Beacon Light Community Church

The various kingdoms of this world appear oppressive and overwhelming to God's people. But despite the presence of oppressive kingdoms, we participate in an even great-heavenly kingdom. Through Daniel chapter 7, we'll learn about- --1- The Kingdom of Beasts -vv. 2-8--2- The Kingdom of the Son of Man -vv. 9-14--3- The Kingdom Application -vv. 15-28-

Psalm 131 is about going up to worship God, and the Psalmist -David- confesses that he is not proud or arrogant, but has learned to be content with God, like a weaned child in its mother's arms, from which he urges us all to hope in God.--In Dr. Beach's message, he maintains that true hope in God is in Christ, the promised One who comes to give life and salvation, and Christ bids us to himself, to come to him like little children, dependent, trusting, teachable.

This sermon urges us to identify ourselves as needy people, needy sinners-poor, weak, damaged, broken-in order to see in Jesus the Savior and provider we need, not some dreamt up Jesus who enables us to pursue idols, etc.

The account of Daniel in the lion's den shows us that Daniel's God, our God, is the God of the living, and he is to be praised because of such. What this passage also shows us are the following points- --1- God's faithful people may be struck down -vv. 1-18---2- God's faithful people will not be destroyed -vv. 19-28---Going forward, reflect this week on 2 Corinthians 4-7-12. In what ways can you apply these verses to what you may be going through--

Sermon- Our Highest Good--We can trust and treasure the LORD who satisfies his people and preserves them both now and forever. --1. The LORD is our highest good -vv. 1-4- -2. The LORD makes us content in the present -vv. 5-8- -3. The LORD makes us confident for the future -vv. 9-11-

God makes known his wisdom and power through the foolishness and weakness of the crucified Christ and his chosen people, so that we will boast in him alone. As Jae Kim takes us through 1 Corinthians 1-18-31, we'll see---1. The foolish wisdom of the world -vv. 18-22- -2. The wise foolishness of the cross -vv. 23-25- -3. The foolishness of the chosen -vv. 26-31-

Dr. J. Mark Beach brings us a message from Matthew 3-1-17, where John the Baptist prepares the way for the baptism of Jesus. In this passage we hear three messages- A message for the -Of Course Me, Of Course Now- crowd, the -Not Me, Not Now- crowd,- which then leads to the gospel message.

Mid-America Reformed Seminary MDiv. student Jae Kim expounds on our faithful God, the one who called us in the beginning and is the same God who will keep us faithful to the end. As he takes us through 1 Corinthians 1-1-9 we'll see---1. God's sanctifying calling -vv. 1-3--2. God's gracious enriching -vv. 4-7--3. God's faithful keeping -vv. 8-9-

Jared Luttjeboer takes us through Daniel 5, which documents Belshazzar's feast and the handwriting on the wall. --In this text, we learn a sobering truth- In the lives of those defined by continued unrepentant sin, God gives them over in judgment to hard-heartedness beyond redemption. In this we take warning.--In this text, we learn about the reason for judgment, and the declaration of judgment. But where is grace in all of this-- Tune in to find out.