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Revelation 6. We saw last week, the lion of Judah comes forward to take the scroll. To our great surprise, we find that the lion is a lamb, and he alone is worthy to break the seals and open the scroll. God's redemptive plan for the world, sealed inside, is now released because of Jesus. We look to the reading of God's word if you join with me in prayer. Blessed are you, O God, the Father of all mercy,

I've taken the title of the sermon from Jonathan Edwards, who in 1738, he wrote, There's an admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies in Jesus Christ. It's quite a mouthful. In Jesus, there is a coming together, a conjunction of excellent qualities we admire that are different and wonderful. An admirable conjunction of diverse excellencies. We look to the reading of God's word if you join with me in prayer. Our gracious God, we do not live by bread alone, but

Be glorious. Whether it's rounding the bend on a hike and you see the incredible stunning vista open up, or you're surprised by a waterfall, or you hold a newly born baby, or you watch somebody overcome a deep personal adversity that makes us want to break out in praise. A song, song, a shout given, maybe just an awe-inspired sigh. And yet all these reasons, as good as they may be, pale in comparison to the vision that John

Today, we look at the seven letters or messages to the seven churches. In the future, we are likely going to have a series dedicated to these individual letters. But for now, we're going to step back and consider them as a whole and how they fit into the overall message of Revelation. We look to the reading of God's word if you would join with me in prayer. Bless are you, O the Father of all mercy. You have

In verses 9 through 20, we look to the reading God's word if you join with me in prayer. Father of all mercies, in your word, your endless glory shine forth. And we ask them that you would reveal them to us this day, that you would do so through the wonderful working of your spirit, that your words of life would continue to transform us, that we may reflect the brilliant glory of Jesus Christ, our savior, in whose

This morning, we start a new series in the Book of Revelation. In the outset, we see that Jesus is both the one who reveals and he is that which is revealed. As we look to the reading of God's word, if you please join with me in prayer. Most gracious God, our heavenly Father, in you alone, well all the fullness of light and wisdom. We ask then that you would enlighten our minds by your Holy spirit to

Know what to listen for. I'll start by asking a simple question, or really just two words, abundant life. When you think of that phrase, what comes to mind? Is it a full bank account, 20 acres, a cabin in the woods, and one on the beach? Is it a garage full of toys and time to use them? Is it 5, 10, or 15 children in your house, you're at your wits end, but it's full of laughter and

The Gospel of Matthew. We're looking at Chapters 9 and Chapter 11. In two weeks, we start the Book of Revelation. In between here and there, a couple of topical sermons in the meantime. Today, we consider the messiness of ministering to sinners. We look to the reading of God's word. If you please join with me in prayer. Our most gracious God, our heavenly Father, in you alone dwells all the fullness of light and wisdom. We ask you

From the Greek word for knowledge, epistome, we get the term epistemology, which is one of those very large and intimidating words which just simply means the study or the theory of how we know. It's the heart of knowing anything. For most of us, we basically just go through life with a rudimentary understanding without without truly knowing the details. Gravity is an easy concept to see. Just trip and you have figured most of it out. But if

Certainly, Father, we give you thanks and praise this day. We come before your word. We ask that you would enable us to hear you. Father, that we would find that we love your law, that we find you as a hiding place, as a shield, and as our hope. Lord, that the evil might depart from us, and we would keep your Commandments that that you would uphold us with your promise, that we would live, that you might

We continue our advent series with the Prophet Isaiah looking at chapters 11 and 12. Last week, we looked at the first two verses, and we're going to finish out the chapter as we look to the reading of God's word. If you would please join with me in prayer. Oh God, we do ask that you would guide us by your word and spirit that in your light we might see the light of your truth and there find

Isaiah 12. This advent, we've been looking to Isaiah 11 and 12 as Isaiah has pointed us for the coming of the Messiah. This morning, we're looking at Chapter 12, Verses 1 to 2, primarily verse three, just for bridging us for what will take place next week. As we look to the reading of God's word, if you please join with me in prayer. Father of all mercies in your word, endless glory shine forth. Your word guides our

Continuing our Advent series from the Prophet Isaiah 11, as we look to the reading of God's word, if you'd please join with me in prayer. Heavenly Father, as we meet now in your presence, we ask that you would open our ears to hear your voice, to open our hearts, to love you more and more, to open our souls, to receive your word in its fullness, that your son Jesus, the word made flesh, would be glorified and

