Sand Harbor Sermons

1.1  These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:  2  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,  3  Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,  4  Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.  5  All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.  6  Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.  7  But the people of Israel were f...

1.1  These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household:  2  Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,  3  Issachar, Zebulun, and Benjamin,  4  Dan and Naphtali, Gad and Asher.  5  All the descendants of Jacob were seventy persons; Joseph was already in Egypt.  6  Then Joseph died, and all his brothers and all that generation.  7  But the people of Israel were f...

119.1  Blessed are those whose way is blameless,     who walk in the law of the Lord! 2  Blessed are those who keep his testimonies,     who seek him with their whole heart, 3  who also do no wrong,     but walk in his ways! 4  You have commanded your precepts     to be kept diligently. 5  Oh that my ways may be steadfast     in keeping your statutes! 6  Then I shall not be put to shame,     havin...

11.1  There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse,     and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit. 2  And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,     the Spirit of wisdom and understanding,     the Spirit of counsel and might,     the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord. 3  And his delight shall be in the fear of the Lord. He shall not judge by what his eyes see,     or d...

7.1  In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria and Pekah the son of Remaliah the king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to wage war against it, but could not yet mount an attack against it.  2  When the house of David was told, “Syria is in league with Ephraim,” the heart of Ahaz and the heart of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake befo...

5.13  Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.  14  Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.  15  And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.  16  Therefore,...

5.7  Be patient, therefore, brothers, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, being patient about it, until it receives the early and the late rains.  8  You also, be patient. Establish your hearts, for the coming of the Lord is at hand.  9  Do not grumble against one another, brothers, so that you may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing...

5.1  Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you. 2  Your riches have rotted and your garments are moth-eaten.  3  Your gold and silver have corroded, and their corrosion will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. You have laid up treasure in the last days.  4  Behold, the wages of the laborers who mowed your fields, which you kept back by fraud...

4.11  Do not speak evil against one another, brothers. The one who speaks against a brother or judges his brother, speaks evil against the law and judges the law. But if you judge the law, you are not a doer of the law but a judge.  12  There is only one lawgiver and judge, he who is able to save and to destroy. But who are you to judge your neighbor? 13  Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow...

 4.1 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you?  2  You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask.  3  You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions.  4  You adulterous people! Do you not know that frie...

Wisdom from Above 3.13  Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct let him show his works in the meekness of wisdom.  14  But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast and be false to the truth.  15  This is not the wisdom that comes down from above, but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.  16  For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there...

3.1  Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness.  2  For we all stumble in many ways. And if anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body.  3  If we put bits into the mouths of horses so that they obey us, we guide their whole bodies as well.  4  Look at the ships als...

2.14  What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him?  15  If a brother or sister is poorly clothed and lacking in daily food,  16  and one of you says to them, “Go in peace, be warmed and filled,” without giving them the things needed for the body, what good is that? 17  So also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. 18  B...

2.1  My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.  2  For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,  3  and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or...

13  Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.  14  But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire.  15  Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. 16  Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.  17  Every good gift and every...

19  Know this, my beloved brothers: let every person be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;  20  for the anger of man does not produce the righteousness of God.  21  Therefore put away all filthiness and rampant wickedness and receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls. 22  But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.  23  For if an...

Testing of Your Faith 1.2  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,  3  for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.  4  And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5  If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.  6  B...

Greeting 1  James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. Testing of Your Faith 2  Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds,  3  for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness.  4  And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5  If any...

His Steadfast Love Endures Forever A Psalm for giving thanks. 100.1  Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth! 2      Serve the Lord with gladness!     Come into his presence with singing! 3  Know that the Lord, he is God!     It is he who made us, and we are his;     we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 4  Enter his gates with thanksgiving,     and his courts with praise!     Gi...

The Lord Our God Is Holy 99.1  The Lord reigns; let the peoples tremble!     He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2  The Lord is great in Zion;     he is exalted over all the peoples. 3  Let them praise your great and awesome name!     Holy is he! 4  The King in his might loves justice.     You have established equity; you have executed justice     and righteousness in Jacob....

Make a Joyful Noise to the Lord A Psalm. 98.1  Oh sing to the Lord a new song,     for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm     have worked salvation for him. 2  The Lord has made known his salvation;     he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations. 3  He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness     to the house of Israel. All the ends of the ea...

97.1  The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice;     let the many coastlands be glad! 2  Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;     righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. 3  Fire goes before him     and burns up his adversaries all around. 4  His lightnings light up the world;     the earth sees and trembles. 5  The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,     before the L...

Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So 107.1  Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good,     for his steadfast love endures forever! 2  Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,     whom he has redeemed from trouble 3  and gathered in from the lands,     from the east and from the west,     from the north and from the south. 4  Some wandered in desert wastes,     finding no way to a city to dwell in; 5 ...

Worship in the Splendor of Holiness 96.1  Oh sing to the Lord a new song;     sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2  Sing to the Lord, bless his name;     tell of his salvation from day to day. 3  Declare his glory among the nations,     his marvelous works among all the peoples! 4  For great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised;     he is to be feared above all gods. 5  For all the gods of the peo...

Let Us Sing Songs of Praise 95.1  Oh come, let us sing to the Lord;     let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation! 2  Let us come into his presence with thanksgiving;     let us make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise! 3  For the Lord is a great God,     and a great King above all gods. 4  In his hand are the depths of the earth;     the heights of the mountains are his also....