Behind the turbulence in our culture is the spiritual reality of humanity's rebellion against God. The world is as it is because it has set itself in defiance against God's holy laws. God's response is to hold the world in derision even as sets His only begotten Son, the Lord Jesus, as King over all.
Raging Rulers Against the Reigning King
Psalm 2
July 3, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
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Summer Psalms 2022
A Shepherd Leader for God's Wandering Sheep
September 4, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
In the 78th Psalm, the psalmist Asaph has taken us through the history of Israel beginning with the exodus of God's people from Egypt to the anointing of David as King over God's people (Exodus 3 through 1 Samuel 16). The final three verses of this psalm give insight to how God choses His leadership, giving them His own heart to feed and lead His people.
God's Wrath Roused and Restrained
August 14, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
Why does God cast all of his wrath upon the Egyptians in the ten plaques and allow his own people who have provoked him and tempted him and spoke against him to escape his wrath? What accounts for God's own people receiving mercy in response to their sin and the Egyptians receiving wrath in response to theirs? And what is it exactly that make the children of Israel "his own people"?
The Pattern of Spiritual Declension
August 7, 2022 • Pastor Paul Edwards
In an otherwise dark Psalm which details the rebellion of God's people against his law, statutes, and covenant, verses 34 through 42 are an island of hope. These verses reveal the pattern of spiritual decline which is true of all of God's chosen: In the midst of their sinful rebellion, God's people remember God and return to him, God remembers them and turns away his wrath, and God's people turn back from God and do not remember him. The hope comes when the Psalmist reveals that God is not surprised by this pattern of behavior and gives grace upon grace in response.