Messianic message of Hope in chapter 11 as we look to the reading of God's Word, though if you please join with me in prayer. Father of all mercies, let us stand in awe of you this day. Help us by your spirit to put your words into our hearts, write them upon our minds. Let your Word come to us in the fullness of its power. Help us to receive it in love with attentive and reverent and teachable

Daniel 9. As you know, the Bible is made up of 66 books, but it is one continuous story. Through thousands of years, a great drama of human redemption is unfolding. And this series has been looking at all of these time periods and connecting all of the dots. And we're going to close out looking at the exile and return. And if you're visiting, it should be a stand-along message, but it does build on the others, and it

To have glanced down, you'll see that first word, and you might ask, what's the therefore? Therefore. It's always a good question when you see that word in a passage, and ours begins with that word today. Before we read our text this morning, let's take a quick peek at the back story. Throughout, indeed, our whole series, we have seen both the faithlessness of man contrasted with the faithfulness of God. We've seen God's patience with his children in

Heart and a brightness, doing according to all that I have commanded you and keeping my statutes and my rules. Then I'll establish your royal throne of Israel forever, as I promised David, your father, saying, ‘You shall not lack a man on the throne of Israel. But if you turn aside from following me, you or your children, and do not keep my Commandments, my statutes that I have set before you, but go and serve other gods and

The sleepiness this morning. So Holy spirit, we ask that you would quicken our souls, lead us to still waters and the righteous paths of your son through his word. In the name of the Father, Son, Holy spirit. Amen. Passage this morning is 2 Samuel 7: 1-17, the word of the Lord. Now, when the king lived in his house and the Lord had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, the king said to Nathan, the prophet,

We've been tracing the major events of the Bible to show God's faithfulness to different generations of his people. For some of you, if that's new to you, some of the accounts and the stories as we're connecting the dots of a single story, that's okay. If you're missing a couple of dots, just know that the other ones you'll know and connect, and the overall picture should come into focus. We are in Exodus 19. The new nation of

We pray for the preaching of God's word. Lord, the grass withers and the flower fades, but the word of the Lord stands forever. Amen. What an incredible scene. Pharaoh this year, the second in command of all of Egypt, has taken time to meet with these eleven sons of Israel. And as our text opens, we see Joseph is so completely overcome with emotion that he dismisses all others from the room. Weeping aloud in verse 2, he cries

We'll be looking at the life of Jacob and God's faithfulness this morning as we prepare for the reading of God's word. If you please join with me in prayer. Bless a Triune Lord in your great and kind providence. All holy scriptures were written and preserved for our instruction. We ask that you give us grace to hear them proclaim this day, that you would strengthen our souls with the fullness of their divine teaching. Keep us from pride

16 and 21. But we're going to be looking at the life of Abraham, God's calling on him as we look at God's faithfulness in his life. We look through the reading of God's word if you would join with me in prayer. Well, Lord, we do ask that you would shed your light upon us, that being rid of the darkness of our hearts, that we may come into the true light, which is Christ, who is the light

Doing our series on God's generational faithfulness. And so far we've looked at the generations of Adam. Despite Adam's rebellion, God remains faithful. Despite Cain's murder of his brother, God remains faithful. But it doesn't get better. We're going to look how it gets worse in this first passage we're going to read. You follow with me. This is Genesis 6: 5-8. The Lord saw that the wickedness of was great in the earth, that every intention of the thought

Hear God's word read. Let me pray for this, the reading of his word. This will flow from Psalm 119, the section entitled Zion. Let us pray. Lord, remember your word to your servant in which you have made me hope. This is my comfort in my affliction that your promise gives me life. The insolent utterly deride me, but I do not turn away from your law. When I think of your rules from of old. I take comfort,

As we see, of course, the Bible is one continuous story, but we're going to be looking at the major moments of transition and the unfolding of the covenant of redemption. And today we're starting with the fall. God's good creation turns bad as we look through the reading of God's word. If you'd please join with me in prayer. Our Father, majesty and bounded, worthy of all worship, and you, Christ, are the King of glory, the eternal Son

