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Eleven Days… Eleven Days That Became Thirty-Eight Years Taking God at His Word, Possessing His Promises, and Living by His Wisdom Scripture: Deuteronomy 1:2; Joshua 11:15; Numbers 32:1–23; Deuteronomy 4:6–9; 1 Peter 3:15 Message Summary This message emphasizes the devastating consequences of unbelief and the wonderful blessings of trusting, treasuring, and obeying God's Word. What should have been...

God is good and does good. Affliction is good too.

The Lord establishes David for the good of his people, while David's failures point us to Christ, the perfect King. Study and transcript: https://sharonrpc.org/devotions/1-chronicles-14-1-7-rest-in-the-perfect-king

In Romans 8:28–29, Paul connects God's promise to work all things for the good of His people with His purpose to conform them to the image of His Son. Dave Jenkins opens this passage and 2 Corinthians 3:18 to explain how the Holy Spirit transforms believers as they pursue holiness in dependence on God's grace. In this episode of Contending for the Word Q&A, Dave considers how God uses His Word, th...

The sermon explores the call to remain faithful to Christ regardless of cost, drawing from Paul's charge to Timothy in 1 Timothy 6. It argues that a true confession of faith requires three key attributes modeled by Jesus before Pontius Pilate: courage to own one's identity in dangerous situations, wisdom to discern when silence is appropriate rather than retaliating, and trust in God's ultimate so...

This Bible Study examines the apostolic exhortation in 1 Thessalonians 5:18 to give thanks in everything, identifying it as a specific will of God for the Christian life alongside sanctification. The central message argues that gratitude is not merely a suggestion but a divine command rooted in the reality that God is the source of all good gifts and that believers are perpetual debtors to His gra...

This sermon examines Luke 11, focusing on the disciples' request for Jesus to teach them how to pray and the subsequent instruction on the nature of persistent prayer. The teaching highlights the contrast between the disciples' initial self-centered joy in spiritual power and the need to recognize their dependence on God, emphasizing that prayer is a regular, everyday discipline rather than a resp...

This sermon examines the identity, role, and fall of Lucifer by analyzing key passages in Genesis, Job, Ezekiel, Isaiah, and Revelation. It challenges the 'gap theory' by arguing that the fall occurred after creation was declared 'very good' but before the temptation in the Garden of Eden, citing Job 38 to show that all angels rejoiced at creation. The speaker describes Lucifer as an 'anointed che...

And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem. (Isaiah 27:13) ~~~~ This sermon was preached at Oakington Baptist Chapel on a Wednesday evening. ~~~~ *1/ The Gospel Trumpet and the Authority to blow it...

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The lesson addresses the question of how God is pleased with those who love and obey Him. It explains that this divine pleasure is rooted in the fact that human love and obedience originate from God's prior grace and are performed in and through Jesus Christ. Salvation involves not only forgiveness but also the ongoing transformation of believers into the image of Christ, eliminating sin to achiev...

Our Harvest Thanksgiving Service reminds us that the goodness, kindness, patience, and love of God have been evidentially displayed again when God provides for our necessities.

Most people today are taught that colonialism was an absolute evil that is only able to be differentiated by degree. But history contains greater complexity than our modern sensibilities allow for. In this episode, we want to look at some of the complexity surrounding colonialism and consider whether it was all as evil as is often claimed. We also want to consider God's sovereignty and providence...

In Philippians 2:3–8, Paul calls believers to turn from selfish ambition, look to the interests of others, and have the mind of Christ. Dave Jenkins explains how Christ's humility and saving work free us to serve, rejoice in another person's good, and give up our preferences when love calls for it. He also considers how to serve wisely while honoring the responsibilities God has entrusted to us. F...

This sermon establishes the doctrine of Sola Scriptura by examining 2 Timothy 3:14-17, arguing that the Bible is the final and sufficient authority for Christian belief and practice. The speaker contrasts the historical commitment of reformers like Martin Luther and Felix Manz to biblical truth against the dangers of tradition, using the metaphor of a ship's stability to illustrate how Scripture k...

We are to be contentious with the wicked, but not contentious against what is good and right, or contentious out of spite or malice. https://bbfohio.com

This sermon examines the first day of creation in Genesis 1, affirming the literal truth of God's Word against modern evolutionary theories. The speaker refutes the Gap Theory and the Re-creation Theory, arguing that they lack scriptural support and contradict the plain reading of the text. By drawing on Psalm 33, the message emphasizes that creation was instantaneous and complete, highlighting th...

What Does It Mean to Be Sanctified? — Hebrews 10:1–14 "Sanctified" is a word Christians use all the time — but what does it actually mean? In this devotional, Pastor Jason Van Bemmel shows from Hebrews 10 that the Bible speaks of sanctification in two tenses: we have been sanctified once for all through the offering of Christ's body, and we are being sanctified day by day — already perfected in Go...

The sermon presents the Christian life not as a project of self-improvement or flesh management, but as a divine exchange where Jesus takes the believer's sin, shame, weakness, and death to give them His righteousness, acceptance, strength, and eternal life. Drawing on Galatians 2:20 and John 10:10, the message contrasts the thief's agenda of destruction with Christ's purpose of providing abundant...

Death is often romanticised, treated lightly, or even portrayed as an escape from suffering. But what does God's Word teach us about death, and where can we find lasting hope when life becomes painful? In this episode, Merle explores the biblical understanding of death as an enemy that entered the world through sin, rather than something to celebrate or treat as though it is ours to control. Throu...

In Chapter 1 of Heaven on Earth, Thomas Brooks argues that believers can attain a firm, well-grounded assurance of their salvation in this life, basing his claim on ten core biblical arguments. He demonstrates that assurance is built on universal gospel truths rather than private revelations, that scripture's primary purpose and promises are designed to foster certainty, and that God has placed in...

As much as God is often pleased to use His shepherds to be ministers of mercy and comfort being present with and giving good words to those in pain in His flock today, He is also often pleased to work in and through them to lead people through pain. Your merciful Lord is also often then pleased to work in and through you, who have received and know His comfort, to help one another. It's often true...