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Sermons from Rose City Baptist Church in Camrose, AB, Canada.
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“Christian, the apex of the glory of God crescendos in His grace. And God’s very great grace is embodied, lived out, made exhibit in Christ Jesus and his cross…”
“We do not have an altar here, because we do not perform sacrifices. We have a table of remembrance…The significance of a seated high priest is amplified in subsequent chapters, especially in vv. 10:11–14, where Christ is contrasted with the Aaronic priests, who remained standing because their sacrificial service was never finished. By contrast, Christ made purification for sin through his once-for-all death on the cross. The forgiveness he has won is permanent. His seated position shows that his work is finished. Church, Christ is now seated at the right hand of God because his work is done.”
“He begins by saying that those who hold to his words are truly his disciples. Jesus, in response to this crowd expressing faith, lays down exactly what separates counterfeit faith from true faith: ‘If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples.’ In short, perseverance is the mark of true faith of the genuine disciple. A true believer abides in Christ’s word, his teaching, and that person, that true believer, seeks to understand it better and finds it more and more precious, and finds it more and more controlling in our lives. It leads us to want to obey Christ’s words.”
“We know that Hebrews was a sermon by an exceptionally talented church leader, who was saturated in the Old Testament Scriptures, trained in rhetoric, familiar with both Jewish and Greek philosophy, and whose grammar and vocabulary is considered, by most, to be among the finest in the NT. This was a master preacher, utilizing deep understanding of the Scriptures with great style, to pastorally address the urgent issues facing his community…Hebrews speaks directly to those who are tired of service, tired of resisting temptation, tired of being hurt by other Christians, tired of being viewed as
“What we cannot do, however, is we cannot look at this list of attributes like a recipe card and think that God is made up of ‘one part mercy, one part grace, a pinch of slow to anger, and a cup steadfast love and faithfulness’. That would be a grave mistake. God is one. Indivisible. He is not made up of parts. A few weeks ago Marshall led the congregation in reciting the 1689 London Baptist Confession, specifically Article 2, which states: that God’s essence is ‘…without body, parts, or passions…’ Theologians have coined this principle by describing it as the Simplicity of God. By simplicity
“The big takeaway from our text is that ignoring Gods word is perilous. It didn’t matter that Saul was mostly obedient, religiously passionate, and outwardly pious. Relationship with God is obedience. If you ignore the word of God you will not continue to receive it. If you reject the Word of God, he will not continue to bless you with it. Ignoring the word of God will cause us to look for direction through other mediums.”
“The main themes of the 1 Samuel scroll are driven home in this final act which culminates in the death of Saul. David obeys God in the details. Genuine faith is in evidence when one believes the words of God, not only that he has spoken, but that what he has spoken leads to life, and to therefore obey him. As a result, every situation in David’s life—especially the difficult circumstances, of which there are many—every situation, is guided and controlled by God, working all things for his good. Saul, on the other hand, mostly obeys… but not when he has a better idea. Not when he thinks that d
“This is the regular means of God’s grace: one of the greatest blessings possible is the church! The people of God! In recent chapters David was rescued by God through the faithfulness of Jonathan, and now through the faithfulness of Abigail. In both the first and last chapters of this section (1 Samuel 24 and 26) David has his strong moments. His men are like ‘Let’s kill Saul now!’ and David is like ‘No, no, no. That would not be right. Let’s leave it to God. Leave vengeance to God.’ In both these chapters, David boldly confronts Saul with Saul’s sin. Humbles himself. Makes himself nothing be
“Friends, Christ Alone should be the easiest sola to speak on. Jesus is the only way. But the unbelieving world has to attack it, because of sin, it is the only option available to them. Sinners had to fight against God. And yet…however…notwithstanding…BUT: the greatest attack on the Christian church is never from the outside, but has always come from within. History bears this out, when the unbelieving world rages against the church, the church only gets stronger, but when the church stagnates, gets comfortable, ponders endless theories, looks for ways around tough verses, then false teaching
“As the one who feared the Lord, David did not choose the way of self-realization by getting rid of his enemy by himself. In other words, David didn’t allow himself to disobey God’s commands by interpreting this occasion as a God-given opportunity to commit murder. Rather than to take things into his own hand, David was patient and willing to entrust the matter to God’s good judgement…And so once again, David swallows his pride for the sake of peace…Let us consider how David, in this chapter, points to Christ Jesus, the greater Son of David…Because of Christ’s obedience, even allowing himself
“God is not on your side, but you can be on God’s side. We know if we are on God’s side if we are dedicated to fulfill his purposes, his agenda, and for his glory…God was not on David’s side, per se, but David was on God’s side. He was not expecting God to achieve his goals, but had committed himself to God’s goals, this is why he prays (Psalm 57:2) ‘I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me.’ And he states with confidence (Psalm 138:8) ‘The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me…’…We think that Saul is insane for thinking that God is blessing his endeavors and helping h
“You see, church, that faith towards God is not merely believing that he exists, or even believing that he can help us in every situation, but faithfully acting on that belief. Living as though what we say we believe is true! ‘I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me,’ (Ps 57:2) even if that purpose does not bring about immediate relief from my discomfort. We exist for the glory of God, so let our prayer continuously go forth: Be exalted in me, O God, above the heavens! Let your glory be revealed in your church over all the earth! God did exalt himself greatly in Davi
