Word of Salvation – Vol. 24 No. 50 – September 1978   The Sower Went Out To Sow   Sermon by Rev. P. C. Tuit, B.RE., M.Div. on Matthew 13:4-9 Scripture reading: Isaiah 55, Matthew 13:1-9, 18-23   Congregation of Jesus Christ, Do you sometimes question the power and influence of the gospel in this world? Do you wonder sometimes if the gospel is making any progress at all? For example, can it be said that your community is more Christian today than it was 25 years ago? You are perhaps asking yourself what will come of the church, the kingdom?...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 25 No. 18 – January 1979   A Cry Of Triumph   Sermon by Rev. P. C. Tuit, B.RE., M.Div. on John 19:30 Scripture readings: Isaiah 53, John 19:17-37   Congregation of Jesus Christ, In our message today, we will deal with one of the words which Jesus spoke on the cross. As you will know, there were seven words, so-called, which Jesus spoke on the cross. The first one was a prayer for those who crucified Him. In this prayer He said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." The...

Word of Salvation – Vol. 26 No. 02 – October 1979   New Year's Sermon Sermon by Rev. P. C. Tuit on Psalm 121   Congregation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only a few hours ago we thought about the fact that another year had almost passed. This morning all this is history; 1979 is now history. A new year has begun, 1980 has made its few new footsteps into a new period of time. Last night, we basically thought about the year that was past. Today, we look not backwards, but forwards. We come anticipating many things for...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   A Divine Audit Text: Daniel 5
A - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Have you ever been audited by the Australian Tax office? I have not had that experience so I don’t know what it is like. Of course, an honest tax payer would have nothing to worry about. In our text tonight we also hear about an audit. A divine audit to be precise. It was an audit that did not turn out very good for the one audited. We continue this evening our series of messages coming from the Book of Daniel. The...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Who's in Charge? Text: Daniel 4 - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Was God teaching Nubuchadnezzar a lesson in humility here in this chapter as many sermons from this passage seem to think? Or, was God comforting and encouraging the exiles in Babylon that God and not Nebuchadnezzar is sovereign over all? And is this Scripture’s encouragement to us this evening? Well, I am not going to deny that the need for humility is evident in this chapter. Let’s face it, the mighty ruler of that awesome empire Babylon had a lot to learn...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Speaking Truth To Power Text: Daniel 2 - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Eating vegies is always a good thing to do. However, as we heard last time, it is not the application that we should take home from Daniel chapter one. The so-called Daniel diet may be the best thing you can do for your physical health and well-being. However, Daniel was not written to teach us, living in the 21st Century, that we can thrive on the Daniel diet. What made Daniel and his friends thrive was by being obedient to God’s...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Thriving On Vegetables Text: Daniel 1 - By Rev. Pieter Tuit   Thriving on vegetables. It seems to be an unusual title for a sermon. It is a title that may sound appealing to those of us who loves vegetables. However, some of us, who prefer meat and starches may find this title distasteful. But in this chapter we do hear the story of four young men, who, though going against the cultural accepted diet of their time, thrived on vegetables under God’s blessings. With this title TRIVING ON VEGETABLES, I am starting a...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   A Divine Cosmic Transition Plan Text: Ephesians 1 - by Rev. Pieter Tuit   Congregation of Jesus Christ, the church’s feast days are over. In this past church year we have celebrated Advent, Christmas, Lent, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension Day and two Sundays ago Pentecost. There are no special feast days anymore until we start with a new cycle with Advent 2014. However, it is good to remember that just because the feast days are over, this does not mean that the reality of these feast days is not with us anymore. Your life,...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Eighth Commandment: You Shall Not Steal A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on Lord's Day 42   Bread and butter issues have been very much in the forefront in our nations the last couple weeks. I only have to mention the federal and state budget and all its ramification, clear or not clear, the National Disability Insurance scheme, the Gonski education reforms, the concerns raised by the independent schools about present and future funding, the recent decision by the Ford motor company to close its operations in our country by 2016, local business struggles,...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Fifth Commandment: Honour Your Father and Mother A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on Lord's Day 39   Gaining weight is something that none of us really desire. We rather lose weight, especially now with the Christmas season upon us .However, in the fifth commandment we are asked to add weight, to make heavy, our parents. This is behind the meaning of the word honor. Children, through honoring their parents, are instructed to add weight, to make heavy, their parents. So children how much weight are you adding to your parents? And parents, how...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Love Does Not Boast, Not Proud, or Rude A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on 1Corinthians 13:5   Some of you may have read the book or may have been watching The Slap. According to a newspaper review of this series, in a world that's full with unbalanced people, the angriest man of all, Harry, slaps a child, Hugo. Hugo, like so many children, lives in an unbalanced household with few boundaries, or routines, and rare adult examples of consistency and self-control. He is absorbing confusingly mixed messages of love, possessiveness and disappointment, as...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Love Does Not Envy, It is Not Jealous A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on 1Corinthians 13:4   Holy habits for following Jesus. This is what we have been talking about the past couple weeks. How are we doing with developing these holy habits? Have we seen any changes in ourselves, in our characters? Have we seen any changes in our families. Have we seen any changes in our life together as a congregation? Are we as husbands more patient and more kind? Can the same thing be said about the wives in our...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Love is Not Easily Angered A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on 1Corinthians 13:5   Here in Tasmania we do not have to fear erupting vulcanoes with all the resulting damage that they can do. Gail and I learned about the devastating power of a volcano when we moved to the Philippines in July 1991. We arrived in Manila probably one or two days after the eruption of Mount Pinatubo. Our airplane was one of the last ones able to land. The next morning, the city of Manila, even though 300 km from the...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Love is Kind A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on 1Corinthians 13   For the past 4 weeks I have been planning to preach this Sunday on these words Love is kind. However, it was only yesterday, by reading the Weekend Australian, that I found out that today is World Kindness Day. I am sure you all knew that and that each one of you is planning to make this a super kind day. The idea of a World Kindness Movement (WKM) was conceived at a Tokyo conference in 1996.The leader of the movement...

Word of Salvation - October 2015   Holy Habits for Following Jesus A sermon by Rev. Pieter Tuit on 1Corinthians 13   Habits, we all have them. Some of them are good habits. Like bringing your husband a cup of tea in bed in the morning before he goes to work, giving your wife flowers when it is not her birthday, eating all your food on your plate, hanging up your clothes before you go to bed, giving generously to church and ministry. Other habits can be annoying like talking with your mouth full, not putting the cap on the toothpaste,...