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We are now in our third week of our series “Who is God?” So who is God? The Bible, God’s Word, tells us what God is like and what He is not like. Without the authority of the Bible, any attempt to explain God’s attributes (inherent qualities) would be no better than an opinion, which by itself is often…

10 “For six years you shall sow your land and gather in its yield, 11 but the seventh year you shall let it rest and lie fallow, that the poor of your people may eat; and what they leave the beasts of the field may eat. You shall do likewise with your vineyard, and with your olive orchard. 12 “Six days…

God, the Same Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Welcome back First Baptist Church of Hoquiam. We are gathering here this morning, returning once again to our sermon series in Deuteronomy titled: Changing Times and our Unchanging God. And as we’ve been looking at the law that the Lord gave to Israel, we’ve…

Good afternoon. It's always a joy to gather together and explore God's Word. Before we dive into today's message, let's take a moment to recap our journey through the book of Jonah. Over the past few weeks, we've embarked on a captivating adventure alongside our reluctant prophet Jonah. We've witnessed…

Have you ever had something happen to you in which you responded, “That just ain’t right!” We all have. But nobody quite understands injustice like Archie Williams. He was arrested in 1982 for a crime he did not commit. His verdict was overturned only when DNA evidence could be brought forth to prove…

Cities of Refuge As we dive back in to the book of Deuteronomy, we come to a short passage this morning that I had to decide what to do with. The text this morning is a brief description of Moses setting apart three cities of refuge. The topic will come up again in Deuteronomy 19 , should we make it…

God’s way often surprises us - but leads to victory Intro me Last week, Ed helped us see that Jesus declares himself greater than great King David, greater than the Holy Temple, greater even than the Sabbath, that central feature of Jewish identity. He’s making some serious claims - it almost feels like…

Intro Those of you who know what kind of a student I was like would understand that I was a perfectionist in the sense that I tried my hardest on every single assignment. I would often take the hardest teacher so that I could learn more. It was under one of these teachers, my high school English teacher,…

Moreover, I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, even there was wickedness, and in the place of righteousness, even there was wickedness. I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for there is a time for every matter and for every work. I said in my heart with regard…

Mt 20.1-16 1 — Porque o Reino dos Céus é semelhante a um homem, dono de terras, que saiu de madrugada para contratar trabalhadores para a sua vinha. 2 E, tendo combinado com os trabalhadores o pagamento de um denário por dia, mandou-os para a vinha. 3 Saindo por volta de nove horas da manhã, viu, na…

This Week’s Theme: Praise Him for His Righteousness Memory Verse: Psalm 7:17 “17 I will praise the Lord according to His righteousness, And will sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High.” This Week’s Word is God’s Righteousness : God’s righteousness means that God always acts in accordance with…

When You See Darkness... Back in the day, when we had Bibles that had paper pages, it was not difficult to see the personal Bible of fellow Christians. What I mean by that is that if you were to take a person’s Bible and hold it up, it would be easy to see what their personal canon was, that is the books…

This Week’s Theme: He is Just This Week’s Word is Justice: The moral righteousness of God is revealed in his laws and expressed in his judicial acts. God’s commands and judgments meet perfect standards of justice, and his apportioning of punishments and rewards is also perfectly just. God’s justice is…

6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed is to have the loving attention of Almighty God. What do you long for? What does longing for righteousness look like? What is ment by righteousness? Harper’s Bible Dictionary (Righteousness) Righteousness,…

Intro I was planning this morning to speak to you from 1 Timothy 2 , but yesterday I learned of the awful attack that took place in Bondi Junction yesterday afternoon. 1 man with a knife 6 people murdered. 11 others injured. In Australia. In a regular shopping center. With anger and sadness I started…

What are some things you did as a kid to seek the approval of your parents? In a concert we attended once, the musician Michael Card told us about his memory of childhood including days spent outside the door to his father’s office trying to get his father’s attention. He would draw pictures and slide…

Life in War The law is built, much like a wall, by layering one brick on top of another. In the end, it all works in cohesion to form one unified front. So these next few weeks we are going to see various laws which might fit under one commandment or another. I believe we still have the broader framework…

How do we live in the tension? Let us love our enemies, pray for those who persecute you, do good to those who love you. It makes us feel fake, doesn’t it? The human emotions are either still waters that run deep, or sometimes are more like a torrential river rushing close to the surface. In either event,…

Eight God Wills 17 Therefore say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : I will gather you from the peoples and assemble you out of the countries where you have been scattered, and I will give you the land of Israel.’ 18 And when they come there, they will remove from it all its detestable things and all its abominations.…

God is Holy & His people are called to be Holy! The Hebrew word for holiness is kadesh which means something which is cut off, separate or set apart. It describes that which is anti-secular (secular = of or relating to the worldly or temporal), in a category all its own. Kadesh describes something that…

In Psalm 82, God holds an assembly; proclaiming judgment on those present for their wicked ways and then reminds them of his expecations for how the weak should be treated. What the Lord communicates in this assembly is a reminder of his expecation for his covenant people.

5 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord , when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. A Righteous Branch Reign as King Deal Wisely Execute Justice and Righteousness 6 In his days Judah…

1 After the death of Saul, when David had returned from striking down the Amalekites, David remained two days in Ziklag. 2 And on the third day, behold, a man came from Saul’s camp, with his clothes torn and dirt on his head. And when he came to David, he fell to the ground and paid homage. 3 David said…

This is the first Sunday of Advent. This year the last Sunday of Advent will fall on Christmas Day. This will be a test of the faithful. I say this tongue in cheek. Whether you attend church service or stay home an unwrap presents will determine how religious you are. Would you consider yourself a religious…

Sunday Scholl Lesson from the Standard Commentary.