Role: Pastor |
Hi my name is Phil Irvine and I’m the Pastor at Emu Plains Community Baptist Church. My family and I moved all the way from the Blue Mountains and to live in the community here in Emu Plains. Jesus said “I have come that you may have life, and have it to the full.” Sometimes we find that our lives are so full with things to do, but we don’t seem to be fulfilled. I enjoy running, spending time with my family, playing Xbox and a good coffee. But what fills my life is Jesus. If you are wanting your life full, the best it can be, why not check out Jesus and take him up on this promise?
Sunday, 06 November 2022
Duration: 19 mins 45 secs
In this section of scripture, we are told that if we are to remain in Jesus then we will grow in 3 ways. UP in our relationship with CHRIST. IN with our relationship with others in the CHURCH and OUT as we share God's love and the gospel with the COMMUNITY.
Sunday, 30 October 2022
Duration: 33 mins 30 secs
In chapter 9 we come to the end of the introduction from Solomon. Onwards from chapter 10 we get the short pithy wise sayings that can help us in life. In chapter 9 we are invited to either dine with Lady Wisdom, who will bring us life, or eat with Lady Folly, who will bring us death. The choice is ours. Which party are you going to attend?
Sunday, 23 October 2022
Duration: 32 mins 37 secs
There are many forms of wealth in this world, but there is one thing that money can't buy and that is a relationship with God. Jesus told us to seek first the Kingdom of God and everything else would be given to us. In chapter 8 of Proverbs, we are told to seek wisdom and allow God to look after the rest.
Sunday, 16 October 2022
Duration: 24 mins 43 secs
As Solomon turns again to the topic of adultery we can see him warning his son to be on his guard against temptation. Today we turn to that broader topic of temptation and consider what the Bible has to say to us as we face our own temptation.
Sunday, 02 October 2022
Duration: 30 mins 28 secs
In this passage, Solomon gives fatherly advice to his son and instructs him on three types of people to avoid becoming. First, the one who makes foolish promises of repaying a loan of another that they can't repay. Second, someone who is lazy and unproductive and third, a person who is a liar. We too would do well to listen to God's warning to us.
Sunday, 25 September 2022
Duration: 30 mins 57 secs
In this passage there are warnings about the high cost of immorality where things that are sweet can turn sour, where gain can turn to loss, where purity can lead to pollution and freedom can lead to bondage. All our actions are in full view of the Lord and we need to rely on Jesus being in our lives to guide and direct us on the right path to salvation.
Sunday, 11 September 2022
Duration: 29 mins 57 secs
As we put God's word into our hearts, trust in His leading and obey Him in all things. We find that God perfects the path that we are on. We cannot gain eternal life by living a right life, we gain it by submitting ourselves to the one (Jesus) who has lived the perfect life and who is the Light of the world.
Sunday, 04 September 2022
God reinforces in this passage the value of wisdom and that there is nothing that can compare to it. Until we understand the true value of wisdom, we will not fully appreciate it or seek after it. Wisdom is a tree of life and following wisdom will lead to eternal life which is found in Jesus where all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden.
Sunday, 28 August 2022
Wisdom gives us guidance on the right path for our lives. This widsom comes from learning God's truth, obeying God's will, sharing God's blessings and submitting to God's discipline.
Sunday, 14 August 2022
Duration: 33 mins 39 secs
The metaphor of life being a journey is familiar to us, and here in Chapter 2, Solomon challenges his son and us about which direction we are going and who it is that we are going to be walking with. Is it going to be God who will protect the way of his faithful ones? Or the wicked, whose path leads to the grave?
