https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QzvUOvQXk4&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=8 that yields its fruit in its season Psalm 1:3 ESV The blessed man, the psalmist says, is like a tree. He is strong and enduring because he is planted beside streams of water that nourish his growth, which are the Scriptures in the life of the Christian. We now move on to the second …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6sq6JeFMlkwlRjPzZ4fApT?si=Ye0KpgZnSHuDKxuNBw2H-w During our study of Exodus 4:18-31, we encountered this difficult statement from God that He spoke to Moses: “When you go back to Egypt, see that you do before Pharaoh all the miracles that I have put in your power. But I will harden his heart, so that he will not let the people …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJWTYOfiShs&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=10 Last week we began to study the ten great plagues that the LORD brought upon the land of Egypt in response to Pharaoh’s stubborn refusal to let God’s people go. We continue here with the second set of three plagues, and there is indeed textual evidence for viewing the first nine plagues as three …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QH0lPyHQkGs&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=12 planted by streams of water Psalm 1:3 ESV Verse 3, as noted previously, is the psalmist’s continued description of the blessed man. Through the metaphorical imagery of a tree, he is able to give us vivid conception of the stable and steady growth of him in whom the LORD delights. This verse then builds …
This sermon was originally preached in 2015. This chapter is certainly the greatest trial that Abraham ever faced. His twenty-five-year wait, his war against kings to rescue Lot, his walk of faith to Canaan were nothing compared to the difficulty of trusting the LORD in this task. However, by this, we learn that Abraham truly …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOa2xK4z8zk&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=9 In our previous text, the LORD began His great confrontation with Pharaoh by sending Moses and Aaron into the king’s palace to perform a sign of the judgments that would follow. By using a serpent, God revealed that the symbol of power and sovereignty that Pharaoh displayed upon his crown belonged exclusively to the …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-z8KgsaBds&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=14 He is like a tree… Psalm 1:3 ESV Moving into verse 3, the psalmist continues his description of the blessed man, the one who is favored by God, with this simple comparison: he is like a tree. While the psalm will elucidate further on this figure of speech, it is worth pausing here to …
This sermon was originally preached in 2015. Our present text begins with two angels coming into Sodom and meeting Lot. Like any good host, Lot invites them into his house; however, the men of the city are intent on being less kind of the angels. We see the depravity of humanity as the men desperately …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tSfs20ebM0&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=8 Last week we observed God's second revelation of Himself to Moses, and we should note that such there is a similar repetition to all of chapters 5-6. You see, in chapters 1-4, we find this overall pattern: God's people suffer and cry out, God hears their cry and reveals Himself to Moses, and God …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHwDhWwdagw&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=11 and on his law he meditates day and night. Psalm 1:2 ESV We last observed that those who are blessed by God do not merely avoid the corrupting influence of the wicked; instead, they are enraptured by a delight in God's law, His holy Word. Their greatest joy is hearing the voice of the …
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