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Three Crosses by Faith Baptist Church

We’re in the book of Joshua and we’re talking about victory, and about faith, and about how that all works. We are free to ask God for any good thing, but we can only claim what He has promised us in His Word. We really need to know what those promises are and what they aren’t. Furthermore, there is an unmistakable linkage between faith and obedience in Scripture and that is front and centre on di...

This Sunday we are talking about the initial battles in the conquest of the promised land and the amazing account of the walls of Jericho coming down. But we are also going to be talking about Rahab. One of the things about Rahab’s story is that it is completely unessential to the storyline which ‘reads better’ without it. If we skipped chapter 2 and went right from chapter 1 to chapter 3, the log...

Joshua is a book of new beginnings, for Israel and a new generation poised to take the promised land. And 2019 is a new stage in the journey of our church. As of this past week, our former Pastor Ed Henderson has gone on to be with the Lord. And another young man is coming to candidate this Spring for the position of associate pastor. When God raises up new leaders for the church, it is for new ap...

The nation of Israel, their lives, their well-being, and their dwelling in the land was all entirely contingent on their allegiance to God, their worship of Him and Him alone, and their willingness to follow Him in His ways. The relationship is represented to us in Scripture like a marriage. Those are exactly the types of terms that are used to describe it. As a people, they entered into a solemn...

Balaam is one of those biblical characters that appears rather obscure, and yet some of the most beautiful messianic prophecies in the Bible rolled off his lips. While at the same time, his biblically exposed heart stands as a monument in Scripture warning us all, of the folly of a life-course bent on personal gain that aligns itself against the Lord.

The Promise Of God's Provision by Faith Baptist Church

As we have looked into the lives of the Israelites, how God delivered them from slavery in Egypt, provided for them in the wilderness, and brought them to the promised land, we have seen God’s patience and faithfulness over and over again. In this session, we will see that the Israelites’ failure to trust God and enter into the land He was giving them was not a small misstep but outright rebellion...

The Book of Exodus describes how sinful people were rescued and reconciled to holy God through a deliverer He Himself sent. Now, we turn our attention to the Book of Leviticus and see that God provided a high priest for His people. Year after year, this representative brought a sacrifice to atone for the sins of the people. We will see that God appointed the Day of Atonement as a way for the peopl...

This week we will be looking at the construction of the tabernacle, God’s place of dwelling among His people. We will see how God provided the resources for the tabernacle and moved the hearts of His people to obey the instructions He had given them through Moses.

This Sunday we examine an account of colossal failure – the golden calf. Have you ever wondered why the record of salvation history appears to be dominated by a litany of failures, sweeping up even the most revered of biblical heroes (men like David) into the disappointments of our own lives? Why would God want to rehearse this for us over and over? Why would he drag us through generation after ge...

We are on a 3-year journey through the Bible. And this Sunday we reach the ‘high-water-mark’ of the Old Testament – the giving of the Law at Mount Sinai. When you see or hear the word ‘law’, what other words come readily to your mind? Are they negative words? Eight of the Ten Commandments are stated in prohibitive form. And yet, in the Jewish mind they were a beautiful thing to behold; to be loved...

How are you with advice? With taking it, I mean. The deeds and revelations of Moses were unmatched until Jesus. We would say that Moses was a great man. But curiously, Moses was also known as the meekest (humblest) of men. (Num 12:3) In this week’s passage, the great Moses takes some advice and learns some important lessons about leadership. Leadership is important, and it’s also misunderstood. So...

The Crossing of the Red Sea is such a monumental deliverance! It’s considered (biblically) to be the birth of the nation of Israel. It was the establishing of their national identity as a people belonging to God. And it was completed and marked by a celebration of worship that must have been quite something to see. And what happens next? The victory out of the slavery of Egypt was absolutely real...

Exodus 13-15 “But Pharaoh said, “Who is the LORD, that I should obey his voice and let Israel go? I do not know the LORD, and moreover, I will not let Israel go.” (Ex 5:2) “The Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out my hand against Egypt and bring out the people of Israel from among them.” (Ex 7:5) But no one will need to realize this fact and remember it more than Israel hers...

In an act of faith and courage such as few of us will ever be called on for, Moses and Aaron go to the Pharaoh and they do it! They command him in the name of the LORD to let His people go. Pharaoh’s response? “Who is the LORD?... I don’t know the LORD … and moreover, I will not let Israel go” Those are fighting words! So, it kind of goes like this. Moses and Aaron demand Pharaoh to let the people...

We’ve covered a lot of ground already since September when we began our 3-year trek through the Bible. Two weeks ago, we finished our time in Genesis. But biblical scholar R. Alan Cole refers to the book of Exodus as ‘the centre of the Old Testament’. We’ve already seen a lot of drama, but things are about to ramp-up significantly! This Sunday, God hears, and His timing is perfect – the call of Mo...

This Sunday we will be jumping ahead from our normal timeline in the Gospel Project, and we will be looking at Isaiah 9 and focusing on the Prince of Peace. Jesus is the Prince of Peace of whom Isaiah and the other Old Testament prophets spoke of. We will be examining one of the more well-known Old Testaments prophecies of the coming of Jesus. When the Prince of Peace made His way into the world h...

What God did in Joseph’s life was stunning. And what God did with and through Joseph’s life far exceeded that even. He skilfully warded off mass starvation quite literally saving the world from a devastating famine. But God sent the famine!? That means there was something much bigger going on here. Have you thought well about the life God wants for you and how simply surviving is not worthy of wha...

So many words to describe the same thing! Because it is such a big deal in our lives - difficulties … hardships… obstacles… calamities… tragedies … adversities… trials… Joseph’s life could be described as one tragic turn after another. But God was with him all the way, in the pasture … the pit… the prison… and the palace. And God had a plan for Joseph’s life and it wasn’t just about him. It’s impo...

This week we are in Genesis 37 as we begin to consider the life of Joseph. The dominant themes of Scripture continue. God works everything together to bring about His will, even our own sin and shortcomings. He allows our sinful behaviours and even uses them, but He is never the author of sin. And we are never absolved from moral responsibility for our actions or free from the repercussions of our...

What’s in a name? That is what we are going to be looking at this Sunday with Jacob’s name change. What were the implications of his name change? What parallels can we draw when we compare our spiritual walk and Jacob’s account of wrestling with God?

It took a lifetime for Jacob to learn that God's plans for his life were neither shored up nor nullified by his almost endless scheming, trickery and treachery. The Love of God doesn't depend on human effort, but is centred in the essence of who He is. His plans for Jacob - and for us, too - succeed because He has, in His love, declared it to be so.

Esau was totally unworthy. He despised his birthright for a bowl of soup; a single meal! But the text goes out of its way to demonstrate what a scoundrel and how unworthy Jacob was too! And Rebekah! And Isaac! And us! But the other glorious truth of the matter is despite Jacob’s unworthiness God in His great grace chose him as His own. This didn’t mean a pass for Jacob when it came to the repercus...

Our passage this week is a classic example of the biblical view of the single most perplexing, most haggled-over and wondered-about aspect of life in this world – the sovereignty of God and the free will of man. God is sovereign over all creation. He plans every detail of our lives and His plans will prevail. However, God chooses to work in a world that is very broken and messed up by sin and dysf...