Redeemer Community Church

For this summer discussion, Joel Brooks, pastor of Redeemer Community Church teaches on the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. Q&A following.

Matthew 16:13–17 ( Listen ) Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 13  Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” 14  And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” 15  He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” 16  Simon Peter replied, “You are the Ch...

Acts 11:25–26 ( Listen ) 25  So Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul, 26  and when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a great many people. And in Antioch the disciples were first called Christians. ( ESV ) Acts 12:1–19 ( Listen ) James Killed and Peter Imprisoned 12:1  About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who b...

2 Samuel 24:15–25 ( Listen ) 15  So the LORD sent a pestilence on Israel from the morning until the appointed time. And there died of the people from Dan to Beersheba 70,000 men. 16  And when the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD relented from the calamity and said to the angel who was working destruction among the people, “It is enough; now stay your hand.” And...

2 Samuel 24 ( Listen ) David’s Census 24:1  Again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he incited David against them, saying, “Go, number Israel and Judah.” 2  So the king said to Joab, the commander of the army, 1 who was with him, “Go through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beersheba, and number the people, that I may know the number of the people.” 3  But Joab said to the...

Dr. Mark Gignilliat on Reading the Bible with Martin Luther: Unleashing the Gospel     Download the handout here (pdf)

2 Samuel 12:1–23 ( Listen ) Nathan Rebukes David 12:1  And the LORD sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, “There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. 2  The rich man had very many flocks and herds, 3  but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to...

2 Samuel 11 ( Listen ) David and Bathsheba 11:1  In the spring of the year, the time when kings go out to battle, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they ravaged the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem. 2  It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking on the roof of the king’s house, that he saw from the roo...

2 Samuel 9 ( Listen ) David’s Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1  And David said, “Is there still anyone left of the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan’s sake?” 2  Now there was a servant of the house of Saul whose name was Ziba, and they called him to David. And the king said to him, “Are you Ziba?” And he said, “I am your servant.” 3  And the king said, “Is there not still someon...

2 Samuel 7:1–25 ( Listen ) The Lord’s Covenant with David 7:1  Now when the king lived in his house and the LORD had given him rest from all his surrounding enemies, 2  the king said to Nathan the prophet, “See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.” 3  And Nathan said to the king, “Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.” 4  But that same night...

2 Samuel 6:12–23 ( Listen ) 12  And it was told King David, “The LORD has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing. 13  And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal. 14  And David...

What happens when we believe the gospel?

Acts 1:1–11 ( Listen ) The Promise of the Holy Spirit 1:1  In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2  until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3  He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking ab...

1 Samuel 5:1–7 ( Listen ) The Philistines and the Ark 5:1  When the Philistines captured the ark of God, they brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod. 2  Then the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon and set it up beside Dagon. 3  And when the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, behold, Dagon had fallen face downward on the ground before the ark of the LORD. So t...

1 Samuel 25–31 ( Listen ) The Death of Samuel 25:1  Now Samuel died. And all Israel assembled and mourned for him, and they buried him in his house at Ramah. David and Abigail Then David rose and went down to the wilderness of Paran. 2  And there was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. The man was very rich; he had three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. He was shearing his sheep in Car...

1 Samuel 24 ( Listen ) David Spares Saul’s Life 24:1  When Saul returned from following the Philistines, he was told, “Behold, David is in the wilderness of Engedi.” 2  Then Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel and went to seek David and his men in front of the Wildgoats’ Rocks. 3  And he came to the sheepfolds by the way, where there was a cave, and Saul went in to relieve himsel...

1 Samuel 22:1–2 ( Listen ) David at the Cave of Adullam 22:1  David departed from there and escaped to the cave of Adullam. And when his brothers and all his father’s house heard it, they went down there to him. 2  And everyone who was in distress, and everyone who was in debt, and everyone who was bitter in soul, 1 gathered to him. And he became commander over them. And there were with him about...

Romans 8:11–39 ( Listen ) 11  If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus 1 from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you. Heirs with Christ 12  So then, brothers, 2 we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13  For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the...

1 Samuel 20 ( Listen ) Jonathan Warns David 20:1  Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah and came and said before Jonathan, “What have I done? What is my guilt? And what is my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?” 2  And he said to him, “Far from it! You shall not die. Behold, my father does nothing either great or small without disclosing it to me. And why should my father hide this from...

1 Samuel 18:27–29 ( Listen ) 27  David arose and went, along with his men, and killed two hundred of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, which were given in full number to the king, that he might become the king’s son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife. 28  But when Saul saw and knew that the LORD was with David, and that Michal, Saul’s daughter, loved him, 29...

1 Samuel 18:1–16 ( Listen ) David and Jonathan’s Friendship 18:1 As soon as he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 2 And Saul took him that day and would not let him return to his father’s house. 3 Then Jonathan made a covenant with David, because he loved him as his own soul. 4 And Jonathan stripped himself of...

1 Samuel 17:31–58 ( Listen ) 31  When the words that David spoke were heard, they repeated them before Saul, and he sent for him. 32  And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.” 33  And Saul said to David, “You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him, for you are but a youth, and he has been a man of wa...

1 Samuel 16 ( Listen ) David Anointed King 16:1  The LORD said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go. I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.” 2  And Samuel said, “How can I go? If Saul hears it, he will kill me.” And the LORD said, “Take a heife...

1 Samuel 15:1–31 ( Listen ) The Lord Rejects Saul 15:1  And Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the LORD. 2  Thus says the LORD of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3  Now go and strike Amalek and devote to destruction 1 all that they have. Do...

1 Samuel 1:1–20 ( Listen ) The Birth of Samuel 1:1  There was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim of the hill country of Ephraim whose name was Elkanah the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, an Ephrathite. 2  He had two wives. The name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 3  Now this man used to go up...