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Good and upright is the Lord ; therefore he instructs sinners in his ways. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. Instead he is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. Evil exists! Not a day goes by without us being reminded…

How many of you believe the church is stronger today than 20 years ago? Is the problem getting better or worse? The writer of Hebrews is dealing with Christians that have problems: In Hebrews 2:1 he said, Pay close attention to the message you’ve heard lest you drift away. Forgetfulness . Hebrews 2:1…

LESSON 7 THE PRESENCE OF EVIL Text Habakkuk 1:1–4 The burden which Habakkuk the prophet did see. 2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, and thou wilt not hear! even cry out unto thee of violence, and thou wilt not save! 3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence…

Main Point: Evil is a problem for us, but it is not a problem for God—nor does it disprove God or His power and goodness. A Brief Survey of What Constitutes Evil Evil is not a thing, it is a description about the perversion of what is righteous—EVIL is the opposite of Good. Evil is not an entity that…

16 In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. In every situation take up the shield of faith with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Introduction: What is Faith Same question as with breastplate of…

Introduction: We’ve been looking for several weeks now at how we can know the will of God for our lives. Over the last few weeks we’ve talked about what we mean by the will of God and we’ve also looked at some of the unbiblical ways that the pagans sought to know the will of their gods. Tonight, we are…

When we begin to talk about the Problem of Evil, we have to put on our thinking caps. As Christians this is an issue that we will have to confront challenges to our faith, because it is a very real stumbling block for those who may have looked at Christianity and wonder what solution there is to the…

Why Do We Believe That? Week 9 Systematic Theology – The Doctrine of Sin Let’s start with a quick recap of where we’ve been so far, we’ve studied... The Doctrine of the Word of God The Existence and Attributes of God The Doctrine of Creation The Doctrine of Providence Today we move on the the Doctrine…

I don’t think it comes as a surprise to anyone that evil exists in our world today. We turn on the news, we hear of tragedy, we read of the horrors perpetuated from one person to another. And we think, “How can God let this happen?” Last week we began looking at the problem of evil, the problem of where…

As you cast your gaze forward this morning, flanking each side of the chancel you will find two windows. They depict two trees: the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and the tree of life. We are fortunate to have them because they serve as important reminders of our relationship with God. (I) Man…

How can a Law which is holy and righteous and good bring about my death? Paul squarely addresses and resolves this seeming contradiction in Romans 7:!3.

God’s providence is supreme, and therefore sovereign … He is the sole arbiter of events and destines … So that it is as clear that God rules alone as that he rules at all, that he rules everywhere as that eh rules anywhere; that he governs all agents, all causes, all events, as that he governs any of…

Introduction I began to name this the ‘Bible Person Study’, but chose to go with the ‘Bible Character Study’. I hesitated to name it that, as I don’t want to diminish the fact that these are real people we’ll be examining. But the reason that it’s named the Bible Character Study is because we’ll be focusing…

1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 4 As long as it is day, we…

1 Behold, the Lord ’s hand is not shortened, That it cannot save; Nor His ear heavy, That it cannot hear. 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God; And your sins have hidden His face from you, So that He will not hear. 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity;…

Our Scripture Lesson this morning is taken from 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:16 : So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God, just as I try to please everyone in everything I do, not seeking my own advantage, but…

In 1990 - the U.S. National Debt was roughly $3.5 Trillion... The current U.S. National Debt (33 years later) is - $34.2 Trillion The interest on that debt is - $744 Billion Debt - in it’s various forms... Can cripple a nation Can cripple a business Can cripple a family Can cripple an individual Debt…

The Heb. word comes from a root meaning ‘to spoil’, ‘to break in pieces’: being broken and so made worthless. It is essentially what is unpleasant, disagreeable, offensive. The word binds together the evil deed and its consequences. Much physical evil is due to moral evil: suffering and sin are not necessarily…

Passages to ponder We started last week in a new series “Passages to ponder.” These will be passages for us to consider to evaluate our walk, our maturity and opportunities we have in Christ Jesus. Lesson One: Kingdom Beatitude ( Mt5:3-11 ) The supreme blessedness we have as citizens of the kingdom.…

Grace to you and peace, from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. Advent means “coming” and our gatherings during these Wednesday evening services are exploring the progression of why this “Coming” is so important. Last Wednesday explored THE NEED for the Lord’s “Coming”…

Why would a God who loves us allow disasters to happen? (i.e. human trafficking, sexual abuse, war, etc.)? One of the primary issues that have caused people to leave the faith or simply not come to faith. Natural Evil Things happen to us against our will and well-being. Fires, accidents, disease, earthquakes,…

Nehemiah 10:28–29 28 And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;…

Staying with sound doctrine We need to be careful to protect the sound doctrine that saved us in the first place. It’s a tragedy when someone trades sound doctrine 10 and immoral men and homosexuals and kidnappers and liars and perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching, or Doctrine that…

God’s providence is supreme, and therefore sovereign … He is the sole arbiter of events and destines … So that it is as clear that God rules alone as that he rules at all, that he rules everywhere as that he rules anywhere; that he governs all agents, all causes, all events, as that he governs any of…