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Big Idea: An Almighty King must be greater than your mighty problems.  Isaiah 9:6 For a child will be born for us, a son will be given to us, and the government will be on his shoulders. He will be named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace. I. More mighty than your greatest enemy  Isaiah 9:4 For you have shattered their oppressive yoke and the rod on their shoulders, the staff of their oppressor, just as you did on the day of Midian. II. Mighty enough to make an extraordinary future Isaiah 9:5 For every trampling boot of battle and the bloodied garments of war will be burned as fuel for the fire. III. Might that lasts for ageless eternity Isaiah 9:7 The dominion will be vast, and its prosperity will never end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from now on and forever. The zeal of the Lord of Armies will accomplish this. Next Steps:  Believe: Today, I surrender my soul to the Almighty King. Become: I will turn my problems over to my Almighty Father. Be Sent: I will spread the word of my God Almighty this week. Discussion Questions:  If you could have more strength in one area of your life, what would it be?  Why? On a scale of 1-5, how well do you turn your troubles over to our Almighty Father?  What would you do with it if you had all power for one day? Do you find it hard to focus on eternity when facing pressing challenges today?  Explain your answer.  What is your greatest struggle this week? How did you rely on God's strength this week? Pray for the grace to trust the Holy Spirit when facing challenges this week.

Your Nightly Prayer

Your Nightly Prayer

Series: Who Will Be Your King? Speaker: Matt Morrison

What's In A Hymn is a once a week podcast series from Wandsworth Church. Rev Geoff Coyne reflects on the Biblical truths contained in some of the traditional hymns that generations of Christians have sung.  

When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!” — Revelation 1:17-18 Earlier in his life, John had spent three years with Jesus as a disciple in training. We might expect that John would recognize Jesus, run up to him, and embrace him. But something is clearly different about Jesus. The glorious presentation of the Son of Man so overwhelms John that he falls at Jesus' fiery-bronze feet as though dead. But then he hears the familiar words of his Lord and Master: “Do not be afraid.” The loving Savior speaks comfort and assurance. Jesus gives John an elaborate description of himself. What a way to build up John's confidence and that of the churches! Jesus is the “First and the Last,” the “Living One,” who “was dead” but is “alive for ever and ever!” And there's more: Jesus holds the keys to death and Hades, so they have no power over him or his followers. Jesus then commands John to write to the seven churches that are represented by the lampstands. (And, to us today, those churches represent the whole church of Christ.) By sharing what he has “seen, what is now and what will take place later,” John will describe how Jesus is the reigning Lord of heaven and earth. Despite the churches' strengths and weaknesses, Jesus is God. The powers of darkness will do their worst to destroy the church, but they will fail because Jesus is the living Lord. Almighty King, you are the victor over death and the grave. Drive out our fear today. Amen.

Special music from the chancel choir for Sunday, November 26, 2023.

Sermon Text: Psalm 24

What is one bold prayer you are praying right now? Are all your prayers vague, surface level, timid requests? Girl, you're missing out on the Almighty King's invitation to partner with him in his power being unleashed in your life. I worked in sales for many years. Honestly, I was a super crappy salesman because […]

Join us as our pastor Rob Jenner completes our series on Jesus' threefold office, what a focus on how Jesus is King because of who He is and what He does. Colossians 1:15-20

Bible Study & Devotional Day 132

Our verse for today comes from Matthew 16:20, " Then He commanded His disciples that they should tell no one that He was Jesus the Christ. "As we seek Him today, try not to ask why of a God who spoke the universe into existence. Imagine yourself receiving your instructions as you bow before an Almighty King.

