Sonship – Salisbury Baptist Church

The Son of God and yet the Son of Man

22nd February 2026

To be at peace within one's soul comes only through the life found in Christ. Jesus, the Son of God who called Himself the Son of Man, came to restore humanity's lost representation of God caused by the fall of Adam. True salvation is not achieved through human effort, churchgoing, or rituals, but through receiving Christ Himself, for He alone is the Life. When a person comes to Jesus in faith, sins are forgiven, identity as a child of God is renewed, and the life of God begins to shine through them.

Out of Egypt I Called My Son

21st December 2025

The relationship between Israel and Christ reveals God's unfolding purpose of redemption. Israel, once called God's son and brought out of Egypt, foreshadowed the true and eternal Son, Jesus Christ, who also came out of Egypt to fulfil God's promise. Through the incarnation, God became one of us - Emmanuel: "God with us" so that humanity might be rescued and restored to fellowship with the Father. The message of Christmas is therefore not only about a child born in history, but about God's call for every person to come out of their own Egypt and become His sons and daughters through faith in Christ.

A New Identity

7th September 2025

Human beings search tirelessly to discover who they are, but Scripture reveals that true identity is found only in relationship with God as His children. Through Christ, believers are not merely forgiven but adopted, receiving His Spirit to cry out, "Abba, Father." The Father loves, provides, and leads, and His children are called to depend, follow, and radiate His glory. To know oneself rightly is to see ourselves through the eyes of the loving Father and then live as those made new in the Son.

Finding Your True Purpose in life

19th January 2025

Your purpose in life cannot be fully understood apart from Jesus Christ, who is the eternal Word and the source of all true understanding. While humanity bears God's image through creation, there is a deeper purpose found in becoming children of God through faith in Christ. This transformation occurs when we receive Christ and allow Him to work through us, revealing our specific gifts and callings. Our ultimate reason for existing (raison d'être) is not merely what we do, but what Christ does through us as we draw closer to Him through the Gospel and His Word.

Sons Through the Son

10th November 2024

The eternal Son of God emptied Himself of His heavenly glory to take on Divine identity and reputation. This is called His "kenosis" – His self-emptying of His status and reputation! On taking on humanity He established a model of how a human being can relate to the Father establishing a new model for people to know God as Father. Through Christ's perfect obedience and sacrificial death, He dealt with the human failure of original sin. He opened the door for believers to share in His own relationship with the Father. When we receive Jesus as Saviour, we receive both the forgiveness of sins and the gift of the Holy Spirit, who teaches our hearts to cry "Father" and enables us to pray with the confidence of beloved children. This intimate relationship with God as Father represents the heart of New Covenant Christian experience and surpasses what was possible under the Old Covenant. Summing up: by His need to cry "My God, my God, Why have you forsaken me?" which is a cry of a human under Divine punishment for our sins, He has enabled us to share His privilege of calling the Father as "Our Father".

Understanding True Sonship in Christ

2nd June 2024

This sermon explores the concept of sonship in Christianity, highlighting the transformative power of understanding and embracing one's identity as a child of God through Jesus Christ. It explores the differences between the Old and New Testament teachings on God's Fatherhood and how Jesus' introduction of the Lord's Prayer took this revolutionized this understanding. The sermon also underscores the importance of being born again, emphasising the role of the Holy Spirit in making believers true sons and daughters of God by new birth from above, as further to our being sons of God by just being His creatures. The message extends an invitation for listeners to experience this divine relationship personally.