm 50; Exodus 34:1-10; John 5:18-47

Sermon: John 5:30-47

 

Introduction

John 5 and the Gospel according to John

5:30-47 Testimonies validating Jesus
5:30-31 True testimony

5:32-35 John the Baptist (and the Prophets)

5:36-38 The works from the Father

5:39-44 The Scriptures

5:45-47 Moses

 

Sunday 3rd May 2026

Read: Psalm 36; Daniel 12:1-4; John 5:1-30

Sermon: John 5:1-30

 

Introduction: Dishonouring the sender

1-9a An invalid healed

9b-18 Working and the Sabbath

19-24 Like Father like Son

25-30 The Son’s authority over life and death

Conclusion: the resurrection has begun!

 

Sunday 26th April 2026

Read: Isaiah 6:1-13; John 4:43-54

Sermon: John 4:43-54

 

Introduction

John 1-4 The Gospel according to John

4:43-44 His own did not receive him (1:11)

4:45-48 Many believed in Jesus but he did not ‘believe in them’ (2:23-25)

4:49-53 Blessed are those who believe without seeing (20:29)

Conclusion

 

Sunday 19th April 2026

Read: 2 Kings 17:6,22–29; John 4:1–42

Sermon: John 4:1–42

 

1. Introduction

2. The new setting – a different national history

3. An in depth conversation –
(a) nationality clash

(b) Jesus’s two “if you only knew” points

(c) The woman asking the right question

(d) Jesus’s water of eternal life metaphor

(e) Jesus reveals his knowledge (like with Nathaniel) and tells her “all things”

(f) the woman introduces the subject of the Messiah/Christ

(g) Jesus’s direct and clear self-disclosure

4. Lessons for the disciples

5. The Samaritans’ response to Jesus’s words and the woman’s testimony

6. Worship

 

Sunday 12th April 2026

Read: Psalm 75; Isaiah 62:1-5; John 3:22-36

Sermon: John 3:22-36

 

Introduction

22-24 The parallel ministries of Jesus and John

25-30 The superior ministry of Jesus

31-35 The source of Jesus’ superiority

36 The choice we all face