Sweet Words of Truth “Even today I live every moment with the Bible. It is my constant companion. As a believer for fifty-six years, I have tested God’s Word and found it true. In more than five decades I have not encountered one situation in which I have not been able to turn to God’s Word for comfort, wisdom, guidance, joy, and blessing. At eighty-one years of age, I would rather have the Bible on my shelf and in my heart...
The Eternal Rock INTRODUCTION: We have passed the midpoint of Psalm 119 and the darkest moment in the psalmist’s life. In our last stanza, the psalmist was in the midst of his darkness. He was “fainting,” his eyes were failing, and he was like a “wineskin in the smoke.” He was still waiting and looking and hoping for the deliverance that he knew would come because he had put his hope in God’s Word. Now, he has been delivered. He is out...
This morning we continue to pursue our joy by opening up God’s Book. I have formulated a statement as to the reason I believe the Bible is so important to our finding the joy and satisfaction God intended for us to find I Jesus. Here is my take on this priority: We are a people of the Book. We know God through the Book. We meet Christ in the Book. We see the cross in the Book. Our faith and love...
When we keep the Son at the center of the universe all things hold together in their proper orbit. But when we try to make one of the planets the center, chaos is the result. When we keep God at the center of their lives and seek to honor Him and serve Him, health, order and joy are ours. When any society exchanges the glory of God for that which he has made, and when it chooses to follow a...
OUR WEAPONS OF WAR: Question: What weapons has God given to wage our war for faith and joy? The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 → ...
God’s Perspective on Man’s Problems:[God’s Truth verses Man’s Theory] I. God’s perspective on life’s problems and mankind’s opposing view: “There is a way that seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.” Prov 14:12 A. Man’s Theory: “Man is a Victim” “This approach sees man’s fundamental problem as ignorance of himself and his psychic injuries, rather than deliberate disobedience to and ignorance of the living and true God. Man’s primary need becomes esteeming himself more highly...
God so loved…He gave. “All the different ways God has chosen to display his glory in creation and redemption seem to reach their culmination in the praises of his redeemed people. God governs the world with glory precisely that he might be admired, marveled at, exalted and praised. The climax of his happiness is the delight he takes in the echoes of his excellence in the praises of the saints.” John Piper It is the high point of our year. It is...
Providence and Evil “The church has not been spending its energy to go deep with the unfathomable God of the Bible. Against the overwhelming weight and seriousness of the Bible, much of the church is choosing, at this very moment, to become more light and shallow and entertainment-oriented, and therefore successful in its irrelevance to massive suffering and evil. The popular God of fun church is simply too small and too affable to hold a hurricane in his hand, The biblical...
Oh God, May I Please You! “What makes life worthwhile is having a big enough objective, something which catches our imagination and lays hold of our allegiance; and this the Christian has, in a way that no other man has. For what higher, more exalted, and more compelling goal can there be than to know God?” J. I. Packer Introduction: Our God is a speaking God. He desires to be known and enjoyed. He speaks in creation through the work of his hands...
John Stott has been a leader and scholar in the evangelical world for over thirty years. He was the chairman of the committees that produced the Lausanne Covenant [1974] and Manila Manifesto [1989]. He has written fifty books and his classic, Basic Christianity, has been translated into over fifty languages. If you want your mind stretched and your heart warmed, pick up and read one of John Stott’s books. Now, listen to his wise and Christ-honoring words found in his...
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