Sermons on Psalms
Social Graces in the Church
Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Corinthians chapter 16. We’ll be looking today at the very end, verses 15 through 24. If you’re using the pew copy of the scriptures, it’s found on page 962. Page 962, 1 Corinthians chapter 16, beginning at verse 15. Before we read, let’s ask for God’s help and blessing. Pray with me. Lord, you promise to relieve our burdens if we come to Jesus. And so we come now with…
In Conclusion
Please be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to our New Testament reading, which is found in first Corinthians chapter 16. I will be reading today versus 13 and 14. If you are using the copy of the scriptures in the pew, it’s on page 962 page 962. We’re getting to the end of first Corinthians and. In these two verses, we will find we will find five admonitions or commands that the apostle gives to the…
Missions Trip
You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to 1 Corinthians chapter 16. Today we’ll be looking at verses five through 12. 1 Corinthians 16, five through 12. We are at the end of Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians. It’s the first letter we have in our copies of the Bible, but he wrote a total of four letters. And we come to the end where he’s giving miscellaneous instructions. And so we pick up…
Thy Kingdom Come
Please be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to first Corinthians 15. Today we’ll be looking at verses 24 through 28. Last week, we did read and look at verses 20 through 28, but we didn’t say a whole lot about verse 20, verses 24 to 28. So we want to think about the end. We want to think about the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. Before we read God’s word, let’s ask for his help and…
Lord’s Day 34: The First Commandment – No Other Gods
Matthew 6:24; Psalm 62 Psalm 62, we’ll read in its entirety. And it is believed that David wrote this Psalm when Absalom, his son, was attempting to establish himself as the king over Israel. Only God and God alone could establish a king over Israel, but Absalom gave it his best shot. And so Psalm 62 gives us some insight into the heart and the mind of King David when he went through it. And perhaps sometime when you’re on…
The LORD is My Shepherd
Luke 12:22-34; Psalm 23 Please be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to the 23rd Psalm. We have sung it already and perhaps many of you know it by heart. It’s good to hear the old good ones and to hear it again with a fresh look. Psalm 23. Let’s now give our attention to God’s word. This is a Psalm of King David and he says, the Lord or Yahweh is my shepherd. I shall not want.…
Appetite for God
Psalm 84; Revelation 22:1-5 Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm 84. Psalm 84 is a little grouping of Psalms in the 80s from, not the 1980s, but the 80s of the Psalms, from the sons of Korah. They were in the Levitical family, the sons of Aaron. And their job was to be the gatekeepers. Their job was to be doorkeepers or janitors in the house of the Lord. And so keep that in mind, their perspective,…
Kiss the Son
Acts 4; Psalm 2 Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm chapter two, Psalm number two. Last week, we looked at Psalm 1, and I mentioned that the Psalms are arranged in some semblance of order. They’re not just a mishmash of 150 Psalms just thrown together in a book. There’s five books of the Psalms. There’s doxologies at the end of each of the five books. There’s an arrangement of themes and all kinds of things.…
Lord’s Day 21: Church, Saints, Forgiveness
Ephesians 1; Psalm 103 Psalm 103 of David, bless the Lord, oh my soul, and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgives all your iniquity, who heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, who satisfies you with good so that your youth is renewed like the eagles. The Lord works righteousness and…
Lord’s Day 19: Christ in Heaven for Me
John 14; Psalm 110 All right, we have three passages of scripture, Psalm 110, and then Ephesians 1, and then John 14. You’ll recognize John 14 in my father’s house are many mansions, many rooms. Ephesians 1, you’ll remember that in Christ we have all the blessings of heaven at our disposal. But our first reading, Psalm 110, is a psalm that we ought to know. It’s a Christological psalm. It’s one of the most quoted psalms by the New…
Concerning Spirituality
1 Corinthians 12; Psalm 115 Please be seated. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to Psalm 115. Our first reading will be that Psalm in its entirety. There are 18 verses and then put a finger in Acts chapter two and also first Corinthians chapter 12. Today and probably for the next handful of Corinthians passages, we’ll be looking at Paul’s admonition to the Corinthian church to bring order to their church life, particularly their worship. And we have…
Lord’s Day 14: Son of David, Son of Mary
Hebrews 2; Psalm 132 All right, we’ve got three scriptures tonight, so turn in your copy of God’s word. First Psalm 132, and then Hebrews chapter two, and then Luke chapter one. So we’ll be thinking about what’s often called the Immaculate Conception. The Lord Jesus was conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the Virgin Mary. And then he was born of her yet without sin. And then there’s an interesting phrase, so that…