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  • Luke 2:25-35 | Simeon’s Song of Salvation

    Preacher: Joel Fair

    Scripture: Luke 2:25-35

    Luke 2:25–35 (ESV)

    Now there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon, and this man was righteous and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ. And he came in the Spirit into the temple, and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the Law, he took him up in his arms and blessed God and said, “Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation that you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.” And his father and his mother marveled at what was said about him. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother, “Behold, this child is appointed for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that is opposed (and a sword will pierce through your own soul also), so that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.”

    Isaiah 40:1 (ESV)

    Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

    Isaiah 61:1–2 (ESV)

    The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD’s favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn;

    John 3:16–17 (ESV)

    “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

    Romans 1:16–17 (ESV)

    For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”
     

    35 min
  • The Angels Song, Peace | Luke 67-79

    Preacher: Joel Fair

    Scripture: Luke 67-79

    Luke 2:13–14 (ESV)

    And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!”

    Isaiah 9:6–7 (ESV)

    For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from this time forth and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

    Malachi 4:5–6 (ESV)

    “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and awesome day of the LORD comes. And he will turn the hearts of fathers to their children and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with a decree of utter destruction.”

    Ephesians 2:11–22 (ESV)

    Therefore remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called “the uncircumcision” by what is called the circumcision, which is made in the flesh by hands remember that you were at that time separated from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world. But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. For through him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord. In him you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God by the Spirit.

    Colossians 1:19–20 (ESV)

    For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross

    Tony Merida, Exalting Jesus in Ephesians

    "Historically Christ died on the cross. It was public and visible. It was not on a hill far away from the sight of people. His death would be like crucifying someone today in a shopping mall. Theologically Christ died on behalf of sinners. He bore our punishment. He took our place that we might be declared righteous. We receive the benefits of forgiveness, righteousness, and new life. Experientially, we encounter the effect of the cross by our union with Christ. Notice it is “in Christ Jesus” that we experience the benefits of His shed blood (v. 13). There was a past event that is experienced in the present. This is what gives us peace with God and with others today."

    John 14:25–27 (ESV)

    “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

    John 17:22–23 (ESV)

    The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me.

    Ephesians 4:1–3 (ESV)

    I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

    John 20:19–21 (ESV)

    On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked where the disciples were for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said to them, “Peace be with you.” When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. Then the disciples were glad when they saw the Lord. Jesus said to them again, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, even so I am sending you.” 

    47 min
  • The Goodness & Lovingkindness of God | Titus 3:3-7

    Preacher: Joel Fair

    Scripture: Titus 3:3-7

    CG Questions
    1. In verse 3 or our passage Paul describes the state of humanity before God intervenes in verse 4. Whenever there is a conversation around the Gospel it requires talking about sin. How do you describe sin in your life, both in confession and in order to better relate to those you are speaking to about grace?
    2. Do you tend to see salvation as what God has brought you to or as what he has taken you from? How does this understanding of God saving us point to His goodness and loving kindness?
    3. How does Satan use the lie of a "Jesus and ..." salvation in your life? Where do you struggle to believe that "he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy"?
    4. Read Ezekiel 36:22-29 together. What does this prophecy have to do with what Paul tells timothy about the work of the Spirit in saving sinners?
    5. What have you done to deserve the blessing promised to you in Christ? How does this motivate you to good works, including telling everyone about God’s grace? What are the good works God is currently producing in your life?
      6. Scriptures & Quotes

      Thomas Merton

      But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may be the object of God's love precisely because of his shortcomings, can begin to be sincere. His sincerity is based on confidence, not in his own illusions about himself, but in the endless, unfailing mercy of God.

      Psalm 145:9 (ESV)

      The LORD is good to all, and his mercy is over all that he has made.

      Psalm 31:19 (ESV)

      Oh, how abundant is your goodness, which you have stored up for those who fear you and worked for those who take refuge in you, in the sight of the children of mankind!

      \John 3:16 (ESV)

      For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

      Psalm 136:3 (ESV)

      Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever;

      Hosea 11:4 (ESV)

      I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.

      Psalm 145:17 (ESV)

      The LORD is righteous in all his ways and kind in all his works.