Hear now the word of the Lord from Matthew 3:13-17. 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”Matthew 3:13-17, ESV The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God endures forever. If you follow the news, you probably are aware that there are a number of stories and a number of information coming out about a lot of breakdowns that are happening in the worldwide supply chain. You may have even experienced this firsthand yourself. Things are being delayed when you're ordering them. Not all the parts are being able to get to certain places for bigger things to be manufactured. Some things just aren't available at all. You go to some stores and the shelves are empty. So you may have heard about this, you may have experienced this. I talked to a deacon this morning and some of the efforts that we're trying to work on at this church have been delayed by supply chain issues. I talked to someone right before the service who mentioned that he's having difficulty getting a vanity for a bathroom because of supply chain issues. A lot of people are experiencing this, and it's causing Americans to reflect on a question that by God's grace, we haven't often had to ask ourselves, what if I can't get what I want? What if I can't get what I need, possibly even. You see, by God's grace in America, we very often taken for granted that if there is a product out there that we want and we have the money to pay for that product, then we can pay someone who will take our money and give us that product. We've largely taken that for granted. We see how a few things here and a few things there going wrong can really interrupt that supply chain. We see that what we took for granted may not have been on as firm of foundation as we thought it had been. Now my goal this morning certainly isn't to dive into the problems of worldwide supply chain issues, we are certainly not to solve them. I bring this story up because I think it illustrates something that's happening in the passage, we're looking at today. Last week, we talked about the fact that this doctrine of repentance was central to the mission and ministry and message of John the Baptist. When he came preaching, he came preaching repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. When people came to be baptized by him, he said that his baptism was by water and for repentance, so that people came confessing their sins when he baptized them. Furthermore, he turned away the Pharisees and the Sadducees because they were coming for baptism, but they did not bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Repent, repent, repent. The promise of the gospel that we talked about last week is that for all those who repent from our sins, turn from our sins and look to Christ in faith. Jim reminded us of this and the liturgy this morning that for all those who look to Christ in faith, your sins will be forgiven. That's the promise of the gospel. Maybe we need to ask, why is that the case? Is that something that we take for granted, but that might go away? What kind of a foundation does that rest on? Is that something that I might lose tomorrow or is this dependent on how well I repent? Unless I repent then will God not be pleased to forgive me? Well, what we see in this passage is the grounds for why repentance works. It's not because of anything that we do. It flows from the love of the Triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit for his people. And so this morning, our big idea is this that King Jesus came to cleanse sinners. It's in this, as Jesus is baptized and submits to baptism, that we see the way in which he came to cleanse sinners, and to grant that through repentance and faith his righteousness might flow to sinners like you and like me. So three parts to this morning's sermon. 1. Christ's Association with Sinners 2. Christ's Anointing from the Holy Spirit 3. Christ's Approval from the Father Christ's Association with Sinners So first, we see Christ's association with sinners in verses 13 through 15. In verse 13, Jesus rather abruptly comes on the scene. We talked about how in the last passage last week that John the Baptist just very abruptly comes on the scene in Matthew's gospel. We don't have the back story of John the Baptist's life. However here we have some of the back story of Jesus's infancy, but we don't have, for example, the account that we have in Luke, where Jesus goes into the temple at the age of 12 and is discussing and teaching really the teachers of the law in that place. We find that Matthew has skipped over the rest of Jesus's infancy after he was carried off in exile to Egypt and brought back and settled in in Nazareth in Galilee. Matthew skips over the rest of Jesus's infancy, the rest of his childhood, the rest of his adolescence, the rest of his early adulthood. We know from the gospel of Luke that Jesus is 30 years old when this takes place. Matthew skipped over the rest of 30 years of Jesus' life, and now we find out only one thing about Jesus as Jesus is reintroduced to us, that's that Jesus bursts on the scene with one intention of being baptized by John. That's all we know about him. We read Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him. Now, why would this be the case? Well, this we are going to see the baptism of Jesus marks the beginning the entrance of Jesus into his phase of public ministry, that's the general answer. But again, we have to ask the question why then does he need to be baptized for this purpose? Why can't he just go and like John, start preaching and teaching and healing and doing all the miracles that he's going to do? Why does he need this baptism? Well, apparently this was a sticking point for John as well, because we were reading verse 14 that John would have prevented him. This is written to sort of describe John as starting to prevent him, trying to prevent him getting in his way until Jesus tells him to stop and to move forward with the baptism. Now, John's confusion probably stems from a couple of issues that we see represented in verse 11 from the previous passage. So I want to show you what John the Baptist says about himself and his own baptism to illustrate why he was confused that Jesus would come to him to be baptized. So in 3:11 John the Baptist is speaking, and he says, "“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." So three issues you might see there. First of all, John, the Baptist is recognizing that he is inferior to Jesus. Jesus is superior to him, "there's one coming after me who is mightier than I who sandals I am not worthy to carry." Jesus is superior to John. Why, then, would John baptize Jesus? Second, John's baptism is inferior to Jesus's baptism, John says, "I just baptize with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me, he will baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire." Well, if that's the case, if Jesus wields a greater baptism than John, why should John give his water baptism for repentance to Jesus? But the third has to do with this issue of repentance since Jesus has no sin. He has nothing to turn from, he has nothing to repent from, nothing to change his mind about his sin because he has no sin. Why, then, should this Jesus receive a baptism of water for repentance from John? Well, it's interesting when John says this, and he says, "“I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?" Jesus doesn't reject that thinking. He doesn't say, oh no, you're wrong, actually, I am inferior to you, actually, I am a sinner in need of repentance, actually, your baptism is greater than mine. He doesn't say any of that. He agrees with John. He agrees that he is superior to John. He agrees that he is sinless. He agrees that he is has the superior baptism to John's baptism. Yet what he says in verse 15 is not to reject anything that John has said, but to simply cite an exception. To see there's another reason an overriding reason for this, and so he says, "Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then again, what does this mean? What is the righteousness that Jesus has to fulfill at the hands of John, who administers the baptism? Well, again, this is not spelled out, but there are probably three major reasons that are behind this. The first has to do with a background motivation. The initial prompting for Jesus to be baptized. That would have to do with the will of the Father. Jesus came to take the form of a servant we read in Philippians 2:7. He came to humble himself in obedience to everything the Father wants, so this baptism is apparently a part of that. We know that to be the case because in verse 17, a little bit later, the Father declares from heaven, "This is my beloved Son with whom I am well pleased." That's in response to the fact that Jesus humbly submitted himself to baptism. So that's the first reason the background motivation for this in the will of the Father. The next two reasons really have to do with the function of this what does this accomplish? What does Jesus do by receiving this baptism? Well, the first thing is that a very general level Jesus is here associating with sinners. He is identifying with sinners. He is not a sinner, but by receiving this baptism for repentance, he is stepping into the shoes of sinners to receive what sinners need to receive, namely this baptism for repentance. The third thing is that Jesus isn't just associating with us. He isn't just chumming around with us, paling around with us and hoping that it all works out from there. Jesus, by entering into the waters of this baptism for repentance, Jesus himself being pure and even holy Jesus is sanctifying these waters of baptism so that by these waters of baptism, we too are cleansed. It's not the water that cleanses us, it is Jesus Christ working through the water to cleanse sinners like you and like me. King Jesus came for this purpose, he came to cleanse sinners. So in other words, if you take all of this together, John writes that Jesus did not need this baptism. More than that, Jesus was right. He didn't need this baptism, but we needed him to receive this baptism. Jesus had no need of it. We needed for Jesus to submit to this baptism. Jesus humbled himself indeed, he humiliated himself by receiving this baptism for sinners like you and me. If you want to be humbled, learn a new language. Language is something that we all sort of do because we grow up doing it and our own language seems so easy. We just speak it. It just flows off of our tongues and our lips, and we don't have a problem with it. But if you want to be humbled, try to learn a different language and realize that a lot more goes into language than we realize. I remember after spending three years learning French that I went to France in high school, and I remember being humbled and in awe of watching the five year old French child in my host family, babbling fluently in a language that I had worked for so long to learn and he did so, so effortlessly. This child was outdoing me in this language. It was humbling. It was humbling. If you really, really want to be humbled, it's not enough just to learn a language, try to teach someone else a language that they don't know. Because when you try to teach someone else a language, even a language that you may know very well, you have to really get down to their level. You can't just speak above them fluently in your own language that you speak quite well. You have to teach them the very basic building blocks and until they master those basic building blocks, you can't move beyond that. I think if two language teachers I had during the course of my life, one was a German professor. I tried to learn German a little bit while I was in seminary and they let me audit a class at the undergraduate level where I was. I remember this professor who was a dear man, but his strategy for teaching was to teach you nothing but German from the very beginning of German. Well, all of it just totally went over my head. I had no ability to hear anything from him. He spoke at this high perfect German level, wonderful accent, wonderful man, but I learned nothing from that class. I contrast that against my high school French teacher, who year after year took a bunch of ornery, rowdy high schoolers who spoke not a word of French and got down on their level. She did this for over 30 years, she was a magnificent French teacher, and she taught those bare basics once again and went through all the little drills and little silly songs year after year after year. Humbling herself to bring us up so that we could speak French as well. What Jesus is doing here is to humble himself to get down on our level, not because he needs it, but because we need it. What Jesus is doing here is necessary to God's plan of redemption. Without this baptism, Jesus cannot save his people because he cannot cleanse his people. If Jesus doesn't do this, his people are doomed to never making any progress toward their salvation. Apart from him, we can do nothing. Make no mistake, there is an undeniable humiliation in what Jesus Christ is doing here, because he has to come down to our level. Because he must humble himself under an inferior baptize of John and under an inferior baptism, the baptism of repentance. He must humble himself by associating and identifying with sinners. One author, Frederick Dale Bruner, points out a really important correlation both here and at the end of Jesus's life he is numbered among the transgressors. Here it's by entering into a baptism that sinners entered into. At the end of its life, it's when he's nailed between two thieves numbered among the transgressors. This is what Jesus came to do to humble himself by coming down to our level, by submitting to what we need and what he gives us on our behalf, to associate and identify with sinners. In doing this, what we see clearly in this passage is that Jesus is not working alone. Not even John the Baptist, he's working with beyond that. Jesus is not acting independently as the Son of God in the flesh, he is working in concert and coordination with the other two persons of the Trinity. The next thing we see this is when Christ is anointed by the Holy Spirit. Christ's Anointing from the Holy Spirit So the second part is Christ anointing from the Holy Spirit in Matthew 3:16. So we read, and when Jesus was baptized. Now to dig a little bit into this, literally the grammar here is saying in Jesus having been baptized. In other words, the baptism is over, and the next thing that happens is that immediately Jesus went up from the water. That is, he left the river and got out onto the riverbank. The coming up out of the water is not a part of the baptism, it happens after the baptism. Now the reason I point this out is our session is produced a study paper on the question of mode of baptism. Some Christians believe that immersion is necessary, and they would point to a passage like this. Seeing this coming up from the water as being the part of Jesus first being immersed under the water and then coming up from the water. But mode here is actually not at all in view. You might try to make that argument from other places, our church teaches that pouring and sprinkling is the right mode of baptism. Although immersion is not entirely wrong, we have immersed those who have requested that under certain circumstances. You can read more of our paper on our website. I come here to point to this passage as we're here to say that what's happening here, what you are seeing is that Jesus is baptized, that's step one. Then after that, something else happens, that Jesus departs, he comes up out of the water, out of the river, onto the riverbank. Then a third thing happens, and this is what's particularly important. That when Jesus comes out of the river onto the riverbank, behold, the heavens were opened to him. We are not given many details about what this would be, except to say for a brief moment, the invisible things of heaven were made visible on Earth. The heavens were opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him. Now, why does this happen, why does the Spirit of God descend upon Jesus like a dove? Some people have made connections to the Book of Genesis for this. So the first connection may be to Genesis 1:2, at the beginning of creation, we read in the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. So here we see the beginnings of a of a new creation. Once again, we find the Spirit of God hovering this time over Jesus. The second possibility of a reference back to Genesis is from Genesis 8:12. Noah, as he's floating around in the ark waiting for the water to dissipate so that he can come back onto dry land, sends out a dove to find dry land somewhere out there. Once he sends a dove out and the dove comes back with a branch so that some of the water has dissipated so that the trees are sticking out again. The next time he