Psalm 1 warns against being influenced by the thinking and attitudes of people who live in rebellion against God and encourages being shaped by constant meditation on the Word of God. Lives shaped by the Word will be fruitful and be lived under God’s favor while lives shaped by the world are empty and useless and will end in separation from God and his people.
Read Psalm 1
The message of this text is that in the latter days the nations shall come to the place where God reveals himself and his ways. This was initially fulfilled during the time of Christ and at Pentecost. It continues to be fulfilled in the present and will be completely fulfilled in the final state.
Read Isaiah 2:1-3
In this passage Paul discusses the gift that the Philippians had sent to him giving them and us instruction concerning the spiritual significance of giving to support the advance of the gospel and those who are being persecuted.
Read Philippians 4:10-23
This passage is part of the development of the office of deacon in the New Testament. It underscores the importance of both the ministry of prayer and the Word and the ministry of mercy in the church.
Read Acts 6:1-7
Jesus instituted the Lord’s Supper during the celebration of the Passover. The Lord’s Supper is to be understood in part as the fulfillment of the Passover. This sermon explores the relationship between the two ordinances.
Read Matthew 26:17-25
This Psalm has always been a comfort for God’s people in times of trouble. God is the Shepherd of his people and as such he guides their lives and provided for all their needs. This is true even when the path is difficult.
Read Psalm 23:1-6
In this Psalm, God rebukes his people for thinking that he was dependent upon their sacrifices. He also addresses the wicked for their way of life. He calls his people to offer sacrifices of thanksgiving and to order their lives “rightly.”
Read Psalm 50:1-23
This story teaches us that Jesus did not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance. It reveals the mercy of Christ to sinners and it gives insight into the meaning of repentance as well as warning of the danger of trusting in our own righteousness.
Read Luke 5:27-32
Paul had learned to be content in every situation because his greatest passion was knowing and serving Christ. He had not come to this in his own strength by through the strength that Christ had given him.
Read Philippians 4:10-13
Jeremiah address the people in exile and tells them to seek the welfare of the city to which they had been taken. The principle is that God’s people are to be a blessing to the wider society in which they live.
Read Jeremiah 29:1-14
