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If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 76. We've already commented that Psalm 74 and 75 are tied together. Psalm 74 ends with a plea for God to rise up and defend His own cause (in the 22nd verse), and Psalm 75 contemplates the confidence of the believer at the very thought of the coming of God's judgment, whereas Psalm 76 contemplates that judgment at least in some measure as already having come. The Septuagint (or, the Greek translation of the Old Testament that was commonly known and read in Jesus’ day) even adds to the inscription of this Psalm that is occurred on the occasion of the victory of God against Sennacherib and the Assyrians, and Hezekiah lifted up his prayer before God for the defense of His people against this mighty army of some…

God’s Commands for Stewards

The Lord's Day Morning November 7, 2004 I Timothy 6:17-19 “God's Commands for Stewards” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Open your Bibles with me to First Timothy, chapter six, as we continue to work our way through this book. I was sorely tempted to preach on Psalm 24:1, the verse chosen by the Deacons’ Stewardship Committee, because it does so beautifully capture the emphasis of the theme of our Stewardship Season, which is “The Earth Belongs Unto the Lord.” Everything is God's, and that controls our approach to everything that we have; not just what we give to the church, but the way we view…our attitudes toward every use of everything that we have. But, in God's providence, as we have been working our way through First Timothy, we have come to the passage where…

Caring for the Church

The Lord's Day Morning September 29, 2004 I Timothy 5:1-16 “Caring for the Church” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter five. We've been working through this book of First Timothy as part of a larger study of three letters often called “the Pastoral Epistles”: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus. We've noted how throughout this letter the Apostle Paul not only gives wise advice and counsel from an old, experienced minister of the gospel–an elder, an apostle, a church planter, an evangelist, a missionary–to a young man who has been one of his church planting assistants and is now pastoring a local congregation in Ephesus. Paul doesn't merely give advice and counsel, however; he sets forth what…

Worldliness and Riches

James 5:1-6Worldliness and Riches If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to James chapter 5. We've been studying through the book of James for a number of months now, and in particular in the last three weeks we have seen James address the issue of worldliness. If you look at James 4:11, all the way through James 5:6, that compact section in the book of James deals with the subject of worldliness. Last week we noted that James addressed two areas in which he saw…

A Kingdom Perspective on Stewardship

I Chronicles 29:11-12A Kingdom Perspective on Stewardship I'd invite you to turn with me to First Chronicles, chapter 29. First Chronicles 29, verses 11 and 12. You are familiar with these verses by now. You heard a profound and passionate exposition of them last week. You have seen them on your stewardship information cards. These are the things proclaiming the stewardship season. And I want to look at these words with you today. I want to come back to the same passage you studied last…

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 3: The…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 17. We’ve been in Matthew 17 for a number of weeks now. We’ve seen the account of our Lord’s transfiguration, His glory on the mountain. We’ve seen Him come down from the mountain and return to the villages and do a great work of healing, the young boy who was both demon possessed, and also afflicted by other ailments. We’ve seen Jesus for the second time give His disciples a very explicit warning…

True Religion, Part 1: Giving

Please turn with me in your Bibles to Matthew chapter 6. We have been studying the Gospel of Matthew and in particular the Sermon on the Mount for the past few weeks. Concentrating on chapter 5 and Jesus’ teaching on the law. In that passage, Christ had contrasted His proper understanding of the law with the Pharisees misinterpretation of the law, and in particularly in Matthew 5:17-48, we saw Christ contrast His teaching in six specific areas with the Pharisees. As Christ moves from…

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Knowing God

God’s Commands for Stewards

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Worldliness and Riches

A Kingdom Perspective on Stewardship

The Disciples’ Continuing Unbelief, Part 3: The…

True Religion, Part 1: Giving