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The sermon addresses the critical question of whether a Christian can lose their salvation, affirming the doctrine of eternal security based on the authority of Scripture. It begins by establishing the urgent need for salvation, describing the sinner's state as one of hopelessness and separation from God, before outlining the essential steps of repentance and faith for conversion. The central argu...

How does the Lord address and expose our idolatry? Jeremiah 2:29–37 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord's Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord addresses and exposes our idolatry through affliction, His Word, tokens of His covenant love, and frustrating our idolatrous efforts.

This sermon explores Psalm 90, highlighting the profound contrast between the eternal, unchanging nature of God and the fleeting, fragile existence of humanity.

This sermon provides a verse-by-verse exposition of the Beatitudes in Matthew 5, emphasizing that true blessedness is rooted in spiritual humility rather than material wealth or self-esteem. The speaker argues that acknowledging one's total depravity and sinfulness is the necessary prerequisite for salvation, citing David's confession in Psalm 51 as a model of honest self-assessment. Each beatitud...

The Holiest of All - Lesson 59 - The Lord's Love and Discipline - Hebrews 12:5-6. "The chastisement of our peace was even upon him: he suffered; he bore the cross; he endured the curse as well as any of us; yea, more, he endured ten thousand-fold more chastisement than any of us can by any possibility endure." "My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuke...

Bible Reading: Judges 6:1-16 "Impoverished is an adjective meaning reduced to poverty, very poor, or lacking essential resources, strength, or quality." Sin brought Impoverishment to Israel. 1. An Impoverished People. 2. A Repentant People. 3. A Delivered People. This sermon examines the spiritual and physical consequences of sin by analyzing Israel's subjugation by the Midianites in Judges 6. It...

I. God our Light in the Darkness A.God Chastens Even His Forgiven Children: Absalom B.God's People Often Besieged by the Wicked (vv. 1-2) C.God Remains our Faithful Helper and Hearer (v. 3-4) D.God Blesses Us in the Darkness (vv. 5-6) E. Plead with God to Save Us from the Wicked (v. 7) II. God Our Salvation in the Lord Jesus Christ A. His Sufferings and the World's Hatred...Now in Us B. He Trusted...

2 Samuel 16:1-14

This sermon explores Hebrews 12:4-13, arguing that divine chastening is evidence of God's fatherly love rather than abandonment. The text emphasizes that while discipline is often grievous in the moment, it serves the purpose of training believers in holiness and producing the peaceable fruit of righteousness. By contrasting earthly fathers with the Heavenly Father, the message highlights that God...

The sermon explores the theological principle that God is the sovereign agent behind both the blessings and the hardships in a believer's life, emphasizing that afflictions are often just responses to unrepentant sin. Drawing from 2 Chronicles, Proverbs, and Daniel, the message argues that acknowledging God's hand in one's suffering is the necessary precursor to receiving His forgiveness and resto...

I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. (John 15:1-2) ~~~~~ Harvest Thanksgiving Evening Service Brixton Tabernacle, London ~~~~~ *1/ An end in view - fruit that brings glory to the father. 2/ The husbandman's use of means. 3/ The Fathers tr...

Is it not wheat harvest to day? I will call unto the LORD, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking you a king. So Samuel called unto the LORD; and the LORD sent thunder and rain that day: and all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel. And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for...

Most parents know the kids need exhortation. We sometimes shorten it to encouragement, but in all honesty they exhort. This is when we tell them that they need to do something and push them toward it. In our lesson today, the writer of Hebrews is exhorting us. After looking at God as a father who lovingly disciplines His children, we are exhorted to strengthen up and plan the path forward. Join us...

This sermon examines the narrative of King David's adultery with Bathsheba and the subsequent murder of Uriah, illustrating the severe spiritual and earthly consequences of unconfessed sin. The speaker highlights how David's initial attempt to cover his actions led to a heavy divine chastening, described as a wasting away of vitality, until the prophet Nathan confronted him with the truth. The cen...

God uses various trials, afflictions, and persecutions to cause the Christian to bear spiritual fruit and prepare the believer for glory.

The sermon emphasizes the biblical command to maintain patient and forgiving relationships among believers, arguing that holding grudges hinders spiritual growth and reflects a lack of true faith. By examining the book of James, the message highlights how bitterness contradicts the nature of God's children and prevents the manifestation of God's power in the church. The preacher outlines specific...

Today we come to one of the most known and not talked about passages of scripture. This is because no one wants to speak about the discipline of the Lord. Yet the Lord disciplines and chastens us for our benefit, not His. He does it out of love. It might be painful, but we should be thankful that God cares about enough to come down in love and help us to grow. Join us as we look at the chastening...

We have to access God by inviting Him into our hearts, the affairs that we are tending to, this makes sure we are aware that we're asking for His guidance in what we are doing. So many times we go into situations and circumstances we think are minor or that we can easily control which end up controlling us, usually these are matters we kind of know they are fleshly led not really desiring the answ...

All of us experience hardships, trials, afflictions in life! Why does God allow His children to suffer? He does so as a means of disciplining us. As believers we often suffer painful consequences for our sins, but we will never experience God's judgment for them as our sins were paid in full by Christ at the cross. But God disciplines us as corrective punishment for our sins! He seeks to correct b...

Elder Bill Boney's class on Psalms 6 and 38.