sends out a dove, the dove does not return. Some people suggest, well, maybe there's a connection to the dove that does not return to this Holy Spirit, who comes down as a dove from heaven to rest upon him. Those may be possible connections. I won't go too deeply into them, but because the primary significance is a little bit different. The primary significance is that here we are seeing that Jesus is anointed with the Holy Spirit. Remember, Matthew has told us at least four times so far that Jesus is the Christ. We saw that in Matthew 1:1, Matthew 1:16, Matthew 1:17, and Matthew 1:18, Jesus is the Christ. The Greek word Christ is the translation of the Hebrew word Messiah and both of those words in their respective languages mean anointed one in English. He is the anointed one. The anointed one refers to the fact that there were three anointed offices, there were three categories of anointed ones, lowercase anointed ones. There were prophets, there were priests and there were kings. Prophets were anointed with oil, priests were anointed with oil and kings were anointed with oil to begin their ministry, their public ministry as prophet priests or as kings. They were anointed with oil as symbolic of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon them to equip them for the task at hand. We see this very vividly, for example, in the anointing of David to the office of King. 1 Samuel 16:13 we read, "Then Samuel the prophet took the horn of oil and anointed David in the midst of his brothers, and the Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David from that day forward." The anointing with oil symbolized that this anointed one was equipped with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit rushed upon him from that day forward. What we are seeing here is that the Holy Spirit is equipping Jesus, anointing him, setting him apart, empowering him for the ministry that he must embark upon in this earthly ministry, this is state of humiliation. Jesus first came in humiliation under the waters of baptism, and now remember, we are talking about God incarnate. But as God incarnate, he's not going to make full use of his power and prerogatives as the Son of God, as God himself. Instead, he is going to live in faith driven dependence on the Holy Spirit as the man Jesus Christ, in the same way that we must do. You know, my wife and I recently moved, some of you know this and as we've readied one house to sell it and as we've done some minor repairs on the new house to get it fully readable, ready and livable for what we were looking for. It's interesting how much time and even money we've spent, not just on materials to do some of these repairs, on paint and caulking, on screws, on some door handles and things like that. But how much time and money we've had to spend on tools and training to do these sorts of things. Now, I should be very clear, this is my wife doing all of this. I don't do any of this. I do some of this, just the basic stuff that I can't screw up. She's the handy woman in our house. What's interesting is that, you know, sometimes we'll find these projects and they're doable by people like us, by people like my wife. But we might not have the tool we need. We might have the equipment we the materials to use. We don't have the necessary tool to do the task and we don't have the training. So we spent a lot of time at Menards and on YouTube trying to get equipped for the task ahead of us. Well, again, in this divine nature, Jesus is the eternal Son of God. He doesn't need any equipment. He is all powerful. He possesses the full power of the Father and the Son and the Spirit in himself, but in his earthly ministry. He is submitting in humiliation to not make use of his divine powers, his divine attributes to instead live in the way that we must live in faith driven dependence on the power of the Holy Spirit to equip him for everything that he must do as our redeemer. Again, Jesus doesn't need the Spirit's anointing. We need Jesus to receive the Spirit's anointing for the public ministry. He is about to embark upon for our salvation. The Son of God took upon a human nature to save miserable sinners like you and me. The salvation will require absolute humiliation from the Lord of glory. We're seeing just the beginnings of this in his public ministry and toward this end. God, the Father gave his Spirit from heaven to empower and equip and comfort Jesus during the time and the ministry that he must do. This ministry is not the Ministry of the Son and the Holy Spirit alone, we see the third person of the divine trinity, God the Father is standing behind all of this. Christ's Approval from the Father This brings us to our third section Christ's approval from the Father. Matthew 3:17, look at this verse again, "Behold", we got to behold to talk about the heavens being opened in verse 16, and we get another behold here, "And behold, a voice from heaven said, 'This is my Beloved Son with whom I am well pleased.'" Who is speaking here? The speaker is not named, but we can infer if the speaker is calling Jesus his Beloved Son, this is the Father speaking. The Father speaking of his Son, his Beloved Son. Now what is he saying exactly? Well, the Father isn't sort of making this philosophical theological declaration that the Father has eternally begotten the Son from all eternity passed. That would be true, and the rest of the Bible bears witness to that, but that's not what's being articulated here. The Father is rather saying something about this man who is God the Son, but God the Son incarnate, God the Son in the flesh. The Father is saying this man, though he may not look like it, though his glory may be veiled, though he may not be making use of his divine power and prerogatives. This one is my beloved Son, and with him, I am well pleased. Now, why does the Father need to say this? Well, for two reasons, first of all, for Christ's sake and we know that because in the very next passage. Lord willing, we're going to look at this next week and the very next passage, Satan is going to test Jesus at precisely this point. If you are the Son of God, Satan says, then do this or that in rebellion against God. If you are the Son, let's test the boundaries of that, otherwise, maybe you're not really his Son. Well, before this happens, the Father declares, this is my Son, this is my beloved Son, in him I am well pleased. Jesus knows his identity as he goes to face the devil himself for our salvation. This is done for Christ's sake, but this is also done for our sake. Because as we see God declare this message about God, the Son in the flesh, God the Son incarnate, we are hearing a gospel word that God counts us as his children, ff we are in Christ. If you are in Christ, if you are looking to Christ by faith, if you have been united to Christ by faith. This blessing flows like oil over the head of our high priest Jesus Christ, and flows down to the rest of his body, the church. You and I are accepted by Jesus Christ, because we are in here and we are accepted by the Father because we are in Christ. What Christ is doing here is to associate with us sinners, so that we sinners may then associate with the Father. If we are in Christ, this is the Father's stance toward us. We are his beloved Sons, in whom he is well pleased. Now, it's important to know about this is that Christ didn't come into this world to persuade the Father as something that the Father didn't want to do. The fact that the Father's will was for Jesus to come into this world. The fact that the Father's will was for Jesus to identify and associate with sinners through baptism to be numbered among the transgressors tells us that this please the Father to send his Son into the world for the salvation of sinners that God so loved the world that he did not spare his only begotten Son, but gave him up for us all. It's the Father's will to cleanse sinners through Jesus Christ into his adopted children. Have you ever been invited somewhere that you didn't entirely belong? Maybe to a wedding? Someone invited you to a wedding and you're like, oh, I don't know the bride or the groom that's going to be weird. Or maybe to a party where you didn't know the host. Maybe it's a small party, so you know that when you walk in the door, everyone's going to turn and look at you and say, who's this guy? What are you doing here? Are you a party crasher? Are you a wedding crasher? And you're worried that you just won't fit in. You're like, oh, I'm not really willing to do that. No, thanks. What difference does it make when your friend says, no this is this isn't from me, I'm not just trying to slip you into this party on my behalf. I was asked by the host of this party to invite you. The host knows you; the host wants you at this party. He's the one who invited you to come to this. That makes all the difference in the world. Christ is not smuggling us into heaven, much to the chagrin and surprise of God the Father. God the Father sent Jesus into this world. God the Father poured out his Spirit on Jesus Christ to equip him for everything that Christ and humiliation needed to do to procure your salvation, to accomplish everything necessary for righteousness, your righteousness so that you could be reconciled to God the Father in heaven. You're not crashing a party if you're looking to Jesus Christ. God, the Father has welcomed you, come in, come in. Application Well, application from this, as we see what God is doing in and through Jesus for us is this repent for salvation is at hand. We saw the message and the ministry of John was repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, and what this means for those who believe is that salvation is at hand, repent for salvation is at hand. Again, we talked about repentance a little bit last week. The repentance is a change of mind. That's literally what it means in Greek, to change your mind about something, to think about something differently. This stems from a change of heart, and it leads toward a change of life. This change of mind means that you no longer think about your sin as something that's permissible, that's fine, that's not a big deal in your life. You learn to think of your sin and judge your sin and the way that God does. That from the depths of your heart, this is the change of heart, you learn to hate the filthiness and odiousness of your sin. From that in your mind, it changes. You judge it differently, and from that, your life changes. You look in faith to Jesus Christ, you turn from your sin and you endeavor to follow after him by the grace of the Holy Spirit. This is repentance, and this is what John the Baptist was preaching to prepare people for the coming of the king. But we have to consider one fact. Namely, that there is nothing about repentance itself that guarantees us anything from God. It's entirely possible that if repentance were only dependent upon us that there would be a massive supply chain issue of getting the righteousness of Jesus to us, because our repentance just isn't that strong. It just isn't that solid, just isn't that perfect and complete. A repentance earns us nothing from God, you can't take your repentance to God and demand that by contract, he gives you something that he owes you. Indeed, our confession of faith, chapter 15, paragraph three, says that repentance is not to be rested in as any satisfaction for sin or any cause of the pardon. God does not forgive us on the grounds that we have repented. It isn't a good work that earns you something from God. Repentance is a grace. It's a gift from God. It means that God is not stood at a distance watching you from afar, maybe from the corners of heaven, with his arms folded and his and his face grumpy toward you. God instead with great love sent his Son into this world and through his free love and his free mercy and his free grace, he's made the first move toward you. As Romans 5:8 says, "God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." The love of God overflowed before you were born, before you could do anything to move to him when God knew that you were a sinner in need of salvation. Out of infinite love, the Father worked, he worked to send his beloved Son into this world for your salvation. Out of infinite mercy, the Son worked, he worked by willingly being sent into this world, willingly condescending. When we use that about people who are equals, if I condescend to you, that would be rude. But when God Almighty condescends to come down to us, that's grace, free grace. Out of free mercy to the Son willingly came into this world, condescended in humiliation by taking the form of a servant, by associating with and identifying with sinners to wash you in the waters of baptism, not just water, but by the Holy Spirit and fire by his word and his Holy Spirit to cleanse you. He came to do this. Also, thirdly, out of his infinite grace, God, the Holy Spirit, it worked. He worked to anoint Christ ,to accomplish everything that this task would require. The same Holy Spirit comes to us bearing God's love for us and all the riches of Christ accomplish work on our behalf, the Holy Spirit brings this to us and applies it to our lives. The gospel is a declaration of the measureless love of the triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit for sinners like you and like me. This is how repentance works. Not because of how well you have worked, but because of the surety and certainty of the promises of God. As a confession of faith says in chapter 15, paragraph four, as there is no sin so small, but it deserves damnation, so there is no sin so great that it can bring damnation upon those who truly repent. Repentance and faith do not save you because you earn something from God by them. Repentance and faith save you because of the power of God's promises. He willingly promised that for all those who turned to him in repentance and faith will be saved. This gospel promise was made clear from the very first Christian sermon that was preached on the day of Pentecost by the Apostle Peter himself in Acts 2:38-39, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit for the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself." Friends, do you think yourself too great a sinner to be saved? Understand Christ's grace abound all the much more for your sin. Your sin is great, but Christ's grace abounds, much more repent and believe. Do you think yourself to righteous a person to need to repent? I'm fine. This isn't real. I'm OK where I am. Thank you very much. Understand the abomination of your sin required the Lord of Glory to be crucified for you in your place. Repent and believe in Jesus. Do you worry about the cost of letting goods and kindred go? The goods of this world, your friends and your family who may oppose Jesus Christ and would certainly oppose you if you turn to him? Friends repent for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. The king is coming. Don't look to his enemies, look to the sweeping power of the Almighty King, Jesus Christ. Do you fear maybe, on the other hand, to approach the high king of heaven, the Lord of Hosts, the Holy One of Israel? Are you afraid to come into his presence? Do you wonder if he will say this is a party crasher, this person does not deserve to come into this place. Understand this God, this triune God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit is well pleased to save sinners. It has been his plan from all eternity past that has worked out in the fullness of time through his Son, Jesus Christ. He wants to save sinners. Jesus came to save sinners. Repent and belief and be saved. The unimaginably good news of the promises of the gospel is that for all those who turn in repentance from their sins and look to Jesus Christ in faith will be saved. If this is you, if you're looking to Christ in faith, the word that God the Father spoke to Jesus is true. You are God's beloved Son. With you God is well pleased through Jesus Christ, who came to save sinners like you and me. Let's pray. Heavenly Father, we pray that you would wash us and you would make us clean. We pray that you would give us Jesus Christ crucified for us. That not just by water, but by the blood of Christ sprinkled upon us, you would wash us and we would be clean. Our sings that are like scarlet, you would make us as white as snow. Father, I pray that if there are any here who do not yet know Jesus, you would turn their eyes to the savior in faith. Turning away from their sin and sorrow and hatred for its filthiness and odiousness, and look to the purity and the perfect righteousness of Jesus, who was once brought low in humiliation but now has been exalted over sin, death in the devil and is reining at your right hand until he comes again to put his final enemies under his feet. Oh Lord, haste that day. In Christ's name, we pray. Amen.

