The Open Gate Church Podcast

“Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?” (Matthew 11:3, NIV)

This week is the third Sunday of Advent focussing on the promise of Joy.  This sermon explores John the Baptist’s question from prison to Jesus: “Are you the One?” and how Jesus answers our doubts with the transforming evidence of his kingdom already breaking into the world. We will reflect on how joy and sorrow mingle in the Christian ...

The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord

(Isaiah 11:2, NIV)

This week is the second Sunday of Advent focussing on the promise that Jesus is the Prince of Peace. The sermon will focus on the passage from Isaiah, which proclaims Jesus as the promised shoot from Jesse’s stump—the Spirit-filled King who brings j...

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Revelation 3:20, NIV)

This week’s message continues our look at the letter to Laodicea and concludes our journey through the Jesus’ letters to the church in Revelation. Again, the passage reminds us that Jesus lovingly confronts our comfort and self-reliance through discipline (...

Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. (Revelation 3:20, NIV)

This week’s message reminds us that Jesus lovingly confronts our comfort and self-reliance through discipline (the refiner’s fire) so that He can restore our zeal, dependence, and intimacy with Him. Laodicea teaches us that true wealth, righteousness, and s...

See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. (Revelation 3:8, NIV)

This week’s message focuses on Jesus’ words to the faithful but fragile church in Philadelphia (Revelation 3:7–13). Though they had little strength, they held fast — and Jesus promises them an open door, an enduring crown, and a place in God’s et...

Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God.  (Revelation 3:2, NIV)

This sermon invites the congregation to move from reputation to reality—from the appearance of life to genuine vitality in Christ. We want to emphasize awakening, repentance, renewal, and the breath of the Spirit and Christ’s victorious life.

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You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled underfoot. (Matthew 5:13, NIV)

This sermon calls us to steadfast loyalty to Jesus in a world of compromise. The Christians in Pergamum lived where “Satan’s throne” was—yet they were urged to cling to Christ’s name and reject idolatry and immorality. The tone is bo...

“Be faithful, even to the point of death, and I will give you life as your victor’s crown.” (Revelation 2:10, NIV)

As we continue on from last week, we are again reminded that that Jesus is sovereign even in suffering. The letter to Smyrna calls believers to endure persecution, knowing the battle is temporary but the victory is eternal. Worship can highlight giving thanks for Christ’s sovereignty, his victory over death, a...

“I know your afflictions and your poverty—yet you are rich!  (Revelation 2:9, NIV)

This sermon reminds us that Jesus is sovereign even in suffering. The letter to Smyrna calls believers to endure persecution, knowing the battle is temporary but the victory is eternal. Worship can highlight Christ’s sovereignty, his victory over death, and the hope of eternal life, while also offering songs of trust and courage for today’s ...

“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first…” (Revelation 2:4, NIV)

This sermon is a continuation from last week and continues to emphasize Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus: though they were energetic in service, patient in suffering, and orthodox in belief, they had abandoned their first love of Jesus and one another. We’ll explore how love for Christ must be the foundation of all service, e...

“But I have this against you, that you have abandoned the love you had at first…” (Revelation 2:4, NIV)

This sermon emphasizes Jesus’ words to the church in Ephesus: though they were energetic in service, patient in suffering, and orthodox in belief, they had abandoned their first love of Jesus and one another. We’ll explore how love for Christ must be the foundation of all service, endurance, and doctrine. Worship should ...

This sermon introduces our sermon series for the next 8 weeks on Revelation Chapters 2-3, letters to seven churches from Jesus.  The introduction frames Revelation not as a codebook for predicting the future but as the unveiling of Jesus Christ. Rather than focusing on fear or speculation, John’s vision reminds us that Jesus is Lord, even in the midst of persecution and chaos. The message points us to hope, worship, and faithful di...