The Sherman text, Hebrews chapter 12, I’m sorry, verse 18, Hebrews 12, 18 to 29. Hebrews 12, 18 to 29. Please give your full attention, this is the word of our God. for you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire, darkness and gloom and a tempest, and the sound of…
And now for our New Testament reading, this will be different than what’s listed in your liturgy. It’s Matthew 6, Matthew 6, verse 19 through 24. Matthew 6, 19 through 24. Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up…
Amen. For our new test of reading now, please turn to Revelation 21. Revelation 21. Revelation 21. We’re going to read Revelation 21, verses 10 and 11, and then 22 to 27. So Revelation 21, starting at verse 10. Let’s give it full attention. This is the word of our God. And he carried me…
Keep your Bible handy there, turn to Matthew chapter two, second half, we’ll deal with this morning. Matthew chapter two, but before we go to the Lord, let’s pray to him once more and ask his blessing upon the reading, the preaching and the hearing of that word, let’s pray. Dear Lord, our Heavenly Father,…
Matthew chapter two, we’ll be reading again the first 12 verses, focusing on verses really three to 12 this morning. Before we go to the Lord, hear from the Lord, let’s ask his blessing once more upon the reading, preaching, and hearing of that word. Let’s pray once more. O gracious, almighty God, again we…
Keep your copy of scriptures there in hand, and turn to the Gospel of Matthew. I’m gonna take a short detour from James, this wonderful wisdom book in the New Testament. We’ll pick up in chapter four after a couple of weeks. We’re gonna spend a couple times in Matthew chapter two, a couple of…
Take your copy of the scriptures again in hand and turn to the book of James. Continuing the epistle of James this morning. James chapter three, we’ll be reading verses 13 to 18, the remainder of that chapter, but let’s ask the Lord’s blessing before we do so on the reading, preaching, and hearing of…
Turn now for our New Testament reading, which will be the text for the sermon, James chapter 3. We continue through the epistle of James, James chapter 3. I’ll read in the first section there, verses 1 to 12. James 3, 1 to 12. Again, please give your full attention, this is the word of…
Heavenly Father, we come again before you and as we delight again to be in your presence and to raise to you our worship, our songs of praise, we pray that you’re in your goodness that you would press down now upon us in our lives with the weight of your word that humbles our…
James has told us again and again, he will tell us, he’s already told us thus far, that God is sovereign, right? He is sovereign and he grows us through the means of his choosing. The historical context of this letter, I’ll remind you again, some specific points, this is most likely the first most…