Possibly the most Jewish of all Christian hymns, “The God of Abraham Praise” has its roots all the way back to the Jewish scholar Moses Maimonides (1135-1204), who wrote a confession of faith containing thirteen creeds. Modern congregations don't have the patience to sing all thirteen stanzas, so here is one of the lesser-known verses for you to ponder: “The God Who reigns on high the great archangels sing, And “Holy, holy holy!” Cry, “Almighty King!” Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be: Jehovah, LORD, the great I AM, we worship Thee! The resources used for the podcast include, but not limited to; “How Great Thou Art” written by Robert J. Morgan and Hymnary.org

As my friend reviewed the pictures I took of her, she pointed out the physical characteristics she saw as imperfections. I asked her to look closer. “I see a beautiful and beloved daughter of the Almighty King of Kings,” I said. “I see a compassionate lover of God and others, whose genuine kindness, generosity, and faithfulness have made a difference in so many lives.” When I noticed the tears brimming her eyes, I said, “I think you need a tiara!” Later that afternoon, we picked out the perfect crown for my friend so she would never forget her true identity. When we come to know the Lord personally, He crowns us with love and calls us His children (1 John 2:29-3:1). He gives us the power to persevere in faith so that “we may be confident and unashamed before him at his coming” (1 John 2:28). Though He accepts us as we are, His love purifies us and transforms us into His likeness (vv. 2-3). He helps us recognize our need for Him and repent as we rejoice in the power to turn away from sin (vv. 4-9). We can live in faithful obedience and love (v. 10), with His truth hidden in our hearts and His Spirit present in our lives. My friend didn’t really need a tiara or any other trinket that day. But we both needed the reminder of our worth as God’s beloved children.

A new MP3 sermon from Harvest Baptist Temple is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Jesus: Almighty King Speaker: Allen Holmes Broadcaster: Harvest Baptist Temple Event: Midweek Service Date: 10/27/2021 Length: 40 min.

A new MP3 sermon from Harvest Baptist Temple is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: Jesus: Almighty King Speaker: Allen Holmes Broadcaster: Harvest Baptist Temple Event: Midweek Service Date: 10/27/2021 Length: 40 min.

In this episode we share the hymn Come Thou Almighty King. Listen to this hymn and more on the Songs for Worship YouTube channel.Find out more about Songs for Worship at ericcrose.com/songsforworship