      John Piper

      God loves to lavish kindness on us. The bigger your conception of God, the more amazing this is. God is the creator of the universe. He holds the galaxies in being. He governs everything that happens in the world, down to the fall of a bird and the change in your hair color. He is infinitely strong and wise and holy and just. And Paul says, he is kind. And because of this kindness we were born again. Let your very existence as a Christian tell you every hour of every day: God is kind to you.

      Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)

      For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.

      Titus 2:11–14 (ESV)

      For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for himself a people for his own possession who are zealous for good works.

      Titus 3:1 (ESV)

      Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work,

      Psalm 25:6 (ESV)

      Remember your mercy, O LORD, and your steadfast love, for they have been from of old.

      Ephesians 2:4–7 (ESV)

      But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 
5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.

      Colossians 1:15 (ESV)

      He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

      Ezekiel 36:25–28 (ESV)

      I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleannesses, and from all your idols I will cleanse you. And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules. You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and you shall be my people, and I will be your God.

      Dane C. Ortlund, Gentle and Lowly

      It is one thing, as a child, to be told your father loves you. You believe him. You take him at his word. But it is another thing, unutterably more real, to be swept up in his embrace, to feel the warmth, to hear his beating heart within his chest, to instantly know the protective grip of his arms. It's one thing to hear he loves you; it's another thing to feel his love. This is the glorious work of the Spirit.

      Romans 8:16–17 (ESV)

      The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.

      Brennan Manning

      We should be astonished at the goodness of God, stunned that He should bother to call us by name, our mouths wide open at His love, bewildered that at this very moment we are standing on holy ground.

      46 min
    6. Malachi | Heartfelt Worship

      Preacher: Joel Fair

      Scripture: Malachi

      Micah 3:8 (ESV)

      But as for me, I am filled with power, with the Spirit of the LORD, and with justice and might, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

      Jeremiah 7:23 (ESV)

      But this command I gave them: ‘Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and you shall be my people. And walk in all the way that I command you, that it may be well with you.’

      Malachi 1:2a (ESV)

      “I have loved you,” says the LORD. 

      Jeremiah 31:3 (ESV)

      the LORD appeared to him from far away. I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have continued my faithfulness to you.

      Malachi 1:11, 14b (ESV)

      For from the rising of the sun to its setting my name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to my name, and a pure offering. For my name will be great among the nations, says the LORD of hosts. For I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations.

      Malachi 1:8–9 (ESV)

      When you offer blind animals in sacrifice, is that not evil? And when you offer those that are lame or sick, is that not evil? Present that to your governor; will he accept you or show you favor? says the LORD of hosts. And now entreat the favor of God, that he may be gracious to us. With such a gift from your hand, will he show favor to any of you? says the LORD of hosts.

      Deuteronomy 6:4–9 (ESV)

      “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

      Malachi 1:10 (ESV)

      Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you, says the LORD of hosts, and I will not accept an offering from your hand.

      Revelation 3:15–16 (ESV)

      “ ‘I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth.

      Ezekiel 11:19–20 (ESV)

      And I will give them one heart, and a new spirit I will put within them. I will remove the heart of stone from their flesh and give them a heart of flesh, that they may walk in my statutes and keep my rules and obey them. And they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

      John 17:25–26 (ESV)

      O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

      Romans 3:21–26 (ESV)

      But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it— the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God’s righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins. It was to show his righteousness at the present time, so that he might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

      50 min
    8. Haggai

      Preacher: Jeremiah Fyffe

      Scripture: Haggai

      1. SOWING TO ETERNAL JOY
      2. CONSIDER YOUR WAYS: SOWN MUCH, HARVESTED LITTLE
      3. CONSIDER YOUR WAYS: THE PLEASURE OF THE LORD

        4. Matthew 6:30b–33 (ESV)

        O you of little faith! Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

        Galatians 6:7–8 (ESV)

        Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life.

        Proverbs 21:17 (ESV)

        Whoever loves pleasure will be a poor man;
        he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.

        1 Peter 1:3–4 (ESV)

        According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,

        1 Peter 1:6 (ESV)

        In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials

        Titus 3:3–5,7 (ESV)

        For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures … But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us … so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

        Isaiah 65:17, 22 (ESV)

        For behold, I create new heavens and a new earth, and the former things shall not be remembered or come into mind.
        They shall not build and another inhabit; they shall not plant and another eat; for like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

        Unknown

        Since [God] does not need [creation], its whole reason for being must lie in its own goodness; He has no use for it; only delight.

