Legacy Baptist Church

We pause in the text to consider the nature of slavery and liberty, both in Exodus, and in our own time and culture

Marriage is not about you, its about God. God's design, God's intent, God's will.

The Bible introduces the trials of Exodus saying that there arose a new King in Egypt who did not know Joseph. This was likely not a problem of knowledge, but of regard. As we think on this, we ask ourselves if we too have disregarded things which we ought not.

Resurrection Sunday is a time to think about life. As Jesus prepared the disicples for His death and resurrection, he highlights that the fruit of the resurrection must come through the choice of death. We think through it together.

As we begin a series on the book of Exodus, we think through the broad course of the narrative in our time together

What man meant for evil, God meant for good. We discuss what this means in our final message in our Genesis series.

We come to the final chapter of Hosea, where the final verse asks and answers a simple but important question: who is wise?

Joseph asked an important quetion in Genesis 50:19: "am I in the place of God?" We talk about this perspective in our time together today

For all who are in Christ, Heaven is our destiny. But if Satan, and humanity, messed up God's perfection before, how can we be certain Heaven won't be messed up again?

Today we learn that where we fail, Jesus succeeds, and it has always been this way.

God promises in Hosea 13 that His love will pursue His people even unto the death of death. This was realized in the resurrection of Jesus Christ, and opened to all who would believe. We talk about it in our time this evening.

17 years before the events of Genesis 50 Joseph told his brothers that, in his eyes, God sent him to Egypt, not them. He told them that he would nourish and protect them. 17 years later, it was evident his brothers had not believed him. We talk about the nature of our words in our time together today.

There is a manner of living defined by complete surrender to God. Many, perhaps most, Christians have never known this blessedness. In our time togteher, the testimony of Hosea to Israel compels us to walk this path of full surrender.

The actions Joseph took toward his family in his life are a beautiful reflection of the gospel. Over the next several weeks we are going to consider all of these reflections in our morning worship together.

True liberty is not found in relgion, or in sin. True liberty is found in Christ alone. Hosea tells us this in Hosea 11.

In Genesis 49 Jacob blesses his sons, telling them what would befall them "in the latter days". Judah is preeminent, and Joseph is blessed with fruitfulness. We talk about these blessings today.

No human can BE righteous: that is why we need Jesus as our Savior. No human can PRODUCE righteousness: that is why we have the indwelling Spirit of God. It is the job of the believer to have a heart prepared to receive by faith God's Word, so that it can then produce that righteousness in us.

Jacob is on his death bed. Before he dies, he determines to adopt Josesph's two sons into the family of Israel. This is by no means insignificant. We talk about it in our time together.

The world is full of temptations and truth claims. In our time together we are going to remember the principle of sowing and reaping, and draw from it the call that we would not yield that which is good and eternal, for that which is temporal and carnal.

Israel is now in Egypt. In Genesis 47 we learn about their settlement, and about the consequences of the famine throughout Egypt. Through these things, we are able to discern some very important truths about the nature of Biblical accuracy.

Israel is now under judgment for their rebellion. God focuses in this chapter on the foolishness and pride of their sin. Such things can happen in the Christian life as well. We talk about it in our time together.

Since the beginning, it has been the nature of man to divide, and the nature of God to unite. What does that look like in an age of "racism" and identity politics? We talk about it in our time together.

It is easy, in the Christian life, to tell the truth in anger, or to reject the truth because of its source. It is easy, in the Christian life, to have the form of godliness but not the substance of godliness. Hosea addresses such things in our time in Hosea 6.

Joseph reveals himself to his brethren, and reflects to them his perspective on their actions, connected to God's Divine love for the family. He rejoices that his suffering might be used to bless them. We consider this Divine perspective in our time together.

No matter how far gone a man may seem, as long as a man lives, he is never too far gone for redemption. We think on this in our time together.

Today we see the rise of Judah as the next man in the line of the faithful men and women who would be in the line of the seed of the woman, Jesus of Nazareth. This gives us a chance to think again on faith.

Hosea 5 explores wicked leaders, proud people, and a patient God

Hard days can still be good days.

Israel had given away their heart to sin. Today we think about the call to keep our hearts with all diligence.

