This Good Friday sermon was originally preached in 2019. Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, “Take, eat; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, “Drink …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RzNvburnp0&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=7 Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment Psalm 1:5 ESV After giving a three-verse portrait of the blessed, the psalmist gave a terse contrasting image of the wicked. Unlike the blessed, they do not delight in and meditate upon God's Word; thus, they are not rooted in eternal truth like trees beside …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhHxuDFRSN0&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=15 After finally recounting the events of the tenth plague and the exodus, it may seem odd that we again find ourselves reading about the sacrifices and feasts that Israel would be required to keep. However, as we said of Moses and Aaron's genealogy in chapter 6, the authorial intent behind writing Exodus was not …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3It2jZKg_I&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=9 but are like chaff that the wind drives away. Psalm 1:4 ESV After three verses of describing the blessed man, verse 4 then presented us with this psalm’s great contrast by simply declaring, the wicked are not so. When reading each characteristic of the blessed man, we can simultaneously understand that the wicked are …
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https://open.spotify.com/episode/5DG1GiCv4fWPLokwrkU2e7?si=LoJ0-qHTSX6jEqnMFbDjeQ Charles Spurgeon once wrote: Next to the Bible, the book I value most is John Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress.” I believe I have read it through at least a hundred times. It is a volume of which I never seem to tire; and the secret of its freshness is that it is so largely compiled …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuBszV7VMFM&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=14 Here at last, after all the prophesies and predictions given, we now have before us the account of two of the most significant events in both the book of Exodus as well as the Bible as a whole: the tenth plague and the exodus. Although it may seem strange that these things that have …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN5J0EaEoLo&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=10 The wicked are not so, Psalm 1:4 ESV As we set our gaze upon verse 4, the psalmist presents us with the great contrast of this psalm. You see, for the first three verses, the focus has been upon the blessed man, the one who is favored by God. Verse 1 revealed the company …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/25xfjKybtVUVsBWB8bbPBm?si=bYThenKRRLKruE4wHbOGKQ and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the LORD. Exodus 12:12 ESV We have already observed that the plagues of Egypt often targeted specific Egyptian gods. The prelude sign of the staff turning into a serpent displayed God’s superiority of the power of Pharaoh, which Pharaoh sought to …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FbFrOQV4scM&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=13 After warning Pharaoh of the tenth and final plague, the death of the firstborn, Moses took his leave from the king of Egypt once for all. Although Pharaoh still would not listen, the LORD Himself was coming down into Egypt at midnight and Israel would soon be driven out of the land; therefore, Moses …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0s63xxFpzrI&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=6 In all that he does, he prospers. Psalm 1:3 ESV After describing how the blessed man is like a tree, the psalmist concludes verse 3 with this simple declaration: In all that he does, he prospers. This can easily be read as a sort of summary statement of everything that has come before it. …
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