Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Timely Incitement

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Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Timely…

The Lord's Day Morning August 12, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Timely Incitement” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-22 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. We’ll begin at verse 16 as we continue our way through this short letter, perhaps the first of the New Testament, the first of Paul's letters. In this passage, Paul is going to give us a list of eight dos and don'ts for the Christian life and that may confuse some of you. Some of you have perhaps heard somebody say, “Christianity is not a list of rules,” and of course that's true, Christianity cannot simply be reduced to a series of rules, of commands, of dos and don'ts. Christianity is a message about what God…

Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Gospel with…

The Lord's Day Morning May 13, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Gospel with Power” 1 Thessalonians 1:4-6 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. We’re going to be looking at verses 4 to 6 together this morning as we continue our way through this wonderful letter of the apostle Paul – the first letter that he wrote; a letter that he wrote to a congregation that he had planted in the course of just a matter of weeks. And last week, even as we were looking at the introduction, we were commenting on one of the themes of this little letter is what a high view of the Word of God this congregation has. Paul's going to congratulate them for that in 1 Thessalonians chapter 2…

Elders and Quail

Wednesday Evening June 20, 2007 Numbers 11:16-30 “Elders and Quail” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers, chapter eleven. Tonight we’re going to be looking at verses 16-30. Now, to God’s word. If you have your Bibles, let me ask you to cast your eyes back earlier in the chapter (Numbers 11), because the last time we were together in Numbers, back at the first Wednesday night of June a couple of weeks ago, we were looking at Numbers 11:1-15. And it’s a passage that is a living illustration of what Paul was talking about in I Corinthians 10. In verses 1-3 of Numbers 11 we see the complaint of the people against God; in verses 4-6 we see the influence of this rabble that’s amongst the people of God…

The New Walk (5): More Reasons Why – Filled With…

The Lord's Day Morning July 23, 2006 Ephesians 5:18-21 “The New Walk (5): More Reasons Why — Filled With the Spirit” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please open your Bibles to Ephesians chapter five, as we continue through Paul's letter to Ephesus and to us. We've said since Ephesians 4:17 that it has been Paul's concern to exhort us to live distinctively as Christians in this world; not to be like the world, but rather to be in the world and not of it; to be distinct in our…

What to Pray For One Another

The Lord's Day Morning January 15, 2006 Ephesians 3:16b-17 “What to Pray For One Another” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III When we were together last, we were looking at verses 14-16 — to be precise, verses 14 to 16a. We only got half way through verse 16, and we said there that we learned why Paul was praying the prayer; we learned a little bit about to whom Paul was praying the prayer, what Paul thought about this God to whom he was praying; we learned how Paul prayed the prayer, and we…

Praying to Our Father

The Lord's Day Morning January 8, 2006 Communion Sunday Ephesians 3:14-16a “Praying to Our Father” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 3 as we continue to make our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. We’re going to be looking at verses 14-16 today, but I'd ask you to look at verse 1 first, because we've said all along that the Apostle Paul began this chapter getting ready to pray for the…

Praying With Paul

The Lord's Day Morning August 21, 2005 Ephesians 1:3-14 “Praying with Paul” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter one. For several weeks now we have been working through this prayer of praise in verses 3-14. We have parked on this prayer in part because we have said it is a life re-orienting prayer: that if we could understand what God is teaching us about Himself in this prayer of praise to Him, it would change our…

Assured by the Spirit of Promise

The Lord's Day Morning August 14, 2005 Ephesians 1:13-14 “Assured by the Spirit of Promise” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter one, as we look again at this great prayer. While we were looking at Ephesians 1:10 and 11 and 12 last week, we noticed the Apostle Paul praising God that God in His mercy had made these Jewish Christians, of whom Paul was a part, His people. God's people belong to Him, and God has done…

Not Ashamed and Holding Fast

The Lord's Day Morning March 13, 2005 II Timothy 1:12-18 “Not Ashamed and Holding Fast” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. It's inspiring to think that Christians have been using those words for 900 years to express their praise to the Lord Jesus Christ, and that the words that we had the privilege to hear read and which we sung back to God have been used by believers for 3,000 years to express their praise to God. If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to II Timothy,…

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