Proverbs 4, the last of the summer psalms and Proverbs, we finish out our look at living a life in wisdom directed by the Proverbs. As we look to the reading of God's word, though, if you please join with me in prayer. Father of all mercies, let us stand in awe of you this day. We ask that you'd help us by your spirit put your words into our hearts, that you would write them upon our minds, and

Please speak peace to our anxious hearts. We incline our ears to hear your words of truth. Amen. Well, since I am the new youth guy, I figured that I would preach a sermon on generational wisdom. Every generation has its new idiosynchrosies, its new little things. I like to show how they're different from those who've come before. And so often there's these new words that come out. So I looked up some of the recent words that have

We're looking at the value of being told no, that no is good for our souls. I'm very aware of the yeah, but nature of this message. Yeah, but what about this circumstance? Well, you don't understand. Yeah, but this is different. I would just simply want to encourage you, listen first, and then not to let your objections keep you in the way of hearing God's word. We look through the reading of God's word. You see multiple texts

Amid fiery beast, the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords. Be exaltet, oh God, above the heavens. Let your glory be over all the earth. They set a net for my steps. My soul was bowed down. They dug a pit in my way, but they have fallen into it themselves. Say, La. My heart is steadfast, O God. My heart is steadfast. I will sing and make melody. Awake, my glory.

And the wisdom that God gives to us through it. We look to the redeemed God's word, though, if you would please join with me in prayer. Christ our God, we ask that you set our hearts on fire with love through your word. Lord, that in it we would love you with all of our heart, with all of our mind, with all of our strength, and our neighbor as ourself. For that by keeping your Commandments, Lord, we

The lens of God's character. What we saw is that knowing is relational. This morning in the next couple of weeks, we're going to look at Proverbs expanding on that understanding of wisdom is relational. If we look to the reading of God's word, if you please join with me in prayer. Bless are you, O God, the Father of all mercy. You have elected us. You've called us. You've justified us and sanctified us. You have glorified us all

The underlying truths of the psalm, how that informs our considerations as we look to the reading of God's Word. If you join with me in prayer, Father, we do thank you and bless you that you have given us your word preserved from one generation to the next. And Father, as we come before you today with questions of our generation, we ask then that you would continue to speak your eternal truths which do not change to those

As we prepare to hear God's word read, I encourage you to take your Bibles in hand and open up to Psalm 56. If you didn't bring your Bible with you, you can find it in the pew on page 476. But in anticipation of the reading and the hearing of God's word, let me pray. This will flow from Psalm 119, the section entitled Vab. Let us pray. Father, we ask that your steadfast love would come to us.

After a couple of weeks in Proverbs, we shifted over to a psalm today. It's a beautiful morning with joyful music that we've just sung in a very difficult psalm. Some directional help as we go forward. We are going to start by plunging down as it were a massive dark wave, and then we will ride it back up to join to the top, the daylight of the great grace and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we

The last couple of weeks in Proverbs, we have looked at what it means to have a peaceful heart in conflict, as well as in giving and receiving correction. And this morning, we looked at God's wisdom in our anger. It was all dovetailed together. So we looked at the reading of God's word, though, if you please join with me in prayer. Our blessed Triune Lord in your great and kind providence, all holy scriptures were written and preserved

Remember of Psalms and Proverbs, and we are looking at a medley of text starting with Proverbs 27. We consider the wisdom in both giving and receiving instruction or correction. We look to the reading of God's word. If you please join with me in prayer. Lord, we do ask that you would shed your light upon us by being rid of the darkness of our hearts, that we might come into the true light, which is Christ, who is

Proverbs 15, Summer Psal. Proverbs are back for a limited time, and we are ready to jump right in with this Book of Proverbs, looking at how our relationship to Jesus transforms conflict in our other relationships. As we look to the reading of God's word, if you please join with me in prayer. Oh God, we do ask that you would guide us by your word and spirit, that in your light we may see the light of your

Let's pray as we prepare to hear God's word. This prayer flows from Psalm 119, the section entitled KAAF. Let's pray. Father, we, our souls, long for your salvation. And we long to hope in your word. Our eyes long for your promise. And yet at times we find we ask, When will you comfort us? For we have become like a wine skin in the smoke, and yet we have not forgotten your statutes. Even when we ask, How

