Cornerstone Baptist Church

(1) Hannah’s Darkest Hour Preceded God’s Dawning Moment

(2) Eli’s evil priesthood is one of Israel’s Darkest Spiritual Moments

(3) Sovereign God Shines a Ray of Hope into the Israel’s Darkest Hour

(4) The world’s darkest Hour Dawns with the Promised Messiah

Remember what you had to do to get the Holy Spirit and remember what Abraham had to do to be declared righteous by God.

Because justification is by faith alone, because the law can't justify anyone, because “law” and “life” are mutually exclusive, because that would be a sin, and because it's a rejection of God's grace and God's Son.

Understand that your hypocrisy will lead others astray, remind yourself of the gospel and offer and seek out accountability.

Be particular in your understanding of justification, understand how bad ‘Justification by Faith + Works' actually is and never yield, be more loyal to the gospel than to people, and, because of the gospel, give material care to fellow Christians.

God moves to show us our barrenness, moves us to brokenness and gives us belief.

Paul had hated the church, Paul had been a rising star in Judaism, Paul had loved the Jewish religion. The explanation: Jesus had revealed himself to Paul. Paul didn't collaborate with the apostles.

Jesus, the Son of God, the Word of God, the Light of Life

God blesses His people with the perfect king Jesus. In the message we trace the promises of God to give a Kingdom, the sin of the people resisting God as King, God's commitment to His people and the promise of enjoying God's perfect King.

A distortion of the gospel is a desertion of the gospel (v. 6-7). A desertion of the gospel is a desertion of God (v. 6). Therefore be angry about distorted gospels (v. 8-9). Be prepared to be unpopular (v.10).