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This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
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As Christians we want to avoid become legalists where we make the law a tangible thing that is easy for us to keep in our strength. We also want to avoid saying that the law of God has no place in our lives. So, how do we define a good work without minimizing the law, but also without dismissing the law?
Job is not happy with how the Lord has treated him. You would think that Job would be rather content considering that the Lord has blessed him, and allowed him to enjoy a great life. However, now we hear why Job is so upset as he even uses the counselors own words to describe his suffering. Why would Job be so upset if he is merely using the counselors own words to describe his suffering?
The reality is that we desire to make the Lord’s standard something that will comply to our standard. It is not an easy thing to realize that we are a sinful people in need of the Lord’s redemption. His redemption has to cleanse us from the core of our being so that we see the fruit of His power. So, how are these fruits manifested? What figures in covenant history have demonstrated a life ordered by the principles of the Lord?
This is one of the requests of the Lord’s prayer that we can rattle off without really considering the implications of it. What does it mean that we really want the Lord’s will? This is basically saying that we no longer desire to live by our will, but by the will of our father in heaven. So, how do we live by the will of the Lord seeking to honor the Lord?
If we are redeemed and united to Christ then how can we discipline ourselves? It sounds as if Paul is saying that on the one level salvation is by grace, but now it is up to you to complete the work that has been started. Is that what Paul is saying? Is this how we go through life with this confidence that the Lord gives us enough grace to make it? Or is Paul telling us something different that we need to heed?
Paul tells us that Godliness is a mystery in 1 Timothy 3:16. Saying that Godliness is a mysteryis a pretty profound statement because Paul is encouraging Timothy to stand against agitators in Ephesus. How can such a statement encourage Timothy? How can such a statement help Timothy refute the false teaching that is entering the church? So, what happens if we lose sight of Christ being our life blood and nourishing us in our redemption? What happens if we fail to see that Godliness is a mystery?
Christ teaches from the sermon on the mount that murder is far deeper than just taking a human life. Christ teaches that if we desire to harm, avenge, or even hate then we are guilty of murder. What is the opposite of murder? How do we discover a Christian ethic as we consider the opposite of murder? How does the Christian ethic make us realize our glorious placement in this kingdom?
We are creatures who have our own desires, convictions, and goals. It is not natural for us as fallen creatures to put another’s will ahead of our own will. If this is true then how can we pray, “Your will be done?” How can we want the Lord’s will over our own will? Is the Lord requiring something of us that is beyond our capabilities? Does the Lord even know how difficult it is to desire such a thing? How do we know that our high priest who resides in the glory of heaven knows such a struggle?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