Today, we celebrate the birth of the church, Universal. The Holy spirit launches the message of Christ into the world through a newly empowered people. It has been the case through the early church, the two greatest celebrations, first being Easter, the second being Pentecost, which may surprise some, has somewhat become culturally invisible, at least amongst protestants. May we change that. Please join with me in prayer for the reading of God's word. God, our helper, by your Holy

We finish our series this morning on the discipleship in the gospel of Mark. For us is the call of Jesus in crossbearing. We look through the reading of God's word. If you please join with me in prayer. Father, indeed, we thank you that you have given to us your words, that you have had them written down for our learning. And we ask Lord God, that you would indeed help us to hear them, to mark them, to

What does it mean for followers of Christ to live for him with one eye on the future horizon and the other upon our present suffering? We look through the reading of God's word. If you please join me in prayer. Father, of all mercy in your word, your endless glory shine forth. And we ask them that you would reveal them to us this day, all through the marvelous working of your Holy spirit, that you would bring us

I bring the word this morning, and before I do, let's pray for the reading of this word. This will flow from Psalm 119, a section called Hey. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we ask this morning that you would teach us, O Lord, the way of your statutes, that we would keep them to the end, that you would give us understanding, that we may keep your law, that we would observe it with our whole heart. Lord, I

He sat down and called the twelve, and he said to them, ‘If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and a servant of all. ‘ And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and take him in the arms, he said to them, ‘Whoever receives one such child in my name, receives me. ‘ ‘Whoever receives me, receives not me, but him who sent me. Mark 10. And Jesus called them

Mark, starting in Mark 10. We're looking at what it means to walk by faith. What is a disciple's faith? We use that word all of the time. There's at least six aspects of faith that theologians discuss with several subpoints below each of these in the broader topic. But what does it mean to have faith? How is our faith exercised? That's what we're looking at this morning as we look to the reading of God's word. If you

Father, at times in our lives we recognize that our soul clings to the dust. And so we would ask that you would give us life according to your word, Lord. When you told. In your word, Lord. When we. When rather our ways were told to you, you answered them. And so we ask that you would teach us your statutes. That you would make us understand the way of your precepts. That we would meditate on your wondrous

We've been working our way through the gospel of Mark in a series on discipleship, and we pause that rightly for Easter Sunday, and we're going to be switching over to the gospel of Matthew, Matthew 28, as we consider the resurrection story of Jesus. We look to the ream God's word, though, if you would please join with me in prayer. Holy God, blessed are you. In your son, Jesus, your light shines in our darkness. And the darkness

Celebrations. In the spring, there were two, the Passover, and then the Feast of Weeks, Pentecost, and then in the autumn, the Feast of Booth. Here, Jesus is coming to Jerusalem during the time of the Passover. We look to the reading God's word. If you please join me in prayer. Oh, Lord, indeed, the grass withers and the flower fades, but your word will stand forever. As we come then to your everlasting word, Father, we would ask and

Text this morning, Matthew 15: 10. Earlier, Jesus had sent out his disciples to minister in his name, and now we see those ministering in Jesus' name wanting to send others away from Jesus. We look to the reading of God's word. If you please join me in prayer. Living God, we ask you to help us to hear your Holy word this day, that we may truly understand, and Lord, that in understanding we would believe, and in believing

Let's pray for the reading of God's word. This prayer will flow out of some Psalm 119, the section called Sade. Let us pray. Heavenly Father, we recognize that you are righteous. Oh, Lord, right are your rules, and you have appointed your testimonies in righteousness and in all faithfulness. Lord, we desire that our zeal would consume us. Lord, that there would be a great difference between us and our foes who regularly forget your words. Lord, your promise

A real mission and a training mission all rolled into one. We look to the reading of God's word. If you would please join with me in prayer. Bless are you, O God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. And you, Father, are all mercy and all goodness. You have elected us, you have called us, you justified us, you have sanctified and glorified us all through your son, who is the living word. And we ask them that

Mark Chapter 4. We continue working our way through the gospel of Mark with an eye to discipleship. Today, we step into the boat with the disciples with the great storm, Galilee. Maybe you'll recall the wonderful painting by Rembrandt depicting this very picture of Jesus being woken up by terrified disciples as the boat is tossing and pitching in the great waves. As we look through the reading of God's word, if you please join me in prayer. O