THE EXCELLENCY OF GOD’S WORD “I delight in your decrees; I will not neglect your Word.” Ps 119:16 “Would it not be an encouragement to a subject, to hear his prince say to him, “You will honor and please me very much, if you will go to yonder mine of gold, and dig as much gold for yourself as you can carry away?” So for God to say, “Go to the ordinances, get...
The Authority of God’s BOOK 2 Timothy 3:16-17, All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work . “We owe to Scripture the same reverence as we owe God, since it has as its only source in him and has nothing of human origin mixed with it.” –John Calvin OUR PURPOSE: God’s speaks in creation, in history, in miracles, in...
THE CENTRALITY OF CHRIST AND THE WORD John 5:39-40, “You diligently study the Scriptures because you think that by them you possess eternal life. These are the Scriptures that testify about me, yet you refuse to come to me to have life.” “We were made to know and treasure the glory of God above all things; and when we trade that treasure for images, everything is disordered. The sun of...
“How can I obtain or recover a joy in Christ that is so deep and so strong that it will free me from bondage to Western comforts and security, and will impel me into sacrifices of mercy and missions, and will sustain me in the face of martyrdom?” John Piper: When I Don’t Desire God, p20 Last week as we were driving to our mid-week prayer service, my wife...
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Eph 6:10-12 “Difficulties, dangers, disease, death, or divisions don’t deter any but Chocolate Soldiers from executing God’s Will....
“Then my head will be exalted above the enemies who surround me; at his tabernacle will I sacrifice with shouts of joy; I will sing and make music to the LORD.” Ps 27:6 “Just as singing is a natural effect of joy in the heart so it has also a natural power of rendering the heart joyful…There is nothing that so clears away for your prayers, nothing that so disperses dullness of heart, nothing that so purifies the soul from poor...
The Sufficiency of God’s Word: Part Two “I hate and abhor falsehood but I love your law. Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous laws. Great peace have they who love your law and nothing can make them stumble.” Ps 119:163-165 “On the far side of every risk-even if it results in death-the love of God triumphs. This is the faith that frees us to risk for...
The Sufficiency of God’s Word “Jesus replied, ‘Are you not in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?’” Mark 12:24 “In the beginning of this century the battle was over the inerrancy of the Scriptures. Today it is over the sufficiency of the Scriptures.” – Dr. James Boice Our Purpose: God’s Word is sufficient. God speaks and accomplishes...
God’s Book of Joy “Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1-2 OUR PURPOSE: God is infinitely glorious. All that God has done in creation and redemption was done...
“But be sure that you always out rejoice your adversaries. If something is worth fighting for, it is worth rejoicing over. And the joy is essential in the battle, for nothing is worth fighting for that will not increase our everlasting joy in God.” John Piper “One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the...
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