“God’s grace is the root of salvation, Christ’s work is the means, and Human Faith is the path by which a person receives it…Sola Gratia: God’s grace is the root of salvation, the grace of God is the start and source of salvation. Which means God’s decision to save is entirely unearned. It is an entirely free gift, given out of His mercy, and not based on any human attractiveness, merit or good works…”
“Abraham has been brought to faith by a faithful God. His deepest trust and belief was in the One who had promised, and not in this son whom God had provided. God’s faithfulness is evident throughout Abraham’s life—even when Abraham is the villain of the story—even when Abraham makes the dumbest move available. Abraham, a primary biblical example of faith, is also our example of the obedience brought by faith. God’s test required him to give up everything that had come together so far in the fulfillment of God’s promises; everything that had worked out so far for Abraham to get what he was hop
“…(R)ather than relaxing his command for humans to be perfect, Jesus reiterates the commands of Deuteronomy 18:13 and Leviticus 19:2 in Matthew 5:48 calling us to be perfect as your heavenly father is perfect. And instead of relieving this righteous demand, God makes the greatest provision for purification ever, in Christ. In order to approach the all Holy God, sinners needed to be made sinless. Which is the impossible thing. So before time began, it was decided that the ultimate and only worthy sacrifice of God’s own Son, would be the necessary and perfect substitute and target of God’s good
“…(L)et us respond to David’s testimony, and recall our own: Have we had the opportunity to ‘taste and see that the Lord is good!’ If so, let us remember and bless the Lord at all times, praise him continually and boast in the Lord to one another.”
“The commandments of the Law were perfectly designed by God to teach his people the definition of love. But it was their constant predisposition to keep the external elements of the law without understanding its purpose. Though keeping the law was a serious thing, with a death sentence for rebellion, love and compassion always trumped the external trappings of the law.”
“There must have been at least a moment—after Saul’s gaslighting—where Jonathan felt as though he had betrayed his father and dishonored his mother. And he would certainly have had some desire to claim the comfort, control and glory of royalty for himself. Any one of these emotions could have motivated him to break his commitment to David and obey his father’s edict. Looking to the end of the story, we know that Jonathan’s loyalty to God’s people not only cost him in his relationship with his own father and king, but that he suffered lifelong separation from David as well. He did not get an im
Israel Needs an Obedient King (1 Samuel 18-19) Josh Handford Tune in as Pastor Josh preaches from the extended narrative in 1 Samuel 18-19, which is bookended the removal of royal robes: “In this context, the robes represent everything that we desire as humans: control, comfort, and glory. These are things that are uniquely possessed by the king of Israel…Those who seek their own control, comfort and glory are unable to genuinely love the people of God. Those who seek their own control, comfort and glory will find themselves in opposition to the people of God. Those who seek their own control,
“When we come to consider the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus, we tend to think that Christ died so that I can live — and that is certainly part of it. But we also need to understand that the power of the cross is that Christ died so that I, if I am in Christ, am crucified with Christ and have died with him—died to myself and to sin.”
“…(T)he Bible is our first and last word on who God is. It is his very revelation of himself in writing. And it is the supreme source of our understanding of God and man, sin and salvation, Jesus and his Gospel. The reformers call this the doctrine of sola scriptura, or scripture alone. This means the final or highest authority on all matters is found in scripture, rest in God’s word alone, and that this authority is not to be shared by things like traditions or councils, popes or church leaders, science or reason,…or just how we feel. Which is to say, the Holy Bible stands above them all.”
“This is not a story about God’s people winning the battle. This is about the one who will go out before us and fight our battles. This is about the Lord of hosts, the God of armies who, through his anointed king, defeated the enemy of His people, prefiguring Christ Jesus, who doesn’t just help us to win the battles of life, but first he goes out before us, alone, to win the war. Only then does he call us to follow him in his victory. Like the Israelites, we are blessed to be a part of the clean-up action. Driving out the last remnant of our enemies — sin, death, and Satan — all who have alrea
“One of the main themes of this chapter is the human inability to see what God sees.…It seems that the biblical record deliberately creates the impression that Yahweh prefers to use weak, the lowly, the disenfranchised members of society, to do his most significant work…”
“Saul foolishly sought God’s favor with sacrifices gained through disobedience; an act that belittles God and treats him as not-holy. Such presumption reframes Saul’s partial obedience as total rebellion. We are not immune to such folly. Sin always wants to hide itself from discovery, and so we, like Saul, are prone to relabelling our failures to obey as partial obedience and then calling them a success. This happens when we fail to share the gospel and call it wisdom, because we might lose influence. We disobey God by cheating on our taxes, and then say that it is so that we can give more and
“We are going to face lots of hard circumstances in our lives. But in those moments, I ask you church: what do we turn to? What do we turn to for comfort in those times of trouble? Do you bury yourself in your work? Do you buy yourself a new toy?…All of these things are temporal, they can’t actually heal our brokenness, they can’t save us from our problems…the best they can do is distract us for a moment. But the Spirit of God does the opposite. God shows us more of reality…”