We have been talking for several weeks about the blessing of fellowship. As we enter the Christmas season, we find that this is one of two primary purposes for the coming of Jesus Christ. May our celebrations surrounding Christ's birth exhort us to seek, not only the salvation of a God who came to save men, but also the fellowship of a God who IS with us.

A rejection of truth, mercy, and knowledge lead to moral depravity, loss, and mourning. We consider this theme of knowledge in the prophecy of Hosea in Hosea 4.

1 John is written that our joy may be full. In this final survey sermon, we consider the lies in our lives that might strip from us fellowship, and so fullness of joy.

Last week we learned that it is the birthright of the believer to have fullness of joy. This week we contemplate how we come to this joy.

The direct context of Hosea 3 teaches us that God will one day redeem Israel. The extended application connects well to the Church's redemption. Most literally, however, the example of Hosea and Gomer teaches us important things about being a husband. We speak about those this evening.

LBC has spent the whole year memorizing 1 John 1. Now, as we come to our final month, we are going to talk about what it means.

The account of Hosea and Gomer serves to teach us that God still has a plan for the nation of Israel, but it also serves a much more personal metaphor of redemption. In our time together, we consider the connection between the redemption of Gomer in Hosea 3, and our own redemption through the blood of Jesus Christ.

In Psalm 138 David expresses his confidence in the promises of God, giving him a hope for the future and compelling him to the heights of praise. May it do the same for us as we think on this blessed Psalm.

We come to the conclusion of the narrative surrounding Hosea and Gomer, where we find Hosea purchase his wife's redemption. God uses this act of sacrificial love as a prophetic promise of Israel's future. We connect those dots in our time together today.

To this point in Hosea, Jezreel has been primarily associated with the terrible day of judgment that would fall upon Israel through the Assyrian overthrow. In Hosea 2, however, God makes it clear that Jezreel will not always be associated with judgment: there is coming a day when Jezreel will be turned from sorrow into joy, and from scattering into regathering.

We often think of thanksgiving in terms of "what". This week we are going to think about gratitude, not in terms of "what" directly, but in terms of "why": why should we be thankful? We think though this in our time together.

Last time we were together we considered the sources of guilt and shame, and grace as the great solution. This week we consider next the outcomes of guilt and shame, and once again consider grace as the solution.

Guilt and shame are very common in the human experience, but for we who are born-again by faith in Christ, guilt and shame have no place in our lives. We talk about the sources of guilt and shame in this first of a two-part sermon on the topic of guilt and shame.

Hosea writes this week about the adultery of his wife Gomer through the perspective of a message unto his 3 children. Through this we learn several lessons, culminating in a call to remember the God from whom all blessings flow.

The story of Loammi is the story in three parts: the growth of Israel, the establishment of the church, and the future regathering of the nation. Through Loammi we learn about God's ability to bring sorrow, that He might bring greater joy on the other end.

Today we learn about the first interaction between Joseph and his brothers in nearly 15 years. Much happens at this reunion, but today we use its events to think about the life and choices of Reuben, to ask the question: what could have been, if Reuben had simply made better choices?

Last time we were together we considered the call to endure affliction. This week we get to see the fruit of endurance in Joseph's life and example.

Hosea's first son, Jezreel, taught us of the day of judgment connected to the sins of Jehu. Hosea's first daughter, Loruhamma, teaches us of the contrast between God's rejection of Israel, and His mercy upon Judah in the day of Israel's destruction.

Joseph is falsely accused and thrown into prison. While there, he is just as faithful and fruitful as he was in the house of Potiphar. We all face days of waiting and unknowns. Can we be just a faithful in our lives, as Joseph was in his?

Hosea marries a wife and has a child named Jezreel, connecting this name to the end of the line of Jehu, and to the Kingdom of Israel. We talk about the history of this important city in our time together.

In the first 6 verses of Genesis 39 Joseph taught us how it is Christians are called to respond to evil. This week Joseph teaches us how it is Christians are called to respond to temptation.

Joseph will be the focus of most of the remainder of Genesis, but as we continue through the Old Testament, Judah is the preeminent tribe. To this end the text continues to give us insight into the life of Judah and his lineage. Through Judah's history, today we consider the greatness of God's grace.