I hope that it will be interesting to you to share 14 verses that rang a bell for me this year. In collecting these verses, until recently I didn't plan on sharing these with you. Rather, this is more like letting you see verses I wanted to use to preach to myself. Stay tuned at the end. I would like YOU to share your favorites with me! Random:GW'20 Proverbs 29:2 2 When righteous people increase, the people ⌞of God⌟ rejoice, but when a wicked person rules, everybody groans. I've heard many groans this year. Remember, by the way, that when the nations of Israel and Judah sinned, one way that the Lord repeatedly punished them was by giving them bad kings.   GW'20 2 Chronicles 26:16 16 But when he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. … My thought here is that some things have gone well in my life and ministry this year. But I pray that I can avoid pride, because it is such a trap and so dangerous. How King Uzziah must have regretted going into the temple to burn his own incense during all the remaining years of his life, excluded from visiting the temple, living in a separate house, and receiving reports of how his son was ruling in his place!   PCF Ecclesiastes 10:1 1 One dead fly can make a whole bottle of perfume stink. Even so, a little foolishness can outweigh great wisdom and honor. I am at the place in my life where I want to finish well. I want to leave behind a good smell (so to speak) when people remember me. The word ‘foolishness' in Proverbs refers to bone-headed refusal to obey God. The last thing I want to do is to mess up at the finish line. A little stupidity at the end can leave a stench that obliterates a God-honoring testimony.   GW'20 Proverbs 14:14 14 A heart that turns ⌞from God⌟ becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with God's ways. When I struggle with impure thoughts, it helps me to think that if I gave myself up to follow the cravings of my lower nature, my joy in that kind of a lifestyle would last about 10 minutes. Boredom would come so quickly, and eventually I am sure I would repent. But the resulting wound of remorse in my heart would never totally heal.   Faith: PCF/GW Proverbs 23:17-18 17 Do not envy sinners in your heart. Instead, continue to fear the LORD.18 There is indeed a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.   I picked this verse to use in preaching to myself. I don't often envy sinners, but just the good fortunes of others. A powerful thing to remember when tempted to envy or lust is that I have a really fantastic future promised by God. The hoped for outcomes there are safe, in that place where moths and rust don't ruin things. Don't look back. Keep looking forward! The next verse tells us what we are gazing at.   PCF/NLT 1 Peter 1:8-9 8 You love him,even though you have never seen Him.And even though you do not see Him,you believe in Himand celebrate with glorious joythat goes beyond anything words can say, 9 since you are receiving the proper goal of your faith,namely, the rescue of your lives.   Love Him. Don't forget your rescue, and the privilege you have in knowing Jesus through all of God's Word. Keep hold of joy! PCF/GW Matthew 12:39 39A He responded, “The people of an evil and unfaithful era demand miraculous signs. …   There is a reason why the Lord gives miracles sparingly. Miracles may help give someone's belief an initial nudge, but miracles never grow mature faith. People who seek to go from one miracle to another (if the Lord permits that to happen) continue to need to be spoon-fed. Most of the heroes of faith in chapter 11 of Hebrews did not receive what they trusted God for. They developed a faith that could stand any test Planning: NET Luke 14:28 28 Which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost? …   This verse is leading up to Jesus' teaching about counting the cost of being his disciple. However, let me make a tangential point: Some people have gotten the idea that Christians shouldn't plan anything, but just be led by God without planning. I believe that this is totally false. A parent doesn't want to always have to tell his child to take a bath or to go to bed. God wants his children launched into this world prayerfully making their plans and moving ahead to complete them.   GW'20 Proverbs 16:3 3 Entrust your efforts to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.   Read that several times. So I ask you: What will happen if you don't make any plans? It's a good idea to pray! NET/PCF Matthew 7:11 11 If you then, though you are so sinful, know how to give good gifts to your children, just think how much more your Father in heaven will give good gifts to those who ask him!   So I ask again: What will happen if you don't ask God for good gifts? (And by ‘gifts' I mean the answer to prayers about plans you have made for glorifying God in your life.)   This is like  NET Matthew 7:7 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. I'll pause in order for you to answer out loud. So what happens if you don't knock, don't seek, and don't ask?!   ESV Hebrews 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.   This is the foundation for receiving what you ask God for in prayer.   GW'20 Matthew 6:6 6 Whenever you pray, go to your room and close the door. Pray privately to your Father who is with you. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.   After those other verses, I might as well follow the same pattern and ask: What will happen if you DON'T go into your private place and pray?  There is a big promise there that I don't want to fail to cash in on! Consider: We are going before the Almighty King of the Universe. Through Christ Jesus, we have the wonderful privilege to be able to appear before God the Father and make our requests. I take this verse literally and urge you to do so also. That is, actually go into a private room, actually close the door. Realizing that you are entering the throne room of God, do what people did throughout the pages of the Bible: Humble yourself and be reverent! Get down at least on your knees (if you are physically able to do this) or even bow down lower. Pray. Then rejoice in that promise.   ESV/PCF Psalms 145:18 18 The LORD is near to all who cry out to Him, to all who cry out sincerely.   The ESV says, ‘to all who cry out in truth.' To me this means that we will not be just going through the motions, saying the right words, but not really meaning them. This is why I translate ‘in truth' as ‘sincerely'. Sincere prayer is also believing prayer, like James 1 tells us.  I wrap up all that I have shared with this verse, Eccl 12:11. The ‘wise advisor' in this verse is Solomon, and definitely not me. However we can extend the idea to the Lord being the wisest advisor. The translation of this verse is my translation of how this verse comes out in the Plain Indonesian Translation.   PET Eccl. 12:11 The teaching of a wise advisor is like a shepherd's stickthat is used to guide and direct his sheep.May every saying given by this advisor and shepherd be nailed into the mind of every learner and guide them in living rightly. Please pray for my visa to Indonesia to be granted, so that I can go there on November 2. If it is granted, I will need to quarantine for eight days in a hotel before being released to live like I normally do in Jakarta. Exciting things are happening there with the use of the Plain Indonesian New Testament.   Sometime before the end of the year I want to publish a podcast with YOU reading your favorite verse from this year. Here's what to do: Use a voice recording app on your phone to record your favorite verse. Then say something about why that verse spoke to you. Try to limit your explanation to 3-5 sentences. I recommend going into an echo-free room, like maybe your clothes closet, and hold the phone away from where it will catch explosions of air when you say some words. Send the audio file to me at phil.fields@pbti.org.   May the Lord bless you ‘real good'. Phil

I hope that it will be interesting to you to share 14 verses that rang a bell for me this year. In collecting these verses, until recently I didn't plan on sharing these with you. Rather, this is more like letting you see verses I wanted to use to preach to myself. Stay tuned at the end. I would like YOU to share your favorites with me! Random:GW'20 Proverbs 29:2 2 When righteous people increase, the people ⌞of God⌟ rejoice, but when a wicked person rules, everybody groans. I've heard many groans this year. Remember, by the way, that when the nations of Israel and Judah sinned, one way that the Lord repeatedly punished them was by giving them bad kings.   GW'20 2 Chronicles 26:16 16 But when he became powerful, his pride destroyed him. … My thought here is that some things have gone well in my life and ministry this year. But I pray that I can avoid pride, because it is such a trap and so dangerous. How King Uzziah must have regretted going into the temple to burn his own incense during all the remaining years of his life, excluded from visiting the temple, living in a separate house, and receiving reports of how his son was ruling in his place!   PCF Ecclesiastes 10:1 1 One dead fly can make a whole bottle of perfume stink. Even so, a little foolishness can outweigh great wisdom and honor. I am at the place in my life where I want to finish well. I want to leave behind a good smell (so to speak) when people remember me. The word ‘foolishness' in Proverbs refers to bone-headed refusal to obey God. The last thing I want to do is to mess up at the finish line. A little stupidity at the end can leave a stench that obliterates a God-honoring testimony.   GW'20 Proverbs 14:14 14 A heart that turns ⌞from God⌟ becomes bored with its own ways, but a good person is satisfied with God's ways. When I struggle with impure thoughts, it helps me to think that if I gave myself up to follow the cravings of my lower nature, my joy in that kind of a lifestyle would last about 10 minutes. Boredom would come so quickly, and eventually I am sure I would repent. But the resulting wound of remorse in my heart would never totally heal.   Faith: PCF/GW Proverbs 23:17-18 17 Do not envy sinners in your heart. Instead, continue to fear the LORD.18 There is indeed a future for you, and your hope will not be crushed.   I picked this verse to use in preaching to myself. I don't often envy sinners, but just the good fortunes of others. A powerful thing to remember when tempted to envy or lust is that I have a really fantastic future promised by God. The hoped for outcomes there are safe, in that place where moths and rust don't ruin things. Don't look back. Keep looking forward! The next verse tells us what we are gazing at.   PCF/NLT 1 Peter 1:8-9 8 You love him,even though you have never seen Him.And even though you do not see Him,you believe in Himand celebrate with glorious joythat goes beyond anything words can say, 9 since you are receiving the proper goal of your faith,namely, the rescue of your lives.   Love Him. Don't forget your rescue, and the privilege you have in knowing Jesus through all of God's Word. Keep hold of joy! PCF/GW Matthew 12:39 39A He responded, “The people of an evil and unfaithful era demand miraculous signs. …   There is a reason why the Lord gives miracles sparingly. Miracles may help give someone's belief an initial nudge, but miracles never grow mature faith. People who seek to go from one miracle to another (if the Lord permits that to happen) continue to need to be spoon-fed. Most of the heroes of faith in chapter 11 of Hebrews did not receive what they trusted God for. They developed a faith that could stand any test Planning: NET Luke 14:28 28 Which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't sit down first and compute the cost? …   This verse is leading up to Jesus' teaching about counting the cost of being his disciple. However, let me make a tangential point: Some people have gotten the idea that Christians shouldn't plan anything, but just be led by God without planning. I believe that this is totally false. A parent doesn't want to always have to tell his child to take a bath or to go to bed. God wants his children launched into this world prayerfully making their plans and moving ahead to complete them.   GW'20 Proverbs 16:3 3 Entrust your efforts to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.   Read that several times. So I ask you: What will happen if you don't make any plans? It's a good idea to pray! NET/PCF Matthew 7:11 11 If you then, though you are so sinful, know how to give good gifts to your children, just think how much more your Father in heaven will give good gifts to those who ask him!   So I ask again: What will happen if you don't ask God for good gifts? (And by ‘gifts' I mean the answer to prayers about plans you have made for glorifying God in your life.)   This is like  NET Matthew 7:7 7 “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened for you. I'll pause in order for you to answer out loud. So what happens if you don't knock, don't seek, and don't ask?!   ESV Hebrews 11:6 6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.   This is the foundation for receiving what you ask God for in prayer.   GW'20 Matthew 6:6 6 Whenever you pray, go to your room and close the door. Pray privately to your Father who is with you. Your Father sees what you do in private. He will reward you.   After those other verses, I might as well follow the same pattern and ask: What will happen if you DON'T go into your private place and pray?  There is a big promise there that I don't want to fail to cash in on! Consider: We are going before the Almighty King of the Universe. Through Christ Jesus, we have the wonderful privilege to be able to appear before God the Father and make our requests. I take this verse literally and urge you to do so also. That is, actually go into a private room, actually close the door. Realizing that you are entering the throne room of God, do what people did throughout the pages of the Bible: Humble yourself and be reverent! Get down at least on your knees (if you are physically able to do this) or even bow down lower. Pray. Then rejoice in that promise.   ESV/PCF Psalms 145:18 18 The LORD is near to all who cry out to Him, to all who cry out sincerely.   The ESV says, ‘to all who cry out in truth.' To me this means that we will not be just going through the motions, saying the right words, but not really meaning them. This is why I translate ‘in truth' as ‘sincerely'. Sincere prayer is also believing prayer, like James 1 tells us.  I wrap up all that I have shared with this verse, Eccl 12:11. The ‘wise advisor' in this verse is Solomon, and definitely not me. However we can extend the idea to the Lord being the wisest advisor. The translation of this verse is my translation of how this verse comes out in the Plain Indonesian Translation.   PET Eccl. 12:11 The teaching of a wise advisor is like a shepherd's stickthat is used to guide and direct his sheep.May every saying given by this advisor and shepherd be nailed into the mind of every learner and guide them in living rightly. Please pray for my visa to Indonesia to be granted, so that I can go there on November 2. If it is granted, I will need to quarantine for eight days in a hotel before being released to live like I normally do in Jakarta. Exciting things are happening there with the use of the Plain Indonesian New Testament.   Sometime before the end of the year I want to publish a podcast with YOU reading your favorite verse from this year. Here's what to do: Use a voice recording app on your phone to record your favorite verse. Then say something about why that verse spoke to you. Try to limit your explanation to 3-5 sentences. I recommend going into an echo-free room, like maybe your clothes closet, and hold the phone away from where it will catch explosions of air when you say some words. Send the audio file to me at phil.fields@pbti.org.   May the Lord bless you ‘real good'. Phil

