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=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 …
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 …
This year I’ve resolved to add a new habit to my weekly routine: reading a sermon each Monday or Tuesday. To be honest, I did so the first week of the year because I was sick and didn’t want to do anything at all, so I grabbed a book of Robert Murray M’Cheyne’s sermons and …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCSEw9RuTQ&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=7 Chapter 5 began with the long-awaited meeting of Moses and Pharaoh; however, the splendid sparks that the exodus story is so known for scarcely flew. Rather than beginning Egypt’s ruin by the hand of God, the brief encounter ended with the king of Egypt tightening his tyrannical grip upon the Hebrews even further by …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Py4HL7svTwvpP3gT2eVk0?si=_cUWDwSwRXyt_KDgURaLRg Last month I wrote an article called Livestreaming, Metaverse Services, & the Dangers of Digital Gnosticism & Transhumanism (catchy, right?). In that post, I argued that we can rightly rejoice in the technology that makes livestreaming possible, but we must also keep in mind that it does not replace the physical gathering of God’s …
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDq5kA-uQD0&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=6 As last, here in the fifth chapter of Exodus, we find the first confrontation between Moses and Pharaoh. Through all of his faults and fears, Moses returned to Egypt with his brother Aaron and told the elders of Israel all that God had spoken to him. In response, they believed what Moses had said …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FVhUNcCgKk&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=2 nor sits in the seat of scoffers Psalm 1:1 ESV The first verse of Psalm 1 concludes with a third description of the blessed man by way of negation. Those who walk in the favor of the LORD do not walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor do they stand in the way …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-4CBgC3O4Q&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSRMhkmO6aSl0uKTt6uVsXU5&index=5 Although this passage can be easily overlooked as a necessary interlude between God's appearance to Moses and the showdown with Pharaoh, what we find is a rich picture of Moses' first faltering steps of obedience and much foreshadowing of the wonders yet to come. The theme that ties these passages together is Moses' long-awaited …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhCrGm69v6Y&list=PLpjdHYmZ6tSSncw8nqaiXGsZ48t3cCywW&index=17 nor stands in the way of sinners Psalm 1:1 ESV As we have noted, this first verse of Psalm 1 gives us a picture of the blessed man by way of negation, stating what he is not like. It then began by saying that he does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, …
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