This week Pastor Connor Hensley preaches on Thankfulness from Psalm 100.
This week Pastor Connor Hensley preaches on Thankfulness from Psalm 100.
The psalmist believes that God will continue to be good to Israel as a whole, but he is doubting whether or not God will be good to him personally. His doubt stems from his consistent experience of seeing wicked people around him prosper. In this particular psalm, the psalmist has reached a point where his doubt has fully developed into …
“When [Israel] had got the good land God had promised them they had no zeal against the wicked inhabitants whom the Lord commanded them to extirpate, pretending pity; but so merciful is God that no man needs to be in any case more compassionate than he.” -Matthew Henry
God is the “savior of all people” in the sense of physical preservation, but God is only the savior of “those who believe” in the spiritual and eternal sense (1 Timothy 4:10). God is the “common grace savior” of all, and God is the “special grace savior” of some (the elect). In other words, God cannot bless anyone apart from …
This week Pastor Joel preached Psalm 19:7-9. His focus was on the beauty of God’s Law; it’s purposes and products.
This week, Pastor Joel preached Psalm 16. His focus was on how to effectively pray in times of trouble by utilizing praise to bolster our faith.