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Why would David pray "Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me" (Psalm 51:11), when he had seen the Spirit of the LORD depart from Saul (1 Samuel 16:14)? Peter was standing in faith beside the Lord Jesus Christ at the Last Supper, so read Luke 22:32 and ask what he still had to be converted from. Then ask what sacrifice God will not despise when a man comes back to Him. "The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise." (Psalm 51:17)

Why do we worship on Sunday if the Sabbath is on Saturday? Throughout the world, the vast majority of Christian denominations hold worship services on Sunday. However, if you ask professing Christians what caused Sabbath worship to move from the last day of the week to the first, most would either say the Sabbath is unrelated to Sunday worship or point to tradition. But there are important biblical reasons why the Sabbath changed from Saturday to Sunday. It's important first of all because Christ said that if you teach someone to disobey one of the least commandments, you will be least in the kingdom of heaven and the Sabbath is one of the ten commandments. But it's important because the Sabbath is about the rest we have in Christ. It is the day our risen Lord provides for his people so that they can be set apart from the world and all its cares, and go forth to do the work that Christ's atonement made possible. Some of the confusion surrounding the Sabbath is related to a misunderstanding of Israel's place in scripture. Israel's whole calendar was built around Passover and Pentecost and their observance and the Sabbaths around them were set every year based on the day of the week , but because Israel and their observances were a type pointing forward to Christ and his fulfillment, all of their Passovers and Pentecosts and their calendar that changed yearly were nothing more than shadows. There has only been one Passover that caused sins to be forgiven. There has been only one Pentecost where the Spirit of God inhabited his people. And their fulfillment caused the Sabbath to be set from that day forth. Please join us as we consider this important topic.

If a man can be cast forth as a branch (John 15:6), can he have been anything but a branch? Why does the Lord Jesus Christ say "Ye are not all clean" (John 13:11), and then "Now ye are clean through the word" (John 15:3)? Then ask what a branch feeds on, when "man doth not live by bread only" (Deuteronomy 8:3). "He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing." (John 15:5)

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Is Psalm 51 only David's confession after he took Uriah's wife, or is it a prayer for the children of God to pray every day? Read verse 4 and ask against Whom every sin is committed, and whether God is unjust when He judges it. Then read verse 7 and ask whether the washing the Psalmist asks of God is finished the day a man first believes, or goes on day by day. "Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow." (Psalm 51:7)

When the Lord Jesus Christ says "in me" (John 15:6), does He mean a man who believes, or a man only hanging on the outside? Read "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me" (John 14:20), and ask who the "ye" are. Then ask how a man falls from an apostleship he never had, when Peter says "Judas by transgression fell" (Acts 1:25). "If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned." (John 15:6)

What does God say to the wicked man who would "take my covenant in thy mouth" (Psalm 50:16)? Read verse 17 and ask what that man has done with the words of God, and whether a man can hate the Word of God and still enter heaven. Then read John 1:14 and ask Who the Word is that he has cast behind him. "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee." (Psalm 50:17)

Who shall guard the guardians? By showing us how to treat elders who rule well, are accused, and are in sin, God demonstrates that he will guard the guardians: 1. By His Word. 2. By His Spirit. 3. By His judgments. A. Hide the Word in your heart, and seek to do it "by the book" B. Pray for your Elders/Session/Presbytery/Denomination C. Trust that if the Church doesn't get it right, Christ will work it out in the end.