        Tim Chester

        The world is more delicious than it needs to be. We have a superabundance of divine goodness and generosity.

        Ephesians 1:7–8 (ESV)

        In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight

        Psalm 147:10–11 (ESV)

        His delight is not in the strength of the horse,
        nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
        but the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him,
        in those who hope in his steadfast love.

        Psalm 149:4 (ESV)

        For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
        he adorns the humble with salvation.

        Special Guest: Jeremiah Fyffe.

        48 min
      4. Zephaniah | The Day of the Lord

        Preacher: Joel Fair

        Scripture: Zephaniah

        Hebrews 1:1–2 (ESV)

        Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world. 

        Psalm 14:1–3 (ESV)

        The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. The LORD looks down from heaven on the children of man, to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. They have all turned aside; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one.

        Zephaniah 1:17–18 (ESV)

        I will bring distress on mankind, so that they shall walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD; their blood shall be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them on the day of the wrath of the LORD. In the fire of his jealousy, all the earth shall be consumed; for a full and sudden end he will make of all the inhabitants of the earth.

        Exodus 34:14 (ESV)

        (for you shall worship no other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),

        Zephaniah 2:3 (ESV)

        Seek the LORD, all you humble of the land, who do his just commands; seek righteousness; seek humility; perhaps you may be hidden on the day of the anger of the LORD.

        Psalm 27:5 (ESV)

        For he will hide me in his shelter in the day of trouble; he will conceal me under the cover of his tent; he will lift me high upon a rock.

        Colossians 3:3 (ESV)

        For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

        Zephaniah 3:17 (ESV)

        The LORD your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save; he will rejoice over you with gladness; he will quiet you by his love; he will exult over you with loud singing.

        Hebrews 1:3–4 (ESV)

        He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

        47 min
      5. Habakkuk - The Righteous Live By Faith

        Preacher: Joel Fair

        Scripture: Habakkuk

        Romans 1:16–17 (ESV)

        For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.”

        Isaiah 55:8–9 (ESV)

        For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.

        Romans 5:6–8 (ESV)

        For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die— but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

        Hebrews 11:1 (ESV)

        Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

        Revelation 21:3–4 (ESV)

        And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”

        The ESV Study Bible Notes

        "Habakkuk saw the rapid progress of Judah’s moral and spiritual deterioration and this deeply troubled him. Yet God’s response puzzled him even more, for “how could a good and just God use a more wicked nation to punish a less wicked one?” God makes it clear that both nations are to be judged and appropriately punished for their evil acts. Although Habakkuk may not fully understand, he has learned to rely totally on the wisdom and justice of God to bring about the proper resolution in ways he could never have imagined."

        Habakkuk 2:4 (ESV)

        “Behold, his soul is puffed up; it is not upright within him, but the righteous shall live by his faith.

        43 min
      6. Jonah

        Preacher: Matt Hardy

        Scripture: Jonah

        2 Kings 14:-23-27

        In the fifteenth year of Amaziah the son of Joash, king of Judah, Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel, began to reign in Samaria, and he reigned forty-one years. And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. He did not depart from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which he made Israel to sin He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher. For the LORD saw that the affliction of Israel was very bitter, for there was none left, bond or free, and there was none to help Israel. But the LORD had not said that he would blot out the name of Israel from under heaven, so he saved them by the hand of Jeroboam the son of Joash.

        C.H. Spurgeon

        “What struck me forcibly was not that he got angry, nor that he threw something when he was angry, but that when he was angry there was always something at hand to throw.

        Proverbs 16:33

        The lot is cast into the lap,
        but its every decision is from the LORD

        Matthew 12:38-40

        Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.” But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. For just as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth

        Romans 8:28

        And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

        Psalms 86:15

        But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness.

        Micah 7:18

        "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love.“

        Matthew 12:41

        The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, something greater than Jonah is here

        ESV Study Bible Notes

        From a temporal perspective, God responds to human action; from an eternal perspective, God chooses the means (human repenting) as well as the end (divine relenting).

        Proverbs 3:11-12

        My son, do not despise the Lord's discipline
        or be weary of his reproof,
        for the Lord reproves him whom he loves,
        as a father the son in whom he delights.

        Micah 7:18

        "Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity and passing over transgression for the remnant of his inheritance? He does not retain his anger forever, because he delights in steadfast love."

        42 min

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