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Psalm 103:1Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name.This hymn is a hymn of PRAISE taken straight from the PSALMS. We are so excited to bring this hymn to you all this week. The original German words were by Joachim Neander and we only know this hymn because of English translator Catherine Winkworth. She translated Neander's text almost 200 years after he wrote it.This hymn has truly stood the test of time and has crossed languages and borders. Please sing along and let's praise our Lord, our Almighty King of Creation together.If you'd like to see Nathan Drake's video of Praise to the Lord, the Almighty, click here to go to his Youtube channel.To visit Nathan Drake's website and learn more about Reawaken Hymns, click here.Thank you for listening and supporting Hymn Talk Twin Talk. Please spread the word and follow us on social media. We love engaging with our listeners on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. The links are below. If you feel so inclined, we would love it if you could leave us a rating or a review on apple podcast. Thank you and God bless.Keep singing!#hymntalktwintalkPsalm 104:33Facebook: Hymn Talk Twin TalkTwitter: @hymntalkInstagram: @hymntalktwintalkEmail: hymntalktwintalk@gmail.comPodcast Hosting Site: www.redcircle.com/shows/hymn-twin-talk

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Come Thou Almighty King (Feat. PGMC Congregation) by Pastor Chris Mullis

Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts and raised by his mother in Brockton, Massachusetts, Christopher Bender was surrounded by a loving and God-fearing environment. With a foundation built on the love of God, Chris grew up watching his family serve and operate in ministry. At the age of seven, Chris felt compelled to know Christ as his personal saviour. At the age of thirteen, it was revealed to Chris that his purpose was to minister through worship, leading Chris to where he is today, sharing the love and gospel of Christ to the world. Chris has been privileged to minister alongside some of Gospel's most influential such as Shirley Caesar, Donnie McClurkin, JJ Hairston, Fred Hammond, and Israel Houghton just to name a few. He has also been favored to work with Rashad McPherson (Featured on “You'll Live, Not Die”, 2015), Ayana McDonald, David Altenor (Featured on “We Praise You”, 2015), Amante Lacey (Featured on "Alive", 2016), and Matthew Greaves (featured on “Great is Yahweh”, 2017). He was also recognized for winning the 2014 “Artist of the Year” Angelic Award in the winter of 2014 and “Best New Single” Eddy Award in the winter of 2019 for his first single, “More of You”. Chris has since released his sophomore single, “The Blood Song” which debuted at #22 on the Billboard charts. His follow-up single, “Glad In It,” released on July 24, 2020 hit the Billboard Gospel charts at #3 and climbing!Chris's desire is to see to it that the believers of God are instructed on the essence of vertical worship & ultimately placed before the presence of our Almighty King. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Change is an unavoidable constant in our lives. Sometimes it's within our control, but most often it's not. 2020 has been a year of change! How can we adapt to change, and even take advantage of it. We look at the words of Jeremiah, who says, 'For I know the plans I have for you, plans to prosper and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." Scripture: Jeremiah 29:11-14Piano'Come thou, Almighty King' arranged by Mark HayesRev. Raymond G. CoffmanPodcast HostZachary SmithPianist Audio Engineer Clark CoffmanLog Cabin Community ChurchVinings Georgia

Our God is the God of love and justice. That is rare in our world! Because of our Almighty King’s justice, we can let go of our need to avenge the wrongs done to us. Jesus opens our heart to lovingly let go of our bitterness and lovingly share God’s gracious truth with those who are cruel to us.

No new episode this week but check out this episode from 2018. It talks about Jesus as the Humble Servant and Almighty King.

