https://sa.hpwl.org/podcasts/117071/ The newest sermons from Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian on SermonAudio. Religion & Spirituality Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification https://vps.sermonaudio.com/resize_image/sources/podcast/1440/1440/hopewellarp-02.jpg https://sa.hpwl.org/podcasts/117071/ en Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:25:56 +0000 30 James Hakim no James Hakim church@hopewellarp.org The newest sermons from Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian on SermonAudio. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/652315874965 Family worship is necessary as a means of being strengthened by God's grace; central to life on the battlefield in the conflict between light and darkness; and, ordained as a duty by God to punctuate believers' lives. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/652315874965 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Jun 2023 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 1:00:18 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/11921051303329 God graciously gives, to those who have begun by grace, everything they need to stand in that grace, walk by that grace, and win by that grace. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/11921051303329 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 17 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:14:39 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/111211329242547 God is often pleased to do extraordinary things through Christians' ordinary faithfulness and brotherly love. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/111211329242547 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 10 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:15:12 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1521331236102 Our minds are vital, and the Spirit protects them by meditation upon God's Word of salvation, which we constantly turn over in prayer before Him. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1521331236102 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 03 Jan 2021 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:21:22 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1221201315426447 What the apostle describes here as "taking up the armor of God" is the use of that corporate worship that He has been describing throughout the epistle. This does not surprise us, because throughout the letter, the apostle has been teaching us that this is how Christ imparts His own strength to us. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1221201315426447 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:21:00 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1214201344254737 Christians are former darkness, transformed now into light that exposes the darkness in the evil day. Their battlefield is especially their own marriages, parent-child relationships, and everyday work. Their enemy is the devil himself whose vast forces are organized, powerful, and evil. But they have the high ground, being united to Christ and seated in heaven with Him Who Himself is their infinite and glorious Resource for this battle, as the Spirit applies Him to us by means of the armor. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1214201344254737 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 13 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:13:30 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/127201334101472 Christians should all be delighted to be the slaves of their perfect Master, Who is worthy of their sincere, diligent, cheerful, loving obedience in whatever role they have and whatever work they do. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/127201334101472 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Dec 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:22:13 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/113020131912909 The proper nourishment of Christ's children for their learning to obey and honor is led and overseen by Christian fathers, who are also under Christ. Whether they are led into righteousness or provoked to wrath depends much upon their fathers' being careful to give them every advantage in restraining their sin. For their nourishment, their Lord has given training and instruction, especially via the means of grace. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/113020131912909 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 29 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:21:14 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1123201323351840 Children are counted among the saints. Children are expected to be in worship; the worship is for them just as for others. Children must obey their parents. Children are expected to care about the Lord. Children are expected to care about what is right. Children are expected to obey from the heart. It is not merely a manner of complying but of honoring. Children are expected to prioritize obedience to parents. Children are expected to keep the commandments. Children should expect God to bless them. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1123201323351840 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 22 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:21:57 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1116201410597841 The sermon that we all wish we (or our husband) had heard earlier, and want our children (and their future spouse) to assimilate now. The apostle describes the love of Christ for His bride—who is to Him as His own flesh and bone—as the template for the Christian husband's proper love for his wife. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1116201410597841 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:23:20 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/119201336582394 In these three verses, we find the glorious role God has given Spirit-filled wives in displaying the power and reign of King Jesus. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/119201336582394 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 08 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:23:37 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/112201322193359 We are commanded to put on being filled with the Spirit every bit as much as we are commanded to put off being drunk with wine. One great means by which this happens is the type of congregational singing that Scripture actually commands, which singing becomes a template for edifying Christian conversation. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/112201322193359 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 01 Nov 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:20:57 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/102620122252003 The apostle commands us to purchase time for our good Lord during the present evil age. The purchase price is the effort that it takes to be aware of ourselves and aware of God's Word. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/102620122252003 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 25 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:12:03 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/101920057385823 By God's Spirit of adoption in us, we are to walk fruitfully as children of light. This requires studying diligently to know as much as we possibly can of what pleases the Lord. And, when living this way threatens to be uncomfortable because it exposes those who are darkness, we must be willing to do that exposing—both grateful for our own having been exposed at some point and hoping that by exposing others through us, Christ will be transforming others from being darkness into being light. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/101920057385823 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:17:20 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1012201144316419 The dear children of God ought not look like (and don't look like) the sons of disobedience. Those who are forgiven begin to think and speak and act in the way that is fitting for saints. And thanksgiving is a most fitting way of thinking and speaking, which thanksgiving also combats fornication, uncleanness, and covetousness. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/1012201144316419 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 11 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:23:49 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/105201223287504 We have been called to be children of the Father, conformed to Christ, which is a call to walk in love. So, we must put off all that is incompatible with love, and put on the character of Christ: kindness, tenderheartedness, forgiveness… all out of love toward and for the pleasure of our heavenly Father. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/105201223287504 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 04 Oct 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:16:10 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/92820120483032 The Holy Spirit and the devil are at war. Wherein does this battle rage? Not in the stuff of movies but in the stuff of everyday life: congregational life and worship, marriage, parenting, and vocation. But in these six verses specifically, we see the necessity of both "putting off" and "putting on" in godly speech, godly anger, and godly labor. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/92820120483032 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:21:48 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/92120123532183 Those who are still in Adam are spiritually brain-dead and alienated from the life of God. If we are to put off the old man and put on the new man, we need that life of God that Christ gives to us, as One Whom we learn and hear, and by Whom we are taught. Theological instruction is central to the mission of the church, because the church is Christ's mission, and this is Christ's method. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/92120123532183 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 20 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:13:35 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/914201439143391 Since our growth comes only from Christ, we can only grow in His way. And what is His way of growth? We've been learning in Ephesians 4:11–16 that it's theological and corporate. And that corporate emphasis is very strong in v16. Every joint supplies something. Not all joints are the same, but no one ever thought that even the slightest dislocated joint was unimportant! If we want to grow, and we want to do it Jesus's way, we need to be noticing the joints and parts that aren't coming along with the rest of the body, and do what we can to help them come along with us under the ministry of the Word that Jesus has supplied in v11. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/914201439143391 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 13 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:12:55 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/9620214636200 Over-against the harmfulness of loose teaching and living, genuine Christian love "truths" its brothers and sisters. Christ, the Source and Pattern of our love, has expressed it in "truthing" us, with the effect that to love one another is to "truth" one another: receiving the truth together, believing the truth together, speaking the truth together, and living the truth together. And the result is that we grow up into Christ together in love. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/9620214636200 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 06 Sep 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:11:18 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/817201223127097 Jesus equips us by pastor-teachers so that our theology won't have the instability of a toddler in a rowboat. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/817201223127097 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 16 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:15:56 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/81020153174156 Jesus has given us shepherd-teachers to do continual Word-maintenance upon us. We need this maintenance, because we are to be used in each other's lives to make us think like Christ, know Christ Himself, and be like Christ by being filled with Christ https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/81020153174156 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 09 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:23:11 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/84201138144466 After giving Himself as His own greatest Gift, and the Chief Cornerstone of the church, Jesus gave four foundational and constructional gifts. The foundational gifts of apostles and prophets, through whom His foundation of Scripture was finished. And the constructional gifts of evangelists (who proclaim His Word where it hasn't yet been heard) and pastor-teachers (who lead by and proclaim His Word to the members of the church so that each may cause all the others to grow properly upon the foundation). https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/84201138144466 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 02 Aug 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:24:02 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/728202234355728 The Chief Cornerstone of the church is Jesus—Who descended into the womb in His humiliation, and then after He had given Himself as the first and great Gift to the church, has given believers also the gift of being gifts. We follow His design for the church, because He deserves His glory in the church! https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/728202234355728 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 26 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:15:30 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/7202020424052 Ephesians 4:1–7 is a transition that builds upon the glory of God in the church, upon which the apostle has been expounding for three members. Because being a part of Christ's building/body, and participating in Christ's project of building/growing that building/body, is to dwell upon the glory of God among those in whom He has invested His own glory... the manner of our conduct as we participate in the building ought to be humble, gentle, enduring, and patient. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/7202020424052 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 19 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:51:54 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/71220221937957 Since we pray for whom we love, we must pray especially for God's glory. In this text, we learn to adore His unfathomable wisdom, and His abundant power to carry it out, as He glorifies Himself in the church, by Christ Jesus, forever. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/71220221937957 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 12 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:16:24 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/762013562484 Praying in Jesus's Name means praying according to His Word, which results in prayers of immeasurable immensity that will be answered as an absolute certainty. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/762013562484 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 05 Jul 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:22:42 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/629201130231150 The multicolored glory that God displays by the church to the angels is also the ground of much boldness for Christians as they: address an unbelieving world, access the throne of grace, and assess their and other believers' troubles https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/629201130231150 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 28 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:14:12 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/62220039263997 Ministry in the gospel is an assignment by grace to show bottomless depths of an eternal goodness. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/62220039263997 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 21 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:15:15 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/615201145753 Paul is amazed at the grace that has made him a writer of the mystery of the gospel, and the Ephesians recipients of the mystery of the gospel, by the Spirit Who is the Revealer of the mystery of the gospel about Christ, Who is the Center of the mystery of the gospel. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/615201145753 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 14 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:16:44 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/6820213336245 Christ brings us near to one another as fellow citizens, family members, and building blocks; and, near to God as those built upon the foundation whose cornerstone is Christ, for a dwelling place for God in the Spirit. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/6820213336245 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 07 Jun 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:17:34 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/612015455705 Jesus isn't just our Peacemaker. He Himself is our peace. In Him is the nearest nearness to God, which absolutely demands that we be "near" one another as well. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/612015455705 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 31 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:15:11 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/52420230348162 We are equipped to walk in good works by remembering that we are new creatures in Christ, that we have been brought into the common wealth of God's people, that God has bound us to Himself by covenant, and that all this has been done for us by union with Christ. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/52420230348162 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 24 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:14:43 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/51820231264350 God's grace is glorified in our salvation from start to finish—both in a justification that is not at all through anything that we do, and in sanctification where we do things that we ourselves could never have done, but are the vintage of God's new-creation workmanship in us. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/51820231264350 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 17 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:11:25 no James Hakim - Ephesians https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/51120243132049 We have death in sin. God has mercy, love, grace, and kindness. And He unites us to the risen, ascended, seated Christ as displays of that mercy, love, grace, and kindness. https://sa.hpwl.org/sermons/51120243132049 Religion & Spirituality Sun, 10 May 2020 12:00:00 +0000 James Hakim 0:17:06 no James Hakim - Ephesians