The Wise Counsel of Jethro

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The Wise Counsel of Jethro

Exodus 18: 1-27 The Wise Counsel of Jethro I'd like to invite you to turn with me to Exodus chapter 18. Israel is now all but at the mountain. Last week we came to the final stage on Israel's road to Mt. Sinai as she makes her way through the wilderness to this encounter to God at the Mountain of the Lord. You’ll remember that there have been four crises on the way. There was the lack of water at Marah, then followed by a lack of food, then there was another lack of water experienced at Rephidem, then finally there was an attack by a desert tribe. And we emphasized over and over that they were real crises, there was nothing petty about what Israel was going through. This was not sort of unjustified grumbling that Israel has been tempted to. They were very justified to be…

A Glimpse Into the Decree

Romans 11:28 — 32 A Glimpse into the Decree If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 11. Today we come to the end of the argumentation of the first part of this great book. For eleven chapters Paul has been pressing an argument to us, making points about sin and judgment and atonement and justification and union with Christ and sanctification and the law and the work of the Holy Spirit and predestination and the place of Israel and more. Today we come to the culminating point of those first eleven chapters of teaching, vital teaching of theology. These verses that we are going to look at today, verses 28 through 31 summarize Romans 9 through 11. You’ll remember that in Romans 9 through 11 Paul has been concerned to speak with us about the place of…

Why Would Someone Reject Salvation?

Why Would Someone Reject Salvation? Romans 9:30-33 If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 9. When last we were together, we were in Romans 9, verses 22 through 29 in which Paul stressed the fact that God has a purpose: to reveal the glory of His mercy against the backdrop of evil. How timely that word of Paul was for us last week as we gathered in the wake of terror and tragedy in New York City and in Washington. We've entered into a new era and we feel that acutely. As Americans and as Christians and we were comforted by God's word. God is in control. God's plan is not thwarted. God's purposes are the same and His purpose is to reveal the glory of His mercy even against the backdrop of evil. But as we prepare to look at this next…

The Implication of Justification

The Implications of Justification Romans 3:27-31 (3) If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you turn with me to Romans, chapter 3. We come today to our last look at Romans 3:21-31, where Paul is setting forth his teaching of justification by grace through faith alone. Paul has made it very clear in Romans, chapters 1, 2, and 3 that God is a righteous God, and that He expects righteousness from His creatures, and that no one, absolutely no one apart from Christ is righteous. Neither Jew nor Greek,…

The Jew’s Confidence Empty

Romans 2:17-20 The Jew's Confidence Empty If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 2, verse 17. We’ve been working through Paul’s letter for a number of weeks now. Ever since Romans 1:18 we have been emphasizing that Paul’s point throughout this long passage that runs all the way to Romans 3:20 is to explain why we need the gospel. He is pre-empting the expected response of some who say to Paul, “Well, Paul, that’s nice and all, but I don’t…

Paul’s Purpose to Preach

Romans 1:11-15 Paul’s Purpose to Preach If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 1 as we continue to work our way through this great gospel. As Paul describes for us the very heart of the gospel and then expounds it in his letter to the Romans. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen even in Paul’s introductory words that they are filled with the gospel. Paul can’t say hello without mentioning the gospel. And in seven verses, ninety-three words, he…

The New World Order (Life after the deluge) Part II:…

Genesis 11:1-9 Babel If you have your Bibles with you tonight, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 11. The last time we were in the book of Genesis together, a couple of weeks ago, we entered into a new section of Genesis looking at Genesis, chapter 10, with the list of the sons: Shem and Ham and Japheth. And that new section of Genesis is one that Moses himself marked out and distinguishes from the sections before and after. He calls it the ‘Toledoth of the sons of Noah’…

The New World Order (Life after the deluge) (1): The…

Genesis 10:1-32. The New World Order (Life after the deluge)(l): The Line of the Sons of Noah If you have your Bibles with you please turn with me to Genesis, chapter 10. Tonight we enter into a new section of the book of Genesis. Moses himself partitions this particular chapter and gives it the heading “the Toledoth of the sons of Noah,” that is, the book of the generations of Shem, Ham and Japheth, the sons of Noah. And this passage is an expansion of those passing comments that we…

More of Jesus’ Kingdom Miracles and Teaching,…

If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 15. We're in Matthew 15, and I'd like to direct your attention to verse 21. Verse 21 begins a new segment in Jesus' ministry. The great Galilean ministry is done. It ends in verse 20 of chapter 15. And now Jesus enters into a distinctively Gentile territory. He is now in the region of Tyre and Sidon. The central chapters of Matthew's gospel 15, 16, and 17, record for us a turning point in…

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