Born in Stoughton, Massachusetts and raised by his mother in Brockton, Massachusetts, Christopher Bender was surrounded by a loving and God-fearing environment. With a foundation built on the love of God, Chris grew up watching his family serve and operate in ministry. At the age of seven, Chris felt compelled to know Christ as his personal savior. At the age of thirteen, it was revealed to Chris that his purpose was to minister through worship, leading Chris to where he is today, sharing the love and gospel of Christ to the world. Chris has been privileged to minister alongside some of Gospel’s most influential such as Shirley Caesar, Donnie McClurkin, JJ Hairston, Fred Hammond, and Israel Houghton just to name a few. He has also been favored to work with Rashad McPherson (Featured on “You’ll Live, Not Die”, 2015), Ayana McDonald, David Altenor (Featured on “We Praise You”, 2015), Amante Lacey (Featured on "Alive", 2016), and Matthew Greaves (featured on “Great is Yahweh”, 2017). He was also recognized for winning the 2014 “Artist of the Year” Angelic Award in the winter of 2014 and “Best New Single” Eddy Award in the winter of 2019 for his first single, “More of You”. Chris has since released his sophomore single, “The Blood Song” which debuted at #22 on the Billboard charts. Chris's desire is to see to it that the believers of God are instructed on the essence of vertical worship & ultimately placed before the presence of our Almighty King. For more interviews visit: www.iamrefocusedradio.comRadio Sponsor: DOCUmation is a family-owned technology solutions company that provides IT, print, and software-managed services to business and other organizations throughout Texas. 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May 17, 2020 Preparation for Worship: Phantom, Quarantine Version Time for Gathering Opening Hymn #37: “The God of Abraham Praise” 1 The God of Abraham praise, who reigns enthroned above; Ancient of Everlasting Days, and God of Love; Jehovah, great I AM! by earth and heaven confessed; I bow and bless the sacred name forever blest. 2 The great I AM has sworn; I on this oath depend. I shall, on eagle wings upborne, to heaven ascend. I shall behold God's face; I shall God's power adore, and sing the wonders of God's grace forevermore. 3 The heavenly land I see, with peace and plenty blest; a land of sacred liberty, and endless rest. There milk and honey flow, and oil and wine abound, and trees of life forever grow with mercy crowned. 4 The God who reigns on high the great archangels sing, and "Holy, holy, holy!" cry "Almighty King! Who was, and is, the same, and evermore shall be: Jehovah, Lord, the great I AM, we worship thee!" Prayer of Praise Song of Worship: Blessings Prayers of the Church and the Prayer of our Lord Offering and Doxology: Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus Scripture Lesson: Genesis 15:1-6 Page 12 Sermon: The promise Closing Hymn: “Ancient Words” 1 Holy words long preserved for our walk in this world They resound with God's own heart oh, let the ancient words impart Words of Life, words of Hope give us strength, help us cope In this world, where e'er we roam ancient words will guide us home [Chorus:] Ancient words ever true changing me and changing you We have come with open hearts oh, let the ancient words impart 2 Holy words of our Faith handed down to this age Came to us through sacrifice oh heed the faithful words of Christ Holy words long preserved for our walk in this world They resound with God's own heart oh let the ancient words impart [Chorus x4:] Ancient words ever true changing me and changing you We have come with open hearts oh, let the ancient words impart Benediction   TRUSTEES—Chip Hull—President, Jim Klusendorf—Vice President, Mike Lyster—Secretary, Ian McKeag—Treasurer, Karna Bodman, Kathia Miller, Christine Pettingill, Mike Sibert, John Walter TRUSTEES EMERITUS—Bill Allyn, Bill Buchanan STAFF—Dr. Kirt Anderson—Pastor, Dr. Bill Stephens—Teaching Pastor, Billy Dean and Dawn Birch—Worship Leaders, Zen Jordan—Administrator, Elise Sherron—Accompanist, Mo White—Director of Music

The eternal King was coming to save us. People came out to the road to see him pass by. The moment was pure and simple. Jesus riding a donkey, as humble as a farm-hand going to market. And yet this was Jesus who had raised the dead and healed the sick. This was Jesus, the Savior, Son of God, the healing of the nations, the Almighty King. It was time to grab anything you could think of: a cloak, a banner, a limb from a tree, anything to wave in celebration of Jesus who has come to save us.

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In this series we are exploring some of the reasons we clutter our lives with so many things. One of the primary reasons we clutter is because we tend to seek out approval, both from people and from God. But the reality of your righteousness in Christ means you have his approval. The need to add more and do more hoping to one day make him proud, doesn't exist anymore in the New Covenant and when we realize we already have the approval of the Almighty King of the Universe- our need for approval from other people dies out pretty quickly. Unclutter your life of the "doing" for righteousness, and enjoy already "being" made right in Him.

Pastor Paul Jeyachandran speaks about "The Glory of Christ" from Colossians 1:19-23. The Glory of God is seen in these two attributes, God's greatness, and God's goodness. v19 - In Him, the fullness of God dwelt. The Greatness of Christ is seen in the Deity of Christ. He is the Almighty King who is totally Sovereign. v20-23 - Through Him, we have been reconciled to God. The Goodness of Christ is seen in the Divine Exchange on the Cross. He is the Saviour King who is totally Sufficient. Because of Jesus' deity and divine exchange, we can now be rested in every circumstances and reconciled to God in every aspect of our lives. May the Lord use this sermon to bless you. For more sermons feel free to check out our Youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/LifeChurchAustralia/ IDMC Movement - Making Disciples of All Nations - www.idmc.com.au

The babe born in Bethlehem is our Almighty King, and He will reign over us eternally. Let us rejoice this holiday season and always because the Holy Child was born.

Lets stop from our daily routines and to do list and WORSHIP GOD!! Lets fellowship together and bring in the weekend with the Almighty King!!

It's the National Day of Prayer! Pastor Matthew Anderson helps us understand prayer in practical terms, and appreciate the blessing we're given to boldly approach the throne of the Almighty King!

The gorgeous Kept Woman of God, Rochinda Pickens, stops by the Nite Hype Show to give us an update on all things Kept Women of God! A wife, mother, national bestselling author of the book "From Being Kept to Being Kept", and more, reminds the Queens of all the benefits of being kept by the Almighty King!

According to the official Ludy Dictionary, audacity is “Absolute, ridiculous trust that when you step out and do crazy things for the Glory of the Almighty King, God will come through for you. For instance—when you stand up against 9-foot tall giants without any armor on your skinny little vulnerable body and you walk out in the field of battle without a sword to fight him with, God helps you make an absolute fool of the growling, mocking man-beast warrior.” In this powerfully stirring and inspiring message, Pastor Eric Ludy uses his list of the ten most audacious moments in Scripture, and not only exhorts us as believers to pray bold-audacious prayers but also explains how we should ask.

According to the official Ludy Dictionary, audacity is “Absolute, ridiculous trust that when you step out and do crazy things for the Glory of the Almighty King, God will come through for you. For instance—when you stand up against 9-foot tall giants without any armor on your skinny little vulnerable body and you walk out in the field of battle without a sword to fight him with, God helps you make an absolute fool of the growling, mocking man-beast warrior.” In this powerfully stirring and inspiring message, Pastor Eric Ludy uses his list of the ten most audacious moments in Scripture, and not only exhorts us as believers to pray bold-audacious prayers but also explains how we should ask.

According to the official Ludy Dictionary, audacity is “Absolute, ridiculous trust that when you step out and do crazy things for the Glory of the Almighty King, God will come through for you. For instance—when you stand up against 9-foot tall giants without any armor on your skinny little vulnerable body and you walk out in the field of battle without a sword to fight him with, God helps you make an absolute fool of the growling, mocking man-beast warrior.” In this powerfully stirring and inspiring message, Pastor Eric Ludy uses his list of the ten most audacious moments in Scripture, and not only exhorts us as believers to pray bold-audacious prayers but also explains how we should ask.

[00:00] Introit: "Shout with Joy!" (Mark Patterson) - Melody Makers [02:13] Special Music: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (Charles Converse) - Lois Jackson, Soloist [06:22] Scripture: 1 John 4:7-16 [07:58] Anthem: "Like a River in My Soul" (arr. Tim Osiek) - Chancel Choir [12:20] Offertory: "Come Thou, Almighty King" (F. de Giardini) - Jenny Lee, Organist [14:52] Sermon: "God Is Love" - Rev. Rachel Tabutol

A Right Heart Podcast is a life-changing tool to be used as a guide for worship and meditation on God. This episode is full of rich descriptions of God. We can feel David's as he praises with his words, “For this is OUR God forever and ever…”  He writes, showing such adoration, “O God!” Hardly able to believe all that God is! Meditation on God makes the believer humble, joyous and in adoration that The Almighty All Holy God would love us how he does

