Don’t Stop Believing

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Don’t Stop Believing

The Lord's Day Morning March 10, 2013 Better “Don't Stop Believing” Hebrews 3:7-19 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 3. It's been three weeks since we've been in Hebrews together, so allow your eyes to look back to Hebrews 3:1-6. We’re going to be concentrating on verses 7 to 19 this morning, and refresh your mind as to the content of that passage because it will help you understand why the author of Hebrews is addressing us about this particular topic this morning. If you look at Hebrews 3 verses 1 to 6 you will notice that the author of Hebrews is comparing Moses and Jesus and he compliments Moses’ faithfulness to the Lord in his service of the Lord to the children of Israel in the…

Amazed by the Greatness of God

The Lord's Day Morning March 7, 2010 Luke 9:37-45 “Amazed by the Greatness of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III O give thanks unto the Lord for He is good. His steadfast love endures forever. Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom He has redeemed from trouble and gathered from the lands, from the east and from the west, from the north and from the south. Let us worship Him. If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 9. We’re going to be looking at verses 37 to 45. Make sure you look back to verses 28 to 36 which records the passage we were in the last time we were together in the gospel of Luke which is the story of Jesus’ transfiguration. This is the one time in Jesus’ earthly ministry that something of the full glory of who He was shone through…

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…

The Waters of Quarreling

Exodus 17:1-7The Waters of Quarreling If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Exodus chapter 17, as we continue to work our way through this book. Tonight we are coming to the final stage of Israel's’ journey to Sinai. This is the last stop on the way to Sinai, but this oasis of Rephidim turns out to be yet another example of Israel's faithlessness and of God's patience and mercy. Remember that on the way to Sinai, four crises occur in Israel experience. There…

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…

The Chief Priests’ Story

If you have your Bibles I would invite to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 28. We come today to our ultimate message in this series on the gospel of Matthew. Next week will look at the great commission next time we’re together and then into the gospel according to the apostle Paul in the book of Romans. And we continue today to look at the theme of the resurrection. We looked last week at Matthew, chapter 28, verses 1 through 10 and the story in which Matthew recounts the events of power…

The Sons of Jacob

Genesis 30:1-24 The Sons of Jacob If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Genesis, chapter 30. We've been working through the life of Jacob for several weeks now, and we've seen that the consequences of Rebekah and Jacob's schemes, their sins, though they first became apparent in Genesis 27, verses 30 through 46 and though they were in the background in Genesis, chapter 28, and in the first part of Genesis, chapter 29. Genesis 29, verses 1 through 20. They…

The Establishment of a Covenant People: The Covenant…

Genesis 26:1-17 Like Father Like Son If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Genesis, chapter 26. We have studied through the life of Isaac beginning in Genesis 24. We said that though Abraham was still alive during the time of that chapter, the shift has turned to Isaac and his future. Genesis 24, verse 1 all the way to Genesis 25, verse 11 records for us the last days of Abraham. But those last days are in large measure concern with getting Isaac married and establishing him as the…

Jesus’ Prophetic Lament, Part 3: O Jerusalem,…

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Matthew, chapter 23. You will remember that this chapter breaks into three parts. In the first twelve verses, the Lord Jesus diagnoses the spiritual problem of the Scribes and the Pharisees. He says they are guilty of religious hypocrisy. And then in verses 13 through 36 he proceeds to engage in a scathing denunciation, a withering rebuke of their hypocrisy, a hypocrisy which much of Israel has fallen into. Then the chapter concludes…

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