Sand Harbor Sermons

The Blessings of Wisdom 8.1  Does not wisdom call?     Does not understanding raise her voice? 2  On the heights beside the way,     at the crossroads she takes her stand; 3  beside the gates in front of the town,     at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: 4  “To you, O men, I call,     and my cry is to the children of man. 5  O simple ones, learn prudence;     O fools, learn sense. 6  He...

119.97  Oh how I love your law!     It is my meditation all the day. 98  Your commandment makes me wiser than my enemies,     for it is ever with me. 99  I have more understanding than all my teachers,     for your testimonies are my meditation. 100  I understand more than the aged,     for I keep your precepts. 101  I hold back my feet from every evil way,     in order to keep your word. 102  I d...

Give the King Your Justice. Of Solomon. 72.1  Give the king your justice, O God,     and your righteousness to the royal son! 2  May he judge your people with righteousness,     and your poor with justice! 3  Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people,     and the hills, in righteousness! 4  May he defend the cause of the poor of the people,     give deliverance to the children of the needy,...

Prophecy Against the Shepherds of Israel 34.1  The word of the Lord came to me:  2  “Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel; prophesy, and say to them, even to the shepherds, Thus says the Lord God: Ah, shepherds of Israel who have been feeding yourselves! Should not shepherds feed the sheep?  3  You eat the fat, you clothe yourselves with the wool, you slaughter the fat ones, but yo...

A Vision of Joshua the High Priest 3.1  Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.  2  And the Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you, O Satan! The Lord who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a brand plucked from the fire?”  3  Now Joshua was standing before the angel, clothed with filthy garments....

The Fall 3.1  Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LordGod had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?”  2  And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden,  3  but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither sh...

What does the book of proverbs say about how to navigate conflict? Proverbs 10:12: Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses. Proverbs 19:11: Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. Proverbs 12:15: The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice. Proverbs 16:2: All a man’s ways are pure in his own eyes, but his motives...

Warning Against Adultery 5  My son, be attentive to my wisdom;     incline your ear to my understanding, 2  that you may keep discretion,     and your lips may guard knowledge. 3  For the lips of a forbidden woman drip honey,     and her speech is smoother than oil, 4  but in the end she is bitter as wormwood,     sharp as a two-edged sword. 5  Her feet go down to death;     her steps follow the p...

20  My son, be attentive to my words;     incline your ear to my sayings. 21  Let them not escape from your sight;     keep them within your heart. 22  For they are life to those who find them,     and healing to all their flesh. 23  Keep your heart with all vigilance,     for from it flow the springs of life. 24  Put away from you crooked speech,     and put devious talk far from you. 25  Let you...

3.11  My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline     or be weary of his reproof, 12  for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,     as a father the son in whom he delights.

1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, 2 for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you. 3 Let not steadfast love and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck; write them on the tablet of your heart. 4 So you will find favor and good success in the sight of God and man. 5 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean...

26.4  Answer not a fool according to his folly,     lest you be like him yourself. 5  Answer a fool according to his folly,     lest he be wise in his own eyes.

The Value of Wisdom 2.1  My son, if you receive my words     and treasure up my commandments with you, 2  making your ear attentive to wisdom     and inclining your heart to understanding; 3  yes, if you call out for insight     and raise your voice for understanding, 4  if you seek it like silver     and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5  then you will understand the fear of the Lord     a...

The Enticement of Sinners 1.8  Hear, my son, your father's instruction,     and forsake not your mother's teaching, 9  for they are a graceful garland for your head     and pendants for your neck. 10  My son, if sinners entice you,     do not consent. 11  If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood;     let us ambush the innocent without reason; 12  like Sheol let us swallow t...

The Beginning of Knowledge 1.1  The proverbs of Solomon, son of David, king of Israel: 2  To know wisdom and instruction,     to understand words of insight, 3  to receive instruction in wise dealing,     in righteousness, justice, and equity; 4  to give prudence to the simple,     knowledge and discretion to the youth— 5  Let the wise hear and increase in learning,     and the one who understands...

2.7  Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show integrity, dignity,  8  and sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that an opponent may be put to shame, having nothing evil to say about us. 9  Bondservants are to be submissive to their own masters in everything; they are to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,  10  not pilfering, but showing all good fa...

Faith Without Works Is Dead 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 n...

Overcoming the World 5.1  Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him.  2  By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments.  3  For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.  4  For everyone who has been bo...

Christ Our Advocate My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.  2  He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.  3  And by this we know that we have come to know him, if we keep his commandments.  4  Whoever says “I know...

The Pharisee and the Tax Collector 14.9  He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:  10  “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.  11  The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even lik...

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 the robe that...

Great Are the Lord's Works 111.1  Praise the Lord! I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,     in the company of the upright, in the congregation. 2  Great are the works of the Lord,     studied by all who delight in them. 3  Full of splendor and majesty is his work,     and his righteousness endures forever. 4  He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered;     the Lord is gra...

A Psalm of David. 110 The Lord says to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool.” 2 The Lord sends forth from Zion your mighty scepter. Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3 Your people will offer themselves freely on the day of your power, in holy garments; from the womb of the morning, the dew of your youth will be yours. 4 The Lord has sworn and will not change hi...

11.1 Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen. 11.6 And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

The New Jerusalem 21.9 Then came one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues and spoke to me, saying, “Come, I will show you the Bride, the wife of the Lamb.” 10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a great, high mountain, and showed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God, 11 having the glory of God, its radiance like a most rare jewel,...