Praying is more than just you talking to yourself; prayer is the gateway to the Almighty King’s heart. Listen in today and hear how prayer can become more personal to you in your everyday life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Consequence 07       Jesus - The God-Man Who Suffered   ~ In this brief series called Consequences, we are looking together at 7 consequences of Jesus’ death and resurrection. Today we continue to look a bit deeper into that God-man, Jesus Christ and in particular His relevancy today in regards to suffering. ~ Ever since the first time humanity sinned against God, there has been death and suffering. Suffering was not part of God’s original creation and only came in after this event. God had a plan to alleviate this. As part of this plan, throughout his ministry Jesus said that he would suffer, die and be raised back to life again. Jesus went about alleviating the suffering of people – whether from physical, mental or spiritual suffering. Quite possibly the biggest question we ask ourselves, or is asked of us by others, concerns the problem of suffering. I will start out by saying I don’t have all the answers, but I do know that I have suffered and still suffer today. I have died twice and been resuscitated twice. I also know that it was humanity’s sin which was and is the creator of all kinds of suffering, not God, as critics of the church maintain. I also know that Jesus the Son of God suffered. Indeed Jesus the Son of God died. Therefore God Himself knows what it is like to suffer. We know that God is personal and we know that as Jesus was both fully God and fully human, that God has suffered. God who is without sin became sin, when Jesus the Son of God died on the cross. ~ Through the life of Jesus Christ and His cross and resurrection, we see that the Almighty and Eternal God entered the time and space of His creation, even though He Himself is outside of time and space. God intimately knows what suffering is like, because of the suffering Jesus endured. Sufferings such as when he wept at the death of Lazarus his friend. Suffering such as before He was arrested, Jesus suffered such anxiety that he perspired blood (Luke 22:44). On his way to crucifixion, Jesus was beaten and whipped so badly that He was disfigured and malformed, God suffered. When He was nailed to the cross, God suffered. When on the cross, and endured the insults hurled at him – God suffered. Jesus died on the cross, and for the first time in eternity, Jesus the Son of God was separated from God the Father. WOW! That is suffering. That is why we have a hope. The God who calls us into relationship with Himself knows intimately what suffering is like. He endured all kinds of suffering just like us. That is why we know God is a personal God. An implacable statue is not personal and cannot have sympathy with us in our sufferings, but the living God can – because the living God died! ~ But Jesus’ death on the cross was not the end! Three days later Jesus was resurrected in the power of the Father! Jesus death and resurrection show that sin, suffering and death have been conquered! When the Holy Spirit comes and lives within, one of His main roles is as the great Comforter who provides comfort and consolation during the times when we suffer. I don’t know how you are suffering today. I do know that I suffer every day in some way. I have died twice in the past and been resuscitated. You may be suffering in someway and I wish I could take it from you, but I am unable to. And this may sound glib, but I know that because God suffered when He died on the cross, God is with you and knows intimately what suffering is like. But there is one thing I do know and hold onto. ~ This Jesus is coming back again, this time as the Almighty King of Glory! One glorious day every kind of suffering will be banished for those of us who love Him. Revelation 21:4: “God will wipe away our tears. There will be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying and no more pain, for former things have passed away.” What a glorious day it will be for those of us who love Him now. God Himself, with our face in His hands, wiping away our tears… When our King returns, there will be no more terrorism, missiles, guns, wars or bombs. No more will man’s inhumanity to man be allowed. No more torture, rapes, muggings or robberies. No more poverty or famine. No more religion, idols or icons. No more gossip, fornication, adultery, lying or debauchery. No more cowardice. No more pain. No more death. No more suffering. No more sin. Jesus wiping the tears of sorrw and joy from our eyes as He takes our head in his hands… WOW! ~ Have you asked this Jesus to be your Saviour and King yet? Jesus – the God-man who conquered sin, suffering and death who died and was raised to new life again by God. When you allow Jesus to be your Saviour and rely on him for your salvation, you become spiritually alive! Until then, you are spiritually dead. But you can have spiritual life! Come and follow this personal and personable God who knows what suffering is about. What are you waiting for? Again, I ask, who do you say the Jesus is? you have a choice to make. Deny Jesus know and he will deny you. Accept Jesus now and He will accept you. It is not too late! Today can be the day of your salvation and new life! ~ Right Mouse click or tap to save this as an audio mp3 file   You can now purchase our Partakers books! Please do click or tap here to visit our Amazon site! Click or tap on the appropriate link below to subscribe, share or download our iPhone App!

If given the choice between advantage or disadvantage, which would you choose? Jesus is the king of kings yet he did not choose advantage, he chose to be disadvantaged in order to save. Praise to our Almighty King of humility! Philippians 2:5-11. Vicar Craig Wilke. March 25, 2018. holyword.net

Sermon preached at RUF's Wednesday Night Fellowship on Jan. 31, 2018. In order to worship God, we need to know him both as an Almighty King as well as a Compassionate Father. Like a pair of skis, these truths must go together in order for us to dive in and take flight.

Advent Week 4: He Has Brought PeaceWritten by Raphael Mnkandhla, Leaders Collective Church Planter City Church, Williamsport, PARead: Luke 2:8-11, Romans 5:1-11.I love watching battles, especially when enemies negotiate for peace. Did you know that because of sin scripture describes us as enemies of God(Rom 5:10)? Luke 2:8-11 is an announcement of a peace-treaty fully signed by an Almighty King to his undeserving rebel enemies. This news would result in “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace...”(Luke 2:14). Appearing to the shepherds, the angel said, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you a child is born this day in the city of David, a Savior, who is Christ the Lord,”(Luke 2:10–11). Jesus' birth is still good news because Jesus' justifying work made peace with God(Rom 5:1). Through our Savior Jesus, dead men are made alive, rebels turned into sons, and hearts ruled by fear of judgment rejoice. “Those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death now have available the Prince of Peace to guide their feet into the way of peace,”(Luke 1:79). At Jesus' birth all creation celebrated, a symphony never heard since man fell into sin(Rom 3:23). Christmas is a season to praise God because in Christ, hearts that were once full of sin are now filled with his glorious Spirit.In Israel, shepherds had a bad reputation; they were rebellious, dishonest, and unreliable. Yet it is to them God chose to announce the good news that the long-awaited Messiah had been born. The proclamation of peace begins with those who least deserve it. Luke saturates his gospel with examples of Jesus extending grace to the undeserving who ran from God through outright rebellion(prostitutes and sinners) and those running through self-righteousness(Pharisees)(See Luke 15).The good news of the gospel is that our Savior King came to seek and save the lost(19:10). He still makes his power known in our churches as we listen to many lives that have been changed by Christ. As you read this take some time to remember people you know who Christ has begun a good work in(Phil 1:6) and praise Him. Let this also move you to pray for those who are far from him, believing that he can save them to the utmost(Heb 7:25).The responses of the shepherds are impressive. First, they dropped everything and went to Bethlehem, to go and see for themselves. They were eager to see what God had done. I pray that we would respond with haste in obedience to his proclamation of the gospel to us. Second, after seeing Jesus, the shepherds couldn't keep the good news to themselves, “they made known the saying that had been told them concerning this child,”(Luke 2:17). The good news of Jesus that brings peace between God and man leads to peace between men. How ironic how the first testimony of the gospel comes from the most untrustworthy lips of shepherds. What a glorious gospel it is that turns liars and cheats into peacemakers(Mat 5:9), their feet once “ran to evil, and made haste to shed blood,”(Prov 1:16). Now they had “put on the readiness given by the gospel of peace,”(Ephesians 6:15). Is the good news of Jesus creating an excitement to watch those around you encounter the grace you have also encountered?Luke 2:20 is also a display of the transformation the gospel brings. “The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen..” Lips that used to flow with all kinds of filth now were full of praises to God. An encounter with the good news resulted in witness and worship. It's striking that we read they “returned” to their daily lives. They returned to the fields and the sheep, to their homes, their wives, and their children. Their home life had not changed, yet beholding Jesus had transformed their hearts. God's missional strategy is that you live for him in the mundane, that's where his glory shines brightest.Prayer: Jesus you are our Prince of Peace. Thank you for reconciling us to God and reconciling us to one another. May you make us instruments of peace to our families, neighbors, and community.

Hymn-Come Thou Almighty King

The prophet tells us, "the desert shall rejoice and blossom, like the crocus." What does it mean to "rejoice and blossom," and how can we reflect that in our lives? Is it connected with fulfilling God's dream for the world?

The prophet tells us, "the desert shall rejoice and blossom, like the crocus." What does it mean to "rejoice and blossom," and how can we reflect that in our lives? Is it connected with fulfilling God's dream for the world?

Luke 20:1-19; Jesus rides into Jerusalem hailed as the Messiah, Savior of Israel, and the Almighty King. And what does the great King do? He preaches and teaches the gospel, the good news which offends the religious leaders and the people of who recently crowned him. Jesus calls himself the cornerstone, the rock that breaks and crushes. We are called to fall on Christ and be broken by him.

The Almighty King of the universe came to Earth on a search and rescue mission. The moment you are rescued, you become part of the rescue team. For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost. - Luke 19:10

In today's episode, I'll share my homily from the Feast of Christ the King. We have feedback and someone asks why God allowed multiple wives in the Old Testament. - "Almighty King" by Evensong Rising courtesy MusicAlley.com - Polygamy in the Bible by Msgr. Charles Pope - Versus populum and a Mustang by Claire - cast (at) iPadre (dot) net - Feedback line: (267) 31-Padre (267) 317-2373 iPadre App | Android App Subscribe to Feed | Subscribe in iTunes

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