Humbled to the Dust

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Humbled to the Dust

Turn with me to Psalm 51. We’re working our way through the Second Book of the Psalms–that is, Psalms 42 to 72–on Sunday evenings. And the last time we were together, last Lord's Day evening, we were in Psalm 50. And that Psalm exhorted us to remember that the mighty God, the covenant Lord of His people, has summoned the whole world to court. And in that Psalm we learned the principle which is everywhere apparent in the prophets and in the New Testament, even in the book of 1 Peter: that judgment begins at the house of God. And the surprising thing we learned about that Psalm is that whereas the nations are called to court, the summons is not for God to bring an indictment against the nations, but to bring an indictment against His own people. And so the nations, the pagan…

A Word of Assurance

1 John 2:12-14 A Word of Assurance Turn with me to 1John chapter 2, as we continue our study through this great book. Now, it's been almost a month since we've been together in 1 John, so we should perhaps remind ourselves of what we've seen so far. This book is a book about the Christian life. In fact, John tells us in this book that to live the Christian life is to experience a fellowship with the Triune God. Or to put it another way around: Those who fellowship with the Triune God are Christians. And John is also concerned in this book to say that those who are Christians, those who know the Triune God, those who have a personal and corporate fellowship with Him, along with all those who trust in Him as He is set forth in His own self-revelation, the Bible–He is concerned…

God’s Concern for Community

Exodus 22:16-31God's Concern for Community We have said over and over that the Book of the Covenant is distinct from the Ten Commandments; it applies the principles set forth in the Ten Commandments to specific social and economic context in Israel. The Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God. The Book of the Covenant was given to Moses and written down on parchment. We have also said that the Ten Words, or Ten Commands, give us the fundamental legal principles for Israel's society, and then these laws found in the Covenant Code apply them to a specific social context. They serve as illustrations about how the law might apply in certain cases. And we've said over and over on several different occasions that this law teaches us at least three great lessons: (1) that…

The Songs of Moses and Miriam

Exodus 15:1-21 The Songs of Moses and Miriam If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus chapter 15. Verses 1 through 18 of this great chapter record for us the song of Moses and the people of Israel. Verse 21 is ascribed to Miriam and the women folk of Israel who apparently sing an antiphonal response to Moses and the men. Collectively this whole song from verse 1 to 21 is known as the song at the sea. The Shirat ha-Yam or the Shirah to the ancient children of Israel.…

Justification By Faith Flows from the Love of God

Justification by Faith Flows From the Love of God Romans 5:6-8 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 5. As we continue to work our way through this great book of Romans, let me remind you where we have come from. In chapters and 2 the apostle tells us what the problem is, what our predicament is. In chapter 3 he tells us what God’s glorious solution is in Jesus Christ. And furthermore, having told us that Christ died for sinners in Romans, chapter 3, he…

God Remembered His Covenant

God Remembered His CovenantExodus 2:23-25 If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Exodus, chapter 2, to the end of the chapter, beginning in verse 23. In Exodus, chapter 2, verses 23 through 25 we continue a story that we’ve been looking at for a number of weeks now. As we have looked at God’s dealings in the book of Exodus we come tonight to a very important passage, a passage that reveals the wise timing of God’s plan. It reveals to us the continuing burden of…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Promises of…

Genesis 21:1-21 The Son of Promise If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 21. A great suspense has been building ever since we heard the announcement in Genesis 12 that the Lord was going to fulfill His promises to Abraham by making Him a father. The father of many nations. And our hopes were momentarily gotten up when the birth of Ishmael came, but it was quickly apparent that this was not God's plan for the extension of His covenant family, and so we…

The Incomparable Christ – Exposition of…

Colossians 1:13-20The Incomparable Christ #4 If you will kindly take your Bibles and turn with me to Colossians chapter 1, we will continue our study of this great book. We began our study by saying that the Apostle Paul was writing to the Colossians, who were being infested with new teachers who brought a new teaching. That teaching did not deny the supremacy of Christ, but by suggesting that one needed to move on from the gospel which Epaphras, Paul's faithful friend, and the man who first…

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