Second Street PCA

The beast is demonized (evil) state government. In this section we see the final rise of the beast (the mother of all beasts). It is a rise to destruction. This is a call to see the rise of beastly governments and to prayerfully seek the good of our world through the advance of the gospel and of the defeat of evil.

Chapter 16 shows the bowl judgments upon unbelieving mankind and against the kingdoms and authority structures controlled by Satan. Chapter 17 takes a closer look at this judgment, particularly the judgment of the city of man, here in called Babylon the harlot, the mother of harlots. Christians are called to come out of that city and not to be stained by it. Christians are called to stay awake and...

The kings of the world, being deceived by Satan, are unified in setting themselves on thrones above God. They become unified in their attack on Him and His rule. The Christians are told to "stay awake".

The lavishness of true worship and the futility of self-worship.

This sermon looks at the wrath of God poured out on the ungodly. This should inspire our evangelism, give us greater thankfulness for our salvation, and comfort us in our afflictions knowing that God will set all things right.

There are times when things don't seem to be going well for the believer. Then you may look around and see "the arrogant and the prideful " prospering. The psalmist reacts, as too often we all do, resentfully and angrily. The psalmist recognizes that this is not good and so it puts him in slippery place. The answer? Know that God is always with us and upholds us with His omnipotent hand.

In this chapter, God is about to pour out his bowls of wrath on this world's wicked system of chaos against God and His people. But first we are reminded that this is to prepare us for His presence forever.

A sermon on the wrath and grace of God. The wrath of God is a topic which is typically neglected or over-emphasized. To understand salvation, we need to understand from what we have saved.

What does it mean to be "blessed"? Is your life as a Christian best described as an artificial Christmas tree decorated with ornaments and lights or as a living tree producing fruit for all to see?

An eternal gospel is proclaimed, the fall of the demonically inspired Babylons of the world announced, and the unending punishment of the wicked assured. It's a Christmas message!

The angel tells us to fear God. The angel of Luke 2, announcing the birth of Christ to the shepherds, tells them to fear not. The command to "fear not" is one of the most frequently repeated commands in scripture. So which is it, are we to fear or not to fear? This sermon explores this question.

The heavenly perspective of the church. Times maybe difficult circumstances can be hard but we need to see through eyes of faith. The church will sing the new song, the Victory Song! The songs we sing at church end at Christmas are humans and preludes to the singing of the redeemed of all the earth.

Bob Hammond brings the Word from Second Street's pulpit this morning. God is light, Jesus is the light. The light has come into the world, this is good news. All are called to receive Him and live by and in His light.

The second beast rises up out of the earth. The first beast rose up out of the sea. The dragon stood on the seashore and called them forth. The Bible tells us that the dragon is Satan, we can clearly infer that the first beast is demonized a power and the second beast, we are told in later chapters, is the false prophet. We are told that the state and the false prophet work together. The false pro...

The first beast arises from the sea. It represents demonically possessed  state government. It is empowered by the dragon (Satan). The Christian is to continue his witness in the world in spite of the beast's blasphemous speech. The true believers in Christ are sealed and protected. Their names are written before the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who was slain.

11/7/21 Satan has been defeated and cast out of Heaven.  However, he has been cast down to Earth. His attention is now completely focused on the church. His attempts to destroy her are thwarted, the church dwells secure in the wilderness nourished by God.  Satan then turns his attention on individual churches and Christians. His wrath is great because he knows his time is short.  What is the Chris...

As Jesus gives His life on the cross, there is warfare in heaven. As Jesus lies in the tomb, there is warfare in heaven. As Jesus ascends into heaven, the enemies of God in the heavenlies have been disarmed. The Devil and his angels are cast out and there is now now means if condemnation for God's people.

This sermon, as an exposition of Rev. 12:1-6, is about the spiritual warfare in which the church has engaged ever since the garden (I'm using the word church to prefer to God's people related to Him by faith throughout time). In this text the church is seen as a woman about to give birth, and then does give birth to Jesus Christ and the New testament church, but is assailed by the dragon. God is g...

In this sermon we look at the seventh trumpet, the end of the world. It is the third great woe of the series of trumpet judgments. It is a time of the coming of the kingdom of God and the rewarding of the believers, but the time for judgment of the world and destruction of the destroyers of the world. In the meantime, what are we to be doing? What is God doing behind the scenes?

A sermon preached at Second Street Presbyterian Church in Albemarle, NC. www.secondstpres.org

This sermon is about the witness of the church in the world. We see the first mentioning of the Beast of Revelation (demonically inspired government persecuting the church). The witness of the church is what Satan desires to destroy. He has successes. But the church survives in resurrected glory. The church is to continue its witness to the end of the age.

What is the church supposed to be doing while the trumpets blast? www.secondstpres.org

What happens when chaos is unleashed in the world? This sermon looks at how God uses chaotic and malevolent forces as 1) preliminary just judgments, 2) calls to mankind to recognize the evilness of evil and, 3) calls to repentance. However, man still turns its back on God and refuses to repent. Only in Christ does man see the truth.

This sermon looks at the role of demonic activity in the world through lives non-believers. We look at how the increase in iniquity is a result of judgment of God. The believer cannot be hurt by this attack. The believer sealed fellow spirit but we must stay focused on Christ and we can be greatly deceived.

The role of disasters, the rise and fall of evil nations, and the spiritual forces behind these things. What is to be the church's response and what should be the world's response? www.secondstpres.org