Communion in God’s Providence

The Lord's Day Morning December 28, 2008 Luke 1:39-45 “Communion in God's Providence” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke, chapter one, as we continue our way through this Gospel. The text of the beautiful song that was just sung is not only appropriate for the end of the year, it's appropriate for the passage we're about to read, because just as the text that was just sung speaks of our resting and trusting confidently in God's providence, these two godly women — one young, one much, much older — are communing together in God's providence and rejoicing in what the Lord is doing in their lives. Let me remind you of a few things before we read this passage together. The first is that this is the first of…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning May 20, 2007 Philippians 1:7-11 “Love Abounding” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one. We’re looking at verses 7-11 today, and these verses span two parts of this first chapter of this great letter. Really, if you look back to verse 3, from verse 3 to verse 8 the Apostle Paul is expressing his joy in, his thanksgiving to God for, his love for, the Philippians. Over and over in various ways, Paul with a thankful heart expresses gratitude to God for the Philippians, and he enumerates some of the reasons why he's so joyful about them, why he's rejoicing in, why he's thankful for the Philippians. And we're going to start reading today right in the middle of that series of expressions of…

A Foreshadowing of Judgment, Part 3: The Fruitless Fig…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to take them in hand and turn with me to Matthew, chapter 21. So far in Matthew 21, we have seen Jesus kingship clearly set forth in His triumphal entry into the city of Jerusalem. And then in verses 12 through 17, we have seen His judgment against Israel, that has a form of worship and religion but denies the power thereof. And so He brings judgment in the cleansing of the temple, in verses 12 through 17. And that theme of judgment, not only immediate judgment, but the foreshadowing of judgment to come continues here in Matthew, chapter 21, verses 18 through 22. So let’s turn to God’s holy word and hear it: “Now in the morning, when He returned to the city, He became hungry. And seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it, and…

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