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…
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…
Heavenly Father, we come again before you and acknowledge from our hearts what a privilege we have in being in your presence and sensing once more your smile upon us in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. We ask, Lord, that you would come to us now as we continue to worship you, not…
The Epistle of James tells us about the character that we are to possess, about the Christ we are to praise, the continuity we are to perceive, and about the conditions we are to presume. James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ. To the 12 tribes in the dispersion, greetings. Count…